Hope Everyone's Holiday is Going Well

Reminder: The only homework you have (for Math and Science) is to collect materials for your science experiments, and start to bring them in during the first week back to school. Students should have materials lists that they created in class to show their parents (along with a proposal). Also, some students were advised to have a back up plan because their original idea was fairly complex (and maybe too difficult).

For some extra practice in math, I have used Google to locate these two webpages. If you would like even more practice, feel free to search for "Volume of Rectangular Prisms" or "Volume of Triangular Prisms" (or measure some objects in your home). If you would like a head start on the next topic, search for "Surface Area of Triangular Prisms/Rectangular Prisms".
These are for voluntary, extra practice only, the second link also has cylinders - don't worry about calculating those volumes

Rectangular Prisms

Triangular Prisms

RE Science Project

I am very hesitant to post too much information about the science project, because I intend to have the students complete each step in sequence. In past assignments, I have found that when I gave too much information, too early, students rushed to the finish, while neglecting key learning points along the way. The project will unfold step by step. At the moment, the only thing students need to worry about is creating an experiment question; by the end of the week, I hope everyone will have their proposal approved by me - allowing you to get a start over Christmas. HOWEVER, I do not want the project completed outside of school time!!

Science Experiment

Below is the Introductory Information sheet for the Experiment, the students will receive the same sheet in class on Thursday.


FLIGHT EXPERIMENT

This is a large project, with many steps; each of the steps will be completed individually, and there will be lots of help and instruction available. The final product will be a single variable (change only one thing) experiment featuring some type of flying device (parachute, paper airplane, or other item that spends time in the air). The experiment will feature results that describe how the flight of the object is affected by changes made to it (wing span, material, design, etc).


Step 1: Develop a research question that is answerable by completing an experiment

Step 2: Consider materials and possible procedure for the experiment. Submit a proposal to Ms Jefferies at a student-teacher conference. Ms Jefferies will likely make suggestions to improve the design of the experiment. The student should record these suggestions.

Step 3: Submit final hypothesis, materials list and procedure

Step 4: Conduct Experiment, and Record Results

Step 5: Submit Results

Step 6: Complete Reflection questions.

Step 7: Present findings on a Bristol board or similar poster to class mates. *Possibly participate in a Science Fair where other students and teachers will see your project and ask questions*




***Each student will work independently on this task***

Homework

MATH:
All Classes - Area and Perimeter Quiz on Monday
6B8 - Parallelogram Worksheet and Triangle/Rectangle Worksheet due Tomorrow
6B9 - Triangle/Rectangle Worksheet due Tomorrow
6B5 - Triangle/Rectangle Worksheet due Thursday

SCIENCE
Overdue: Science Reports and Study Charts
6B5/6B8 - Use Checklist to make at least one improvement to the question you got in the "Snowball Activity" (due Thursday)

OTHER
Remember to bring in Food Order forms for the Planet 51 Trip

Homework and Upcoming Experiment

MATH
6B8/6B9: Area Worksheet (Front and Back) due Wednesday

6B5 : Text p. 247 #4-6 (some students who have misplaced their textbooks stayed in at lunch to copy down the questions) due Tomorrow


SCIENCE
Study Charts are now Overdue
Science Reports are now Overdue

6B5/6B8: Write 5 questions about flight that you could answer with an experiment.

Upcoming: Each student will work independently on an experiment that they design, perform and report on about flight. The final product will not be due until the new year; however, a series of tasks that will help build the final product will have much shorter deadlines and will be due over the next 2 weeks. I hope that each student will have a hypothesis and a proposed procedure going into the Winter Break.