6th Grade Science with Ms. Allison

**Ms. Allison's homeroom should wear pink or red shirts for the dodgeball tournament on Thursday**

May 30, 2018

Tuesday: Whirligig Lab

Wednesday: Whirligig Lab/Mythbusters

Thursday: Field Day/Whirligig Lab

Friday: Yearbooks/Coloring sheet

May 22, 2018

Monday: Last Day of Review Games

Tuesday: Science SCPASS Test

Wednesday: Review Plants Study Guide, Planet Earth day

Thursday: Plants Re-test option, ISN Check

Friday: Whirlygig Lab

May 16, 2018

**Science SCPASS Test will be Tuesday, May 22nd - There are 2 study guides above that students can use to study weather and energy. There is also a great resource here that has fast fact sheets on all the topics we have covered this year.**

Monday: Plants Review - Plants Quiz Corrections Due!

Tuesday: Math SCReady Test

Wednesday: Kahoot Team Challenge Review

Thursday: Grudge Ball Team Challenge Review

Friday: Connect 4 Team Challenge Review

May 9, 2018

Monday: Testing

Tuesday: Testing

Wednesday: Cellular Respiration color by number (1st and 3rd periods) ; Seed dissection 4th, 5th, and 7th

Thursday: What's Stomata With You lab, go over quizzes from last week

Friday: Leaf diagram in ISN

May 1, 2018

Monday: All About Plants Crossword (see word bank above)

Tuesday: Finish crossword (homework if not finished), photosynthesis Frayer model

Wednesday: Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration scavenger hunt

Thursday: Plant Quiz

Friday: Seed dissection (1st and 3rd); Cellular respiration color by number (4th, 5th, and 7th)

April 24, 2018

Homework this week (Due Friday): Find a tropism occuring in nature. Take a photo of it (if you don't have access to a camera, you may sketch and color it) and upload it to Google Classroom. Label your picture with the type of tropism present in the plant (photo-, geo-, hydro-, thigmo-, and whether it is positive or negative).

Monday: Jack and the Celery Stalk - Transpiration Lab

Tuesday: Celery Lab Analysis Questions + Plant Classification Notes

Wednesday: Review Lab questions, monocots vs. dicots notes

Thursday: Leaf Model in ISN

Friday: Leaf Structure and Function table

April 17, 2018

*We are in need of Kleenex box donations at this time (allergies are hitting hard). Thank you!*

To prepare for tests I recommend studying the ISN as well as the Quizlet sets at http://www.quizlet.com/allisonscience

Monday: Yeast Feast Lab + Fungi Notes

Tuesday: Yeast Feast Day 2 + Quizlet Live Review

Wednesday: Test on Protists and Fungi

Thursday: Review test and begin Plant Unit

Friday: Tropism lesson

April 11, 2018

Monday: Build-a-Beak lab

Tuesday: Biltmore field trip!

Wednesday: Protist party (1st period: Fungi Nearpod)

Thursday: Fungi Nearpod (1st period: CK-12 Protists and Human Disease article)

Friday: 3 Types of Fungi foldable notes

There will be a test on Fungi and Protists next Wednesday. No homework this week!

March 27, 2018

Monday: Foldable on the 3 types of protists (animal-like, plant-like, and fungus-like)

Tuesday: Full class period to work on Zoo PBL (final project due Friday!)

Wednesday: Protist party (research a protist - how it eats, moves, reproduces - then "mingle" and talk to other "protists" in the room). About 20 minutes to work on Zoo PBL.

Thursday: Last class to work on their zoo exhibit

Friday: Zoo exhibit gallery walk, 6 Kingdom coloring sheet, peer review for PBL

Happy spring!

March 20, 2018

This week we are taking an animal kingdom test on Thursday. Students have been given a study guide and it will be open note. On Friday we will pick back up with Part 3 of our Zoo PBL where students will design a blueprint for their Zoo exhibit.

March 13, 2018

Part 2 of the Zoo PBL is due Wednesday! In this section, students are researching the animals they are including in their zoo exhibit. Students have had time in class to work on it. If it is not finished, it becomes homework. (Part 2 is posted on Google Classroom). Thursday and Friday we will be studying natural selection and different types of camouflage as we complete a "Blending Butterflies" hands-on exploration. Next week we will work on the final part to the Zoo PBL which is creating a blueprint or model of their zoo exhibits.

Next week we will also have a test on Tuesday (the 20th) or Wednesday (the 21st). This will cover animals and their structures or behaviors that enable them to survive in their environment.

March 6, 2018

This week there is no homework as we are beginning our Zoo PBL. Students will be working in teams to design a biome-based zoo exhibit. This will be an in-class project. All of the tasks will be uploaded onto Google Classroom.

February 28, 2018

This week, students are presenting their organisms. I have really enjoyed seeing their creativity in this assignment! We are also reading two different articles about zoos. Zoos are shifting more towards biome-based models instead of keeping animals in species-separate enclosures. This is preparing us for our study of biomes and an upcoming zoo exhibit project. Students should be studying their Invertebrate Chart. We will have an open- notebook quiz on invertebrates Monday. Another good resource for studying is my Quizlet Site.

February 20, 2018

Today we started out with an open-ISN PowerUp pop quiz. Students used the remaining time to work on their Design Your Own Organism project. Wednesday, guidance counselor Ms. Bailey will be in our classroom helping students get registered for 7th grade. Thursday and Friday we will be creating more vocabulary cards for Heads Up and reading two different articles about zoos to prepare for our upcoming zoo project.

February 15, 2018

See above for our Design Your Own Organism Project - due Feb. 26th!

February 13, 2018

Today and tomorrow we are creating a double bar graph that compares the number of known species in each of the five kingdoms (plant, animal, fungi, protist, bacteria) between the year 2000 and the year 2016. We are also looking at specimens of different vertebrates and invertebrates that are preserved in jars and discussing their characteristics. Students will be given a two-week assignment beginning this week to design their own organism! They will have to come up with their organism's physical characteristics, place in the food chain, ways of movement, habitat, defense mechanisms, etc. Check Google Classroom for more details :)

February 6, 2018

We have learned about the 7 Levels of Taxonomy (the study of classification of organisms): Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. Wednesday there will be a 20 question test on Socrative. (Students should have flash cards and notes they can study). They are also allowed to bring their PEDs to class. Thursday and Friday we will be creating double bar graphs related to biodiversity of the different kingdoms.

Coloring taxonomy sheet is due Friday!! (They will have some time to work on this in class)

January 29, 2018

This week we have weather benchmark testing on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we will continue our study of dichotomous keys and taxonomy. Notebooks will be checked Monday and Tuesday. No homework this week!

BELL SCHEDULE

Lockers 8:10

Homeroom 8:20-8:33

First Period 8:35-9:25

Second Period 9:27-10:17 (Planning)

Third Period 10:19-11:09

Fourth Period 11:11-12:31

(11:58-12:23 Lunch)

Fifth Period 12:33-1:23

Sixth Period 1:25-2:15 (Planning)

Seventh Period 2:18-3:10

Dismissal/ Announcements 3:10-3:15