MYP3MYP42012-13

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Class Schedule: 
 * Academic Year: 2012 – 2013 ||
 * Period || Time || Tuesday || Period || Time || Wednesday || Period || Time || Thursday ||
 * 1 || 08:05 - 08:50 || MYP 3/4 /209 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">08:05 - 08:50 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">MYP 3/4 /209 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">3 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">09:55 - 10:40 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">MYP 3/4 /209 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">08:50 - 09:35 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">MYP 3/4 /209 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">08:50 - 09:35 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">MYP 3/4 /209 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">4 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">10:40 - 11:25 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">MYP 3/4 /209 ||

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=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Unit 4: Simple Machines (6 weeks) = <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">IB Objectives: A and C

A: - Gives examples of science and scientific applications and discusses some of their positive and / or negative effects on people, societies, and the environment.

A: -Describes and explains how science and technology depend on each other for the development of knowledge and technological applications.

C: - Explains and applies scientific information to solve problems in familiar and, with guidance, in unfamiliar situations.

C: -Discusses scientific information from different sources (Internet, newspaper articles, television, scientific texts and publications) and comments on its credibility.



=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Unit 3: Waves (6 weeks) = <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">IB Objectives: C and E

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">C: -Analyses simple scientific information by identifying basic components, relationships and patterns, both in experimental data and ideas.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">C:-Recognizes and recalls scientific information relevant to the units of work covered.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">E:-Organizes and transforms data into numerical and diagrammatic forms, including mathematical calculations and visual representation (tables, graphs and charts).

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">E:-Draws conclusions supported by explanations that are consistent with the analysis of the data.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">E:-Collects and records data using appropriate units of measure.

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=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily Agenda Trimester 03: =

Week 27, Class 1: Talk about Simple Machine Project: Jimin - Lever Oliver - Wheel and axel Seoungwoo - Screw Hania - Wedge Shivangi - Inclined Plane

Week 26, Class 2: Lab: lever

Week 26, Class 1: Lab: inclined plane

=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Trimester 03 Units: =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">-Understand why we use different tools. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Community and Service || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Transfer || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Knowledgeable || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">-Understand that some reactions can cancel each other out to become neutral. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Health and Social Education || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Collaboration || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Caring and Balanced ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Month ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Date ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Unit Topic ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Unit Question ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">AOI / GC ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ATL ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">LP ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">3 - 5 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">26 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Gears and Simple Machines || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">How do machines make our life easier?
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Month ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Date ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Unit Topic ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Unit Question ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">AOI / GC ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ATL ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">LP ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">3 - 5 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">26 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Gears and Simple Machines || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">How do machines make our life easier?
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">3 - 5 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">26 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Gears and Simple Machines || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">How do machines make our life easier?
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">3 - 5 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">26 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Gears and Simple Machines || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">How do machines make our life easier?
 * ^  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">8 - 12 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">27 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">15 - 19 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">28 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
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 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">May ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">6 - 10 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">30 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Acid/Bases || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">How do things neutralize?
 * ^  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">13 - 17 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">31 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
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 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">June ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">3 - 7 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">34 ||^  ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">10 - 14 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">35 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Green School ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
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=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily Agenda Trimester 02: =

Week 25, Class 2: Research Wheel and axel comparing buggy to modern car.

Week 25, Class 1: Lab: wheel and axel

Week 24, Class 3: Field Trip to Billards:



















Week 24, Class 2: Finish video. Review Reflection of billard balls. Determine the experiment the student will be doing for Billards tomorrow.

Week 24, Class 1: Simple Machine examples in everyday life. Watch a video clip and choose all of the simple machines seen.

Week 23, Class 3: Simple Machine lab.

Week 23, Class 2: Talk about mechanical advantage of levels, ramp, and pulley:




 * __HW: Finish the first six pulley MA__**

Week 23, Class 1: Finish discussion about simple machines and complete problems related to work, power, mechanical advantage and efficiency. Watch movie Pee Wee Big Adventure and discuss the simple machines found in the movie.

