10/8/15 - Tonight is OPEN SCHOOLS NIGHT, doors open at 6:45 p.m.
6th Grade (periods 1 and 6):  11-5 What is Air Pressure?         

• Read and answer all circled questions on the worksheet or on a separate piece of paper. 
• Also, please give your parents the Instruction sheet for Remind at https://www.remind.com/ texting service and have them sign up, using the following codes (as shown on the "Resources for Students" sheet that must be in your science notebook) for the following classes: 

Class name:     Text to:    Text message Code:

6-1 for 2015     81010        @61fo   Trouble using 81010? Try texting @61fo to  (203) 684-5174

7 -3 for 2015    81010        @73fo  Trouble using 81010? Try texting @73fo to  (203) 684-5174

7-4 for 2015     81010        @74fo  Trouble using 81010? Try texting @74fo to  (203) 684-5174

6-6 for 2015     81010        @66fo  Trouble using 81010? Try texting @66fo to  (203) 684-5174

7th Grade -  Both Classes - Have your parents sign up for Remind at https://www.remind.com/ texting service and have them sign up, using the codes shown above. They are also found on the "Resources for Students" sheet in your science notebook.
 
Period 4 - Write hypothesis and procedure (minimum 3 steps ) for Breakdown, part B 

Period 3 -   Let's flip the classroom! 
Key terms: Write key words in notes, write words & definitions in vocab section

• absorption - the process of being pulled in, soaked up (absorbed).
• digestion - pull nutrients out of food.
• chemical breakdown - food is broken into much smaller pieces, by saliva in the mouth, acid in the stomach, and other chemicals in the intestines.

• cross-section- A type of representation that shows the view if an object were cut through.
• mechanical breakdown- food is cut and ground into small pieces, mainly in the mouth by teeth, and also in the stomach.
• quantitative/qualitative data- information from an experiment that contains numerical information (quantitative) or information without numbers.
• surface area - the part of a structure that is broken off and exposed to attack .
• Variables are anything that can affect the outcome of an experiment. Different types of variables include:

1. Controlled variables - those that are the same for all subjects in the experiment. Don't let them change. Ex: To test if a plant fertilizer works, use the same types of seeds, pots, soil; plant them at the same time, grow them using the same amount of water, air, sunlight.

2. Independent variable (choice)- the one thing that you change or manipulate. Ex: half the plants get fertilizer, the others don't.

3. Dependent variables (result) - How did the choice affect the outcome? The result that you measure at the end. Ex: measure the size of plants that got fertilizer and those that did not. Are there any differences in size?