Hi
**TOMORROW -- ROUGH DRAFT of WRITTEN REPORT -- DUE!
**FINAL PROJECT -- WRITTEN REPORT + POSTER -or- MODEL --- DUE MONDAY!
6th graders -- ECO PROJECT
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXgS-GC6LSDWZGRjNzlqNndfOGM3MjdwN2d4&hl=en
7th graders -- ANIMAL ADAPTATION PROJECT
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXgS-GC6LSDWZGRjNzlqNndfOWhuM3B2OGRy&hl=en
Please check with your child and make sure they are on track to finish their PROJECT
**SD SCIENCE FESTIVAL EXPO --GREAT FAMILY SCIENCE OPPORTUNITY -- SATURDAY, MARCH 27 @ PETCO PARK**
Next week is the San Diego Science Festival... all week long there will be special science events around town.
Next Saturday, March 27th there will be an all day family event at Petco Park -- with FREE ADMISSION featuring 150 HANDS-ON activities!
It looks like a great event. Check it out:
http://www.sdsciencefestival.com/march-27-expo-day-at-petco.html
Thanks for your support at home,
Mr. Sandoval
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
6th Grade - ECOPROJECT INFO - FINAL DUE MAR. 22
Hi,
***ECO PROJECT DUE -- FINAL PROJECT DUE MONDAY, MARCH 22 ****
PARENT SIGNATURE DUE: TOMORROW (TUESDAY, March 9)
PROJECT PLAN DUE: FRIDAY, MARCH 12
ROUGH DRAFT/ RESULTS DUE: FRIDAY, MARCH 19TH.
FINAL PROJECT DUE: MONDAY, MARCH 22
Today students received information about an ECO PROJECT - this will require work at home and cooperation from YOU.
BELOW is the handout with the PROJECT OPTIONS
Students need to pick ONE option and bring that back tomorrow (Tuesday, March 9) with YOUR SIGNATURE.
Please make sure to help your child come up with a plan.
LINK TO PROJECT HANDOUT:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXgS-GC6LSDWZGRjNzlqNndfN2N2eGZ2cmZ0&hl=en
NAME (L, F) ______________, _______________ PER ___
ECO - PROJECT
MY PROJECT SELECTION: ______________________________________
PARENT SIGNATURE: ________________________________
OPTIONS:
#1: Eco-friendly invention:
Identify a “problem” or need, and design and propose an original invention!
_________1. One page (max) type-written report (double spaced)
What is a problem/ need that you have identified? Why is this problem important to solve or useful?
Explain the invention that you have come up with:
What would it do?
What would it look like?
What materials do you need to make it?
How would it work?
_______2. Visual representation/ diagram/ picture of your invention
_____ Poster, board or REAL model (or Power Point presentation)
#2 The MacGyver Challenge – Turning Trash to Treasure
Use recyclable items: milk cartons, jugs, water bottles, used CDs, paper, etc. Design and build something USEFUL using these items.
_________1. One page (max) type-written report (double spaced)
DUE DATE #1:
____________________
DUE DATE #2:
____________________
FINAL DUE DATE:
________________
What items did you use?
What did you design and build?
What is it useful for?
What did you LEARN?
What other materials could be recycled?
How is this helpful for the environment?
_______2. Show the object that you built and explain it.
#3 WALK FOR A WEEK:
Figure out how many miles your family regularly drives a week -- to work, school, church, stores, errands, practice, family, friends, etc.
Come up with a plan to save gas. Figure out ways to carpool/ walk/ ride bikes/ use public transportation INSTEAD of driving.
Implement your plan for a week. Keep a journal. Write down what you did and how you and your family saved driving time and gas.
_________1. One page (max) type-written report (double spaced)
How many miles did your family drive?
What was your plan for saving gas and not driving as much?
What happened? How did the plan go? What were the results?
What do you plan to do in the future? Explain?
_______2. Visual representation/ diagram/ pictures/ chart/ poster of plan and your results.
#4 WATER WASTERS?
àList all the ways your family uses water?
Figure out how much water your family uses each day (can your parents show you your water meter? Or water BILL? Do you know where it is?) Does your family have ways to IMPROVE?
àCome up with a plan to save water. Figure out ways to reduce or reuse or recycle water at your house.
Make a plan.
Try the plan out for a week. What happened? What were your results?
Did your family save water? How much?
_________1. One page (max) type-written report (double spaced)
How was your family’s water use before the project?
