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Week Of: 4/23-4/27 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Review Lab |
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Tuesday |
Review Lab |
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Wednesday |
Coach Practice Questions with ACTIVOTES |
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Thursday |
Space Jeopardy |
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Friday |
Fish Fry! |
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Week Of: 4/16-4/20 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Coach Practice Test 1 |
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Tuesday |
Coach Practice Test 2 |
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Wednesday |
Flyswatter Review Game |
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Thursday |
Brain Pop Review |
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Friday |
Biomes Review |
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Week Of: 4/9-4/13 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
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Tuesday |
Academic Vocabulary Crossword Puzzles |
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Wednesday |
Pearson Access Practice Test 2 |
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Thursday |
Academic Vocabulary Bingo and QUIZ |
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Friday |
Guidance |
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Week Of: 3/26-3/30 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Finish Space “Teacher’s Domain”
Activities Login: porter ID: porter |
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Tuesday |
Inquiry & Technology
Review Questions Group Work |
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Wednesday |
Invention Video: List the steps of the Engineering Design Process Inquiry & Technology Questions Pt. 2 |
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Thursday |
Pearson Access Review
Questions Online |
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Friday |
Life Science Jeopardy
Questions |
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Week Of: 3/19-3/23 |
Class
Assignments |
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Monday |
Space Test |
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Tuesday |
Go over Test Review the Scientific
Method HW: The search is on…wkst |
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Wednesday |
Observation Packet,
Group Assignment HW if not finished!! |
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Thursday |
Grade Observation Packet |
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Friday |
Space “Teacher’s Domain”
Activities Login: porter ID: porter |
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Week Of: 3/12-3/16 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
CPS Quiz on
Earth/Sun/Moon Positions Go over HW from Thursday Quiz on CPS clickers |
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Tuesday |
Space Webquest |
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Wednesday |
Space TCAP Review
Questions |
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Thursday |
A+ Space |
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Friday |
Space Test See Review Guide |
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Week Of: 3/5-3/9 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Model the Positions Lab Finish the E/S/M ppts and model the positions
of the E/S/Moon in the Lab. |
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Tuesday |
Moon Phases Viewer Create a paper plate moon phase viewer |
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Wednesday |
Sunrise and Sunset
Graphing Times Graph the times of sunrise and sunset for New York city in a year. |
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Thursday |
Toilet Paper Space Walk CPS Quiz on the
Earth/Sun/Moon |
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Friday |
Record notes about the REALLY NEAT things in our Universe. |
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Week Of: 2/27-3/2 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Earth/Sun/Moon Powerpoint Notes Create a ppt to represent what happens when
the e/s/m are in different positions. |
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Tuesday |
Finish Earth/Sun/Moon Powerpoints |
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Wednesday |
Present Earth/Sun/Moon Powerpoints |
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Thursday |
Finish Presenting PPTs Education City Space Activities |
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Friday |
Benchmark Test Read Across America Day! Bring a book |
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Week Of: 2/21-2/25 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Presidents’ Day |
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Tuesday |
Earth/Sun/Moon Position Notes Record Notes in Journal |
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Wednesday |
Begin Earth /Sun/ Moon Powerpoints Finish notes and begin presentations |
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Thursday |
Earth/Sun Moon Powerpoints |
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Friday |
Earth/Sun/Moon Powerpoints |
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Week Of: 2/13-2/17 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Toilet Paper Space Walk Finish Space Quiz Distances in space Walk |
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Tuesday |
Extraterrestrial
Excursions Calculate the distances and times to reach the planets. HW if
not finished. |
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Wednesday |
Solar System
Bracelets…cont Create a bracelet to represent the planets and closest dwarf planets Complete quizzes on the planets Brain Pops |
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Thursday |
Earth and Moon Formation
Notes Record notes about the formation of our moon |
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Friday |
Move around the Earth
Lab |
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Week Of: 2/6-2/10 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Planet Posters HW: Hot spots in space Wkst..(given
out Friday) |
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Tuesday |
Planet Posters Create a poster including facts about your assigned planet. |
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Wednesday |
Planet Posters Finish creating planet posters Begin Comparison Chart on the Planets |
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Thursday |
Present Planet Posters Fill in planet facts on comparison chart |
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Friday |
Planet Quiz (Study
Chapter 9) Quiz on the defining facts about each of the planets in our solar
system |
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Week Of: 1/30-2/3 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Guidance No HW |
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Tuesday |
Energy Sources Notes Summarize the alternative forms of energy from the Video Bill Nye Video: Energy |
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Wednesday |
Record important facts about our place in the universe. |
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Thursday |
Finish Space Notes Begin Comparison Chart on the Planets |
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Friday |
Begin Planet Posters Each group must complete a poster of information on the assigned
planet. |
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Week Of: 1/23-1/27 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Conductors and
Insulators Lab Determine if objects are conductors or insulators of electricity |
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Tuesday |
Parallel and Series Circuit
Lab What are the differences in these two kinds of circuits? |
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Wednesday |
Circuit Posters Create a poster demonstrating how electricity produces sound energy,
light energy, and heat energy |
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Thursday |
Short Cuts Lab Experiment with how electrons flow |
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Friday |
Energy and Electricity
Review A+ |
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Week Of: 1/16-1/20 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Martin Luther King Jr.
