WELCOME TO 6TH GRADE SCIENCE !!!!!!

DAY # 1LET’S HAVE FUN !!

DAY # 2

SCIENCE

DAY # 3

1. WHAT IS A SCIENTIFIC THEORY?

2. WHAT IS A SCIENTIFIC LAW?

DAY # 4

1. WRITE AN EXAMPLE OF A SCIENTIFIC THEORY.

2. WRITE AN EXAMPLE OF A SCIENTIFIC LAW.

3. EXPLAIN HOW THEY ARE THE SAME. DIFFERENT.

DAY # 5

1. LIST THE 3 BRANCHES OF SCIENCE.

2. STATE HOW THEY ARE ALIKE.

3. STATE HOW THEY ARE DIFFERENT.

DAY # 6

1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF TECHNOLOGY?

A. SQUIRT BOTTLEB. A POEMC. A CATD. PHYSICAL SCIENCE

WHY???????

DAY # 7

TAKE THE 1ST 10 MINUTES OF CLASS TIME TO STUDY/REVIEW FOR THE TEST.

DAY # 8

INFER WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECORD AND MEASURE DATA ACCURATELY DURING AN EXPERIMENT?

USING YOUR DEFINITIONS FROM YESTERDAY, IF YOU TYPE THE LETTER (A) ON A KEYBOARD, THAT IS YOUR INPUT. LIST THE STEPS THAT FOLLOW.

DAY # 9

DAY # 10

1. Name a system in your body.

2. What is it’s function? (Job or Role)

DAY # 11

ON A WALK THROUGH THE PARK, YOU OBSERVE SQUIRRELS AND CHIPMUNKS. YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM. WHICH OF THESE QUESTIONS COULD BE TESTED SCIENTIFICALLY?

A. ARE SQUIRRELS IN THIS PARK AFRAID OF PEOPLE?B. ARE SQUIRRELS MORE AFRAID OF PEOPLE THAN

CHIPMUNKS ARE?C. ARE CHIPMUNKS VERY CUTE?D. ARE CHIPMUNKS IN THIS PARK CUTER THAN THE SQUIRRELS?

***FOR THE QUESTION YOU CHOSE ABOVE, WRITE A HYPOTHESIS THAT YOU COULD TEST WITH AN EXPERIMENT.***

DAY # 12

GOAL: YOU WANT AN A ON THE NEXT TEST.

USE THE UNIVERSAL SYSTEMS MODEL TO DESCRIBE THIS FUNCTION.

DAY # 13

GOAL: YOU WANT TO PRODUCE A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH.

USE THE UNIVERSAL SYSTEMSMODEL TO DESCRIBE THISFUNCTION.

DAY # 14

USE THE UNIVERSALSYSTEMS MODEL TODESCRIBE ANY FUNCTION.

HINT: MAKE THE DIAGRAM

DAY # 15

WHY DO SCIENTISTS CONDUCT (PERFORM) EXPERIMENTS?

DAY # 16

LIST THE 6 MAJOR STEPS IN A SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION.

DAY # 17

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CONTROL GROUP AND AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP?

DAY # 18

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE AND DEPENDENT VARIABLE?

DAY # 19

A HYPOTHESIS IS A STATEMENT THAT CAN BE TESTED.

TRUE OR FALSE

DAY # 20

TRUE OR FALSE

AN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE IS THE FACTOR THAT IS CHANGED IN AN EXPERIMENT.

DAY # 21

TRUE OR FALSE

A CONSTANT IS THE FACTOR BEING MEASURED IN AN EXPERIMENT.

DAY # 22

YOU ARE DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENT TO FIND OUT WHICH TYPE OF FROG CAN JUMP FURTHER. WHICH IS A CONTROLLED VARIABLE IN THIS EXPERIMENT?

A. JUMPING DISTANCEB. TYPE OF FROGC. COLOR OF THE FROGD. TEXTURE OF THE JUMPING SURFACE

DAY # 23

TRUE OR FALSE

A CONTROL IS A STANDARD USED TO MAKE COMPARISONS.

DAY # 24

TRUE OR FALSE

A DEPENDENT VARIABLE IS A FACTOR THAT STAYS THE SAME IN AN EXPERIMENT.

DAY # 25

WHAT ARE THE VARIABLES THAT DO NOT CHANGE IN AN EXPERIMENT CALLED?

A. INDEPENDENT VARIABLESB. DEPENDENTS VARIABLESC. CONSTANTSD. INFERENCES

DAY # 26

A CONTROL IS A STANDARD USED TO MAKE COMPARISONS.

TRUE OR FALSE

DAY # 27

TAKE THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF CLASS TO REVIEW FOR THE TEST.

DAY # 28

IF YOU HAD TO LOSE ONE OF YOUR FIVE SENSES, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY?