Week 22, Class 3: No class, Boleslawiec trip.

Week 22, Class 2: Took notes on the different types of simple machine. __**HW: Finish the notes in your foldable. There will be a test over this powerpoint on Tuesday.**__

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 22, Class 1: Introduction to Simple Machines: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">



__**HW: Find and bring or take a picture of a simple machine.**__









<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 21, Class 3: Review of light, Reflection of the Unit <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Light webquest: http://missionscience.nasa.gov/ems/02_anatomy.html <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 21, Class 2: Discussion of LAB from Monday. Review packet on Light.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 21, Class 1: Lab, different types of Mirrors:

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">__**HW: Complete the lab report DUE Wednesday**__

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Week 20, Class 3: Light videos and lab discussion.

Week 20, Class 2: Introduction to light, short light Labs.

Week 20, Class 1: Presentations of wave project.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 19, Class 1-3: Work on the wave project. Most lessons lost due to the ISA test. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">__**HW: Complete wave project by next Tuesday.**__

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Week 18, Class 3: Research: Wave project.

Week 18, Class 2: Research: Wave project.

Week 18, Class 1: Introduction to the wave project. Start reading on applications of waves.

Week 17, Class 3: Students will have the opportunity to work on their lab reports from the decibel lab. Notes TEST __**HW: Finish decibel lab by Tuesday**__

Week 17, Class 2: Decibel Lab: students will record the decibels in different places around the school using a decimeter.

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Week 16, Class 3: Review information in wave reading.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 16, Class 2: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/s/sound/soundpulse.asp?strReferringChannel=resources&strReferringPageID=tcm:4-248286-64

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 16, Class 1: Wave Reading and Questions

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 15: Review waves: Mythbusters can sound break glass? Can sound cause the a building to fall down? , Current Event Essay (Library)

__**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: Finish Current Event Essay by Jan. 24. **__

Week 14, Class 3: Wave lab discussion

Week 14, Class 2: Finish online wave lab.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 14,Class 1: Online Waves Lab <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Wave Simulation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 13, Class 2: Wave Notes and discussion <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 13, Class 1: Test over Natural Disasters

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Trimester 02 Units =<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Unit 2: Natural Disasters (8 weeks) = <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">IB Objectives: A and B
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">December || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">3 - 7 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">13 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Waves || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How is energy transferred? || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Human Ingenuity || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Communication || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Communicator ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">10 - 14 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">14 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">January || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">7 - 11 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">15 ||  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Understand the different ways energy can move. ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">and Risk Taker ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">14 - 18 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">16 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">February || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">4 - 8 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">19 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Gears and Simple Machines || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How do machines make our life easier? || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Community and Service || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Transfer || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Knowledgeable ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">11 - 15 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">20 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">25 - 1 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">21 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">March || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">4 - 8 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">22 ||^  ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A: - Describes and explain ways in which science is applied and used to solve local and global problems.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A:-Understands that science is part of the world they live in by describing how science and its applications are affected and/or influenced b some of the following factors: social, economic, political, environmental, cultural, ethical.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">B:-Understand and used scientific language relevant to the units of work covered.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">B:-Demonstrates honesty when handling data and information and acknowledging sources.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">B:-Presents scientific information in formats (such as laboratory reports, experimental accounts, explanations, essays, expositions, audio-visual presentations) appropriate to the work covered, and acknowledge sources.

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= = =<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Unit 1: Scientific Method (4 weeks) = <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">IB Objectives: D and F <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">D: -Recognizes and attempts to articulate the problem or research question to be tested by a scientific investigation.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">D: -Formulates a simple hypothesis and explains it using logical reasoning and his/her knowledge of sciences (“If I do this, then that will happen because … ”).

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">D: -Designs scientific investigations that include variables and controls that are identified; identifies materials/equipment needed; describes a method to be followed; suggests the data to be collected.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">F: -Carries out scientific investigations using materials and techniques safely and skillfully.

