Hello Science Families!
Well, our baby doves have hatched! I've been checking in on them everyday. In case your student hasn't shared, we have a dove that set up house in the water fountain outside my door. Two eggs. She is patient and very protective. A little information about our newest members of ASU Prep.
Fledglings: From the time they hatch, doves leave the nest at about 11 or 12 days old. When they begin to self-regulate their body temperature, the parents no longer brood them at night. If a baby is reluctant to leave the nest after 12 days, the parents will often keep watch nearby but refuse to feed it.
Elven or twelve days will put us toward the end of our first week back from school. Nature is amazing!
5th Grade will finish up their posters when we return on Monday and Tuesday - Day 1. We will also review the study guide for the test. The answers are on my weebly. If your student has not taken the test yet, then their test will be on Day 2 for their schedule. Please reach out to me if you have questions
*Each student should have turned in the 5+ sentence summary of how their system works.
*Each student should have turned in their 5+ interesting facts - different than their summary.
*Each student should have completed their illustration of their system.
*Each student has completed their system on their group human body poster
*Each group will present to their cohort. Each student is responsible for sharing their portion of the poster. Each member of the group will complete an evaluation of the group work and group presentation to be turned in to Mrs. Biggs.
**All work must include the student name, cohort #, and foundation teacher name.
6th Grade will finish up their Medical Clinics on Friday, March 24. Any student that has not completed the Physiology Test or board exam needs to make contact with Mrs. Biggs immediately. Answers for the study guide are on my weebly. All tests need to be made up by Wednesday, March 22, 2017. No exceptions.
*Each student should have turned in their specialty illustration
*Each student should have turned in their 3D model
*Each student should have passed their board exam with an 8 or higher. Retakes are available until the board exam is passed.
*Each student should have taught their system to their medical clinic
*Each CLINIC should have completed their medical clinic sign and turned it in
*Each student should have passed their physiology exam. Each clinic must have 100% of its doctors receive a passing grade for the physiology exam in order to receive patients.
*Each clinic will receive 2 patients to study, resolve the patient challenges, and prepare a poster or something similar to share when all the clinics conduct medical rounds on Day 1 for the week of March 27, 2017. No exceptions.
We will be practicing and reviewing perimeter and area at the beginning of class each day. We will also be reading informational text at the beginning of class each day.
Please watch for a slip of paper to come home regarding science camp, payments received, chaperone information, fingerprint clearance cards, etc. If you haven't signed your child up to attend science camp, it isn't too late! Please contact Mrs. Biggs ASAP for more information!
Yours in science,
Mrs. Biggs
Thursday, March 16, 2017
February 27, 2017
Hello 5/6 Families,
We have begun our Human Body Unit! Both 5th and 6th graders will be learning/reviewing the systems of the body. Nervous, Muscular, Skeletal, Circulatory, Digestive, and Respiratory.
5th Grade -
--Research Groups and constructing a Life Size Model of the Human Body.
--Students divided up the tasks for these systems: brain/nervous, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, skeletal, muscular. Each student is responsible for one of these systems.
--Each student conducts research on their system, summarizes how their system works in a minimum of 5 complete sentences, and includes a minimum of 5 interesting facts.
--Each student also includes an illustration.
--All the students in each group must have this information on the same size paper so the papers can be combined to create a book.
--All students have the task sheet to refer to for their poster and for their personal portion.
--The answers to the study guide are included under the W on their cohort under academics on my weebly.
6th Grade - Medical Clinics
Students are divided into medical clinics during their science class. Each student is considered a medical doctor and they are now working on their specialty. Each clinic is responsible for creating their Medical Clinic Sign - including all Dr. names, specialty, name of clinic, and colors included. A slogan or personally designed art work is encouraged! The areas of specialty:
Pulmonologist, Cardiologist, Orthopedic Surgeon, Gastroenterologist, Neurologist, and Infectious Disease.
--Each student is responsible for learning his specialty and passing a 10 point board exam scoring an 8 or higher.
--Each student creates a 3D model for their specialty following directions on their information sheet.
--Each student creates an illustration for their specialty following directions on their info sheet.
--Each student shares and teaches this information to their medical clinic.
--Every student in the medical clinic is required to pass a Physiology Test and score 80% or higher.
--Once every student has passed the Board Exam and Physiology Test, the medical clinic will receive several patient cases to review and problem solve.
--Each medical clinic will present their findings to the other medical clinics.
All information required for exams in 5th and 6th grade will be on my weebly listed under each cohort.
yours in science!
Mrs. Biggs
We have begun our Human Body Unit! Both 5th and 6th graders will be learning/reviewing the systems of the body. Nervous, Muscular, Skeletal, Circulatory, Digestive, and Respiratory.
5th Grade -
--Research Groups and constructing a Life Size Model of the Human Body.
--Students divided up the tasks for these systems: brain/nervous, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, skeletal, muscular. Each student is responsible for one of these systems.
--Each student conducts research on their system, summarizes how their system works in a minimum of 5 complete sentences, and includes a minimum of 5 interesting facts.
--Each student also includes an illustration.
--All the students in each group must have this information on the same size paper so the papers can be combined to create a book.
--All students have the task sheet to refer to for their poster and for their personal portion.
--The answers to the study guide are included under the W on their cohort under academics on my weebly.
6th Grade - Medical Clinics
Students are divided into medical clinics during their science class. Each student is considered a medical doctor and they are now working on their specialty. Each clinic is responsible for creating their Medical Clinic Sign - including all Dr. names, specialty, name of clinic, and colors included. A slogan or personally designed art work is encouraged! The areas of specialty:
Pulmonologist, Cardiologist, Orthopedic Surgeon, Gastroenterologist, Neurologist, and Infectious Disease.
--Each student is responsible for learning his specialty and passing a 10 point board exam scoring an 8 or higher.
--Each student creates a 3D model for their specialty following directions on their information sheet.
--Each student creates an illustration for their specialty following directions on their info sheet.
--Each student shares and teaches this information to their medical clinic.
--Every student in the medical clinic is required to pass a Physiology Test and score 80% or higher.
--Once every student has passed the Board Exam and Physiology Test, the medical clinic will receive several patient cases to review and problem solve.
--Each medical clinic will present their findings to the other medical clinics.
All information required for exams in 5th and 6th grade will be on my weebly listed under each cohort.
yours in science!
Mrs. Biggs
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