November 2 officially begins Quarter 2. In science we will be continuing in the same book called
WATER AND THE ATMOSPHERE.
November 2 & 3: As a special project this week, all science classes will be participating in a project called RIVER OF WORDS (ROW) which is an international art and poetry contest. The project will be directed through pARTners which coordinates and integrates the arts into the core academic classes. Artists in residence will be in the classrooms.
November 4 & 5: Study of oil spills and impact on the ocean environment. Lab activity: "Oil Spills, a Sticky Business": a simulation of oil spill cleanup methods.
November 8, Classes will be starting Chapter 3 " The Atmosphere" with the interactive text, myscienceonline.com, labs, quizzes and tests.
Conferences will be held November 9 & 10. (Tuesday and Wednesday). Notices of times will be sent home today.
All grades are posted on Power School. It would be helpful for you to go over your child's grades before conferences.
During this quarter, science classes will be doing a project called "Natural Disasters" which involves researching a natural disaster such as: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Avalanches, Tsunamis etc. and doing a Power Point multimedia presentation. More details about this project will be forthcoming.We will begin this project November 15th!
All information is posted on the blog: http://geoscience-wiley6th.blogspot.com/
Thank you
Mr. Wiley
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