What was your plan for saving water?
What happened? How did the plan go? What were the results?
What did you LEARN?
What do you plan to do in the future? Explain?
_______2. Visual representation/ diagram/ pictures/ chart/ poster of plan and your results.
#5 SORTING IT OUT (TRASH):
Americans are still the undisputed champions of trash, dumping 4.6 pounds per person per day, according to the E.P.A.’s most recent figures. More than half of that ends up in landfills or is incinerated.
à Go through your family’s trash – are you throwing away items that could be recycled? Does your trash take a lot of space? Make a list of trash your family throws out.
Weigh it.
Could your family improve?
àMake a plan to SORT all of your family’s trash/ recyclables for a week and make LESS waste –
Suggestion:
-- get 6 bins or bags for the following:
1. Glass (clear and colored)
2. Metal (tin, aluminum, and steel)
3. Paper (cardboard, magazines, newspaper, computer paper, white
school and office paper, packaging, etc)
4. Plastic
5. OTHER WASTE
6. Non-Composting Materials
DO NOT COMPOST
Bones
Butter
Cat litter
Cheese
Chicken
Diapers
Diseased plants
Dog or cat feces
Fish
Greasy foods
Invasive weeds
Lard
Meat
Milk products
Oils
Peanut butter
Salad dressing
Sour cream
Unchopped woodywaste
Vegetable oi
5. Composting Materials
DO COMPOST
Nitrogen
Barnyard manure
Coffee grounds
Flowers
Fruit & vegetable trimmings
Grass clippings
Green leaves
Sod
Weeds
Carbon
Ash - small amounts
Bread
Coffee filters
Dry leaves
Eggshells
Hair
Lint
Paper with no ink,small amounts
Sawdust
Straw
Tea leaves with bags
Wood shavings
_________1. One page (max) type-written report (double spaced)
How was your family’s trash and recycling before the project?
What was your plan for reducing and recycling trash?
What happened? How did the plan go? Did you have LESS trash after?
What were the results? Did your trash WEIGH LESS after?
What did you LEARN?
What do you plan to do in the future? Explain?
_______2. Visual representation/ diagram/ pictures/ chart/ poster of plan and your results.
ROUGH DRAFT/ IDEAS/ MAKE YOUR PLAN:
***ECO PROJECT DUE -- FINAL PROJECT DUE MONDAY, MARCH 22 ****
PARENT SIGNATURE DUE: TOMORROW (TUESDAY, March 9)
PROJECT PLAN DUE: FRIDAY, MARCH 12
ROUGH DRAFT/ RESULTS DUE: FRIDAY, MARCH 19TH.
FINAL PROJECT DUE: MONDAY, MARCH 22
Today students received information about an ECO PROJECT - this will require work at home and cooperation from YOU.
BELOW is the handout with the PROJECT OPTIONS
Students need to pick ONE option and bring that back tomorrow (Tuesday, March 9) with YOUR SIGNATURE.
Please make sure to help your child come up with a plan.
LINK TO PROJECT HANDOUT:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXgS-GC6LSDWZGRjNzlqNndfN2N2eGZ2cmZ0&hl=en
NAME (L, F) ______________, _______________ PER ___
ECO - PROJECT
MY PROJECT SELECTION: ______________________________________
PARENT SIGNATURE: ________________________________
OPTIONS:
#1: Eco-friendly invention:
Identify a “problem” or need, and design and propose an original invention!
_________1. One page (max) type-written report (double spaced)
What is a problem/ need that you have identified? Why is this problem important to solve or useful?
Explain the invention that you have come up with:
What would it do?
What would it look like?
What materials do you need to make it?
How would it work?
_______2. Visual representation/ diagram/ picture of your invention
_____ Poster, board or REAL model (or Power Point presentation)
#2 The MacGyver Challenge – Turning Trash to Treasure
Use recyclable items: milk cartons, jugs, water bottles, used CDs, paper, etc. Design and build something USEFUL using these items.
_________1. One page (max) type-written report (double spaced)
DUE DATE #1:
____________________
DUE DATE #2:
____________________
FINAL DUE DATE:
________________
What items did you use?
What did you design and build?
What is it useful for?
What did you LEARN?
What other materials could be recycled?
How is this helpful for the environment?
_______2. Show the object that you built and explain it.
#3 WALK FOR A WEEK:
Figure out how many miles your family regularly drives a week -- to work, school, church, stores, errands, practice, family, friends, etc.
