Science Olympiad Link

Science Olympiad students... HEre is the link to the website!

Tuesday Class

Today in science we continued the research portion of our project.

Wednesday Class

Here is the procedure for today's science class:

1. Hand back Invasive Species Quizzes from yesterday.

2. Make sure your proposal has been emailed to your "coach"

3. Finish the KWL and Research Organization Activities.

4. Research the questions/information you wrote about in your KWL! Use our resource page as a guide!

Invasive Species Review Presentation

Some of you may need to re-watch this presentation on invasive species...there will be a quiz retake opportunity on next Tuesday!

Tuesday Class

Today in class we will be continuing our research on the topic we have chose for the challenge.  Before the research continues we will be addressing "How To Evaluate Internet Resources."  We will use the following two websites to aid in our discussion.

Evaluating Resources from The Internet

Evaluating Web Pages 

What are Encyclopedia's (Wikipedia) Used For????

When this discussion was complete students did the following:

1. Continue the research portion of the project. CLick here to access the research resource page. You will need to do the KWL sheet and organization sheets first! 

2. We took a quiz today on invasive species. 

Monday Class

Today in science we will follow the following procedure:

1. Finish your application from last week Friday.

2. Start the research portion of the project. CLick here to access the research resource page. You will need to do the KWL sheet and organization sheets!

Friday Class

Today groups should follow the following procedure:

1. Finish your Peer Edit (Page One, Page Two)

2. Make changes to your rough draft.

3. Find at least one website to back up your writing.

4. Get you Login information from your coach.

5. Submit your writing by clicking here.
... When you submit your writing...you will be doing STEP ONE!!!! WE will do the "Start" Tab Later.
Learning Target: I can peer edit and write a project proposal.

Thursday Class

Just a reminder that this is the writing prompt that the competition uses:


Which environmental topic did your team select? How does this topic affect your local community? Explain how this topic is important or meaningful to your team.

Here is your procedure for the day:
1. Finish your rough draft.

2. Peer Edit (Page One, Page Two)

3. Make changes to your rough draft.

4. Find at least one website to back up your writing.

5. Get you Login information from your coach.

6. Submit your writing by clicking here.

Writing Seminar: Proposals

Today we will be viewing this presentation together about writing a proposal.  After the proposal we will post the peer editing documents on this page for you to Notarize.






Helpful Writing Links:

Conventions Peer Editing Checklist

Content Peer Editing Checklist

Grant Writing Help

Proposal Writing Vocabulary

Funding 101 Proposal Writing Help

Tuesday Class

Today in science is the day we pick the topic we are going to focus on. Click here to access this activity.

In addition, if your group finishes this process early you will need to write a rough draft explaining why your group picked what you did. A final draft will be written on your application to the Siemens corporation. This is what they recommend you write about:

Which environmental topic did your team select? How does this topic affect your local community? Explain how this topic is important or meaningful to your team.

Also, you will need to reference two websites that you used to help you in your decision.

Learning Target: Through collaboration and research, I can choose a local environmental issue to focus a project around. 

Monday Class

Today in science we continued looking at some local and global environmental issues.
1. We had a demonstration about the amount of freshwater that our world has.

2. Students are to go to our collaboration website and complete today's discussion about water. If students did not get a chance to talk about invasive species they can do that too!

3. Students have time to finish their sand dune drawing, invasive species graph, or collaborate as a group getting ready to select a topic tomorrow.

Friday Class! All About Sand Dunes

Part One: Learning About Sand Dunes Presentation and Videos on Great Lakes Sand Dunes Dune Succession

Succession Lesson1

View more presentations from RCha

Part Two: Creating Your Own Dune Diagram! 
Use The Following Image To Create Your Own Dune Diagram. Label Each Section and Include Organisms that Inhabit that Area!!!

Dune Diagram

Part THREE: 
We are going to try something here... Please Click here to a collaboration website that we are going to try. You will need to create an account. Please Answer the question for today and vote for a selection...Lets see where this takes us! 

Thursday Science Class

Today in science we took a step aside from student brainstorming and we start a couple of class periods where the teachers present some issues. Today we take a look at Invasive Species.



After this presentation, we then took some time do this graphing activity.

In addition,  Yesterday we started class with a introduction to Science Olympiad. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP FOR SCIENCE OLYMPIAD PLEASE CLICK HERE AND SIGN UP BY THE END OF TODAY!!!!

Wednesday Class+Science Olympiad Sign Up

Today we started class with a introduction to Science Olympiad. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP FOR SCIENCE OLYMPIAD PLEASE CLICK HERE AND SIGN UP BY TOMORROW!


After we introduced science Olympiad, we built upon yesterday's class by brainstorming local environmental issues. Click here to access the resource page.

Tuesday Class

Today in science we started the "We Can Change The World" challenge. We did the following things:

1. Created our teams/groups.

2. Did a global issues brainstorm. Please click here to access that resource page!

3. Groups created a team name.

Monday Wilder Issues in Science Class

Today in the wilder issues of science class you will be starting a study on birds. Click here to access the bird resource page. Today you will do the activity in which you will learn various perching birds and water fowl. The goal is for you to know these birds so we can do some bird watching. This time of season brings in a variety of water fowl to our area! 

Here is a link to the actual activity document, which is also found on the resource page!

Friday Class

Today a variety things were done in science class:

1. We handed back the science tests. We then discussed the procedure for retakes. The retake for this test will occur on MONDAY! Click Here To Access The Test. Click Here For the Retake Instructions!

2. We introduced the "We Can Change The World Challenge" That students will be working on. This challenge starts next week.

3. Students filled out a form on who they might want to be in a group with. Click Here to Access the Form.

Thursday Class

Today we took our Basic Ecology Test!

Wednesday Class

Today in science students will conclude  a two day structured choice experience. Click here to access the structured choice activities!  

Tomorrow we WILL HAVE THE ECOLOGY TEST.

Tuesday Class

Today in science students will start a two day structured choice experience. Click here to access the structured choice activities!  

At the earliest...there will be a test this week THURSDAY!