THE CHALLENGE!

Locker Alarm Assignment

The Summative Locker Alarm Assignment is due next Wednesday.  

If you were unable to complete the challenge during class, be sure to do so on your own time.

Please be sure to follow the task requirements and rubric handed out in class.

Blog Post should include:

• Video of working alarm
• Explanation of how the alarm works - include all concepts we've learned so far. The vocabulary is included in the assignment sheet. The explanation can be incorporated in the video, or it can be written
• Pictures of final schematic design

Electromagnetic Induction

Click on Tim and Moby for a quick lesson on electromagnetic induction

Electric Circuits by Tim and Moby

From the cell webquest and the onion and cheek cell labs you've learned a few fundamental differences between plant and animal cells. Both plant and animal cells have a cell membrane, but only the plant cell also has a cell wall. In the elodea lab you can clearly see the structure and function of each. The process you will see is called plasmolysis - you'll do some further reading on it in the lab. Plasmolysis in action! 

1. What happens to the cells as the salt water flows under the cover slip?

2. Why does this happen? 
3. Why didn’t the outer boundary of the cell collapse?

4. Why do plants wilt when there is not enough water?

Plant and Animal Cells

Click on the picture to go to the CellsAlive website.  Look around the site and become familiar with the animal and plant cells and their organelles (cell parts).

Bill Nye Cells

Bill Nye The Science Guy & Cells & Full Episode from Kathy McClain on Vimeo.

The Heart and Circulation

Bill Nye Human Body

There are a number of clips to watch with this video. To scroll through the systems, simply press the forward button on the video.

Body System Challenge

 Make sure you're ready to share out your Body System Challenge Next Block.
 - Working Model of your Body System
 - Quiz for classmates
 - Study guide for classmates

pH

Here's a pretty good website with information on the pH of our body.  You might find it interesting.
Body pH

If you do use the pH strip at home - Please don't bring the strip into class!

Science during Christmas Break!

For the first time in 20 years, my Brother came to visit us in Singapore. It's always been extremely difficult for him to get away for any extended period of time, as he owns an architectural firm in Florida.  However, since this is our last year in Singapore he decided to buck up and make the trip.  He and his fiancé spent eight glorious days with us exploring Singapore.  It was amazing to explore the city with newcomers. Everything that has become normal and commonplace to us was awe inspiring to them-from walks in nature parks to exploring the rich ethnic enclaves.  From chili crab, laksa, kaya toast to checking out the buildings throughout the city.
It was a rich experience for us to see the architecture of Singapore through their eyes.  Did you know that we have a building in Singapore that was voted the WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR in 2015.  It's not Marina Bay Sands or the Esplanade!  It's an apartment building on Telok Blangah that I never knew existed called "The Interlace".  Indeed an engineering and design marvel. Check out the design  details here.

Properties of Matter Summative Question - Practice

Student Somebody wanted to see if water and salt would chemically react when heated.  Somebody decided to collect data on the water and salt both before and after heating.  

The data that Somebody collected is below.  Make sure you read the details of Somebody's procedure/

 HERE are the lab details and CER questions.  

Try to complete the CER  and then compare your response to this example.

States of Matter - A Physical Change

Click on the picture and it will take you to a website.  Follow the directions on the site and pay special attention to how the molecules are moving in the different states of matter.  Also notice what his happening to the temperature as it changes state

After this, watch the Brainpop clip of changes of state. The password and user name for Brianpop is Singapor (no e)

Be sure you do both of these activities so you're ready for next science class!

Bill Nye Chemistry

Click on Bill to watch his clip on chemical Reactions

Deep Dive into Density - Solids and Liquids Interactive

                                                            Click on the picture to take you to the explorelearning website.

There is a button in the upper right hand corner of the web page.  Click on that button "Enroll in a Class" and type in the class code (given to you by your teacher).


MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD IN THE BACK COVER OF YOUR JOURNAL so you always have it.
Begin to explore Density!

