Science Reflection

Science Reflection-due Friday- Class time will be given for this as well.

Summarize the "Web Life" game we played yesterday.

What was your role? Did you survive? Why or why not?

If we played again, name three things you would do differently and explain why.


***Tonight our OELC letter went home. The trip will be on October 15th. There will be more info coming home soon *****

Thanks for a great day!

Weekly Update

Here is a quick update on the upcoming week:

Literacy-

Writing-We are working on personal recounts - students have drafted and are working on a good copy of 
their first recount - We will planning our second one this week

Reading- We will be working on summaries - We also be starting to look at the Answer Prove Explain
 format when answering a question

Math- We are working on factoring and exploring prime and composite numbers

- Later this week, we will be starting to explore smaller numbers (to thousandths)

Science- Students have had a couple of work periods for their research projects

-On Tuesday we will be playing the "Game of Life"

AGENDA ITEMS:

Tuesday- Dress comfortable we will be outside for the whole middle block

Thursday-PICTURE DAY

Friday- Terry Fox Run/ Character assembly 

Helpful Websites for Science Project

Starter Sites:

http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/  
http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals

http://kids.yahoo.com/animals

www.biodiversity911.org    

www.hww.ca

http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/index.htm

http://www.globalissues.org/issue/169/biodiversity

http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=biodiversity#

http://www.countdown2010.net/biodiversity

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/biodiversity/index.cfm

Biodiversity Project

Grade 6 Biodiversity Science Project

RESEARCH PROJECT:  Choose a class of the animal kingdom that you would be interested in researching 
(vertebrate or invertebrate). This can be completed with a partner or individually. The majority of this project
will be completed during class time. Remember, to write down any sources that use (websites, books etc)

Your project should touch on the following topics:
1)     Common characteristics it shares with other animals in its class (e.g . identify whether it is a bird, fish
reptile, amphibian or mammal and list their characteristics)

• Where do they live in the world?
• What type of ecosystem do they live in?
• What are some of their physical characteristics?
• What are their typical eating habits? What do they like to eat?
• Are they social creatures or do they like to travel alone?

2)     List at least 5 species that fall into that class

3)     Identify at least 3 structural and behavioural adaptations of your animal 
(special features or behaviour and how it helps that living thing survive in its habitat, e.g. webbed feet, fur)

4)     Biodiversity: How does this species contributes to the diversity of life 
(positively or negatively) (e.g. food chain)

5)     Human Activity: How does human activity impact on the survival of your animal?

6)     Your own choice:  Any other interesting information 

You will showcase your learning in a gallery walk. More information about due date will follow soon.  

Science: Part 2

Hey Grade 6s,
We will take this daily challenge up on Thursday. This is the same as the last activity. See instructions in the post below if unsure.

Animal Name	Group Name
Bears	Example: colony
Beavers
Bees
Finches
Fish
Grasshopper
Donkeys
Deer
Goats
Horses
Gorillas
Caterpillars
Butterflies
Kangaroos
Mice
Sheep
toads
Woodpeckers

Part 2:  Look up the official baby name for the animals below.

Baby Alpaca
Baby Clam
Baby fish
Baby Fox
Baby hawk
Baby pig
Baby jellyfish
Baby hare
Baby beaver

Weekly Update & Daily Challenge

Hello Everyone,

Here is a quick overview of the week ahead :)

Math: -We are continuing with the first twenty days math
- We are working on rounding numbers this week and place value
- We will be completing x2 in our race track math --students can practice for x3(we will start next week)

Literacy: -We will starting our unit on recounts this week and coming up with success criteria
- We will be focusing on summaries in reading
- We have started our novel Word Nerd and will be looking at different reading strategies throughout the novel

**Keep reading those books and tracking your reading time in your agenda**

Science- We will be looking at the classifications of living things and beginning to explore some of the different kingdoms

Agenda:
Orange shirt day- Sept 30th
Please send in student verification forms if you have not done so
Sub orders are available through cash online


Daily Challenge

1. We are the smallest and largest whole numbers that round to 70 when rounded to the nearest ten. What numbers are we?

2. We are the smallest and largest whole numbers that round to 600 when rounded to the nearest hundred. What numbers are we?

3. we are the smallest and largest whole number that round to 8 000 when rounded to the nearest thousand. what numbers are we?

Science Challenge

For this next challenge you may need to do a little bit of research. I will accept this challenge until the end of the week.
The English language is rich in nouns that describe groups of the same animals. (e.g. colony of ants, bed of snakes). For this activity I will give you an animal and you need to research what its group name is.

Animal Name	Group Name
Ants	Example: colony
Snakes
Cats
Cattle
Chickens
Dogs
Ducks
Eagles
Elephants
Elk
Ferrets
Foxes
Frogs
Geese
Monkeys
Pigs
Turtles
Jellyfish