This week we are continuing our focus on Energy. On Tuesday, we will review and take a formative assessment on the forms of potential energy. On Wednesday, we will divide into remediation and enrichment groupings based on quiz performance. Enrichment groups will build circuits and modification groups will relearn content and retake the quiz.

On Thursday, we will begin learning about the types of kinetic energy with a card sort activity. On Friday we will continue learning about the forms of kinetic energy (radiant, thermal, electrical, nuclear, sound, chemical, and mechanical).

Standards in Focus:

6.PS3.1- Analyze the properties and compare sources of kinetic, elastic potential, gravitational potential, electric potential, chemical, and thermal energy.

6.PS3.2- Construct a scientific explanation of the transformations between potential and kinetic energy.

*Reminder* Bays Mountain permission forms are due by Friday, September 6th. Students cannot attend this field trip without permission forms turned in. We will attend Bays Mountain on Tuesday, September 10.

This week in science we will continue our focus on energy. On Monday and Tuesday, we will review to prepare for our formative assessment on Wednesday, September 18. Like always, we will split into remediation and enrichment groups after the assessment to extend or reteach.

On Thursday, we will begin to prepare for our first STEM challenge to understand how kinetic energy and mass are related. We will learn about the engineering and design process on Thursday and Friday we will be introduced to the challenge where students will be tasked with designing and building a bobsled that can get down a track the quickest.

Standards in Focus:

6.PS3.1- Analyze the properties and compare sources of kinetic, elastic potential, gravitational potential, electric potential, chemical, and thermal energy.

6.PS3.2- Construct a scientific explanation of the transformations between potential and kinetic energy.

**REMINDER** Turn in Camp Explore forms ASAP. They are due by Friday, October 4.

This week, we are learning how to write like scientist through the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning framework. On Monday, we will review and Tuesday-Thursday students will participate in various centers. Through these centers students will learn about claim-evidence-reasoning through various videos and hands-on activities. We are preparing to write our own C-E-R on mass and kinetic energy.

Standards in Focus:

6.Ps3.3-Analyze and interpret data to show the relationship between kinetic energy and the mass of an object in motion and it's speed.