6th Grade Classification Test This Week
12/18/12
Just a reminder that the 6D has a test on 12/19/12 and 6S has a test on 12/21/12.
Here's another cartoon!
What other language are scientific names derived from? Comment with your answer!12/18/12
Just a reminder that the 6D has a test on 12/19/12 and 6S has a test on 12/21/12.
Here's another cartoon!
What other language are scientific names derived from? Comment with your answer!12/13/12
Just a reminder that the 6D has a test on 12/19/12 and 6S has a test on 12/21/12.
Take a look at this cartoon.
Though clever, you can tell that the author is not a scientist. Can you find the scientific errors in the caption?
"Comment" on this post with your answers.
12/13/12
4RJ started a lab investigation in which they use the properties of a substance (mass, volume and density), to identify the substance.
12/12/12
As we begin the study the muscular system, students in the 5th grade performed exercises and identified the major muscle groups being used.
12/7/12
Listen to the skeletal system songs and poems created by the students of 5Mc.
"Joints"
"Breaking Down and Building Up" "Functions of Bones" "Layers of Bones""When a Bone Breaks"
When a bone breaks
The area really aches
Blood vessels are damaged
And there’s no advantage
They form hematoma
Which is a swollen area
It prevents bleeding
And your body does the leading
Bone cells join the broken ends
And it might heal fast
But it really depends
And you’ll get a cast
When a bone breaks
The area really aches
Blood vessels are damaged
And there’s no advantage
They form hematoma
Which is a swollen area
It prevents bleeding
And your body does the leading
Soft bones slowly reform
And it won’t be in the original form
Bone Building cells create soft bone
And you may have grown
When a bone breaks
The area really aches
Blood vessels are damaged
And there’s no advantage
They form hematoma
Which is a swollen area
It prevents bleeding
And your body does the leading
Compressed bone forms
And it strengthens the area
And the area reforms
But you won’t get malaria {Probably}
When a bone breaks
The area really aches
Blood vessels are damaged
And there’s no advantage
They form hematoma
Which is a swollen area
It prevents bleeding
And your body does the leading
Bones can repair
And you won’t be in despair
There are two types of bone
Destroyers and Builders
When a bone breaks
The area really aches
Blood vessels are damaged
And there’s no advantage
They form hematoma
Which is a swollen area
It prevents bleeding
And your body does the leading
12/7/12
Jonathan and Luca (6S) developed a dichotomous key for candy. Try your hand at using the key to classify the candy below into the proper Kingdom and Phylum:
Which Kingdom?1a. Is chocolate....................Go to Kingdom Cocoa
1b. Is not chocolate..............Go to 2a
2a. Is chewy.........................Go to Kingdom Dentistae
2b. Is not chewy...................Go to Kingdom Lifepop
KINGDOM COCOA
1a. Has caramel...................Go to 4a
1b. Does not have caramel...Go to 2a
2a. Has nuts..........................Phylum Almondia
2b. Doe not have nuts...........Go to 3a
3a. Has colors.......................Phylum Coloramous
3b. Is colorless......................Phylum Chocolate late
4a. Nuts.................................Phylum Snickphyta
4b. No nuts...........................Phylum Milkyota
KINGDOM DENTISTAE
1a. Gelatin texturized ..........Phylum Gummarchea
1b. Not like gelatin...............Go to 2a
2a. Square...........................Phylum Starboa
2b. Not square.....................Phylum Skittopia
KINGDOM LIFEPOP
1a. On a stick.......................Phylum Lollip
1b. Not on a stick.................Phylum Lifesatota
12/7/12
Q: Why did the skeleton laugh at the joke? A: It was so humerus!
Q: Why did the skeleton laugh when he broke his arm? A: He cracked up!
Q: Why didn't the skeleton go to the haunted house? A: He didnt' have the guts!
12/6/12
Based on the comments from the post "Coke vs. Diet Coke," students worked in groups to change one variable from our original experiment. See the results below.
Question: What will happen when 7Up and Diet 7Up are placed in a tank of water?Question: What will happen when a can of Diet Coke and a can of Coke are placed in a tank of oil?
Question: What will happen when a can of Diet Coke and a can of Coke are placed in a tank of salt water? Question: What will happen when a can of Diet Coke and a can of Coke are placed in a tank of fruit punch?12/5/12
"Where Bones Meet"
"Functions of Your Bones" "Inside a Bone" "Matthew Broke His Finger"