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Monday, November 23, 2015

Weekly Reminders - 11/23/15

To: Students/Parents/Guardians/Families

On November 24th, OLQM will celebrate Thanksgiving by having a small concert performed by the PRE-Ks and grades 5-8.

We are kindly asking students, teachers, staffs, and families to bring in a dish to share with each other after the performance. All types of foods are accepted!

All are welcome to celebrate with us.

11/24 - 6th grade research paper due. Details given on Week 11/16/15

12/1 - Map of the Month

12/1 - Social Studies Quiz

12/2 - Science Quiz

Monday, November 16, 2015

WEEKLY REMINDERS - 11/16/15

To: Students/Parents/Guardians/Families

On November 24th, OLQM will celebrate Thanksgiving by having a small concert performed by the PRE-Ks and grades 5-8.

We are kindly asking students, teachers, staffs, and families to bring in a dish to share with each other after the performance. All types of foods are accepted!

All are welcome to celebrate with us.

8TH SCIENCE ASSIGNMENTS -11/16/15

11/17 - Explain how Newton's first law occurs in everyday events: NB

a) car suddenly stops and you strain against the seat belt b) when riding a horse, the horse suddenly stops and you fly over its head

c) the magician pulls the tablecloth out from under a table full of dishes

d) the difficulty of pushing a dead car

e) lawn bowling on a cut and rolled lawn verses an uncut lawn

f) car turns left and you appear to slide to the right

11/18 - Use the scientific method to write out the information for your experiment.
You will create your own demonstration and experiment illustrating one (1) of Newton's Law or all of his 3 laws. You can work with A partner (1)

7TH SCIENCE ASSIGNMENTS - 11/16/15

11/17 - What are communicable diseases and how does it spread? NB. At least 2 paragraphs

11/19 - Write out or type up the scientific method to use for your experiment.
Bring in the following 2 apples
Bandage
Antibiotics cream if you have it. Please keep in a sealed ziplock bag and hand it in to me as soon as you get in.

6TH SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES ASSIGNMENTS - 11/16/15

SCIENCE

11/17 - VOCABULARY: IN NB

1. core : The central of the Earth below the mantle, consisting of iron and nickel.
Context: In the center is the yellow core of the planet, a mass of hot liquid iron and nickel.

2. mantle : The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
Context: The white of the egg represents a layer of hot rock called the mantle.

3. crust : The exterior portion of the Earth that lies above the Mohorovicic discontinuity.
Context: The eggshell is the earth's crust.

4. tectonic plates : Structural features that construct the Earth, consisting of interlocking pieces of land. Context: The Earth is made up of interlocking pieces of land, called tectonic

11/24 -Research a famous volcanic eruption in history and describe the eruption scientifically, explaining the type of eruption and its long-term effects on the environment, as well as its effects on human life.

2 pages typed, double space, black ink, 1 inch margins on all sides, 12 font, reference sheet.

11/19 - In NB - Define volcanologists

SOCIAL STUDIES

11/18 - Read the story of Gilgamesh and the King and answer the questions on p. 93 in NB

12/1 - MAP OF THE MONTH DUE

5TH SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES HOMEWORK - 11/16/15

SCIENCE

11/17 - In Notebook - Write out question and answer the following: Explain what the difference is between the words toxic and contamination

11/19 - What tools are used to measure different features of the weathers? Write out question. In NB

SOCIAL STUDIES

11/18 - In notebook. Answer the following question using information from the text. Give details.
What details in Columbus's logbook show that the goal of his journey was to claim land for Spain?

Monday, November 9, 2015

8th SCIENCE - 11/9/15

11/10 - Draw and label an atom and describe the charges. NB

7th SCIENCE - 11/9/15

11/10 - LOG IN TO ACHIEVE 3000 - LESSON - LIFE WITHOUT LIGHT AND AIR.

Complete the article including Math and Stretch Article. Everything must be completed online

6th SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES - 11/9/15

11/10 - ACHIEVE 3000 - Log in and find - WHERE ARE ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA- Complete the article, including the Stretch Activity and Math. All activities must be completed online.

5th SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES - 11/9/15

11/10 - ACHIEVE 3000 - Log in and complete up to the Thought Question ONLINE.

LESSON - SUN POWER. Complete everything up to the stretch article.

All activities must be completed online

Friday, November 6, 2015

MODULE ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE: 11/9 - 11/13

MODULE ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE:

Tuesday - Mathematics and Social Studies

Wednesday - CLOSED

Thursday - Religion and Science

Friday - Reading and ELA

Monday, November 2, 2015

8TH SCIENCE HOMEWORK 11/2/15

11/3- Explain how the three laws are different. in NB

11/4 - Students will define energy and describe how to calculate kinetic gravitational potential energy.

7TH SCIENCE HOMEWORK -11/2/15

11/3 - ACIEVE 3000 - Write about how you think daily life will be different in 10 years due to wearable computers such as Google's eyeglasses. Explain whether you think these changes will improve your quality of life. NB

11/5 - Why are some people colorblind? Give specific details.

6TH SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES HOMEWORK -11/2/15

SCIENCE

11/3 - Do you think the breakup of Pangaea during the Jurassic period led to the extinction of some dinosaurs and the evolution of other dinosaurs? In NB

11/5

Do you think that the breakup of Gondwanaland into the southern continents affected the organisms living in Gondwanaland?

Give evidence to support your ideas. In NB

SOCIAL STUDIES

11/4 - Define vocabulary words: tributary; plateau; alluvial plain; silt in NB

5th SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES HOMEWORK 11/2/15

SCIENCE:

11/2 - What is lightning? Why does warmer air cause more lightning? from Achieve 3000. Complete sentences in notebook

11/4 - Name and Define the different types of clouds discussed in class. NB

SOCIAL STUDIES

11/3 - Define the following vocabulary words: technology; navigation; expedition

11/5 - Define the following vocabulary word: empire; entrepreneur

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