Lessons in the Lab

A scavenger hunt that teaches kids how to use Edmodo
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G7CZrghCE9pN_xG4nl0BpW5-tg20Ca9qD7DzI25a5SY/edit

Just click "use this template" if you would like your own copy. Make sure you are signed in to your Google account.

Go here and follow directions below:  http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/dmiller/geometricshapes/shapes.html

Directions:

You are on a scavenger hunt looking for Geometry shapes in the real world. You will complete this project with a partner. Open a new tab,  Go to the web site above, and add photos according to the directions above to your Power Point. At the conclusion of your search, you will present your findings in the form of a power point presentation. SAVE YOUR POWER POINT in the p drive>constantine>constantinestudentfolders>1 geometry powerpoints  THE file name should be your names.

Guidelines:

• Only one geometry object per slide.

• Objects must be appropriately LABELED!

• Include the mathematical definition of each object on your slide.

• Don’t forget a cover slide with team members’ names. Once complete, you should have seven slides.

• Each image captured may be used only ONCE. For example, if you take a picture of something that represents a square, you cannot use it again to represent a quadrilateral. You must find a second image.

• Both partners must participate in the hunt and presentation. This is a team effort!

What to Collect:

You must have SIX items from this list:

Circle Square Rectangle

Trapezoid Hexagon Octagon

Quadrilateral Parallel Lines Intersecting Lines

Rhombus Pentagon Triangle



How Will You Be Graded?

Criteria Points

Six objects from the list are captured 12

Each object is accurately labeled 6

Each object includes a mathematical definition 6

Presentation includes a cover slide 2

Presentation is organized 2

Presentation is free from spelling and grammatical errors 2

Total Points /30



When you are done with everything!

Play the Animal Slang Game

Figure out the idioms http://www.funbrain.com/idioms/

More figurative language games http://www.gamequarium.com/figurativelanguage.html

Today in computer lab you are going to use your science notes to make an Ecology powerpoint.


Make sure you follow the guidelines below.

  1. Your powerpoint needs to include at least 6 slides that answer the following questions:      


Slide 1: Title page

  Slide 2: What is an ecosystem? Add an EXAMPLE of an ecosystem with pictures! LABEL which ecosystem you chose.

  Slide 3: Who lives in an ecosystem? Identify the BIOTIC and ABIOTIC things in your ecosystem.

  Slide 4: What is a food chain? Give an example. Click here to see food chain diagrams.

  Slide 5: What is a food web? Give an example. Click here to see food web diagrams.

  Slide 6: Your choice

  2. You need to use each of these science vocabulary words. Clicking on each word will take you to an image page for each.      


- organism, habitat, population, ecosystem      
- biotic, abiotic      
- producer, consumer,       
- herbivore, carnivore, omnivore      
- food chain, food web 


3. Make sure you use enough pictures and diagrams (with labels) to help your reader understand. Here are some images you can use: 

pond 
puddle 
soil 
rainforest 
polar region 
African savannah 
swamp 
temperate forest 
grassland 
desert

Design and Motion Activities - Science Jams Videos and Test
Watch each of the following videos and take the online test - Take notes in your cience journal

Force and Motion -
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/force-and-motion.htm

Newton's First Law: Inertia
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/inertia.htm

Newton's Second Law: Acceleration
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/acceleration.htm

Newton's Third Law: Action and Reaction
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/action-and-reaction.htm

Gravity and Inertia -
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/fgravity-and-inertia.htm

Class Divided Project - Loyalist or Patriot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfbNPcfSTtI

1. Research reasons Loyalists wanted to remain loyal to Great Britain.
2. Research reasons Patriots wanted to separate themselves from Britain.
3. Write an agument from the viewpoint of a Loyalist or Patriot.
4. You will be responsible for debating your view on Friday.
5. Use the following websites to research:

Plan a topic you would like to collect data on. Decide who you will be collecting from. Decide how you will collect your data and create a chart. Go collect your data, when you are done, draw a bar and line plot graph of your data. Show me your drawings. When done you can watch this video save and print out your data collections.

Electricity Safety Project

Learn about electricity safety from the following websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0211500/electricity.html
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/safety.html
http://fi.edu/franklin/safety.html
http://www.alliantenergykids.com/PlayingItSafe/ElectricSafety/000552


Steps:

1. Read each of the websites above.
2. Write down 6 safety rules you learned about in your science journal.
3. Open PowerPoint on your computer.
4. Begin a PowerPoint on Electricity Safety.
5. Your first slide will be your title page. Be sure to include a title and your name.
6. For the next six slides include a rule along with a picture describing the rule.
7. Make sure spelling is correct as well as all sentences make sense.