Ms.+Higley

**Ms. Higley** adrienne.higley@aian.cn.org  Assessment Calendar @http://teacherweb.com/CH/AIAN/MsH

QUARTER 2

Unit 2: Physical Science – Matter, Forces and Energy Standard 8: [|Understands the structure and properties of matter] Standard 9: [|Understands the sources and properties of energy] Standard 10: [|Understands forces and motion]
 * SCIENCE- Grade 6 **

Resources: Textbook: Chapter 19 p.554-585 Foss book: Newton’s Toy Box, Simple Machines, Magnetism and Electricity

In the area of Forces & Motion will emphasize the use of knowledge and evidence to construct explanations about forces, changes in motion, work and simple machines. As students, will start to uncover explanations for why things work in the ways we have expected them to work for our entire lives through “hands on” investigations and inquiry based science education. Students will engage in races and challenges that emphasize the laws of motion that govern everyday tasks and cosmic interactions. As they explain their observations, they prove Newton's three laws of motion. Students will learn how Newton’s laws of motion work to explain the results of their investigations.

Assessments: Laboratory Investigation or Projects: Balloon Rockets, 3-2-1 Pop Quizzes/Tests: Forces and Motion Exam 6+1 Traits of Writing: Newton’s Laws Project Comic Strip or Sir Isaac Newton Interview Current Events (IDEA and WORD CHOICE) Science Non-Fiction or Science Fiction Book Report (IDEA and WORD CHOICE) Participation: Science Lab Notebook, Notes, Labs, Activities Homework: Handouts and Chapter Book Review Assessments

Simple Machines As students study Simple Machines, they will investigate how humans are the only living creatures that have been able to put materials together to construct machines to do work. We will examine how our capacity to see and invent. We will also discover how relationships between effort and work produced through simple machines have led us into a world that is becoming more technologically oriented. Knowledge of these relationships is necessary for understanding all mechanics.

Assessments: Laboratory Investigation or Projects: Lever Lab, Pulley Lab Quizzes/Tests: Simple Machine Exam 6+1 Traits of Writing: Current Events (IDEA and WORD CHOICE) Science Non-Fiction or Science Fiction Book Report (IDEA and WORD CHOICE) Participation: Science Lab Notebook, Notes, Labs, Activities Homework: Handouts and Chapter Book Review Assessments

Magnetism and Electricity Students will investigate Magnetism and Electricity, which will introduce or reinforce concepts in physical science. The investigations provide opportunities for students to explore the natural and human-made worlds by observing and manipulating materials in focused settings using simple tools.

Assessments: Laboratory Investigation or Projects: Magnets, Circuits, Elecromagnets, Conductors and Insulators Quizzes/Tests: Magnetism and Electricity Exam 6+1 Traits of Writing: Current Events (IDEA and WORD CHOICE) Science Non-Fiction or Science Fiction Book Report (IDEA and WORD CHOICE) Participation: Science Lab Notebook, Notes, Labs, Activities Homework: Handouts and Chapter Book Review Assessments

** More Resources: **

**__ Grade 6: FOCUS PHYSICAL SCIENCE __**

· Glencoe Red Level Textbook

· Glencoe Red Level Online Textbook:

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· Glencoe Red Interactive Website (Online study tools, quizzes, etc. )

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· http://higleyscience6.wikispaces.com/

Unit 2 & 3: Matter, Geology & Energy Standard 8: [|Understands the structure and properties of matter] Standard 9 : [|Understands the sources and properties of energy] Standard 2: [|Understands Earth's composition and structure] Standard 3: [|Understands the composition and structure of the universe and the Earth's place in it]
 * SCIENCE - **Grade: 7

Unit 2 & 3: Matter, Geology & Energy Textbook: Chapter 18 p. 518-543, Chapter 19 p.544-570, Chapter 14 p.390-417, Chapter 15 p. 418-459 The topics of Matter, Geology, and Energy will be studied simultaneously during this unit in order to construct explanations for the physical and chemical properties of matter using the periodic table of elements and where they are found in nature. Students will be able to describe the chemical and physical properties/states of matter, students will also learn how matter changes, and what causes matter to change. The students will study the periodic table and learn how atoms arrange into crystals, how various minerals are elements and or compounds and how minerals form various types of rocks. Students will learn about the different types of rocks, how rocks change through the rock cycle and Earth’s composition. The idea of geologic time will be introduced and students will begin to conceptualize how short of a time human beings have existed on Earth in comparison to Earth’s formation. Students will examine the hypothesis of continental drift, seafloor spreading and the theory of plate tectonics. Forces of nature such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis will also be examined.

