Water and LIfe

THIRST

From: jbrenman,
4 months ago

THIRST

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Watch the PowerPoint slideshow on water. Do you agree with this point of view? What do you think about water usage and its importance. In your INB write about the importance of water to you, choose one of the following:After watching the powerpoint choose one of the options below:

1. In your interactive notebook (on L31) write a short essay or something creative to explain what the message of the powerpoint was.

2. Go to Mrs. Belt's science blog for students and write a 5-10 sentence blog on what you thought about the powerpoint thirst and what you thought was its most important message.

3. Look at the powerpoint critically and scientifically. Do you think that this powerpoint has a political or scientific bias? How could you check to find out? Write about what you think either on the blog or in your interactive notebook on L31. Use evidence and detail to support your opinion.

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Fever project Reflections

Now that you are done with Fever 1793, what are some things you have learned about your self? Choose one of the three topics below and write your opinion. Write more than a paragraph and give specific examples to support your opinion.

1.The Fever 1793 project taught me a lot about myself as a learner because.....

2.Projects like the Fever 1793 that integrate all subjects are ____________ for me.

Explain why and give specific examples. Here are some ways we integrated it into each class. Discuss them.
Science and health- studied viruses and bacteria- virus wanted poster, research.
History- Colonial America- What was it like in the 1700's. America's role in the world.
Math - watched numbers and discussed how you would find patient zero in a epidemic outbreak and then did simulation and graphed results
English- wrote 5 paragraph essay on viruses and Bacteria from the compare and contrast you made in science class.
Art - clay to build pottery pieces and mugs in the style popular in colonial America
Sailor valentines, quilt squares.
Computer- use this project for Apple Showcase in April, technology like PowerPoint, Timeliner, Community Builder, Imovie, web page production, Google Earth, Voice Thread, POD casting, etc.
Languages- Word origins and the use of Latin words in the science book to name viruses and bacteria.

3. Using the web and web tools like Google Earth, Timeliner, Imovie, etc. make research ________ because...
Explain why and give specific examples.

4. As a 21st century learner I would like teachers to use ________ web tools. Why? Explain and list web applications you would like to use more or less of in the classroom. Which ones don't teachers ever use? Which ones are overused? What web tool do you think you are good at using that teacher's should use in the classroom.

mitosis

water and life

THIRST

From: jbrenman,
4 months ago

THIRST

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: design crisis)

Watch the PowerPoint slideshow on water. Do you agree with this point of view? What do you think about water usage and its importance. In your INB write about the importance of water to you, or choose a creative way to show the importance of water to life.

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Parents and Teachers as partners: Questions and comments to improve communication

Science and the individual in history

Watch the following movie and then write what relationship science has to the individual in history. Please include in your paragraph some connections to the scientific method, experimental design and the importance of science in history.

Diving into Seventh Grade

Welcome to seventh grade life science! Are you excited to be back at school? I am! Why? I am excited because it means I will soon be meeting all of you. You may be wondering why I have such a wacky picture of my self on the blog. The answer to that question is that the picture shows the highlight of my scientific summer. Last week I spent four days at a Discovery Channel Institute for science teachers working with Discovery Channel Star Educators. We met at Discovery Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. Does this give you a clue as to why I chose this picture? It has to do with an event you will be studying in seventh grade. By the way, if you wanted to see my old science room being destroyed, you're in luck. Mr. Davis filmed it being torn down. Click on the video below and you can watch it being destroyed.