Science

  

      

  Team 7-2

     

       Mrs.

             Cyr-Sinicrope

cyr-sinicropec@madison.k12.ct.us
 

                                  

 

     Parent Work!!

Ask your child to show you the "calendar" for the rest of the school year.
           

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Trimester 2 is Below:
March 13 -March 17, 2006:
       Monday - All cores - Finish all definitions for Chapters 1-3 on note cards or 2-column notes. 

                       Cores 2 and 4 - Rock Profiles due tomorrow.

       Tuesday - Cores 2 and 4 finish chapter 3 definitions on 2-column notes or flash cards.
                      Groups that have finished tabletop raceway trials do a rough draft of the 4 questions marked by                                           arrows on the activity sheet.
                      Remove geology papers from your science notebook.
       Wednesday - Do "Calculations of Motion" practice problems for Friday.
        Thursday - "Calculations of Motion" practice sheet will be corrected in class tomorrow.
        Friday - Finish "Study Sheet I - Newton's Three Laws" for Tuesday.
 

March 6 - March 10, 2006:  Mastery Tests every day....

                        Eat breakfast....get a lot of sleep!

 
      Monday - Write definitions and formulas for the Chapter 1 words in your 2-column notes OR flash cards.
 

      Tuesday - Finish any definitions for Chapter 2 that you didn't finish in class.  Write definitions and formulas for the                        Chapter 3 words in your 2-column notes OR flash cards.                                                                       Keep working on the Rock Profile....DUE date extended to this Friday since we missed classes because of Mastery Testing!

       Wednesday - Copy formulas from the Formula sheet onto the correct places in your 2 col. notes OR flash cards.                                Continue to work on your Rock Profile.  Look for "Hot Wheel" or Match box cars.

       Thursday - Rock Profile due tomorrow for Cores 1 and 3.  Cores 2 and 4 have until Tuesday, IF they need it,                         since they each missed two class periods to work on it due to the mastery test.
 
February 27 - March 3, 2006:                 WELCOME BACK!
     Monday:  Don't forget your calculator for the mastery testing.  Tomorrow is the first test.
                    Return your Geology book.
                    Parent Sig. on progress report letter (if you didn't return it yet)
                    Rock Profile due Friday, March 3, 2006 .......Bring your rock to school tomorrow.

      Tuesday:  Drawing and Rough drafts of "T" charts for Rock Profile due tomorrow  

                  Don't forget your rock!!!!

        Wednesday:  Smile...because of the mastery testing, the Rock Profile due date will be extended to Monday.                                    Feel free to come to my room during study halls or to stay after school Thursday and/or Friday                                       to work on your Rock Profile.  Make a plan with a parent, so you know what time they                                          will pick you up. (no later than 4:30, please)
    Students who were absent for the Geology unit test must take the test no later than this Friday, March 3rd!!!!  See me in homeroom tomorrow to arrange a time for this.
          Thursday:  Smile again...because of the early dismissal, the Rock Profile due date will be extended to                                    Wednesday, March 8th.  The students who planned to stay after school with me today can stay                                after school tomorrow (if there is school) or Tuesday.

           Friday:  1. Cover your Motion and Forces book with a brown grocery bag for Monday.

                        2. Prepare one set of flash cards OR two-column notes for each of chapters 1-3...key vocab                                    words only. (to keep yourself organized, you may want to use 3 different colors...use rubber                                  bands around each set for flash cards).

              Rock Profile due Wednesday, March 8th.  (use study halls or                                                  stay after school Tuesday for extra help on this project.

 
                    Happy Valentine's Week         
                                                  Feb. 13 - 17, 2006
Monday - Reread the Rock Types sections of Chapter 4 (pgs. 97 -107).
                Study guide(s) due Wed. to correct in class.
                    Make 3" X 5" Test notecard for Unit test this Thursday!

Tuesday - Happy Valentine's Day!  Commit Random Acts of Kindness!              

                  
                  Complete your Rock Cycle Diagrams (on purple paper...and Study it for the Test!) 

                   HINT:  We'll have a comprehension check on the Rock Cycle tomorrow.  Make                                  sure you can label the rock types and the forces needed to make the                                        different kinds of rocks.                                                                                               Read my WEB page! Yes,that's part of tonight's homework. Many haven't read it.     

                                                   NEWS FLASH!!!

Great Interactive web site on the rock cycle!!!  Go to the Madison web site, then Polson School site, then click "science" in the subject helpers section on the left of your screen, scroll to geology, click on the Interactive Rock Cycle.  Enjoy!!!

Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006: 

DON'T FORGET YOUR TEST NOTE CARD FOR TOMORROW'S TEST!                                                                                                           

 
  Use the study Guide answers below to correct your Chapter 1-3 study guide.

Answers for GEOLOGY Study Guide for Chapters 1-3:

Part A: Match the definition     Part B: Fill in the blank with the term or

in Column I with the term it     name that best fits the statement or phrase.

defines in Column II.           

                                             11. continental drift         

        1•  E                             12. rift

        2•  D                             13. trenches or folded mountains

        3•  H                            14. jig saw, fossil,climate,

                                          rock/mountain

        4•  F                            15. sea-floor spreading

        5•  J                             16. Pacific Plate

        6•  A                            17. lithosphere

        7•  I                              18. subduction

        8•  C                             19. transform fault                    

        9•  G                             20. Pangaea

        10•  B                           21. J. Tuzo Wilson

                                   22. hot spot
                                   23. trench
                                   24. Elastic Rebound Theory
                                   25. epicenter
                                   26. ridges
                                   27. plume
                                   28. isostasy
                                   29. seismic wave
                                   30. Ring of Fire
                                   31. seismic wave
                                   32. island arcs
                                   33. seismology

Part C: Multiple Choice               Part D: Name where the following can happen.

          34. B                                 44. separating boundaries

          35. B                                 45. colliding

          36. A                                 46. separating

          37. A                                 47. separating

          38. B                                 48. colliding

          39. A                                 49. both

          40. B                                 50. colliding

          41. D

         42. A

          43. B

  

Friday, February 17, 2006:  Enjoy your vacation! 
 
Note for Parents: Students will be permitted to use a 3" by 5" notecard with as many notes as they can fit on the card during the Geology unit test on February 16th.  Please encourage your child to start planning their card as they review chapters 1-3 this weekend!  Remind them to put a combination of text and pictures on their card.  Thank you for your help.

February 6- February 10, 2006: 

  Upcoming Quizzes / Tests :

1. Chapter 3 Take-Home Quiz, Due Feb. 9 or 10 (You decide which is better for you...consider the other quizzes you have this week.)                                                              

2.  Geology Unit Test - Thurs., Feb. 16

3.  Rock/Mineral Assessment - Rock Lab Report, Due March 3

This week's daily assignments:

Monday, Feb. 6 - Parent Signature on animal book revisions (if you turned one in)                                         Study the notes we reviewed in class today. 

Tuesday, Feb. 7 - Study the "Convection / Plate Tectonic" picture.                                                          Fill in the "Theories" chart with notes from your packet.

 Wednesday, Feb. 8 - Finish any unfinished class papers, & do "Basics of Plate Tectonics"                                         worksheet.  

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006 - Do the Chapter 3 review , then finish the Chapter 3 Quiz.                                             Chapter 3 Quiz is due tomorrow.                                                                                     Bring your "cool" rock to school, and leave it in your locker,                                               so it will be in school for the day we begin the rock lab.

Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 - Parent Sig. on Quizzes....Start planning 3" X 5" notecard for                                                   test!....Work on Chapters 1-3 Study Guide.  

 
Have fun in the snow!!!!!!
 
January 30 - February 3, 2006:

Upcoming Quizzes / Tests :

1.  Chapter 2 Take-Home Quiz, Due Feb.2                                                

2.  Chapter 3 Take-Home Quiz, Due Feb. 9                                                              

3.  Geology Unit Test - Thurs., Feb. 16

4.  Rock/Mineral Assessment - Rock Lab Report, Due March 3

 
Monday 1-30 HW:  Re-read pages 40 - 46 to help you complete worksheet 2-2 "Formation of a Volcano"
                       Parent signatures on returned papers
                       Complete flashcards OR 2-column notes for chapter 2
Tuesday 1-31 HW:  Re-read pages 31-39 and take notes AND/OR draw notes on "Earthquakes"worksheet                             

Wednesday 2-1 HW:  Chapter 2 Take-Home Quiz due tomorrow,  Chapter 2 notes/flash cards will be checked Friday for "Responsibility Points"

Thursday 2-2 HW:  Read pages 55-59.  Cut and glue pictures into yellow "Plate Tectonics" Review packet.  Don't forget Chapter 2 notes/Flashcards.

 
January 23 -27, 2006:

  Upcoming Quiz: Friday, January 27 - Layers of the Earth and pages 11-24 in your science book.

