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Science - Mrs. Cundari

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Week of Jan. 28

Unit: Matter
 
Big Idea: Behavior of Liquids
 
Activities:
  • Compare and discuss liquid density results
  • Viscosity Labs - comparing liquids, changing temperatures
  • Bernoulli's Principle reading
  • Density bottles (if time allows)

Week of Jan. 21

Unit: Matter
 
Big Idea: Density of Liquids
 
Activities:
  • Comparative density of liquids in a bottle
  • Measuring density of liquids
  • Comparing density of various solids to liquids

Week of Jan. 14

Unit: Matter and its Properties
 
Topics/Activities:
  • Review: matter makes up everything
  • Review: 3 states - solid, liquid, gas
  • Review: properties - size, color, shape, hardness, texture, magnetism
 

Week of Dec. 3, 2018

Unit Test: Changing Earth Tuesday, Dec. 4
 
New unit begins Wednesday, Dec. 5: Earth's Water
 
Activities:
Advanced Water Cycle

Week of Nov. 26

Unit: Changing Earth
Big Idea: Engineering/Design Process - Tsunami-"Proof" Construction
 
Activities:
  • Plan/Design house that will withstand tsunami
  • Build Test
  • Observe/Improve (time allowing)
Study guide for Changing Earth Unit : Test Monday, December 3
  • Erosion/Weathering/Deposition
  • Earth's composition
  • Plate boundaries
  • Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis

Week of Nov. 19

I hope everyone is enjoying the week off!  Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate the holiday.
This week might be a good time for students to get caught up on any missing/incomplete assignments.  Most assignments can be found either on my class pages or in student OneNote files, which are accessible online through Office365.

Week of Nov. 12

Unit: Changing Earth
Big Idea: Tsunamis
 
Activities:
  • Data comparison with earthquakes and tsunamis 
  • Engineering challenge: withstanding a tsunami

Week of Nov. 5

Roster Change
Due to some student conflict and disruptive behavior Mrs. Dewar and I have been noticing in one of our 6th grade classes, we have made some significant changes to our class groupings.  Students have been informed of their new schedule.
 
Unit: Changing Earth
Big Idea: Earthquakes
 
Activities:
  • Earthquake virtual "field trip" - videos, readings, online quizzes, etc.
  • Build a seismometer

Week of Oct. 28

Unit: Changing Earth
Big Idea: Formation of Volcanoes
 
Activities:
  • 4 types of volcano: clay models (group project)
  • Dangers of volcanic eruptions: video & notes

Week of Oct. 22

Unit: Changing Earth
Big Idea: Plate Tectonic Theory & Rapid changes caused by plate movement
 
 
Assignments: independently take notes from the interactive website using provided graphic organizers (printed copies provided to students, blank copies will be in class OneNote)
  • Structure of Earth's Interior
  • History & basic ideas of Plate Tectonic Theory
  • Types of interactions between plates
  • Earth changes caused by interactions between plates

Week of Oct. 15

Big Idea: Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition
Focus: Glaciers
 
Activities/Projects:
Final travel brochure for glacial region of choice