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Empathy activities: How do people with CP deal with everyday tasks? How can we be more empathetic to them? #adognamedslugger
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#servicedog day at ADM MS. Thanks to all our guests at #pawsandeffect for coming.
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#marshmallowchallenge #winners 64cm, 66cm, and 68cm! Nice job, guys!#engineeringdesignprocess #prototyping #iterativeprocess #triangles
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Monday, May 25 - Friday, May 28
Mon, May 25
- Memorial Day
Tues, May 26
- Test Corrections
- Marshmallow Challenge Day #1
https://docs.google.com/a/adm.k12.ia.us/presentation/d/1eBvAosp-sLPomgLKyymomY5FofxyzdyNEY6IZi-Ha9U/edit?usp=sharing
Wed, May 27
- What went well yesterday? What didn’t go so well? What changes will you make?
- MC Video - TED
- Marshmallow Challenge Day #2
https://docs.google.com/a/adm.k12.ia.us/presentation/d/1eBvAosp-sLPomgLKyymomY5FofxyzdyNEY6IZi-Ha9U/edit?usp=sharing
Thurs, May 28
- Bonus Party
Fri, May 29
- Service Dog Day (no science lessons)
- Last Day of School
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6th graders out at Kuehn Conservation Area learning about the erosive properties of different ground cover thanks to Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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Monday, May 18 - Friday, May 22
Mon, May 18
- Work on Concept Map
- Go over Kuehn Schedules
Tues, May 19
- Work on Concept Map
- Review Day for BM Exam
- Jeopardy Review
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/6th-grade-earth-science-district-benchmark-exam-2014-2015
Wed, May 20
- Concept Maps due
- Review Day for BM Exam
- Jeopardy Review
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/6th-grade-earth-science-district-benchmark-2014-2015-2
Thurs, May 21
- Kuehn
- Half Students to Take Science BM Exam
Fri, May 22
- Kuehn
- Half Students to Take Science BM Exam
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Monday, May 11 - Friday, May 15
Mon, May 11
- Schoolyard Solar System (Scale Model Lab)
Tues, May 12
- Schoolyard Solar System (Scale Model Lab)
Wed, May 13
- Part 1: Exploring Planet Sizes
- Part 2: Walking Planet Distances
Thurs, May 14
- Intro to Concept Maps - Mr. Markus will demonstrate a concept map of his own
- Non-linear
- Make sure to use connecting words
- Flip Through Binders and write down a word list individually & then with lab group
- Mr. Markus will write down a master list & get them to you tomorrow
Fri, May 15
-Put together master list of words from the entire year.
- Students work on concept maps
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Monday, May 4 - Friday, May 8
Mon, May 4
Earth’s Rotation & Revolution Lab
HW - pages 142 & 143 #5, 6, & 7
Tues, May 5
Season’s animations and question guide
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion1/animations/seasons_ecliptic.html
http://tinyurl.com/2ddtuvn
http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/01_EarthSun_E2.html
http://tinyurl.com/y6gqb8
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/npls13.sci.ess.seasons/why-seasons/
http://tinyurl.com/mbotuqx
HW - pages 144 & 145 #8, 9, & 10
Wed, May 6
Early Out
Season’s Model Lab do as a 1 group demo
HW - N/A
Thurs, May 7
Mr. Markus Gone at Science Standards Review
Read pages 146 & 147 #11, 12, 13
Lesson Review page 149 #1-9
Fri, May 8
- Season’s Survey Due
https://www.youtube.com/embed/DD_8Jm5pTLk?modestbranding=1&autoplay=1&iv_load_policy=3&rel=0&fs=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wk4qG2mIg
Compile Season’s Survey Data
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Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1
Mon, April 27
- Go over Weather & Climate Tests
- Extension (macBooks)
- http://climate.nasa.gov/
- Reteaching & Retesting
- HW - Test Corrections
Tues, April 28
- Intro to Space Science
- One Small Step for Man (Eagle has landed video)
- Lunar Landers (Start making today, finish Wed, & Test on Thurs)
Wed, April 29
- Square Peg in Round Hole Vid (Apollo 13)
- Work on Lunar Landers
Thurs, April 30
- Test Lunar Landers
- Have students share out their process of creating lunar lander before initial test
(1m), then go to 2m, and then go to balcony (5m)
- Show Feather vs Hammer Moon Vid (Gravity vs Air Resistance)
- Answer two questions on back
- What changes would you now make to your lander & why?
