Mrs. Ramsey Blog - Where Science and Technology come ALIVE!: April 2018

Monday, April 30, 2018

Weekly Reminder - 4/30/18

4/30 - 12:00 Dismissal. After - School in Session

5/2 - NYS MATH TEST

5/3 - NYS MATH TEST

8th Science - 4/30/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/GYSNU

DUE 5/4 - 2017 State Science test

Questions 26 -45. Write the numbers of the answers only. I TRUST THAT YOU WILL NOT USE THE ANSWER SHEET.

6/7th Science and Social Studies - 4/30/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/5WMGI

SCIENCE - 2 MATH PROBLEMS IN NB - DUE 5/1

SOCIAL STUDIES - 5/4
Section 4 - The War of 1812
p. 287 # 1-3 (both a and b) in NB. Restate.

5th Science and Social Studies - 4/30/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/1Y94L

DUE 5/4

SCIENCE:
1. What is symbiosis?
2. How is mutualism an example of symbiosis?
3. How does parasitism differ from mutualism?
4. What kind of relationship is commensalism?

SOCIAL STUDIES - DEFINE THE FOLLOWING VOCABULARY WORDS.

1. arsenal
2. federal system
3. republic
4. bill

4th Social Studies - 4/30/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/336ER

Due 5/4 - In notebook. p. 185. # 2, 3 and 4. Write out the question .

3rd Social Studies - 4/30/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/5PCN8

DUE 5/4 - Copy vocabulary words in NB

dynasty - ruling families
porcelian - fine thin pottery made from white clay
compass - instrument for showing directions
rebel - to fight against
imperial - rule by an emperor

2nd Grade Science - 4/30/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/CE183

Sunday, April 22, 2018

WEEKLY REMINDERS - 4/23/18

4/26 - Report Cards will be sent home today. If your child did not receive their Report Card, parents must meet with their child’s teachers for Teacher Parents Conference on 4/27 from 3-8pm

4/27 - 12:00 Dismissal.
3- 8pm - Report Card Teacher- Parents conference

8th Science - 4/23/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/PRNJA

HOMEWORK:

DUE: 4/25 IN NOTEBOOK

1. Compare and contrast the sun-centered model of the solar system.

2. How are the two models similar and how are they different?

3. What was Johannes Kepler’s contribution to the sun-centered solar system model?

6th/7th Science and Social Studies - 4/23/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/Z2YXB

SCIENCE: DUE 4/26 IN NOTEBOOK

Write a paragraph or more explaining the following statement.

Use the kinetic theory to explain why a balloon burst when over inflated

5th Science and Social Studies - 4/23/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/5FD5L

HOMEWORK: In notebook, write a paragraph AND draw a Venn diagram to answer the following question

DUE: 4/25/18

What is the relationship between a food chain and food web within an ecosystem?

SOCIAL STUDIES

HOMEWORK: Vocabulary words: DUE: 4/26

representation, treason, congress, boycott, repeal, imperial policy, protest.

4th Social Studies - 4/23/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/EDMKM

HOMEWORK:
DUE 4.25. Write out the questions and answer each on in complete sentences in Notebook.

How many years did it take to build the Erie Canal?

What effect did Fulton's steamboat have on travel in New York?

In what ways did NY change due to the Erie Canal?

3rd Social Studies - 4/23/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/5YVZA

Homework: Due 4/25 in Notebook

Write out and answer the following questions in Notebook

How many provinces are there in China?

What is the capital of China?

2nd Grade Science - 4/23/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/SV2QP

HOMEWORK: Due 4/25 in Notebook.

Copy the vocabulary words and definition

conduction: Heat transfer within or between solid objects.

convection: Heat transfer into or out of fluids.

heat: Thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature. Heat flows from hot to cold.

heat transfer: A method by which heat flows (conduction, convection, radiation).

insulation: A material that slows down heat transfer.

radiation: Heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty space.

Monday, April 16, 2018

Weekly Reminders - 4/16/18

School Evaluation

Monday April 23, 2018

Parents should have received an online survey to complete this past Wednesday from the Archdiocese of New York regarding the upcoming school evaluation.

Mr. Hermann, the regional superintendent will be in the building on Monday April 23rd to review classroom work, interview parents, students, teachers and staff.

If you did not receive the survey please contact Mr. Guzman in the school office.

8th Science - 4/16/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/L3EA4

Weekly Quiz - 4.17

HOMEWORK:
Due 4/18 - P. 486 IN TEXBOOK.

Questions 1- 11 in Notebook. Questions and Answers

6/7th Science and Social Studies - 4/16/17

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/YGDNF

Weekly Quiz - in Science and Social Studies - 4/18

HOMEWORK:
4/17 - SOCIAL STUDIES - P. 283 in Notebook. Questions 1.a b c. 3. a

SCIENCE - 4/18 - CHAPTER 4 VOCABULARY WORDS - THE ENTIRE CHAPTER IN NOTEBOOK.

