Science Classroom Connection

Follow the link below for your Midterm study guide.

January 2019 Midterm Study Guide

Students: Open the two attachments below for a sample of how to write pertinent textual information by using the Cornell notes strategy based on the Cornell note-taking system that was invented in the 1950’s by Walter Pauk, who was a professor at Cornell University.

Cornell Notes Sample

DOK-Question-Stems(with emphasis on level 2 and level 3.)

An overview video of Cornell Notes Strategy: https://youtu.be/F8H030ZGyFg

https://youtu.be/F8H030ZGyFg

Students will be evaluated upon the article that they had read prior to Christmas break: What Is an Orbit?

Students were given class time to create a set of subjective questions (short answers) that the classroom teacher will pick a set of six (6) of them as a quiz to be given in class this Wednesday. Students will be allowed to use their handout article during the quiz. Note that this will be considered a summative evaluation.

Remember to bring the article with you to class on Wednesday, since there will be no replacement articles nor locker passes to go and get it.

Students: Remember that upon our return from our Christmas break, we will be having our ISN evaluation, since there will be only 9.5 school days left before the end of the semester as well as Marking Period 2.

Check your ISN to make sure that it is in order based upon the setup that we have been utilizing, i.e., date of assignment, name of each assignment, and the page number in your ISN for each written assignment.

It would be a good idea for you to get together with other classmates outside the school and verify that you are NOT missing any important assignments, as the classroom teacher will be spot checking your notebook WITHOUT a notice or an announcement during the remaining of this current marking period.

YOU ARE EXPECTED TO WALK INTO THE CLASSROOM WITH YOUR ISN ON A DAILY BASIS, JUST LIKE YOU DO WITH YOUR BELLWORK NOTEBOOK, AND NO THERE WILL BE NO BELLWORK NOTEBOOK CHECK FOR THIS REMAINING MAKING PERIOD, SINCE WE HAVE HAD AN EVALUATION ON THE BELLWORK RECENTLY.

You are expected to stay on top of your ISN, because it serves as your reference guide for many of our assignments for upcoming evaluations. 

Refrain from emailing your classroom teacher regarding your ISN or any assignments that you may be missing, since it is your responsibility to stay interactive with your science notebook, hence, the name, Interactive Student Notebook.

This is your Vocabulary List #2 for Unit 2: Make sure that you focus on the bold terms and their definitions. The remaining terms are for your English learning purposes. You are responsible to know the meaning of ALL of them.

Students: Since many of you did NOT finish their magnetism webquest assignment in due time, make sure that you complete it and turn it in PRIOR to a² in the morning per the classroom teacher’s announcement during 6th hour in class.

Students remember to complete your magnetism webquest for tomorrow, since it will be picked up and graded. Remember that the assignment is on Google Classroom. Your code is below:

Class Code

kq88t2o (Period 2)

tru32b (Period 3)

fsrj301 (Period 4)

bw43o3 (Period 5)

v15lxpp (Period 6)

*Courtesy of Ms. Heather Whitehead, Woodworth Middle School, Dearborn, Michigan

Create a colorful model using the simulation that explains:  Orbit, gravity, velocity, and what happens when you turn off the gravity.

SEE ATTACHMENT SAMPLE!

POSTER SAMPLE

STUDENTS NEED TO GET A PERMISSION FROM THE CLASSROOM TEACHER FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS ASSIGNMENT, SINCE MANY STUDENTS DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT DUE TO ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.

Reminder: Students, make sure that you have completed your worksheet simulation on gravity and orbits that is due Monday, December 17, 2018, since we will be having a quick 5-point summative evaluation on your work and comprehension skills of what you had a chance to work on in class this past Friday.

To be better prepared for the quiz go over the handout and review the key variables that you had to manipulate in your simulation to understand the takeaways from the various simulations.