 
Monday Homework:   Make and study 2-column notes OR flashcards of Layers of the Earth vocabulary.
Tuesday Homework:   Do "Layers of the Earth" worksheet, and pre-read (do picture walk, study pictures, and read bold print words) of pages 11-24.
Wednesday Homework:  Do worksheet 1-1 (Earth's Changing Surface)  HINT - It goes in order with the pages in chapter 1.  Try to do and study the stresses and faults picture worksheets..  We will go over the correct answers tomorrow.

Friday Homework:  Read chapter 2 about volcanoes and earthquakes for Monday. (5 pages a day makes this easy to do.)  Get parent signatures on returned papers by Tuesday..   REMEMBER to be looking for a "Cool" rock  for the rock lab.(due date to be determined)

Current Events : Due Friday, January 27 - Bring in an article about a Geology-related event! Be prepared to share it with the class after the quiz.

 
January 16-20, 2006:

Mon. - no school - Rest your brain!!!
Tuesday HW - Bring animal book and articles to class tomorrow.

Wednesday HW - Finish any additions to the animal book content that you did not finish in class today for Friday, Jan. 20 (to make progress report deadline)

Respiratory System Press Conference/Symposium will be this Friday, Jan. 20th. This will be the culmination of the Human Body units of study.  Make sure you re-read your current event article and fill in the outline worksheet, so you will be prepared for the "Press Conference"

Thursday HW - "Press Conference" tomorrow.  Bring your article and  outline to class. (props are optional)

Cover your Geology book with a brown grocery bag for Monday.

 

    

Homework for Parents!!!!

Please ask your parents to bring home a brown paper grocery bag.  You will need it to cover your Geology Book.

Students who borrowed Human Body books will not be given a Geology Book until they return the Human Body book.

 
January 9-13, 2006:
1. Get parent signatures on graded papers.  Study for Respiratory System quiz this Wed., Jan. 11th, and Excretory System quiz this Fri., Jan.13th.
2. Remember to use some of the awesome websites your classmates found. (We listed them on the white board.)
3. Parent signatures on graded papers due tomorrow, Jan. 11.
4. Excretory System review sheets will be due Thursday.  We will correct them in class together.
 
January 3-6, 2006:     HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1. The week was spent learning about the function, parts, and workings of the respiratory system. Add to your flash cards or 2-collumn notes each day!
2. Remember to find a current event article about any aspect of the respiratory system, lung diseases, etc. by Thursday, Jan,5th.
3. Use the comprehensive study tools that I have given to all my students every night to review, and find questions you might want to ask in class the next day.
4. Finish coloring and labeling all your respiratory diagrams.
5. Study for The respiratory system quiz that will be on Wed., Jan.11th.
   For future planning...The Excretory System quiz will be on Fri., Jan 13th.

December 19-23, 2005:

1.       Final Circulation Quiz changed to Wednesday (Dec. 21) due to me                   being out for the Project Oceanology Trip this past Friday!!

2. Study the blood typing information we reviewed in class today.

           H.W. sheet on blood typing is due tomorrow (Dec. 20th).

3. Remember to check the handouts for the unit on my back door to see if you need an extra copy of anything!
4. Practice using your "Walk Through Heart" cards one time each day to prepare for Wednesday's quiz.

December 12- 16, 2005:

Mon. - Tonight's H.W.  - Read and highlight the handout about Blood Pressure.
  • FINAL Circulatory Quiz/Quest will be Monday, Dec. 19th.  Study a little each night!!!
  • FINAL Rainforest "Adopt -an-Acre" order deadline for this month  has been extended to this Friday(Dec. 16).  We hope that parents will place orders when they come to Polson for parent conferences tomorrow and Wednesday!
  • Students who have sold items for the Adopt-an-Acre fundraiser remember to SIGN up for prizes with Me before Friday!
Trimester 1 is below:

December 5-9, 2005:

This week you and your classmates will become experts regarding the parts of the heart and the path of blood flowing through the heart.
Remember to visit the interactive web sites and use your "walk-through heart" cards each day for reinforcement and practice.

Hartford Stage field trip Tuesday
Quiz Wednesday on parts of the heart, and path of blood as it flows into the heart...to the lungs...back to the heart...and out to all the rest of the body.
Complete the "Circulatory System" review sheet for homework. (due Friday, Dec. 9.)...if there's no school because of snow, bring it to school Monday.
Practice finding your pulse on your wrist.  Complete the "Tiny Tubes" activities and bar graph for Monday, December 12.

December 2, 2005:

Remember to try some of the interactive web sites this weekend!

Use the aspirin web site to learn the blood's path through the heart.

Read the script in your homework packet, and study the heart diagram.

