Happy Eid!

I hope everyone who was celebrating this weekend had a wonderful and safe time with their friends and family!

This Week in Science:

• I hope to begin the process of designing students' independent flight experiments by Friday.
• The science report for Balloon Rockets is Due on Wednesday
• Remember you will need to cover:
• Title
• Hypothesis
• Materials
• Procedure
• Results
  
• Reflection/Conclusion
• What caused the results?
• What can we say about AIR based on the results?
• How can we use this new knowledge in future experiments with FLIGHT?

This week in Math:

• We've been working on developing formulas for the area of rectangles
• We will develop the area of parallelograms and triangles this week
• You haven't had much homework recently - you can expect some this week and next
  

Updates

We are continuing work on the Measurement Strand - and moving into Area and Perimeter
- There is no new Math Homework for Today

Science:
6B8 Only - Hand in the good copy of your Science Report (Air Expands when heated) on Wednesday

Also - I still have science projects stuck on my camera - I am currently searching for the cord that goes between my camera and my computer (the pictures that are already on the blog were on an SD card, but the others are on the internal memory in my camera). They will be up on the web as soon as I find a USB cable that is compatible with my camera.

Thanks!

THANK YOU to all the Math classes for working so hard this week to get all those activities done!

Coming up next week:
- More science experiments about air and flight

- More measurement activities; specifically, Area and Perimeter

Homework

Math: No new homework

Science: Report for "Air Takes Up Space" Experiment

Homework

Math:
6B5 and 6B8 - p 143 #4-8
6B9 - p 147 # 4,5,7

Science:
- Science Report for "Air has Mass" Balloon experiment

- Bring in empty 2L pop bottles to help with experiments (if you have any about to be recycled)

New Math and Science Units!

Starting this week, we will be moving into new Math and Science Units.

In Math, we will begin Measurement. Students will be asked to complete a series of estimates and actual measurements. You can practice at home by estimating how tall/long objects are, or how far away things are while you are driving or walking. Just remember that we are using Metric units - mm, cm, dm, m, etc!

In Science, we are beginning the Flight Unit. We will begin the unit with a series of experiments that demonstrate the characteristics of air, and will culminate in a student designed experiment about flight that examines how flying objects make use of the properties of air.

Here are a couple of interesting flight links:


http://www.centennialofflight.gov/user/kids.htm

http://www.paperairplanes.co.uk/planes.php

Wednesday Nov 4

There is no Science Homework, except to begin reviewing your notes from the Space Unit.
 - It is actually a good idea to spend 10-15 minutes every night looking over your notes from the day and earlier in the unit, even if you don't have an upcoming test!

Math: Everyone should have a mind map made by tomorrow. As a study tool, take some time and explain your web to a sibling or a parent or whoever is at home with you - you'll be able to tell right away if there is anything you're not quite sure of!

In math tomorrow, we'll be doing activities in a centre format with a partner:
- Explain Changing Intervals and Changing Scale (as if your partner is new to Data Management)
- Play "Battleship" with coordinate pairs
- "Sketch and Fix" graphs (looking for title, axes labelled, scale appropriate, etc)


Just a reminder that I will be in at lunch tomorrow to help anyone who is struggling with some of the concepts; I will meet you at the GP room right after the eating part of lunch.

Homework - Nov. 3

Math: 
6B5 - Mind Map of Topics covered in Data Management
6B5/8/9 - Come to class with questions about Data Management. For example: "I looked at my notes, and I don't understand why someone would change the scale on a graph"

I will be in at lunch tomorrow and Thursday for anyone who wants help with Math
- it would be helpful if you had specific questions (see above)
- I will meet you in the GP room at the end of the eating time 

Science:
Conference Tomorrow!!
- come to class in role as a professional, ready to argue your position!

***If you have been away for more than one or two days, please see me about trying to get you caught up!***

Homework - Nov. 2

Math - Text page 93 #1,2,3 (review)

Science (Optional) - prepare for conference by doing further research on your topic

Coming Up This Week Nov 2 - 6

We should be ready for a Math test this Friday
- It was a very short unit, and there will be plenty of review provided in class so everyone should be prepared

We are continuing work on the Space Budget Conference
- The Science Unit Test will be pushed to the Week of November 10 (the 9th is a PD Day)

The Science Models have been marked but I am still waiting for quite a few Reflections, and would like to have them in before marks go back out to the other students. I expect that student who have outstanding assignments will be joining me at lunch recesses until they are complete.