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Sunday, January 10, 2010

5th Social Studies - Week of 1/11/10

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Homework will be assigned during class because of the Quaterly Exams

1/11/10 - Look on p. 245 at Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack. Write an almanac similar to Franklin's. 8 sayings - due 1/15/10

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

WEEKLY VOCABULARY WORDS

Apogee - The point farthest from the earth in the orbit of the moon or a satellite.

Eccentricity - Not situated in the center or having the axis away from the center.

Irridium - Iridium is the chemical element with atomic number 77, and is represented by the symbol Ir. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal.

Moraine - a deposit of material such as boulders, grave, and sand left by a glacier.

Perigee - a artificial satellite nearest to earth or point in the orbit of the earth.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

8TH SCIENCE STUDY OUTLINE FOR QUARTERLY EXAM

Chapter 2 - Draw and label parts of an atom. Describe half-life and how it is calculated.
Chapter 3 - Explain the difference between a period and a group on the periodic table.
Chapter 4- Describe the arrangement of electrons in an atom. Consstruct a model for methane.
Chapter 5 - Study vocabulary words and the difference between physical and chemical change. What evidence might tell you that a chemical reaction has occurred?
Chapter
Chapter 6 - Describe how to calculate speed. Explain how to calculate velocity and acceleration. Describe what energy is and describe some of its form. What is the law of conservaton of momentum. Describe the collision that will occur when you roll a ball at a basketball. Predict what will happen to a ball if it bounces off the bumper of an approaching car.
Chapter 7 and 9 vocabulary words.
Chapter 15 - Draw and label the stomata and the role it plays in the exchange of gases needed for and released during photosynthesis. What is the relationship between stimuli and tropisms in plants.

7TH SCIENCE STUDY OUTLINE FOR QUARTERLY EXAM

Chapter 2 - What are waves and how do they carry energy? Describe wavelength, frequency and wave speed. Draw wavelength label each level.
Chapter 3 - How is light reflected from rough and smooth surfaces? How does a plane mirror forms an image? What is the difference between a concave and convex mirror? How does microscopes magnify objects?
Chapter 4 - Study matter and the kinetic theory of matter. Why do some things float while others sink?
Chapter 5 - What are the different types of solutions that can exist and how do they form? Describe homogenous and heterogeneous mixtures.
Chapter 6 - How do objects become electrically charged? Describe how lightning is formed?
Chapter 15 - Chemistry of living things and what makes up Earth? List the organic compounds that make up life. Describe the processess of diffusion and osmosis.
Chapter 16 - Draw and label the stages of mitosis and meiosis.

6TH SCIENCE STUDY OUTLINE FOR QUARTERLY EXAM

UNIT 1 - Chapter 1 - What are the characteristics of living things? What are the divisions of the Plant Kingdom? How are vascular plants different from nonvascular plants? What are vertebrates and invertebrates?
UNIT B - Chapter 3 - What are cells and what activities do all living things perform? Draw and label plant and animal cells. What are elements and compounds?
Lesson 4 - What is a life cycle? Describe mitosis and meiosis. Differentiate sexual and asexual reproducion.
UNIT D - Chapter 7 - How does Wegener's hypothesis explain why Earth's surface must be moving? How do earthquakes happen? How do volcanoes form?
UNIT E - Chapter 9 - State properties of matter. How are elements and atoms related? Name the different types of mixtures. How is energy related to motion? What are some sources of energy?
UNIT F - Chapter 12 - Study speed, distance, forces, motion, acceleration, and momentum.

5TH SCIENCE STUDY OUTLINE FOR QUARTERLY EXAM

UNIT A - Chapter 1 - What is the basic unit of life? Know how to draw and label an animal and plant cell. What traits are used to classify plants? How do the life cycles of mosses and ferns differ?
Unit C - Chapter 7 - Earth changing crust. What makes the crust move? Name the layers of the earth.
How are earthquakes measured?
Unit E - Chapter 12 - List some properties of matter. What is matter made of ? How is a compound different from an element?
Unit F - Newton's First law of Motion, Second and Third Laws.

