October 26th

Looked at Early Settlers on site field trip and how Mountain Men lived off the land. Tools used to explore this new Western Frontier!

Went over syllabus of assignments, gave a second copy. One is glued in science notebook the other loose to be placed in binder. This is also on the student portal. Today we did a hands on lab modeling the moon phases, lunar month, its movement around the earth and the effects of gravity on string, rocks and us! Students have a star chart to use to view the night sky this month and next. Help them look for the big dipper, little dipper and the summer triangle.

Trees Presentation from former Forester

Great hands on lab on Talk About Trees . Jeanne Tomascheski, is a retired forester and has many years of experience in the classroom presenting our program and teaching in local elementary schools. 

It was “a forest fieldtrip” in our classroom!  The presentation reinforces the following 6^th grade Ecology and Resource Science Standards:

Grade 6

Ecology (Life Sciences)

5. Organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among themselves and with the environment. As a basis for understanding this concept:

a. Students know energy entering ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by producers into chemical energy through photosynthesis and then from organism to organism through food webs.

b. Students know matter is transferred over time from one organism to others in the food web and between organisms and the physical environment.

c. Students know populations of organisms can be categorized by the functions they serve in an ecosystem.

e. Students know the number and types of organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the resources available and on abiotic factors, such as quantities of light and water, a range of temperatures, and soil composition.

Resources (Grade 6)

6. Sources of energy and materials differ in amounts, distribution, usefulness, and the time required for their formation. As a basis for understanding this concept:

a. Students know the utility of energy sources is determined by factors that are involved in converting these sources to useful forms and the consequences of the conversion process.

b. Students know different natural energy and material resources, including air, soil, rocks, minerals, petroleum, fresh water, wildlife, and forests, and know how to classify them as renewable or nonrenewable.

c. Students know the natural origin of the materials used to make common objects.

Earth Science: Chapter 3 The Earth’s Systems & Cycles

p. 82  Create the four corner fold and glue into your science journal

p. 84  Copy vocabulary into science journal and define

                        crust, mantle, core, convection, convection current

p. 85   Draw the Layers of Earth Diagram

p. 85  Standards Check

p. 86  Standards Check

p. 87  Standards Check

p. 88  Standards Check

p. 89  Standards Check

p. 89  Do section review question 1-12

Internet Resource go www.scilinks.org   |  Topic Biosphere | SciLinks Code HY70162

Check out sites for students, go to second page of links and click on “The Earths Biosphere”

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Life/biosphere.html