Homework for this half-day:
Students should Read all information on the following worksheets and answer the questions indicated: 

Period 1 / Grade 6   4-1,What are Three Types of Matter?
Per.3 / Gr.7            2-1, What is a Microscope?
Per.4 / Gr.7            2-1,What is a Microscope? 
Per.6 / Gr.6            4-2, What is a Compound?

6th Grade students have a Science Class Safety Agreement.  Both parents and students should review and sign both pages.  Return them tomorrow. 

7th Grade - Review notes and Study Guide for Tuesday's test on the Heart and Blood Vessels.

6th graders - Current Event on why Ice turns Cloudy
7th graders - Review notes and study guides for Tuesday's test

12/8/15 -
Homework for-

6th Graders:  Write a Reflection about mixtures. What are mixtures?  Define them. Give an example of a mixture NOT discussed in class.


8th Graders: 15-2  What are the Parts of the Heart? Read all written material and answer all circled questions.

7th Grade - Work on your Feel the Beat Project.  Project is now due on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015.  Earn 10 points extra credit for turning your project in early (Monday, 12/7), 5 extra points for turning it in on time.
Project Rubric: 

Feel the Beat – IB Crit A and D Rubric for ____________________________

A) Knowing and understanding - students should be able to :

* Explain scientific knowledge

• Apply scientific knowledge & understanding to solve problems set in familiar and unfamiliar situations

• Analyze and evaluate information to make scientifically supported judgments

B) Inquiring and designing - students should be able to:

•  Explain a problem or question to be tested by a scientific investigation

• Formulate a testable hypothesis and explain it using scientific reasoning

• Explain how to manipulate the variables, and explain how data will be collected

• Design scientific investigations

C) Processing and evaluating - students should be able to:

• Present collected and transformed data

•Interpret data and explain results using scientific reasoning

• Evaluate the validity of a hypothesis based on the outcome of the scientific investigation

• Evaluate the validity of the method

• Explain improvements or extensions to the method

D) Reflecting on the impacts of science - students should be able to:

•Explain the ways in which science is applied and used to address a specific problem or issue

• Discuss & evaluate various implications of the use of science & application in solving a Specific problem or issue

• Apply communication modes effectively

• Document the work of others and sources of information used

Student Name: ____________________ 

date turned in:________

 Feel the Beat

Grading Rubric

 

TASK	POINTS EARNED out of	MAXIMUM POINTS possible
STATED PROBLEM AS A QUESTION		5
HYPOTHESIS		5
INDEPENDENT & DEPENDENT VARIABLES		10
MATERIALS LIST		5
STEP BY STEP PROCEDURES		10
DATA TABLE		10
GRAPH		10
ANALYSIS		10
CONCLUSIONS		20
REFERENCES		5
NEATNESS		5
POSTER BOARD		5
TOTAL POINTS		100

key: early:         +10 due date        +5 1 day late =   -1 2 days late = -3 3 days late = -5 4 days late = -7 5 day late =   -9 6 days late = -11 7 days late = -13 Later =     -15 points for on-time turn-in: ____

Other Comments:

6th Grade  -  No homework except for those students who did not receive or complete a Frayer diagram (due Friday, 12/4), as follows:

**complete a Frayer diagram for vocabulary in the Hazardous Materials Unit. Pick 4 of the following terms to define, illustrate, and use in a sentence:

• Hazardous
• Hazardous Materials
• Materials
• Evidence 
• Substance - 
• Element - 
• Corrosive - 
• Flammable
• Toxic

12/3/15 - 
6th Grade  -  Complete a Frayer diagram for vocabulary in the Hazardous Materials Unit. Pick 4 of the following terms to define, illustrate, and use in a sentence:

• Hazardous
• Hazardous Materials
• Materials
• Evidence 
• Substance - 
• Element - 
• Corrosive - 
• Flammable
• Toxic

7th Grade - Complete pages 9, 10 and 11 in your Feel the Beat Project.  Project is now due on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015.

Homework for tonight:
6th Grade  - none
7th Grade -  Feel the Beat project now due Tuesday, Dec. 8.   Complete pages 6, 7, and 8, as well as page 5 (graph of your data), previously assigned and was due today.