
SIXTH GRADE
Schedule Room 211
Monday @ 9:15, Tuesday @ 2:00, Thur. @ 1:00
Schedule Room 212
Monday @ 8:15, Tuesday @ 1:00, Thur. @ 2:00

CLASS 25 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015
Class review of Theme 5: Transformation of Energy
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 3 (Theme 5 + Gizmo + Vocabulary workbook pages)
CLASS 28 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2015
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 26 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2015
Theme 5: Transformation of Energy TEST
CLASS 27 - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015
Returning Theme 3: Electrical Conductivity and Theme 4: Transmission of Energy Test
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.
CLASS 29 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Returning Theme 5: Transformation of Energy Test
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 35 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2015
Theme 6: Electromagnetic Attraction TEST
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 36 - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2015
Returning Theme 6: Electromagnetic Attraction 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.
CLASS 41 - MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015
Returning Theme 6: Electromagnetic Attraction Test
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 Star Wars and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also be introduced to JavaScript using a Star Wars theme.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 (Theme 7 and 8 plus Gizmos)
CLASS 42 - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015
Theme 7: Gravitational Attraction and Theme 8: Combined Forces TEST
CLASS 43 - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015
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 Star Wars and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also be introduced to JavaScript using a Star Wars theme.
CLASS 44 - MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016
Practice Math League Contest
Students will prepare for the 2015 Math League Contest by practicing with a previous Math League Contest.
CLASS 39 - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2015
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.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 (Theme 7 and 8 plus Gizmos)
CLASS 40 - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2015
Completing 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 review of Theme 7: Gravitational Attraction and Theme 8: Combined Forces
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 (Theme 7 and 8 plus Gizmos)
CLASS 38 - MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015
Hour of Code @ www.code.org
Students will participate in the HOUR OF CODE. Students will learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with Star Wars and MineCraft drag n' drop programming (similar to robotics programming). Students will also be introduced to JavaScript using a Star Wars theme.
CLASS 37 - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015
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 30 - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
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.
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 32 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015
Teacher Strike - NO SCHOOL / NO CLASSES
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 (Theme 6 + Gizmo + Vocabulary)
CLASS 33 - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015
Caribou Math Contest 2 of 6
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 (Theme 6 + Gizmo + Vocabulary)
CLASS 34 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015
Class review of Theme 6: Electromagnetic Energy
Completing 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: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 (Theme 6 + Gizmo + Vocabulary)
CLASS 31 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Teacher Strike - NO SCHOOL / NO CLASSES