6th Grade Science –
This week, we’ll be working on our Earth, weather, and climate unit. During this time, students will be learning about concepts such as atmospheric conditions, ocean current trends, weather patterns and storms, and how the sun and Earth can effect weather conditions.
Homework –
12/5 – Bring in a clean, empty 20 ounce water bottle/pop bottle with a cap on it for class tomorrow!
12/6 – Finish your Cloud in a Bottle Lab Report 

STEM Apps –
This week, we’ll be continuing our Modeling & Design unit, where students will be challenged to use drafting, architectural, and design skills to transform images from two-dimensional or three-dimensional sketches to Computer-Aided Designs. During this time, students will work on an interior decorating-inspired project where they will design their own “dream bedroom” using the CAD program SketchUp.
Homework –
12/5 – Work on your dream bedroom engineering notebook sketches & SketchUp designs – Notebook Check tomorrow!
12/6 – Continue working on your dream bedroom engineering notebook sketches & SketchUp designs

6th Grade Science –
This week, we’ll be working on our Earth, weather, and climate unit. During this time, students will be learning about concepts such as atmospheric conditions, ocean current trends, weather patterns and storms, and how the sun and Earth can effect weather conditions.
Homework –
12/3 – Finish the Talking to the Text Lake-Effect Snow article activity
12/4 – Bring in a clean, empty 20 ounce water bottle/pop bottle with a cap on it for class on Thursday!

STEM Apps –
This week, we’ll be continuing our Modeling & Design unit, where students will be challenged to use drafting, architectural, and design skills to transform images from two-dimensional or three-dimensional sketches to Computer-Aided Designs. During this time, students will work on an interior decorating-inspired project where they will design their own “dream bedroom” using the CAD program SketchUp.
Homework –
12/3 – Have a great day! 🙂
12/4 – Work on your dream bedroom engineering notebook sketches & SketchUp designs

Hi STEM families!

This is just a reminder that our middle school STEMBOTS will be competing in the First Robotics Competition at Riverside Middle School in Dearborn Heights tomorrow (Saturday, December 1st) from 7am to 7pm. Feel free to stop by at some point during the day to cheer on the team!

6th Grade Science –
This week, we’ll be working on our Earth, weather, and climate unit. During this time, students will be learning about concepts such as atmospheric conditions, ocean current trends, weather patterns and storms, and how the sun and Earth can effect weather conditions.
Homework –
11/30 – Have a great weekend! 🙂

STEM Apps –
This week, we’ll be continuing our Modeling & Design unit, where students will be challenged to use drafting, architectural, and design skills to transform images from two-dimensional sketches to three-dimensional models. During this time, students will work on designing, modeling, and constructing their very own cereal brand, which they will sketch, prototype, and build. Today, we “pitched” our finished products in class.
Homework –
11/30 – Have a great weekend! 🙂

6th Grade Science –
This week, we’ll be working on our Earth, weather, and climate unit. During this time, students will be learning about concepts such as atmospheric conditions, ocean current trends, weather patterns and storms, and how the sun and Earth can effect weather conditions.
Homework –
11/28 – We started working on an Earth & Climate Lab in class today – Bring your lab report back to class tomorrow so we can finish the experiment.
11/29 – Complete your Earth & Climate lab report.

STEM Apps –
This week, we’ll be continuing our Modeling & Design unit, where students will be challenged to use drafting, architectural, and design skills to transform images from two-dimensional sketches to three-dimensional models. During this time, students will work on designing, modeling, and constructing their very own cereal brand, which they will sketch, prototype, and build. We’ll be completing construction of our cereal boxes on Thursday, November 29th so we can “pitch” our finished products in class on Friday, November 30th.
Homework –
11/28 – Continue to work on your cereal box design and complete your Engineering Logs #1-3 – The next notebook check will take place on Thursday during class!
11/29 – Continue to work on your cereal box design – The final draft of your cereal box is due by tomorrow (Friday)!

