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Rock Classification Research

  • Pick a rock from the class collection that you studied.

  • Research about your rock and record in your notebook:

    • Where is the rock found?

    • How is it formed?

    • What is it used for?

    • 3 fun facts about your rock type

  • Repeat for another one of the rock types in your collection.

 

Earth: A Year in the Life

Timeline resources:

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Tuesday, January 21 Skills



Thursday, January 16 Skills

Newsela Article Prompts

Opinion: Half the land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans

Why was the Cherokee leader John Ridge executed by fellow Cherokee? What did John Ridge want for his people? Could he have realistically achieved this through the treaty? Would you have trusted the US to honor the treaty? Knowing what happened to the Cherokee, what would you tell John Ridge if you could travel back in time?

Native Americans embrace running

What is the spiritual purpose of prayer runs for Native Americans? What is the longest continuous distance you ever ran? Some people say that running is 99% mental and 1% physical, meaning that your mental attitude when you’re running is more important than your physique. Do you agree with this? If so, why do you agree? If not, what percentage would you change it to and why?

Wednesday, January 15 Skills

Monday, January 13 Skills

You have three tasks to accomplish in this skills session. You’re welcome to work with one other person on the Error Scenarios, but need to work independently on the IXL and Newsela. You are welcome to use a calculator if you need one.

  • IXL: choose which category applies to you and do all three skills underneath)

  • Error Scenarios:

    • Scenario A: Lisa’s cat, Rumble, jumped to try and catch a laser pointer 13 inches away. Rumble overshot his target and jumped 14 inches and missed the laser pointer. Calculate the absolute error and relative error.

    • Scenario B: Christie’s dog, Maisy, lept to try and catch a ball thrown for her. The ball was thrown 49 inches away and Maisy jumped 47 inches missing the ball. Calculate the absolute error and relative error.

    • Reflection Questions:

      • Who had the lowest absolute error, Rumble or Maisy?

      • Who had the lowest relative error, Rumble or Maisy?

    Newsela: Choose any article you want from the Science Section of Newsela. Read the article. Write the title and two facts in your notebook.

Thursday, January 9 Skills

  1. Where does the word “algorithm” come from? Do some research online. Using complete sentences, write down what you find in your notebook.

  2. Think about when you’ve had burrito made for you at a taqueria or restaurant like Chipotle, where you’re asked different questions throughout the process in real-time. Make a flowchart of the burrito-making process. Pay special attention to where questions are asked.

  3. Create a flow chart that describes how to add two three-digit numbers using “vertical” addition. (Ask Lisa if you’re not sure what this means!)

    • (optional challenge) How could you modify the flow chart so that it works for any two numbers, no matter how many digits they are?

  4. Calculate the absolute error and relative error for the two scenarios below. (Ask Lisa if you need a refresher!)

    • Scenario A: Christie needed to cut a board to be 56 inches long for a pigeon coop she was building. She promises she measured three times, but her final board was 54.5 inches.

    • Scenario B: Lisa was making lemonade using the recipe that had the perfect relationship of sugar and lemon juice. The recipe called for 32 ounces of lemon juice. Lisa squeezed all the lemons in her kitchen and ended up with 29 ounces of lemon juice.

  5. Read this Newsela Article on how the Google search algorithm might contribute to racism. Write the title and two facts from the article in your notebook.

  6. An oceanographer needs to go out in a boat to collect an important data logger that is attached to an underwater buoy. Do you think the measurements in each scenario precise, accurate, both, or neither?

    • Scenario A: The oceanographer checks the weather forecast the night before her trip so she knows what to wear on the boat. The TV forecaster says it will be between 26 and 31 degrees (°) Celsius (C) at noon the next day. The actual temperature reading the next day on the boat at noon is 28° C. 

    • Scenario B: When the oceanographer’s Global Positioning System (GPS) indicates that she is at the location of the underwater buoy, she anchors the boat and jumps in the water to collect the data logger. However, she can’t see the buoy. The other GPS units belonging to her colleagues on the boat also indicate that they are at the correct location. After an extensive search, the oceanographer finds the buoy 50 meters (m) from the boat. 

    • Scenario C: While on the way back to shore, the oceanographer throws in a fishing line to see if she can catch anything for dinner. She is lucky enough to catch a mahi-mahi. When she pulls it out of the water, her colleagues estimate the weight of the fish. Their estimates are 16.1 kilograms (kg), 16.8 kg, and 15.9 kg. When they weigh the fish upon returning to shore, the actual weight is 18.2 kg.



Eye Anatomy Activities

  1. Watch this video from Khan Academy about eye anatomy

  2. Fill out the table about eye anatomy, if you aren’t sure about any of the answers after watching the video you’re welcome to do additional research.

  3. Read these two Newsela articles. Write the title and three facts from each article in your notebook

  4. Use clay to create a model of an eye. It should include at least four of the items on your anatomy table

  5. If you finish all these activities, you can read a book, read a magazine, do creative writing in your notebook, or do IXL