Saturday, September 18, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
WEATHER AND WATER
WEATHER AND WATER
THE FIRST UNIT THAT THE STUDENTS WILL BE LEARNING IS WEATHER. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT IS WEATHER? WE ARE PRESENTLY INVOLVED WITH A NATIONAL STUDY ON HOW STUDENTS LEARN SCIENCE. WE WILL BE LEARNING NINE DIFFERENT INVESTIGATION USING THE FOSS KITS.WE WILL BE LEARNING HOW TO MAKE WEATHER REPORTS BY GOING OUTSIDE AND USING WEATHER EQUIPMENT. THEY ALSO WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW CLOUDS ARE FORMED THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLOUDS. THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HEAT TRANFER,CONVECTION,WATER CYCLE,GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE,AIR PRESSURE,WIND AND AIR MASSES. WHO KNOWS WE MIGHT HAVE THE NEXT GREAT METEOROLOGIST IN OUR 6TH GRADE.
http://www.weathercentral.com/weather/us/states/AZ/index.html
COOPERATIVE LAB GROUPS
PUZZLE LAB
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO WORK IN GROUPS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL. THE STUDENTS HAD TO WORK AS A TEAM IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PUZZLE. THEY FIRST HAD TO WORK ON THE PUZZLE WITH NO TALKING AND THEN DO IT WITH TALKING. THEY COMPLETED THE LAB THEY LOOKED AT THE DATA TO COMPARE AT WHAT METHOD WAS THE BEST FOR TEAM WORK. ALL LAB GROUPS DID THE BEST WITH TALKING. SO THE 2010-2011 6TH GRADE CLASS IS OFF TO A GREAT START FOR THE YEAR.
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