Archive for the 'Science' Category

November 10th 2016
Finishing incomplete science classwork and homework

Posted under Science

Dear Families,

This weekend I am telling students to take their science edition workbook (SE) home to finish incomplete science classwork and homework.  If your child has missing/incomplete work and if they have turned the SE in consistently, I have circled questions, activities, and homeworks that are missing or incomplete and you can cross reference that with their scores on Synergy (StudentVue and ParentVue).   All assignments (labeled Activities in the SE) can be made up for full credit and all homeworks (labeled Homework or Reading in the SE) can be made up for partial credit (2 out of 3). 

If your child is missing any pages in their SE (the only ones should be HW 2.2 and HW 7.3), you can find a pdf version of the SE under the tab “Resources” (link provided, password is AL16science) and either print a copy or complete it on a separate paper. 

Thanks!  Have a great weekend!

Kimberly Lum

 

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November 3rd 2016
Simulations of light

Posted under Science

If you would like to further explore the computer simulations, here are the links:

Mixing Light

Light, colors and filters

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October 21st 2016
Videos from science this week

Posted under Science

Here are the videos we’ve seen in science this week if you want to take a look at them again:

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September 26th 2016
Make Up Work

Posted under Math & Science

Policy for make up work:

If you were absent, you MUST make up the work within a week or it will be counted as “late”.  Check the door of my classroom and this website for office hours.  You must plan ahead because when you are available may not be when I am available.  When you complete the work, please write “absent” on the top of the assignment or homework and it will not count against you.  You must also mark the page with a sticky note and turn it into the appropriate basket.  Otherwise I will not see what I need to grade.

If you do not complete the classwork in class, take it home and complete it.

If you see a comment and need to fix something in your graded notebook (writing legibly, answering the entire question, answering a skipped question), then fix it, place a sticky note on the page you fixed and turn it into the appropriate basket.

Let me know if you have any other questions.  Have a good day!

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September 18th 2016
Science Grades

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Dear Families,

I hope you had a good weekend!   I wanted to let students and their families know that I have updated synergy (aka ParentVue and StudentVue) to reflect what students have completed in class.  Please do not be too alarmed if when you check the grade is not what you expected.  There are four assignments students should have completed up to this point: A signed letter home, a signed safety letter, a self-portrait and a response to a reading in their student edition books.   There are a few reasons a grade may be low: 1) The signed letters were either not turned in or both letters were not fully signed by both child and parent/guardian.  If the latter I will return them on Monday.  2) No name – I can’t give credit if I do not know who to give credit to. There is a basket in my room with all no name work. 3) Did not turn in their student editions (SE) for grading (marked as missing) or the responses for HW Reading 1.1 was incomplete (marked as a 0).  Please check StudentVue (students should know their usernames and passwords because it is the same used to log onto the school’s internet) and find out what, if anything, is missing or incomplete and turn it in as soon as possible.  Thank you and have a good Sunday!

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September 14th 2016
Science – Why does the checkerboard illusion work?

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Here’s a video clip that goes a little more into the the checkerboard illusion: http://www.pbs.org/the-brain-with-david-eagleman/episodes/what-is-reality/

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