Submarine Success

Make sure everything is complete before next science block:
Click  on the Yellow Submarine for Final Grading Rubric Guidelines.

Density!

Archimedes

CWW REMINDERS

Itinerary


Packing List

Measuring Volume using a Graduated Cylinder

Click on the picture and scroll through to practice measuring volume of liquid using a graduated cylinder.

Interactive Metric Measurement

Please go through the 10 interactive slides on this program. READ about the metric system (be ready to answer questions about it).  Practice your measurement skills and be sure to check your accuracy.  Complete all 10 slides.

Measurement

Abby Safe

The science lab is a unique place to be - A place of exploration and experimentation.

Lab Safety is of the utmost importance as you progress throughout the year in sixth grade science and there are many rules and safety procedures that you need to keep in mind. 
 Go through our list and pick one.... and Let's MEME it!  After you've created your safety meme -  embed it onto your blog and take a screen shot of it. Make sure you label the blog post science so I can see it.
In addition, please add it to the class slideshow for sharing. 

Class F

Class B
Class D
Class C
Class E

Lab Safety

What the Heck Just Happened?

Family Water Usage

Click on the picture to open the spreadsheet. Make a copy and Title it 'Water Usage and your Name"

Let's see how much water we use~

Analysis of Data:  Analyze your data using the guiding questions below.

Take a screen shot of your water usage graph and put it into a blog post.  

Write a paragraph answering these questions using the data from your table and graph.  Make sure you answer all of the questions in your paragraph - (don't write the questions, just answer them in a paragraph - you know what I mean)

1.  What is your family's average monthly water usage in cubic meters for the past six months?

2.  The national average of monthly water use for households in Singapore is 33.4 cubic meters.  If you live in a condo the national average is around 15.3 cubic meters

        - Is your family above or below the average?

        - How much above or below the aerage?

        - What percentage above or below the average?

3.  What was your family's lowest month of usage?  Can you think of any explanation why it might have been lower?

4.  What was your family's highest month of usage?  Can you think of any explanation why it might have been higher?

5. How much money could your family save if you cut your usage by 20 percent?

    How much money could your family save if you cut your usage by 30 percent?

6.  There are many easy and inexpensive things you can do to cut your water consumption by 10-40 percent.  Come up with a plan and bullet point your ideas (with your family)

Water Cycle, Aquifers, and Singapore's 4 National Taps

Water is a non renewable resource. What does that mean? Think of the water cycle you learned in elementary school. Before we begin today's lesson let's take a look at three things.

 1. The water cycle: As a reminder - watch the Tim and Moby clip on water cycle.

2. Where does our drinking water come from? What is the water table and what is an aquifer?Again...watch Tim and Moby, but this time, take the review quiz after you're finished, just to check your understanding.  No need to print it off - it's just for your understanding.

3. Singapore is an island of over 5 million people. How does Singapore get it's water? Watch the video below and in your journal explain Singapore's 4 National Taps. Singapore has been studied by countries all over the world for its ingenious water conservation.

Solutions

We've discussed global water problems and shared startling water facts.
Now let's look at some of the things people and organizations are doing to help. 

1. Check out the following websites - and any others you find on your own.
2. When you find a piece of information you'd like to share, put it on the padlet wall below,
• (Just double click on the padlet wall and type your information.  Be sure to include your name.  You will need to save a picture to your desktop, then click on the middle icon of your padlet post and upload)
3. Hopefully this will work! If not, then just comment on the post and share your information. There are so many wonderful organizations and inventions out there!  Here are a few.....

ICT
The water project, 
Global Water Challenge,
The Other 90 Percent,
Water.org .

When you share your information on the wall, PLEASE TRY NOT TO OVERLAP ENTRIES ONTO EACH OTHER.  You can move the wall around by dragging it and moving it right or down.  That way we'll have plenty of room for everyone.