- How did you have to be creative and use your creativity in this activity?
Fri, May 1
- Hand out New Textbooks
- Space Science Journal
- Look @ the Space Science Textbook that we are going to study.
- Which unit/topic do you think you know most about?
- List three to five things you know about that topic or just tell me a little about what
you know (Bullets or paragraph).
- Which do you think you know least about? Why do you think this is, and what are
you going to do about it?
- Season’s Survey
- Students act as a reporter to survey 8 people about their answers to the
question, “ What causes Earth’s seasons?”
Use the Hypothesis Brainstorming Web
One answer can be their own
Due in one week
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Monday, April 20 - Friday, April 24
Monday, April 20
- Read pages 234 & 235 about the three major climate zones.
- Here & There (TE page 286)
- Intro to climate using MacBooks
- Using a Two-Panel Flip-Chart, choose a city in a different climate zone than Adel
(polar +66.5N/S or between 23.5N & 23.5S Latitude) and compare the two climates
- Information to find for Adel and a city of your choice: average rainfall and average
temperature
- What was the main determining factor that caused the difference in climate
between these two locations?
- Read pages 226 & 227, do #5, 6, & 7
- Read pages 228 & 229, do #9, 10, & 11
Tuesday, April 21
- Read pages 234 & 235 about the three major climate zones.
- Here & There (TE page 286)
- Intro to climate using MacBooks
- Using a Two-Panel Flip-Chart, choose a city in a different climate zone than Adel
(polar +66.5N/S or between 23.5N & 23.5S Latitude) and compare the two climates
- Information to find for Adel and a city of your choice: average rainfall and average
temperature
- What was the main determining factor that caused the difference in climate
between these two locations?
- Read pages 226 & 227, do #5, 6, & 7
- Read pages 228 & 229, do #9, 10, & 11
- Study Guide
Wednesday, April 22
- Early Out
- Bonus Party
Thursday, April 23
- Review Day
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/earths-weather-climate
Friday, April 24
- Earth’s Weather & Atmosphere Test
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Monday, April 13 - Friday, April 17
Monday, April 13
-Severe Weather & Weather Safety
- Preparing for Severe Weather Lab (seven-day lab)
- Research (Books page 194-205 & MacBooks)
- #1-6 on Lab Report
Tuesday, April 14
- Preparing for Severe Weather Lab (seven--day lab)
- Research / Prepare the Emergency Plan (Books page 194-205 & MacBooks)
- #1-6 on Lab Report
Wednesday, April 15
- Preparing for Severe Weather Lab (seven--day lab)
- Prepare the Emergency Plan (Books page 194-205 & MacBooks)
- #6 on Lab Report
Thursday, April 16
- Preparing for Severe Weather Lab (seven--day lab)
- Prepare the Emergency Plan (Books page 194-205 & MacBooks)
- #6 on Lab Report
Friday, April 17
- Preparing for Severe Weather Lab (seven-day lab)
- Present the Safety Plan to the Class
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Monday, April 6 - Friday, April 10
Monday, April 6
-Track Clouds in the Sky Day 1 - iPads
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/observe_step1.htm
- Step 1: Learn the Facts
- Step 2: Observe & Record
- HW - Read page 169 #10
Tuesday, April 7
- Track Clouds in the Sky Day 2 - iPads
- Observe & record
- HW - Read pages 170-171, do # 11 & 13
Wed, April 8
Early Out @1pm
- Track Clouds in the Sky Day 3 - iPads
- Observe & record
- Take the Quiz
- HW - Read page 172 & do #14
Thurs, April 9
- Go over HW
- Meteorology
- Read page 210, do #5 & 6
