BACK TO THE BASICS UNIT:
Building a Classroom Community, Learning about Lab Safety,
and Reviewing the Scientific Method and Systems of Measurement
Day 1 Celebration 8-2-2016
Community Building Activity: 8-2-2016
Back to School BINGO (Folder)
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Go Over Class Syllabus, 8-2-2016
Expectations, and Website (Folder)
--Syllabus must be signed and submitted by Tues., Aug. 9th
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HOMEWORK: Dear Teacher Letter 8-2-2016 --Due: Thurs., Aug. 4th
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Team Building Activity: Marshmellow Model Building 8-3-2016
Read-Aloud: Dear Students Letter 8-3-2016
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Introduce and Begin Science Starters (Folder) 8-3-2016
--Science Starters will be used as daily warm-ups and to check for understanding of our current learning objectives.
--Science Starters will need to go in your three-prong folder.
--Science Starters will be collected every Friday and redistributed every Monday.
--The Science Starters PowerPoint will be updated daily so that students that miss one may have the opportunity to make up their work before the collection date (every Friday). *The Science Starters PowerPoint webpage location: Middle Grades>Grade __>Science Starters.
Set Up Our Interactive 8/4
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An Introduction of Earth Science Presentation (R) 8-5-2016
--Write differentiated notes.
--Introduce checks for understanding.
--Place notes in your three-prong folder until we set up our ISN's.
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Lab Safety and Equipment
HOMEWORK: Review Lab Safety and Equipment 8-4-2016
Read Lab Safety and Equipment Packet (Folder), sign and submit contract, and complete the corresponding close reading handout (Due: 8/9).
LINK TO SAFETY PACKET HERE (P. 2-24): www.trinitypride.k12.pa.us/webpages/jcarioli/files/Packet%201%20Lab%20safety.pdf
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Reinforcement Activity: "Find Someone Who..." (R) 8-8-2016
- Students will walk around finding students who know the answers to questions related to science lab safety. The "Someone Who Knows" must write the answer and sign their name on the student's paper.
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Lab Equipment Presentation 8-9-2016 to 8-10-2016
-->Complete corresponding graphic organizer (See Lab Safety Packet for G.O.)
Homework: Complete the Laboratory Equipment Identification Handout on the backside of your Graphic Organizer. Please remember to spell out the tool names to practice your spelling of the new nomenclature.
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Lab Safety Equipment Scavenger Hunt (R) 8-11-2016
- Students will walk around the room, listing the location of each safety item shown on the Lab Safety Equipment Handout.
- We will discuss our responses by comparing students answers to the answer key.
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Science Project and Presentation: Safety Posters
Each student will be assigned one rule from the safety contract.
Students will:
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Application Activity: Safety Scenarios Game 8-11-2016
To play the game:
- Hand out the same scenario to each team and a set of Safety Rules Pieces.
- Teams put their heads together and quietly pick out all the rules that were broken in the scenario.
- When a team is done, they should say, "Done!" loud enough for all to hear.
- The teacher writes down team numbers in order of finish. When all teams are finished, the class discusses which rules were broken and why.
- The first team to finish correctly, they are in first place and receive 6 points. If they miss one and the second place team gets all correct, then they change places and points, etc. Second place gets 5 points, third place gets 4 points, etc.
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HOMEWORK: Study for quiz over lab safety and equipment.
ASSESSMENT: Lab Safety and Equipment Quiz
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Review: Complete Scientific Method Graphic Organizer and Reading Comprehension Activity (R)
- Link to Graphic Organizer: s3.amazonaws.com/assets.flocabulary.com/pdfs/units/scientific-method-activities.pdf
- Link to Reading Comprehension Activity: www.softschools.com/language_arts/reading_comprehension/science/1/the_scientific_method/
HOMEWORK: Creative Reinforcement Activity (L)
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