Use your "Walk-Through Heart" cards on a floor to practice explaining to a parent how the blood travels through the heart, to the lungs, back to the heart, and then to all body parts.

December 1, 2005:

Search for interactive web sites about the circulatory system, the heart, or blood.  Use the ones you find to learn answers to some of today's Inquiry questions.  Record what you find on the "Blood Inquiries" worksheet.  Bring in the addresses of the best web sites to share with me and your classmates.

November 29/30, 2005:     

Students are to select a "news event"related to the circulatory system, blood, heart diseases, or any aspect related to this human body system and write a summary using the format explained in class.  The final draft will be collected on Friday, Dec. 2nd.

November 28, 2005:                  

                                               Rainforest Adopt-an-Acre Update:

  Many thanks to all of the students, parents, and relatives who have supported the Rainforest Adopt-an-Acre program!!!!  I am pleased to report that so far we have sold enough items for the Nature Conservancy to purchase 18.2 acres of Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest!  This is quite an accomplishment for a first time fundraiser for the class of 2011.....and we still have two more weeks until our next order date of Dec. 12th to continue selling items to adopt more acres!  Ask me for more order coupons if you have run out of them.  Remember to ask your 6th and 8th grade friends to support this fundraiser. 

This week is the beginning of the next Unit of Study for us....The Human Body.  We will begin with a study of the Circulatory system.

Students are to make small signs (3"x5" or 4"x6") with the parts of the heart written on them for a "walk through heart" activity we will conduct in order to learn about the path of blood flow through the human heart. Use the list of terms on the study outline that was given out in class on Nov. 28. (Core 3 will receive the outline in class on the 29th).

 

November 21 and 22, 2005:

The students finished the rough drafts of their lab reports for Monday. Their first typed lab report was turned in on Tuesday....the Neutralization of the polluted Neck River Water.

On Tuesday, the students plotted the pH data they collected from different bodies of water in Madison on their own copies of Madison maps. 

As we plotted and labeled the water samples, we discussed the abiotic and biotic factors that could have caused certain water samples to have the acidity that the students recorded them to have. Included in our discussions was amount of human development and homes near the source of the sample, point and non point source pollution, topography, wind directions, possible pollution from marinas along the coast line, pesticides and fertilizers that may have gotten into the water table, and run off into streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes in Madison.

Of particular interest were the two Long Island Sound samples that were collected at two different ends of Madison (near Clinton, and near the Guilford/Madison line). You may enjoy discussing this with your child.

The unit was culminated with a discussion of the many small ways that each student can make a difference in protecting our environment.  I challenged them all to make a commitment to doing one small thing differently or in addition to what they already do to protect the natural world around them.  They may be challenging you to do the  same thing!

Week of Nov. 14 - 18, 2005:        

1. While I attended the Project Oceanology trip on Monday, the students read about a variety of environmental issues such as global warming, air and water pollution, acid rain, the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, oil spills, etc.  Homework consisted of reviewing an environmental glossary, choosing two terms from the glossary, and writing two short paragraphs about what has been learned so far regarding those terms.  2.  Finish any unfinished sections in the environmental issues packet.     3.  Students are to finish writing their materials list, variables, and procedure for the "spill normalization" simulation.      

                                                                  

                                                                                        

Week of Nov. 7 -11, 2005:

1. The students were not assigned any new homework during this week...only to complete each step of the CT Endangered Animal project (as outlined in their planners).

2.  Classes this week consisted of lab experiences.  The students brought samples of water to school from different bodies of water in Madison.  They used pH indicator paper to measure the acidity or alkalinity of the various water samples., as well as several different detergents, cleaning agents, hydrogen peroxide, etc.

3.  A simulation was started in which students read about a "spill" that occured on I95 that had run off into the Neck River.  Samples of Neck River water were available for testing along with a dilution of hydrochloric acid.

4. Students chose one item to use to try to "normalize " the Neck river contaminated water.  The students will design and conduct their experiments next week.

Week of Oct. 31- Nov.4, 2005:

Sorry...lost this week trying to start a new week. (I'll try to retrieve it).

Week of October 24 -28, 2005: 

1.  Students are to complete two illustrations for their endangered animal book, and complete the graphic organizer for Wednesday, Oct. 26.

2.  We held class in the library Tuesday, for students to use the required reference materials for the endangered animal project.

3.  Wednesday's class was spent in the library for students to find books they could check out, and to find more of the required internet sources.

4.  Students are expected to complete any remaining research on their own time at home, in the library during study hall periods, or at the public library.

