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     "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." ~Mae Jemison, first African American woman in space 
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    • Welcome Parents and Students! 

      Here are the class syllabus and the essential questions (Life, Physical, Earth) we are working on this year.

       

      We use Science Education for Public Understanding Program  (SEPUP) textbooks.

      NEW! Students need to create a log in for Labaids.com:

      • Go to the registration page: https://portals.lab-aids.com/register.htm
      • If necessary, select the New User? Register Here link.
      • Username is your apps account (example: coesterl@pps.net)
      • Create a password you will remember -- 6-20 characters
      • Write down your username and password in a place you will remember it!
      • Enter first name, last name
      • Create your new Lab-Aids/SEPUP account using the access code for 6th grade:
        • 6th: pps-students-grade6
      • Click Register
      • You can now login and use the updated online site at www.lab-aids.com.

    Key to notation:EQ= Essential Question.    LG= Daily Learning Goal.    HW=Homework  

      

     January 2020

     Monday

     Tuesday

     Wednesday

     Thursday

     Friday
     

    6. EQ: What is weather?

    HW:E8 1 to 4

    7. EQ: How is daily weather different than monthly weather data?

    HW: E14 1 to 4

    		 8. EQ: How is daily weather different than monthly weather data?

    HW: E14 1 to 4

    		 9. EQ: How is daily weather different than monthly weather data?

    HW: Metric to english conversion

    		 10. EQ:What is climate?

    HW: E22: 1 to 2
     

    13. What is cl8imate and how does climate vary?

    HW: E22: 3 to 4

    14. EQ: What is the percent of the Earth's Water?

    HW: E26: 1 to 2

    15. How does the suns energy hear the earth's surface?

    HW: E33 1 to 3

    Map

    		 16. How does the suns energy hear the earth's surface?

    HW: Write inquiry

    		 17. How does the suns energy hear the earth's surface?

    HW: Write science inquiry

     

     

     

    Month           Monday              Tuesday                          Thursday              Friday
    August    

     28 Welcome

    EQ: What will make you successful at WSMS?

    HW: parent sign syllabus

     29. EQ:What will make you successful at WSMS?

    HW: Rough Draft How to tie your shoes

     30.EQ: What will make you successful?

    HW:Per 1 & 2-Final Draft How to tie your shoes

    HW Period 5: Rough Draft How to tie your shoes
    September  2 Labor day

     3. EQ:Period 1,2: Do all scientists experiment the same way? Period 5: How to make you successful?

    HW Periods 1,2: 4,5 A7

    HW: Period 5: Final Draft How to tie your shoe?

    		  4. EQ: Period 1,2: What are the common elements of all scientific methods? Period 5:Do all scientists experiment the same way?

    HW Periods 1,2: 3, 4,5 A10

    HW: Period 5:4,5 A7

    		  5. EQ: Period 1,2:How are medicines tested? Period 5:What are the common elements of all scientific methods?

    HW Periods 1,2: 3,4,5, 6 A17

    Period 5: 3, 4,5 A10

     6. EQ: Period 1,2: Collecting data: Qualitative vs Quantitative data

    Period 5: How are medicines tested? 

    Period 1 ,2: 1 and 2 A33

    HW Periods 5: 3,4,5, 6 A17
       9.

     EQ: Period 1, 2: testing medicines in a clinical trial

           Period 5: Collecting data: Qualitative vs Quantitative data? 

    HW: Period 1 ,2: 1,2,3 A14

    Period 5:  1 and 2 A33

    		  10.

     EQ: Period 1, 2: How do we graph our data?

       Period 5: How do we test medicines in a clinical trial?

    HW: Period 1 ,2: Graphing practice

    HW: period 5:

    1,2,3 A14

     11. EQ: Periods 1,2,5: How do we Write a complete science inquiry paper?

    HWL 1 to 3 A37

    		  12. EQ: Periods 1,2,5: How do we Write a complete science inquiry paper?

    HWL 1 to 4 A37

    		  13. EQ: Periods 1,2,5: How do we Write a complete science inquiry paper?

    HW: Continue writing draft science inquiry paper

    Inquiry Template
       16. EQ:  How do we grow intellegence?

    HWL Continue writing draft science inquiry paper

    		  17.EQ:  Which proposals have  good experimental designs?