DAY # 29

PRETEND YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO CATCHES A LOT OF COLDS. WRITE DOWN TWO SCIENCE–BASED TIPS FOR CATCHING FEWER COLDS.

DAY # 30

WHICH ACTION COULD MOST DIRECTLY RESULT IN YOU CATCHING A COLD?

A. STANDING IN THE RAINB. GETTING COLD FEETC. SOMEONE SNEEZING ON YOUD. EATING THE WRONG FOOD

BONUS: EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER

DAY # 31

1. WHAT IS A COLD CAUSED BY?

2. CAN YOU CATCH THE SAME COLD TWICE? EXPLAIN.

DAY # 32

1. WHAT IS A VACCINATION?

2. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GIVEN A VACCINATION? IF SO, FOR WHAT?

3. HOW DO VACCININATIONS HELP YOU?

DAY # 33

1. WHICH SCIENTIST SHOWED THAT MOSQUITOES CARRIED YELLOW FEVER?

2. WHO DISCOVERED VIRUSES?

3. WHICH SCIENTIST WAS THE FIRST TO SEE BACTERIA UNDER A MICROSCOPE?

DAY # 34

EMILY IS MAKING BOWS USING RIBBON. SHE HAS TWO PIECES OF RIBBON TO USE. ONE IS 23 YARDS LONG. THE OTHER IS 4 ¼ YARDS LONG. SHE NEEDS 1 5/6 YARDS OF RIBBON TO MAKE EACH BOW. WHAT IS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF BOWS EMILY CAN MAKE?

DAY # 35

WHAT IS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF CELLS A LIVING ORGANISM CAN HAVE?

A. ½B. 1C. 7D. 566,892

DAY # 36

IZARA BUILT A FENCE FOR HER HORSES. THE FENCE WAS 210 FEET LONG. SHE PUT A FENCE POST IN THE GROUND AT THE START OF THE FENCE AND ANOTHER FENCE POST EVERY 3 ½ FEET. IZARA PAID $8.50 FOR EACH FENCE POST. HOW MUCH DID IZARA PAY FOR ALL THE FENCE POSTS SHE USED?

A. $297.50 B. $518.50C. $595.00 D. $765.00

DAY # 37

TAKE THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF CLASS TO REVIEW YOUR NOTES FOR THE TEST.

DAY # 38

TRUE OR FALSE1. GATORADE IS AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR

CHOLERA.2. ANTIVIRAL DRUGS CAN CURE ANY DISEASE CAUSED

BY A VIRUS.3. BOILED CROCODILE WAS ONCE USED TO TREAT

TUBERCULOSIS.4. TUBERCULOSIS IS NO LONGER A DEADLY DISEASE.5. AIRPLANES HAVE ENABLED MANY GERMS TO

SPREAD.

DAY # 39

GRACIE IS REWRITING THE EXPRESSION (24+40) AS AN INTEGERTIMES THE SUM OF TWO INTEGERS. BY FACTORING OUT A 2,SHE KNOWS SHE CAN REWRITE THE EXPRESSION AS 2 TIMES THESUM OF TWO INTEGERS. WHAT ARE ALL THE OTHER NUMBERSGREATER THAN 2 THAT GRACIE CAN FACTOR OUT OF (24+40) TOREWRITE THE EXPRESSION AS AN INTEGER TIMES THE SUM OFTWO INTEGERS?

A. 4,8 C. 3,5,6,10,12,20B. 4,6,8 D. 3,4,5,6,8,10,12,20

DAY # 40

DAY # 39

HIDE AND SEEK THE CHILDREN HAD BEEN PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK

FOR SOME TIME WHE JACKIE SAID, “I CAN’T PLAY ANYMORE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT ANYONE COULD FIND ME NOW.” “IT DEPENDS ON WHO IS DOING THE SEEKING,” SAID JOAN. “MOST OF US WOULD FIND YOU EASILY, BUT FOR JOHN IT WOULD BE JUST AS HARD TO FIND YOU AS ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS HIDING.” SHE WAS RIGHT. WHAT WAS GOING ON?

DAY # 40

1. THE BRANCH OF SCIENCE THAT STUDIES ALL OF THE RULES INVOLVING MATTER IS CALLED _____________________.

2. WHAT ARE PROPERTIES?

DAY # 41

QUARTER 1 ASSESSMENT IS TODAY!!!

TRY YOUR BEST!!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!

DAY # 42

1.LIST 5 THINGS THAT HAVE MATTER.

2.LIST 5 THINGS THAT DON’T HAVE MATTER.

DAY # 43

LIST THE FIRST 4 “ATOMIC” SCIENTISTS AND WHAT THEY DID.

HINT: USE YOUR NOTES

DAY # 44

LIST THE LAST 3 “ATOMIC” SCIENTISTS AND WHAT THEY DID.

HINT: USE YOUR NOTES

DAY # 45

DRAW AND LABEL THE PARTS OF AN ATOM.