Day |
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Tuesday |
Test a Toy day 3 Finish design and test prototype |
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Wednesday |
Evaluate the Toy Designs Evaluate the effectiveness of each toy |
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Thursday |
Electricity Notes ppt |
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Friday |
Path Finders
Lab Determine which circuits will light up |
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Week Of: 1/9-1/13 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
MRS CHEN Posters Select pictures of each of the 7 forms of energy |
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Tuesday |
Design a Toy Create a toy that transfers potential energy to kinetic energy to move
a ball to a target. |
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Wednesday |
Create a Toy day 2 Make your design |
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Thursday |
Guidance..Split Classes…so… BENCHMARK TEST |
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Friday |
*****SNOW****** Sources Notes Finish Foldable in journal HW. Resources wkst |
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Week Of: 1/2-1/6 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Happy New Year |
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Tuesday |
Last Day Off |
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Wednesday |
Types and Forms of
Energy Notes Create a foldable to go in your journal Take a quiz on Potential and Kinetic Energy |
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Thursday |
Energy Transformation
Notes Finish Foldable in journal HW. Transformations |
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Friday |
Electric Box Determine how to transfer electrical energy to other forms of energy. |
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Week Of: 12/19-12/21 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Weather Test Finish Weather Webquests |
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Tuesday |
Weather Portaportal |
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Wednesday |
½ day…Holiday Activities |
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Week Of: 12/12-12/16 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Ed Heads Weather Webquest |
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Tuesday |
Weather Tools Make your own Hygrometer HW: Wkst on Weather Tools |
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Wednesday |
Severe Weather—Tornadoes and Hurricanes |
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Thursday |
Severe Weather—Lightning |
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Friday |
Weather Review Game |
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Week Of: 12/5-12/9 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Global and Local Winds Notes |
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Tuesday |
Begin Global Winds Project |
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Wednesday |
Finish Global Winds Project |
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Thursday |
Air Masses and Fronts Notes |
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Friday |
Bill Nye Storms and Atmosphere Video |
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Week Of: 11/28-12/2 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Solar Energy Lab Does the sun heat land or water faster? HW: Finish Lab paper |
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Tuesday |
Go over Lab paper Graph Climate and Ocean Current Connection Finish for HW |
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Wednesday |
Create a Foldable of the layers of the Atmosphere and Graph the Layers |
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Thursday |
Create a Water Cycle Placemat |
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Friday |
Finish Placemats |
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Go PATS! |
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Week Of: 11/21-11/22 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Pg 103-141 on Adobe |
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Tuesday |
Explorers and Ocean Currents New…Appointment Calendar in Journals Hot/Cold Water Flip Demo…(if not already) |
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Week Of: 11/14-11/18 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Life Science Test |
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Tuesday |
Conduction/Convection/Radiation Notes, Heat Demo, Popcorn Demo HW: C/C/R Worksheet, Front/Back |
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Wednesday |
Journal Activity, Check and Correct HW, Review Life Science Test |
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Thursday |
Water Bottle Flip…convection demo |
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Friday |
Label the Ocean Currents and Draw the deep and surface Currents |
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Week Of: 11/7-11/11 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Finish Biome Projects |
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Tuesday |
Present Biome Projects to the Class |
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Wednesday |
Review for the Life Science Test |
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Thursday |
Guidance with Mrs. Drouin |
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Friday |
Finish Presenting Projects Test on Monday! To review for the test, Use your Study Guide And Go to www.teachersdomain.org Type in the username and password Porter Porter Go to My Groups: 6th Grade Science Class And Select the Biomes folder…Enjoy! |
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Week Of: 10/31-11/4 |
Class Assignments |
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Monday |
Halloween Biome Hunt |
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Tuesday |
Begin Biome Projects |
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Wednesday |
Compile facts for Biome Projects |
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Thursday |
Organize Facts for Biome Projects |
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Friday |
Put together Biome Projects |
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Week Of:10/24-10/28 |
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS!! |
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Monday |
Planet Earth: Seasonal Forests This is the beginning of
our Biomes Unit Compare Deciduous and
Coniferous Forests Double Bubble Biome Packet due Friday..see below |
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Tuesday |
Glue to
Journal Google
Earth |
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Wednesday |
Water Biomes Notes Record notes in journal
comparing the two |
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Thursday |
Biome Map Posters Cut and
Glue a map of the World to a ½ of poster board. Label major latitudes, continents,
biomes of world. |
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Friday |
Biome Map Posters Continue with biome maps |
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Homework Scans |

Class
PowerPoint Presentations or Links
Lab Safety
Song
http://www.educationalrap.com/67/lab-safety.html
Scientific Method Unit
Space Unit
Websites to
check out