    HW: 3 and 5 pg A46

     18. Study for quiz

    HW: Review notes for quiz

     19. Quiz and vocabulary

    HW: none

     20. EQ: How do systems within an organism help it survive?

    HW: 1 to 4 B9
       23. EQ: How do systems within an organism help it survive? Act 11

    HW: 1 to 4 B9

    		  24. EQ: How do systems within an organism help it survive? Act 12

    HW: 1 to 4 B14

    		  25. EQ: How do systems within an organism help it survive? Act 12

    HW: 1 to 4 B14

    		  26. EQ: How do systems within an organism help it survive? Act 12

    HW: 1 to 6 B14

    		  27. EQ: How do systems within an organism help it survive? Act 12

    HW: 1 to 6 B14
               
    October 30. Outdoor School 1.Outdoor School 2.Outdoor School 3.Outdoor School 4.Outdoor School
     

     7. How do systems with a body help the organism survive?
    HW: 1 to 5 B14

     8.  How do systems with a body help the organism survive?

    HW: 1 to 5 B14

     9. Nervous System - touch

    HW:  #1-A24

     10. Nervous System - touch

    HW: 2 2 to 5  -A24

    11. No School

    Statewide Inservice Day
       14.Create slide show on body system

    HW: research your topic

    		 15. .Create slide show on body system

    HW: research your topic

    		 16. .Create slide show on body system

    HW: create slides

    		  17..Create slide show on body system

    HW: .Create slide show

    		 18..Create slide show on body system

    HW: practice slides on your topic
     

     21. Body system presentation

    HW: practice silde show

    HW: Practice slide show

    		  22. Body system presentation

    HW: practice silde show

    		 23. Body system presentation

    HW: practice silde show

         		 24. Body system presentation

    HW: practice silde show

     

    25. Body system vocabulary quiz

    Binder and planner check

    HW: study for book test
       28. Body system book test

    HW: rest up

    		 29. Body system dissection

    HW: complete worksheet

         		 30. Body system dissection

    HW: complete worksheet

     

    31. How have succeeded in first quarter

    Create 2nd Quarter goals

    HW: organize binder for 2nd quarter

    		 Nov 1 Teacher planning
    November

    4. Review test and introduce new unit

    HW: C5 Part A

    5. EQ: How do infectious diseases spread?

    HW: C7 #1 to 7

    6 EQ: How do infectious diseases spread?

    HW: C17 #1 to 5

    7. EQ: How do infectious diseases spread?

    HW: C20#1 to 5

    8. Factory farming

    HW: review notes 
     

     11. No School

    Veterans Day

    12. EQ: How do we see microscopic life?

    HW: Practice for Quiz

    13. EQ: How do we see microscopic life?

    HW: C26 #1 to 4

    		 14.    15.
     

    18.EQ:What are the structure & fucntion of the organelles?

    HW:1-1 worksheet

    19.EQ:What are the structure & fucntion of the organelles?

    HW:1-2 worksheet

    20.EQ:What are the structure & fucntion of the organelles?

    HW:Review cell oranelles

    		 21.EQ:What are the structure & fucntion of the organelles?

    HW:Review cell oranelles

    22.EQ:What are the structure & fucntion of the organelles?

    HW:Review cell oranelles
     

    25. Conferences 9am to 8pm

    26. Conferences 9am to 8pm

    27. Thanksgiving Holiday

    		 28. Thanksgiving Holiday

    29. Thanksgiving Holiday
    December

    2. EQ: What are organelles analogus to?

    HW: Work on cell project

    3. EQ: What are organelles analogus to?

    HW: Work on cell project

    		  4. EQ: What are organelles analogus to?

    HW: Work on cell project

    		  5. EQ: What are organelles analogus to?

    HW: Work on cell project

    		  Vocabulary Quiz

    6. EQ: What are organelles analogus to?

    HW: Work on cell project
     

    9. How do we classify cells?

    HW: Cell city project

    10. How do we classify cells?

    HW: Cell city project

    		 11. How do we classify cells?

    HW: Cell city project

    12. How do we classify cells?

    HW: Cell city project

    		 13. How do we classify cells?

    Cell city project DUE
     

    16.  Cell city project pesentations 

    HW: any missing work

    17.

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    19.

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