Lesson 1 - Monday, Sep 9
Today in science: At the start of the lesson, Dr. M checked to see that students brought a blank A4-size bound notebook with lined writing paper to use a their Science Notebook. For this task he assigned students an Effort grade and options for those students who have yet to purchase and bring a notebook to school. Students will begin preparing their notebooks for use later this week.
Students were then asked to review both the D period & E period results of the light box model tests from last week to see if there is general consensus regarding who saw what. In the case of uncertainty and/or disagreement, students were asked to repeat the test to support–or negate–any previous test results. At the conclusion of this activity students were asked to revisit the diagram of Pete and the Teacher and begin telling Dr. Merritt how to draw light in the rooms based on what we learned from the light box model results.
Homework: There is no science homework tonight.
Lesson 2 - Tuesday, Sep 10
Today in science: After agreeing to use certain symbols for things such as “light” and “eyesight” (or “vision”) and to follow certain rules about light (e.g., Light travels in straight lines), students were asked to work in small groups of 3-4 students and draw explanations for two different–but related–situations. Situation #1: Light ON in Pete’s room; light OFF in the Teacher’s room. Situation #2: Light ON in Pete’s room; light ON in the Teacher’s room. Dr. M collected these small group models (drawings) at the end of the lesson.
Homework: There is no science homework tonight.
Lesson 3 - Wed, Sep 11 (D) & Thu, Sep 12 (E)
Today in science: We combined all of the Lesson 2 small group explanations onto a single, large sheet of A3 paper to finalize our Initial Class Consensus Model. Since this initial model will guide nearly all of our activities and investigations for the first four science units, we put lots of time, thinking, debate, and energy into it.
You can see D period’s Initial Consensus model HERE.
You can see E period’s Initial Consensus model HERE.
Homework: There is no science homework tonight.
Lesson 4 - Friday, Sep 13
Today in science: Dr. M used today’s lesson to see to a few important digital housekeeping tasks. First, students were asked to turn the SCIENCEsEDiment G6 Headquarters page into an App on their iPad home screen. Second, students were asked to join the Google Science Classroom. Third, students were students were shown how to login to their online textbook account and access all three of their science textbooks. With the time remaining in class students were able to explore some of the textbook’s built-in tools (e.g., zooming, highlighting, annotating, creating, sticky notes) and, if time, asked to begin reading pp. 149-150 in Book 8, which contains information about Light we will return to on Monday.
Homework: There is no science homework tonight.
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