Come up with a plan to save gas. Figure out ways to carpool/ walk/ ride bikes/ use public transportation INSTEAD of driving.
Implement your plan for a week. Keep a journal. Write down what you did and how you and your family saved driving time and gas.
_________1. One page (max) type-written report (double spaced)
How many miles did your family drive?
What was your plan for saving gas and not driving as much?
What happened? How did the plan go? What were the results?
What do you plan to do in the future? Explain?
_______2. Visual representation/ diagram/ pictures/ chart/ poster of plan and your results.
#4 WATER WASTERS?
àList all the ways your family uses water?
Figure out how much water your family uses each day (can your parents show you your water meter? Or water BILL? Do you know where it is?) Does your family have ways to IMPROVE?
àCome up with a plan to save water. Figure out ways to reduce or reuse or recycle water at your house.
Make a plan.
Try the plan out for a week. What happened? What were your results?
Did your family save water? How much?
_________1. One page (max) type-written report (double spaced)
How was your family’s water use before the project?
What was your plan for saving water?
What happened? How did the plan go? What were the results?
What did you LEARN?
What do you plan to do in the future? Explain?
_______2. Visual representation/ diagram/ pictures/ chart/ poster of plan and your results.
#5 SORTING IT OUT (TRASH):
Americans are still the undisputed champions of trash, dumping 4.6 pounds per person per day, according to the E.P.A.’s most recent figures. More than half of that ends up in landfills or is incinerated.
à Go through your family’s trash – are you throwing away items that could be recycled? Does your trash take a lot of space? Make a list of trash your family throws out.
Weigh it.
Could your family improve?
àMake a plan to SORT all of your family’s trash/ recyclables for a week and make LESS waste –
Suggestion:
-- get 6 bins or bags for the following:
1. Glass (clear and colored)
2. Metal (tin, aluminum, and steel)
3. Paper (cardboard, magazines, newspaper, computer paper, white
school and office paper, packaging, etc)
4. Plastic
5. OTHER WASTE
6. Non-Composting Materials
DO NOT COMPOST
Bones
Butter
Cat litter
Cheese
Chicken
Diapers
Diseased plants
Dog or cat feces
Fish
Greasy foods
Invasive weeds
Lard
Meat
Milk products
Oils
Peanut butter
Salad dressing
Sour cream
Unchopped woodywaste
Vegetable oi
5. Composting Materials
DO COMPOST
Nitrogen
Barnyard manure
Coffee grounds
Flowers
Fruit & vegetable trimmings
Grass clippings
Green leaves
Sod
Weeds
Carbon
Ash - small amounts
Bread
Coffee filters
Dry leaves
Eggshells
Hair
Lint
Paper with no ink,small amounts
Sawdust
Straw
Tea leaves with bags
Wood shavings
_________1. One page (max) type-written report (double spaced)
How was your family’s trash and recycling before the project?
What was your plan for reducing and recycling trash?
What happened? How did the plan go? Did you have LESS trash after?
What were the results? Did your trash WEIGH LESS after?
What did you LEARN?
What do you plan to do in the future? Explain?
_______2. Visual representation/ diagram/ pictures/ chart/ poster of plan and your results.
ROUGH DRAFT/ IDEAS/ MAKE YOUR PLAN:
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
6th-Update - March 1-5
Hi,
****TRIMESTER 2 FINISHES UP -- LAST DAY TO TURN IN WORK -- THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 5**
Please check your child's WEB GRADES -- is everything caught up?
***THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE***
We are studying ECOLOGY (Chapter 12) in book and using the laptop computers -- if your child says they have nothing to work on, have them REVIEW CHAPTER 12 for 5-10 minutes!
Ask your child questions -- have them EXPLAIN what they are learning/ doing. SHOW you their work.
Stay away from asking "yes and no" questions.
Check their binder/ backpack -- is it organized??? NOW is the best time!
****TRIMESTER 2 FINISHES UP -- LAST DAY TO TURN IN WORK -- THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 5**
Please check your child's WEB GRADES -- is everything caught up?
***THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE***
We are studying ECOLOGY (Chapter 12) in book and using the laptop computers -- if your child says they have nothing to work on, have them REVIEW CHAPTER 12 for 5-10 minutes!
Ask your child questions -- have them EXPLAIN what they are learning/ doing. SHOW you their work.
Stay away from asking "yes and no" questions.
Check their binder/ backpack -- is it organized??? NOW is the best time!
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