6th Grade Science –
This week, we’ll be working on our Earth, weather, and climate unit. During this time, students will be learning about concepts such as atmospheric conditions, ocean current trends, weather patterns and storms, and how the sun and Earth can effect weather conditions.
Homework –
11/26 – Finish your Talking to the Text Marine Layer Activity (the article, rubric, and tips are in Google Classroom).
11/27 – Finish your Climate Brochure

STEM Apps –
This week, we’ll be continuing our Modeling & Design unit, where students will be challenged to use drafting, architectural, and design skills to transform images from two-dimensional sketches to three-dimensional models. During this time, students will work on designing, modeling, and constructing their very own cereal brand, which they will sketch, prototype, and build. We’ll be completing construction of our cereal boxes on Thursday, November 29th so we can “pitch” our finished products in class on Friday, November 30th.
Homework –
11/26 – Bring in a cardboard box or two so we can start building tomorrow!
11/27 – Continue to work on your cereal box design and complete your Engineering Logs

6th Grade Science –
This week, we’ll be kicking off an Earth, weather, and climate unit. During this time, students will be learning about concepts such as atmospheric conditions, ocean current trends, weather patterns and storms, and how the sun and Earth can effect weather conditions.
Homework –
11/19 – Finish the Ocean Currents Guided Reading Worksheet #1-12
11/20 – No homework – Have a great Thanksgiving break! 🙂

STEM Apps –
This week, we’ll be continuing our Modeling & Design unit, where students will be challenged to use drafting, architectural, and design skills to transform images from two-dimensional sketches to three-dimensional models. During this time, students will work on designing, modeling, and constructing their very own cereal brand, which they will sketch, prototype, and build.
Homework –
11/19 – Work on your Cereal Box Project prototype drawings. There will be an engineering notebook check during class on Tuesday!
11/20 – Bring in a cardboard box on Monday (November 26th) so we can start building our cereal boxes. Have a great Thanksgiving break! 🙂

6th Grade Science –
This week, we’ll be wrapping up our heat, temperature, and thermal energy unit. We’ll continue to explore the topic of thermal energy in discussions, activities, and experiments over the course of the week, and then move into a short unit focusing on kinetic and potential energy. On Thursday, November 15th, students will take a quiz to assess their knowledge of thermal energy, heat transfer, kinetic energy, and potential energy. In terms of quiz prep, students should be familiar with our science glossary (vocab) terms, class notes, recent assignments and experiments.
Homework –
11/12 – Study for the types of energy quiz on Thursday! (Review notes, science glossary terms, homework, and experiments).
11/13 – Complete the What is Energy Worksheet #1-14 & study for the types of energy quiz on Thursday! (Review notes, science glossary terms, homework, and experiments).

STEM Apps –
This week, we’ll be continuing our Modeling & Design unit, where students will be challenged to use drafting, architectural, and design skills to transform images from two-dimensional sketches to three-dimensional models. This week, we’ll be focusing on drafting and finalizing multi-view images to learn more about perspective and the world of engineering and drafting.
Homework –
11/12 – Work on your multi-view sketches – we’ll have a sketchbook check on Thursday in class!
11/13 – Keep working on your multi-view sketches – we’ll have a sketchbook check on Thursday in class!

6th Grade Science –
This week, we’ll be focusing on our heat, temperature, and thermal energy unit. We’ll continue to explore the topic of thermal energy in discussions, activities, and experiments over the course of the week. On Wednesday during class, students will begin building model homes for our thermal energy home heating project.  Our goal is to design and construct a model home that will conserve thermal energy; we’ll be testing out our models on Friday, November 9th, and we’ll be evaluating our models on Monday, November 12th.
Homework –
11/9 – Have a great weekend! 🙂  Home heating lab reports will be due at the end of class on Monday!

STEM Apps –
This week, we’ll be kicking off our Modeling & Design unit, where students will be challenged to use drafting, architectural, and design skills to transform images from two-dimensional sketches to three-dimensional models. We’ll be creating thumbnail sketches, isometric drawings, and multi-view images to learn more about perspective and the world of engineering and drafting.
Homework –
11/9 – Have a great weekend! 🙂