Science Fair experiment and conclusion

This week students should complete their actual science fair experiments and type all their data and their conclusions. These should be turned in on Thursday. They will have an assignment over Christmas break to make a graph of their data. This can be nicely hand made or done on the computer. They will need two copies - one for their journal and one for their science fair boards. We will finish up with a couple assignments when we get back and science fair will soon be over. (thankfully).

Variables/Service/Book Report/push-ups

Next weeks science fair project assignment is variables. Students will be asked to determine their controlled and experimental variables and type them up. There should only be one experimental variable in each experiment.

Please read the Christmas volunteer note I sent home on Friday. We will be making blankets for Primary Children's Hospital as our Christmas service project. I need volunteers to donate fabric and to come help with our project. Thanks for helping!

Our book report this month is due on December 19th. Students should be reading a choice book that is on their reading level.

Push-ups is our current presidential fitness activity. This next week will be the last chance for students to pass them off, so remind them to be practicing at home!

Science Pictures

Yesterday we saw a demonstration of how weathering and erosion works. Then we talked about how water effects weathering. We put a water balloon in plaster and students were to take it home and freeze it to see what happens when water freezes when in the cracks of sidewalks and rocks. Here are some pictures!

Science Fair/Spelling

This week, students need to work on their list of materials and hypothesis. These are due, typed on Thursday. Most of the class didn't get their research turned in yesterday, so please help them get that completed this week.

We took our spelling test today. Make sure to look for personalized lists coming home for each student tonight. They should practice these words so they can spell them as they write and they will all be on upcoming tests.

Thanks for all your help!

Science Fair Research

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and got to spend time with your families.

Please remember we have Science Fair Research and Bibliography due on Monday morning. This should be about 2 typed pages (14 font) Stuents need to have science fair turned in ON TIME to go to Fabulous Friday. We will have another small science fair project this upcoming week, so try hard not to get behind.

Thanks for coming to conferences! I was able to meet with everyone and enjoyed talking to all of you.

Conferences

Today I am sending home a schedule for your conferences. Conferences are next Thursday and Friday (the 20th and 21st). Please have your child bring this back to me as soon as possible. If the suggested time doesn't work for you, leave a phone number where I can reach you or put some times on there that do work for you and I will see what I can work in.

I look forward to meeting with all of you next week!

Science Fair

The time has come to begin science fair. I love science fair and put a lot of time and effort into getting students ready to begin their projects. I will send home a time line and many more details on Monday, November 10th.

Each week, students will have an assignment due, that is part of their science fair project journal. I will send home a half sheet of paper explaining each assignment and I will go over each weekly assignment in class, with the students, in great detail. These will usually be due on Thursdays and must be turned in to go to Fabulous Friday. These must be typed. If students can't type it at home, there will be computers available at school that they can use. I will also have some adult help that will help type these, if needed.


Due Nov 13th:
1. Bring a 1" three-ring binder with 8 tabs for your journal. The eight tabs should be: purpose, research, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, bibliography, due dates and notes. Let me know if you cannot provide a binder for your child and I will take care of them.

2. Get parent's signature on the packet slip.

3. Write a proposal on an project you would like to complete (do NOT start the project yet, I need to approve these and will walk students through this process, step-by-step).