5th Science and Social Studies - 4/16/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/B3BKT

Weekly Quiz in Science and Social Studies

HOMEWORK:

Science - Due 4/17 - Draw and label a foodweb using any types of animal or plants

Social Studies - 4/18 - Lesson 5 - Vocabulary words in NB p. 324

4th Social Studies - 4/16/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/BZRML

4/17 - Weekly Quiz on American Revolution

HOMEWORK:
Due - 4/17 in Notebook - Chapter 6 vocabulary words
1. convention
2. captial
3. representatives
4. constitution
5. Amendments
6. ratify

3rd Social Studies - 4/16/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/P1P7K

4/17 - Weekly Quiz on Italy

HOMEWORK: ANCIENT CHINA
4/18 - Copy and define the vocabulary words in Notebook
1. gorge
2. Steppe
3. basin
4. region
5. province
6. floodplains

2nd Science - 4/16/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/124U4

4/17 - Weekly Quiz on Matter - Students have notes and questions in their notebook.

HOMEWORK: - Due 4/18

Heat - energy in motion. The sun gives heat to the earth

Temperature - how hot somethng is.

Thermometer - an instrument that measures temperature.

Events in History - 1/9 - 1/13

January 9
Connecticut entered Union, 1788 (5^th)
Mississippi seceded from the Union, 1861
President Richard M. Nixon was born, 1913
January 10
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was published, 1776
London's Metropolitan; World's first underground railway, opened to the public, 1863
The League of Nations established 1920
The Holocaust began, 1933
January 11
Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury was born, 1757
Alabama seceded from the Union, 1861
Major League Baseball (American League) adopted the designated-hitter rule, 1973
January 12
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died, 1519
The Alamo, a Franciscan Mission, was built, 1722
The first public museum in United States (South Carolina) established, 1773
January 13
Hood resigned as commander of the Army of Tennessee, 1865
Hubert H. Humphrey, former vice president, died in Waverly, Minnesota at age 66, 1978
Air Florida jet crashed in Washington, D.C., 1982
The Beatles US album Yellow Submarine was released, 1969

Scientific Method

Rules to follow in using the Scientific Method when experimenting.

Steps of the Scientific Method
Detailed Help for Each Step
Ask a Question: The scientific method starts when you ask a question about something that you observe: How, What, When, Who, Which, Why, or Where?
And, in order for the scientific method to answer the question it must be about something that you can measure, preferably with a number.
Your Question
Do Background Research: Rather than starting from scratch in putting together a plan for answering your question, you want to be a savvy scientist using library and Internet research to help you find the best way to do things and insure that you don't repeat mistakes from the past.
Background Research Plan Finding Information Bibliography Research Paper
Construct a Hypothesis: A hypothesis is an educated guess about how things work:"If _____[I do this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen."
You must state your hypothesis in a way that you can easily measure, and of course, your hypothesis should be constructed in a way to help you answer your original question.
Variables Variables for Beginners Hypothesis
Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment: Your experiment tests whether your hypothesis is true or false. It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. You conduct a fair test by making sure that you change only one factor at a time while keeping all other conditions the same.
You should also repeat your experiments several times to make sure that the first results weren't just an accident.
Experimental Procedure Materials List Conducting an Experiment
Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion: Once your experiment is complete, you collect your measurements and analyze them to see if your hypothesis is true or false.
Scientists often find that their hypothesis was false, and in such cases they will construct a new hypothesis starting the entire process of the scientific method over again. Even if they find that their hypothesis was true, they may want to test it again in a new way.
Data Analysis & Graphs Conclusions
Communicate Your Results: To complete your science fair project you will communicate your results to others in a final report and/or a display board. Professional scientists do almost exactly the same thing by publishing their final report in a scientific journal or by presenting their results on a poster at a scientific meeting.

Rules to follow when using the Scientific Method when experimenting.

A message from the Holy Father on Advent and Christmas

On the first Sunday of Advent, Benedict XVI reminded the faithful that Christmas is about God who "comes to be with us."The Holy Father's comment was heard by thousands who had gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Angelus. He highlighted the significance of Advent as a time to prepare for the celebration of Christ's birth."In Advent, the liturgy often repeats and assures us, as though seeking to defeat our mistrust, that God 'is coming,'" the Pope said."He comes to be with us, in each one of our situations; he comes to live among us, to live in and with us; he comes to fill the distances that divide and separate us; he comes to reconcile us with himself and with one another," the Pontiff said.God, Benedict XVI added, "comes in the history of humanity to knock on the door of every man and woman of good will to offer individuals, families and peoples the gift of fraternity, concord and peace.""Therefore, Advent is par excellence the time of hope, in which believers in Christ are invited to remain in vigilant and active expectation, nourished by prayer and by a concrete commitment to love," the Pope said.

Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

Although juicy and tender butterball turkeys are the main cuisine of today's Thanksgiving celebrations, these birds were NOT the most popular centerpieces on the first Thanksgiving tables.
In 1621 when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians celebrated the first Thanksgiving, they were gobbling up many more foods than just turkey. Since lobster, goose, duck, seal, eel, and cod were plentiful during this time, these foods were most likely the main courses of this first feast. Deer meat and wild fowl are the only two items that historians know for sure were menu of this autumn celebration.
So how did the turkey become the main mascot of modern-day Thanksgiving if we don't know for certain that turkeys were at this first feast?
One story tells of how Queen Elizabeth of 16th century England was chowing down on roast goose during a harvest festival. When news was delivered to her that the Spanish Armada had sunk on it way to attack her beloved England, the queen was so pleased that she order a second goose to celebrate the great news. Thus, the goose became the favorite bird at harvest time in England. When the Pilgrims arrived in America from England, roasted turkey replaced roasted goose as the main cuisine because wild turkeys were more abundant and easier to find than geese.

HAVE A WONDERFUL AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Mrs. Ramsey

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