5. .Students are reminded to record all necessary citation information as they use a source.  They will need this information for the bibliography they will need to provide with their endangered animal project.

Week of October 17 - 21, 2005:  (in review)

1.  Students organized their science notebooks for a notebook check, and turned in the check sheet showing the contents of their notebook.  They will receive the grade for this notebook check the week of October 24-28.

2.  The Interactions Test was taken on October 18th.  Students will receive their grade after the absentees take the test during the week of October 24 -28.

3.  The Endangered Animal of CT project was explained to students.  Classes were held in the computer lab for two days so students could begin their internet research about the endangered animal of their choice.

4.  Students were assigned to fill in as much of the endangered animal graphic organizer as possible over the weekend.

  Week of October 10 - 14, 2005:

GOOD NEWS:  Wednesday's quiz has been changed to Friday!

    1.  Study for Friday's quiz on the "S" pages notes, concepts, and vocab. ***Make sure you can explain the Nitrogen Cycle.

     2.  Study the "Succession" drawing you did in class today. Study the Succession vocabulary in your "S" notes packet.  Fill in the appropriate letters on the Nitrogen Cycle drawing, so that your choices and the arrows correctly explain how the cycle works.

     3.  No school Thursday.

     3.  Complete "Humans and The Environment" H.W. assignment for Friday.

     4.  Get parent signatures on "Food Web Analysis", " "Interaction Picture Labels", "Symbiosis Partner Chart", and "Food Pyramid Poster Rubric"for Friday.

     Advance Notice:  Interactions Unit Test will be Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005. ("s" notes are not included in the test)
  ***Put your Science notebook in the proper order for a notebook check on Monday, October 17th.  Use the guide sheet given out in class.  You may also want to use a study hall period to check the handouts taped to the back door of the classroom to help you get organized (Ask me for a pass for the day and period you want to come in and do this.), or arrange for a day to stay after school to do this.
***Bring a jacket or sweatshirt to school that you can leave in your locker for a class session that we will have outside one day in the next couple of weeks (if weather permits).

Week of October 3 -October 7, 2005

    1. Collected Practice Sheet #1. (review of interaction vocab.)

     2. H.W. choice: make two-column notes, or flash cards of Interaction vocabulary for Wed.

     3.  No school Tuesday

     4.  Label pictures of Interaction photos for Thursday.

     5.  Complete Symbiosis Partner Chart for Friday.

     6.  Get parent signature on "Food Chains" Movie/note taking quiz by Monday, Oct. 10th.

     7.  Study for quiz next week on concepts and vocab. of the "S" note pages.

***CT River Connections Schedule for the Fall Program:

     The remaining scheduled dates for the fall are as follows:

Friday, October 14th - Students from Woodrow WIlson Middle School in Middletown will be visiting Polson to perform activities with the students on the list. They will be together from approximately 9 A.M. until 1 P.M.

Friday, October 28th - Students from Polson will meet the students from Woodrow Wilson Middle School and go out on a boat on the Connecticut River for chemical and physical oceanographic sampling. Students will be out of the building from approximately
8 A.M. until 2 P.M.

Friday, November 18th - Students from Polson and Woodrow Wilson Middle School will meet at Haddam Meadow State Park for more data collection. Students will be out of the building from approximately 8 A.M. until 2 P.M.


Friday, December 16th - Students from Polson and Woodrow Wilson Middle School will meet at Project O headquarters in Groton. Students will be out of the building from approximately 8 A.M. until 2 P.M

***Remember to tell your parents about the schedule for Parent/Teacher Conferences:

      November 16 (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm  and   7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

      November 17 (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm)

      December 13 (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm  and   7:00pm - 9:00 pm)

      December 14 (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm)

     Information will be given to you to bring home which explains when and how parents are to call the school to schedule a conference.

Week of  September 26 - September 30, 2005

     1.  Return signed Lab Safety Rules (lavender sheet).

     2.  Get parent signatures on Interdependency movie quiz, "Katrina" article write up, and "Identifications" quiz.

     3.  Complete Food Chains Diagrams worksheet

     4.  Study for Wednesday's Food Chains movie quiz.

     5.  Complete the "Oak-Hickory Forest" Food Pyramid.

     6.  "Food Web Analysis"  is due Friday.

* * * Good news:  All students who turned in a permission slip to participate in the CT River Connections program will participate in either the Fall OR Spring program! The list of which students will participate on which days is forthcoming.

* * * More Good news:  We still have spaces for students in the Spring program, and are accepting permission slips until Friday, September 30th at 2:30 for a final lottery drawing.