Created with Padlet

When you're finished, watch these Tim and Moby clips on water and water shortages. - Water Usage and Crisis, 

Wretched Beasties in Water

Today in class you had the opportunity to see all the 'wretched beasties' in the digital microscopes.  Yuk! Here are some of mine -- Imagine drinking THAT?

 BLOG YOURS - Take 2 videos (10-20 seconds only) of some of the microorganisms you see with the digital microscope.

Please follow the guidelines below and share it on your blog:

Blog Post:

1. Embed your videos into your blog (at least 2)
2. Include the following information in your post

• Name of microorganism
• Category (protist, multicellular)
• Describe how they move through water
• Describe how they get their food.
• Any other interesting information

NOTE:  Make sure you create well written sentences - check grammar and spelling.

Assignment and Resources on Protists ---- click here to find information about the water microbes) 

THEN -  Find three facts about our global water problems and waterborne infectious disease.  Add them to your blog post as a separate paragraph or separate bullet points under your protist information

Here are a few suggested sites - but you can research your own as well.   You might find better sites! Please use more than one site.                    
http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts
http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/facts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_crisis

Interesting Video and Article on the Zika Virus

Delve Deep into Infectious Diseases

Follow the Disease Research Guide and answer the key questions regarding your chosen disease. We will be using this information to make short Public Service Announcements for infectious diseases.

If you're interested, click on the map to view infectious disease outbreaks around the world.

Old School Microbes!

Click HERE and fill out the Microbe worksheet - OLD SCHOOL - USING BOOKS! 

Solar Eclipse - Wednesday Morning

Eclipse from sinnes

GERMS!

We're beginning our study of microlife and infectious disease. Bill Nye gives us an overall view of the microbes we'll be studying - in true Bill Nye fashion. Enjoy.


Bill Nye - The Science Guy - Season 3 Episode... by Bill-Nye-The-Science

Electromagnetic Fishing Pole Challenge!

EVALUATION OF PROJECT

Electricity by Bill!

Bill Nye - Electricity from Matt Stein on Vimeo.

Acid Base Jeopardy Review

If you were absent for class when we went over the notes - click on the Acid/Base Study Guide f
Click on the Test your knowledge worksheet  to use as a review sheet- (This provides evidence of study - hand in to your teacher on test day if you weren't here for class)
After you fill out the worksheet - check your answers here - Acid Base Review Sheet Answer Key

Understanding Acids and Alkali (Base)

Bill Nye Chemical Reactions

Click on Bill to watch his clip on chemical Reactions

Review for Chemistry Test

Chemistry Quiz is coming up.  If you'd like to 'test' yourself on what we've covered so far,  click here , print and fill it out.  You can check your answers here.

Then play Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Review below.

Understanding Atoms

A made for kids video explaining atoms and molecules.  It's a great introduction to understanding!

Chemical and Physical Change - Smart Start

We have explored chemical and physical properties of matter.

Now let's look at Chemical and Physical Changes in matter.

Watch the clip  (click on the picture) about chemical and physical change.  Pay special attention to the difference between the two.

The user name and password is singapor.

Follow that with the States of Matter Clip - 

We'll be exploring change of state as a physical change today.

After you hear Tim and Moby explain the states of matter - Click HERE to play a bit with changing state.

LFM

LFM (Learning From Mistakes)- Your unit papers are graded and we will be going over them in detail next science block.   A number of students have asked me about retakes.

From now on, retaking a summative exam is not possible, however, we encourage you to fill out an LFM on every assessment.

By doing so, it will not increase the grade of the individual assignment, but will be noted (if done correctly) and may be reflected on your final semester grade.

You can find the LFM here.

Multiple choice second try!

Test Review

In addition to playing the review game below- work through the review worksheet 

Check your answers by clicking here.


Play a little Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?!

Who wants to be a millionaire 2014 from sinnes

SUBMARINE SUCCESS!