-Severe Weather & Weather Safety
- Preparing for Severe Weather Lab (seven-day lab) - Mr. Markus will demo his
- Day 1 Research (Books page 194-205 & MacBooks)
- #1-5 on Lab Report
Fri, April 10
-Severe Weather & Weather Safety
- Preparing for Severe Weather Lab (seven-day lab) - Mr. Markus will demo his
- Day 1 Research (Books page 194-205 & MacBooks)
- #1-5 on Lab Report
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Monday, March 23 - Friday, March 27
Mon, March 23
- Extension
- Reteach & Retest
- Spring Break Weather Intro
- Preview Tomorrow
- Pretest Earth’s Weather & Climate Unit
Tues, March 24
Mr. Markus gone today
- Tracking Weather Activity - iPads
- Week-long tracking of eight weather elements day 1
- Preview Weather on Page 155 #1, 2, & 3
- HW - Read page 156 #5
Wed, March 25
Go over Pretest
- Tracking Weather Activity - iPads
- Week-long tracking of eight weather elements day 2
http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/frame_loader.htm
- Read page 157 #6, 7, & 8
Thurs, March 26
- Tracking Weather Activity - iPads
- Week-long tracking of eight weather elements day 3
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/weather/sim/game.htm
- Read pages 158-159 #9 & 10 (Be ready to prove your knowledge of the three types of clouds)
Fri, March 27
- Tracking Weather Activity - iPads
- Week-long tracking of eight weather elements day 4
- Read pages 160 #13
- HW - Track weather elements over the weekend
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March 9 - 12
Mon, March 9
First Half of class work on SG or work on notecards
Second Half of class go over SG
Tues, March 10
- PT Conferences (Early Out)
- Review Day
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/the-earths-atmosphere7
Wed, March 11
- Earth’s Atmosphere Test
Thurs, March 12
- PT Conferences (Early Out)
- Bonus Party
Fri, March 13 - Fri, March 20
- NO School. Spring Break, Whoo!
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Monday, February 16 - Friday, February 20
Monday, February 16
- GBBC
- Atmospheric Layers Foldables
- Use pages 108 & 109 to complete ^
- Finish in first half of class & go over second half
Tuesday, February 17
- GBBC submissions
- MacBooks
- Merlin Bird ID
- All About Birds.Org
Wednesday, February 18
Metro Waste Authority
Thursday, February 19
- Daily Demo - Greenhouse Effect Lab
- Start at beginning of class to set baseline
- Read pages 110 - 111 & complete #10, 11, 12
- Go over pages. 110 & 111
- Finish Daily Demo
Friday, February 20
- No School (PD)
Saturday, February 21
- Science Bowl!
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Monday, February 9 - Friday, February 13
Monday, February 9
- Earth’s Water Test
Tuesday, February 10
Chris Adkins
- Go over GBBC Letter to Family, Checklist, & Logistics
- GBBC Review
- GBBC2015.doc
- MacBooks - GBBC & Allaboutbirds.org
- Bird of the Day Quiz
Stump the Chump!
Wednesday, February 11
- Bird of the Day/Bird Cams
- Merlin Bird ID
- Go over Earth’s Water Test (Corrections)
- Reteach & Retest
- Extension - http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle-kids-adv.html (iPads)
- Earth’s Atmosphere
- Pre-test and Self-Reflections/Goal Setting
Thursday, February 12
- Bird Cams
- Modeling Air Pressure Lab and Air Crushing a Can Lab (Great way to start Atmosphere Unit) Youtube video of 55 gallon drum
- Preview Pages 104 & 105 #1-3
- HW - Read pages 106 & 107 #5, 6, &7
Friday, February 13
- Bird Cams
- GBBC Starts Today
- Go over pages 106 & 107
- Atmospheric Layers Foldable
- Use pages 108 & 109 to complete ^
- HW - GBBC
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