6TH SOCIAL STUDIES STUDY OUTLINE FOR QUARTERLY EXAM

Name the five themes of geography and give examples. Learn the different kinds of maps.
Chapter 1 - Why do geographers divide the world into regions? How does culture, values, and religion shape people's life?
Chapter 2 - How do sources help us to learn about the past? primary, secondary, oral, and written.
Chapter 3 - What did early people do to survive? How did life on Earth change during the Old Stone Age and when the New Stone Age begin?
Chapter 4 - How did the Nile's yearly floods help ancient Eqyptian farmers? How did Eqypt's social pyramid shape life in the New Kingdom?
Chapter 5 - In what ways did Mesopotamian farmers adapt to and change their environment? How did cuneiform help Sargon to create and rule an empire in Mesopotamia? How did the writings in the Torah shape Judaism?
Chapter 6 - How did the Indus River contribute to a new civilization? How did the Vedas shape Indian culture? What did the Buddha teach?
Chapter 7 - How did the Huang River affect Chinese civilization? What were oracle bones? How did farmers help make Shiduangdi's empire strong?

5TH SOCIAL STUDIES STUDY OUTLINE FOR QUARTERLY EXAM

Chapter 1 - Why is the United States a diverse country?
What is primary and secondary sources? How does studying the past help historians and how does it affect us today?
Chapter 2 - What are the five regions of the United States?
What are some natural resources that can be found in the US?
Chapter 3 - What did the Maya civilization achieve? How did the Aztect create their empire?
Chapter 4 - How did the Hopi, Iroquois, Natchez, Tlingit and Lakota Sioux use their environment?
Chapter 5 - What changes were made through trading and exploration across Europe, Africa and Asia?
Chapter 6 - How did the meeting of Columbus and the Taino people change the world? Learn the Spanish explorers and their discoveries.
Chapter 7 - Explain the early European settlements in New England. Who helped the colony of Jamestown survive?
Chapter 8 - Why did the Puritans decide to come to North America? How did William Penn help to build the colony of Pennsylvania?

WELCOME TO 2010!

Dear Parents/Students:

Welcome to the year 2010. I hope everyone had a restful and blessed holiday season.
Firstly, I would like to thank all the students and parents for the wonderful gifts I received. Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.
Secondly, this quarter is a bit "full" of academic endeavors. Science fair, History fair, and Quarterly Exam. Therefore, it is imperative that students and parents are prepared. Outlines for quarterly exams will be posted on the blog as well as highlghted in students notebooks. It is important that students hand in homework on time and all assignments completed. Please check SIS for updates on your child's progress.

Mrs. Ramsey

8th Science - Week of 1/4/10

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_122g4ntn8sp

HOMEWORK:
1/5 - Chapter 16 vocabulary words in NB. Due 1/6
1/6 - On LL - You see a plant that you like and want to grow an identical one. What type of plant reproduction would you use and why? Due 1/8

7th Science - Weel of 1/4/10

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HOMEWORK:
1/5 - Chapter 17 vocabulary words in NB - due 1/6
1/6 - On LL - Using Math - p. 469, write out question. due 1/7
1/7 - On LL - 1. How are alleles and traits related? 2. Explain the difference between genotype and phenotype. 3. What is the difference between dominant and a recessive allele? due 1/8

6th Science - Week of 1/4/10

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HOMEWORK:
1/5 - In notebook, draw stages of mitosis. Use p. B43 for assistance. Label and color each stage. due 1/6
1/6 - Based on p. A 40 -B42 - On LL - 1. How do organisms grow? 2. How do cells grow? 3.What is the cell cycle? 4. What causes cancer? 5. Explain mitosis. due 1/8

5th Science - Week of 1/4/10

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HOMEWORK:
1/5 - On LL - Based on pp. A110-111 - 1. Give examples of inherited behavior? 2. Give examples of physical traits. Due 1/6
1/6 - On LL - Think about your favorite animal. Which of its behaviors are automatic? Which are learned? Write an essay that compares the behaviors of your favorite animal with your own behavior. Which of your responses are automatic? Which are learned? Due 1/8

6 Social Studies - Week of 1/4/10

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HOMEWORK:
1/5 - Chapter 8 vocabulary, people, and places in NB. due 1/7
1/6 - On LL - 1. Why was life in Sparta so different from life in Athens? 2. What effects did slavery have on life in Sparta? Write out questions. due 1/8

5th Social Studies - Week 1/4/10

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HOMEWORK:
1/5 - Chapter 9 vocabulary words in notebook. Vocabulary, People, and Places. due 1/7
1/6 - Based on Chapter 9, write 2 paragraphs ( 1 or more pages) on "What was life like for the enslaved people on plantations on the Southern Colonies? LL due 1/8

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