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 Quiz 2016

Acid Base Quiz Part One

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.

States of Matter

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.........

Halloween Science

Here you go, Atharv.  I'll post the science behind it all soon.

Halloween for blog from sinnes

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

Lab Safety

Safety Rules in the lab

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 into your blog as well as make a colored print to put up as a reminder.

Lab Safety

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.

Microbes

Microbes from gr8scribbler

Acid/Base Quiz Take 2

Quiz

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.

 

Acid Base Test Part 1

Acid/ Base Test Part One

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!

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.

The Magic that Makes Chemistry Happen

GET READY FOR CHEMISTRY!

BILLS WAY

Cartesian Diver Homework

Submarine Homework

Helping Hand --- Click on THIS WEBSITE to help you understand more about submarines!

Mass, Volume, and Density!

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

Helping Hand of Science - MASS

Review of EVERYTHING about Volume

The Helping Hand of Science --- Kind of goofy - but if you need some review of volume of liquids, solids, displaced water - take a look.  It's LOOONG too - so just scroll to the parts where you might need review.  Comment and let me know if it helped you understand.

Gumby and Pokey

Click on the picture to view a short episode of the 6year old Mrs. Hill's FAVORITE show!

Practice Volume of Liquids

         Click on the picture and scroll through for a little more practice with graduated cylinders

Reflect Upon your Learning Behaviors

Bill Explains It Best!

Measurement

Let's practice some simple metric measurement.  Click on the picture and scroll through the tutorial to see how accurate you are.

As you go through, read the metric system information carefully and see if you can understand how it works.  The meter is the basic unit of measurement for length.

                                                                                                                 

Observation

Keen observation.  In science,  observation and data collection and analysis are key to solving problems.  Watch this clip and see if you can accurately count the number of passes made by the team in white.  Observation! 

Lab Equipment Review

Want a little more practice?  Try this Equipment Review

Laboratory equipment self review 2013 from sinnes

Lab Safety

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.

Bits and Bots Electricity Review

Clean Energy from Hot Air Drafts

http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/07/solar-wind-energy-tower/

Wireless Electricity - Ask Derek!

Click on the picture to find out about Wireless Electricity.  Interesting!  Thanks, Derek

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.

Hey Soon to be Teenagers... Time to Rethink Geek.... He's Changing the World!

Thanks, Derek! Check this out everyone....

Derek shared this video with me and I thought it was spectacular. Imagine being able to convert salt water into fresh water without using the enormous amount of energy needed today.  Thanks for sharing, Derek!

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 Three:

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

FIELD TRIP REMINDERS

SCROLL through the slideshow for our field trip reminders.  Do NOT forget a water bottle!!  If you need a reminder of your group and bus number - click here

2014 sungei reminder powerpoint from sinnes

SUNGEI BULOH SIGN UPS

Click on the image to sign up for your hike of choice

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.

TAKE A BREAK - SUPER COOL RAT TRICKS!

Thanks Mr. Olsen - super cool HS science teacher - for sharing this video!

MICROSCOPE WORK

For extra practice with the compound microscope - do some virtual work using the same website as we used 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.

THE WATER PROJECT IS HERE!!!

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.  

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.

SOLUTIONS

Created with Padlet

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. Check out these websites - and any others you find on your own. When you find a piece of information you'd like to share, put it on the padlet wall above, as I showed in class. 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.

Just move it until you find a good bit of blue, then double click and begin typing your information..Make sure you write the name of the organization or invention and also write a bit of information about it.   You can upload a picture or even video if you wish as well. Let's try to see if we can get everyone posting something different.

MICRO LIFE IN A DROP OF 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

30,000 YEAR OLD VIRUS REVIVED!

BUBONIC PLAGUE

Typoid Mary was certainly the most famous carrier in the world, but what about the most famous vector?  Is there a most famous vector too?  The mosquitos which carry dengue and malaria are well known culprits, but in the late 1800s and early 1900s it was a little fellow that lived on the rat that came to stardom.  Watch this very short segment on the bubonic plague by clicking on the picture (adapted from Science Odyssee).

Click for Homework reading and questions - Answer analysis questions 1-4 on C-18.  Answer in journal.

The full video of the the bubonic plague.  The episode starts around 4:50.

TYPHOID MARY

In class we played the role of epidemiologists, trying to find the carrier of a disease that is spreading through Sauk Junior High School.  The most famous carrier in the world was a lady by the name of Mary Malone, more commonly called "Typhoid Mary".  if we didn't finish in class or if you are absent be sure to view it.  It is a fifty five minute documentary on Typhoid Mary.  If curious.... scan the QR code.