SUBMARINE SUCCESS!
Great work designing and building your submarines. It's been fun watching the process and to see everyone persevere through their failures - and even having a good time doing it.
I love epic fails.. they lead to great learning.  Well done, well done,  well done!

Reminders:

The final report is due next block.  It is all on the rubric which we went over in class,

You can either do this either on paper on via video but either way the required information is the same - 

• If you choose to draw diagrams, make sure you take a picture of the diagrams, a picture of your submarine and post it on your blog.
• In your blog post you need to have a full explanation of what is happening with your submarine in all three positions - positive, neutral, and negative.  Your diagrams should be neat and clearly labeled.  Your explanation should include ballast, density, mass, volume.
• If you choose to do a video, make sure you voiceover with all of the pertinent information.  A detailed list of vocabulary to include can be found in the homework calendar.

Archimedes Principal - Buoyancy

Or was it this.........

Quick Helping Hand Review of Mass

A Mass Singalong!

This guy is AWESOME!  He makes me laugh and makes me sing!!  Singalong to Mr. Edmonds to understand more........ Singalong!!!

Helping Hand of Science - Volume

Big difference between this helping hand video from last year and the one recently posted at the beginning of this year.. It is MUCH TOO LONG but is comprehensive in explaining volume of liquid and solid.

If you finish your lab work, begin making a helping hand video of your own.  Perhaps something a fifth grader could understand.

It will be challenging - There is alot of information to cover in a very short time. 

Your video should be no longer than 3 minutes.  WHAT????  Yep - no longer than 3 minutes and should include the following:

• Explain the concept of volume - by definition

• Explain how to find volume of a liquid (include meniscus)

• Explain how to find volume of a regularly shaped object

• Explain how to find volume of an irregularly shaped object

• Explain the relationship between 1 cubic centimeter and 1ml

Interactive Measurement of Liquid Volume

Click on the picture to practice accurate measurement using a graduated cylinder

Helping Hand of Science Class Demo

Welcome to Sixth Grade Science!

Welcome to Mrs. Hill's  blog site - where indeed learning occurs in the oddest of places.  We'll be using our blogs throughout the year for homework and to document our learning and share information.  I find it to be a fantastic way to interact with each other and give each other feedback as we go along.   It will also become the primary learning site for our class this year.  I'm excited!  Are you?  Let's have an AWESOME year.

THE CASE OF THE VANISHING VARMINTS

And so it begins!  The crime scenes have been processed and your evidence is collected.  Please find out who did this to me!

Follow these guidelines to begin

The Electromagnetic Connection

The magical connection between electricity and magnetism!

Watch these two clips and take the REVIEW quizes. 

user name and password:  singapor


In your journal, explain the connection between magnetism and electricity. Use Diagrams to help explain.  

We will be exploring the connection next block.

Blobz!

Click on the picture to enter the Blobz interactive circuit site.  Peruse through the bottom tutorials and click on the yellow arrow to the right for the activities.

Make a Circuit Quiz Board!

Bill Bill Bill Bill Bill

Electricity - Tim and Moby Style

No One Explains it Better!  

Watch these twoTim and Moby clips on electricity and circuits (click on the picture - sign in as singapor, singapor). Take the quiz to see how well you understand electricity.

Elodea Lab

From the cell webquest and the onion and cheek cell labs you've learned a few fundamental differences between plant and animal cells. Both plant and animal cells have a cell membrane, but only the plant cell also has a cell wall. In the elodea lab you can clearly see the structure and function of each. The process you will see is called plasmolysis - you'll do some further reading on it in the lab. Plasmolysis in action! 

Lab Part 3:

Upload the video to your blog

Go to this link and click on the diffusion/osmosis basic principal. Read about diffusion and osmosis.

Then click on the plasmolysis animation.  Watch the animation carefully. On your video blog post, explain what happened, using the following questions as a guide.