Assessments: Laboratory Investigation and Projects: Mineral Identification, Adopt a Mineral (Element or Compound), Earth’s Layers Lab, Lava Layering, What’s the Scoop? Lab, Fossil Lab, Geologic Time Lab, Quakeville, Quizzes/Tests: Matter 6+1 Traits of Writing: Rock Cycle Story Participation: Science Lab Notebook, Notes, Labs, Activities Homework: Handouts and Chapter Book Review Assessments

**__ Grade 7: FOCUS EARTH & LIFE SCIENCE __**

§ Glencoe Green Level Textbook

§ Glencoe Green Level Online Textbook

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§ Glencoe Green Interactive Website (Online study tools, quizzes, etc. )

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§ http://higleyscience7.wikispaces.com/


 * SCIENCE ** - Grade: 8

Unit 2: Physical Science - Matter & Chemistry, Unit 3: Earth Science & Space

McREL Standards: Standard 8: Understands the structure and properties of matter. Standard 9: Understands the sources and properties of energy.

Unit 2: Physical Science - Matter & Chemistry Textbook: Chapter 18 p. 538-567, Chapter 19 p.568-595, Chapter 20 p.596-625 Students are concluding the unit of Matter and Chemistry. This unit has allowed students to construct explanations for the physical and chemical properties of matter and how it makes up the world around us. Organization in science is extremely important in laboratories and also organization of elements on the periodic table. Students learned in depth about the elements and how the chart organizes them according to their chemical and physical properties. In order to have a more in depth understanding of the chemical and physical properties/states of matter, Students performed laboratory experiments that allowed students to differentiate between chemical and physical properties/states of matter they also learned how matter changes through chemical bonding and chemical reactions.

Assessments: Laboratory Investigation or Projecs: Candy Chemical Bonding, STAND OFF: Physical vs. Chemical Changes, Chemical Change in a Bag Quizzes/Tests: Chapter 18-20 Exam 6+1 Traits of Writing: IDEA in Lab Reports Results and Conclusions, Current Events, Exam Participation: Science Lab Notebook, Notes, Labs, and Activities HomeLearning: Handouts and Chapter Book Review Assessments, Current Events

Unit 3: Forces, Energy and Space McREL Standards: Standard 2: [|Understands Earth's composition and structure] Standard 3: [|Understands the composition and structure of the universe and the Earth's place in it]. Standard 9: [|Understands the sources and properties of energy]. Standard 10: [|Understands forces and motion].

Foss Book and Textbook Chapters: Chapter 2 p. 40-71 Chapter 3 p. 72-101 Chapter 3 p. 102-135 Chapter 4 p. 136-169

Space—the seemingly boundless vessel holding billions upon billions of swirling galaxies—is today's final frontier. Astronomers continue to be the pioneers who venture into this vast environment, creating the charts that will guide those of us ready to join the adventure. Students study the Earth as a celestial object before progressing to lunar science and lunar exploration, and then on to the Solar System. Activities explore forces such as gravity and Newton’s Laws, the origin of the Moon, celestial motions, Moon phases, lunar geology, cratering processes (Law of Conservation of Energy), seasons, imaging technologies, scaling, and space exploration.

Assessments: Laboratory Investigation or ProjectS: Impact Craters, Moon, Science Fiction or Non-Fiction Book and Book Report Quizzes/Tests: Moon Quiz, Seasons Quiz, Space Exam 6+1 Traits of Writing: IDEA in Lab Reports Results and Conclusions, Current Events, Exam Participation: Science Lab Notebook, Notes, Labs, and Activities HomeLearning: Handouts and Chapter Book Review Assessments, Current Events,

** Grade 8: FOCUS PHYSICAL EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE ** § Glencoe Blue Level Textbook § Glencoe Blue Level Online Textbook []

§ Glencoe Blue Interactive Website (Online study tools, quizzes, etc. ) [] http://higleyscience8.wikispaces.com/