SIXTH GRADE
Schedule Room 211
Monday @ 1:00, Tuesday @ 2:00, Friday @ 8:15
Schedule Room 212
Monday @ 10:30, Tuesday @ 1:00, Friday @ 9:15
CLASS 23 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Returning Theme 3: Electrical Conductivity and Theme 4: Transmission of Energy Test
Completing Exploration Gizmo: Energy Conversions @
Students will be able to describe the different forms of energy, ways energy is converted from one form to another and describe four types of renewable resources.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 (Theme 5 + Gizmo + Vocabulary workbook pages)
CLASS 24 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016
Theme 6 Electromagnetic Attraction: Am I Attracted to You or Not?
Students will discover the characteristics of magnets and the principle of electromagnets.
HW: THEME 6 VOCABULARY
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 (Theme 5 + Gizmo + Vocabulary workbook pages)
CLASS 25 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Class review of Theme 5: Transformation of Energy
Completing Theme 6 Electromagnetic Attraction: Am I Attracted to You or Not?
Students will discover the characteristics of magnets and the principle of electromagnets.
Theme 6 Activity: Pole of Attraction
Students will recognize materials that are attracted by magnets and to understand the behaviour of a compass.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 (Theme 5 + Gizmo + Vocabulary workbook pages)
CLASS 26 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Theme 5: Transformation of Energy TEST
CLASS 27 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016 ... REMEMBRANCE DAY
Theme 6 Activity: Electromagnet
Students will build an electormagnet using a battery, a nail and copper wires.
Exploration Gizmo: Magnetism @ www.explorelearning.com
Students will determine which materials (ferromagnetic) are attracted to a bar magnet, observe the interaction of bar magnets (like poles, opposite poles), and observe magnetic field lines.
CLASS 28 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Completing Exploration Gizmo: Magnetism @ www.explorelearning.com
Students will determine which materials (ferromagnetic) are attracted to a bar magnet, observe the interaction of bar magnets (like poles, opposite poles), and observe magnetic field lines.
CLASS 29 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Theme 7 Activity: Let's Play Marbles!
Students will dispel the belief that an object with greater mass has a tendency to descend a slope faster than an object with lesser mass.
PRACTICE FOR CARIBOU MATH CONTEST @ WWW.CARIBOUTESTS.COM - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
(for students who have opted to write the contest)
CLASS 30 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2016
Theme 7 Gravitational Attraction: What a Fall!
Students will discover the effect of objects in free fall and learn about the factors that influence the speed of falling objects.
HW: THEME 7 VOCABULARY
CLASS 31 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Exploration Gizmo: Free Fall Tower @ www.explorelearning.com
Students will compare how quickly different objects fall in the air and in a vacuum, observe that objects accelerate as they fall, explore and compare the effects of air resistance on each test object, interpret a graph of speed vs. time and find the terminal velocity of objects falling through air, with or without a parachute.
CLASS 32 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016
Continuing Exploration Gizmo: Free Fall Tower @ www.explorelearning.com
Students will compare how quickly different objects fall in the air and in a vacuum, observe that objects accelerate as they fall, explore and compare the effects of air resistance on each test object, interpret a graph of speed vs. time and find the terminal velocity of objects falling through air, with or without a parachute.
CLASS 33 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016
Returning Theme 5: Transformation of Energy Test
Completing Exploration Gizmo: Free Fall Tower @ www.explorelearning.com
Students will compare how quickly different objects fall in the air and in a vacuum, observe that objects accelerate as they fall, explore and compare the effects of air resistance on each test object, interpret a graph of speed vs. time and find the terminal velocity of objects falling through air, with or without a parachute.
Theme 8 Combined Forces: You Push, I'll Pull
Students will learn about different types of forces and how forces can be represented.
HW: THEME 8 VOCABULARY
CLASS 34 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2016
Completing Theme 8 Combined Forces: You Push, I'll Pull
Students will learn about different types of forces and how forces can be represented.
Exploration Gizmo: Force and Fan Carts @ www.explorelearning.com
Students will understand that force is needed to cause a change in motion, understand that friction is a force resisting motion, determine that larger forces cause greater motion and understand the relationship between speed, position and time.
CLASS 35 - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2016
Exploration Gizmo: Force and Fan Carts @ www.explorelearning.com
Students will understand that force is needed to cause a change in motion, understand that friction is a force resisting motion, determine that larger forces cause greater motion and understand the relationship between speed, position and time.
CLASS 36 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016
Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Moana and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also have an opportunity to code with Scratch and JavaScript.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 (Theme 7 and 8 plus Gizmos)
CLASS 37 - MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2016
Class review of Theme 7: Gravitational Attraction and Theme 8: Combined Forces
Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Moana and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also have an opportunity to code with Scratch and JavaScript.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 (Theme 7 and 8 plus Gizmos)
CLASS 38 - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2016
Let's Talk Science McGill Presentations
Marshmallow Towers Activity
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 (Theme 7 and 8 plus Gizmos)
CLASS 39 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015
Theme 7: Gravitational Attraction and Theme 8: Combined Forces TEST
CLASS 40 - MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2016
Continuing Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Moana and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also have an opportunity to code with Scratch and JavaScript.
CLASS 41 - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2016
More Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Moana and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also have an opportunity to code with Scratch and JavaScript.
CLASS 42 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2016
More Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Moana and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also have an opportunity to code with Scratch and JavaScript.