1. What happens to the cells as the salt water flows under the cover slip?

2. Why does this happen? 
3. Why didn’t the outer boundary of the cell collapse?

4. Why do plants wilt when there is not enough water?

Water Project Reflection

Please think carefully about each question and answer it thoughtfully and thoroughly.

Finalizing Project

WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE

GREAT JOB ON YOUR PROGRESS EVERYONE!

                                                                    

CHECK - Presentation Guidelines for class and water presentation day


STUDENT DATA - PROJECT UPDATES AND INFORMATION

Cell Webquest

Today in class we're going to be 'questing' for information about cells.

Click on the cell picture to take you to the quest.  MAKE A COPY  of the document and put it in the dropbox before you begin. Fill out the document as you go along.

Microscope Practice

For extra practice with the compound microscope - do some virtual work using the same website as we use in our manual-virtual urchin. 
Click on the microscope icon to take you there. Peruse and work through the list of items on the left hand side of the site. It's kinda fun!  Scan the QR code for an extra little piece of information.

Singapore's 4 National Taps

The Water Project is Launched!

LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

I love to see so many of you excited for this challenge!

                                                                    

For those of you who were absent - here are the guidelines:  

PROJECT GUIDELINES AND CALENDAR.  

Click HERE for ideas generated by your classmates.

Don't forget that you need to bring the planning sheet back to class with parent's signature before you begin.  Planning sheets and signatures - due at the end of the week.

Presentation Guidelines for class and water presentation day

STUDENT DATA - PROJECT UPDATES AND INFORMATION

Solutions

We've discussed global water problems and shared startling water facts.
Now let's look at some of the things people and organizations are doing to help. 

1. Check out the following websites - and any others you find on your own.
   
2. When you find a piece of information you'd like to share, put it on the padlet wall below, as I showed in class. 
• (Just double click on the padlet wall and type your information.  Be sure to include your name.  You will need to save a picture to your desktop, then click on the middle icon of your padlet post and upload)
  
3. Hopefully this will work! If not, then just comment on the post and share your information. There are so many wonderful organizations and inventions out there!  Here are a few.....

ICT
The water project, 
Global Water Challenge,
The Other 90 Percent,
Water.org .

When you share your information on the wall, PLEASE TRY NOT TO OVERLAP ENTRIES ONTO EACH OTHER.  You can move the wall around by dragging it and moving it right or down.  That way we'll have plenty of room for everyone.

Created with Padlet

What Wretched Beasties Live in Water?

Today in class you had the opportunity to see all the 'wretched beasties' in the digital microscopes.  Yuk! Here are some of mine -- Imagine drinking THAT?

 For homework tonight, upload the protist pictures and videos from class.  Comment on the types of protists or other water life you found in your samples (click here to find information about the water microbes) and then visit the sites below to find three facts about our global water problems and waterborne infectious disease.  Either add them to your blog or write them down and be ready to share in class.
Here are a few suggested sites - but you can research your own as well.   You might find better sites! Please use more than one site.                    
http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts
http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/facts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_crisis

Great Video on Viruses

Typhoid Mary - The Most Dangerous Woman in the World

If curious.... scan the QR code.

Map of Infectious Disease

Click on the map to view infectious disease outbreaks around the world.

To find out more about a disease, follow your research guide (in your dropbox) and answer the key questions regarding microbes and disease prevention.  We will be using it next class block.  This is just a research guide, so you can use bullet points or notes to answer the questions. It doesn't have to be full sentences - but you do need to be thorough.

How Viruses Work

Tricky and confusing.... but this clip does a pretty good job explaining how viruses work.

Germs!

We're beginning our study of microlife and infectious disease. Bill Nye gives us an overall view of the microbes we'll be studying - in true Bill Nye fashion. Enjoy.

 

The Importance of pH

Here's a pretty good website with information on the pH of our body.  You might find it interesting.
Body pH

If you do use the pH strip at home - Please don't bring the strip into class!