=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily Agenda Trimester 01: =

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 12, Class 3: Jeopardy review game. ​HW: TEST On TUESDAY!! <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 12, Class 2: Go over review sheet from last class. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 12, Class 1: Independent completion of review sheet <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 11, Class 3: Essay over the four types of natural disasters. DUE: Friday. (Criterion A)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 11, Class 2: Hurricane notes <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 11, Class 1: Hurricane discussion

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 10, Class 3: Movie on Tsunami,

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: write a paragraph on why the tsunami in the video is not realistic. DUE TUESDAY.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 10, Class 2: Volcano notes cont./ Volcano Lab <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 10, Class 1: Volcano notes <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 9, Class 3: Volcanoes <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Nova] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: Write an complete paragraph about the video on Volcanoes. DUE TUESDAY MORNING.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 9, Class 2: Lab on Tsunamis <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 9, Class 1: Notes on Tsunamis. Class discussion on current Hawaiian Tsunami <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 8, Class 3: Quiz: Triangulation: Lab: Create an Earthquake proof building.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 8, Class 2: Myth busters "Earthquake machine" Lab: triangulation cont.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 8, Class 1: Lab: Triangulation. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 7, Class 3: Lab: P waves and S waves + Lab: Seismograph. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 7, Class 2: Notes Earthquakes. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 7, Class 1: Lab: different types of plate boundaries. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 6, Class 3: Earth layers Foldable. Lab on the asthenosphere. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 6, Class 2: Map of the Earth and their current tectonic plates, Notes on Plate Boundaries. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 6, Class 1: Students had to finish a webquest on Earthquakes. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 5, Class 3: Presentations of Natural Disaster. Finish Introduction to Plate Tectonics Powerpoint.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 5, Class 2: Library; Finish researching on Natural Disaster, Start Dynamic Earth Powerpoint and notes <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: Finish Natural Disaster Research to present on Thursday.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 5, Class 1: Library; Start researching on Natural Disaster, Finish Video. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1. Where did happen? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. What happened? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">3. Why did it happen? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">4. Brief Definition of your natural disaster. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">5. How much damage was caused by your disaster. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">6. Any interesting facts. Make sure that you cite your sources. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: Finish Natural Disaster Research to present on Thursday.

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 4, Class 3: Introduction to Natural Disasters Video and class discussion. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: Start researching and choose your natural disaster.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 4, Class 2: Completed science equipment lab. Reviewed the metric system. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: Start looking for a natural disaster that you would like to research. Finish lab due on THURSDAY.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 4, Class 1: Wrote a reflection for the month. Finished Airplane lab and started completing poster. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: Finish poster due tomorrow Wednesday, Finish lab due on THURSDAY.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 3, Class 3: Students revised and edited their lab reports during the first lesson in the library after a class discussion of the results. During the second lesson the students looked at their lab rubric created in class and started the paper air plane lab. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: Finish and revise lab report using the rubric created in class.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 3, Class 2: Students took a quiz over scientific method. Students finished the lab. What is the effect of amount of milk on the size of a pancake produced? The lab from last class was discussed. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: students must type up a sample lab report using the experiment done in class. Due THURSDAY. Make sure that you discuss the problems/observations in the results section. You can come up with a conclusion but make sure that you use the data from the experiment.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 3, Class 1: Students will perform a scientific investigation to demonstrate how to properly set up and perform a scientific investigation. What is the effect of amount of milk on the size of a pancake produced? The lab from last class was discussed. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: students must type up a sample lab report using the experiment done in class. Due THURSDAY

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 2, Class 3: Students performed a quick science investigation, we discussed whether or not this was a good example of a science investigation. What is the effect of amount of baking soda on the size of a korean cookie produced?

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 2, Class 2: Library to work on Current Event, Scientific Method review.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">HW: Current Event Essay Due Thursday September 13.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 2, Class 1: Introduction to Current Event Essay. Practice IV and DV. Library Second period for research.

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 1, Class 2: Safety and the Scientific Method

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Safety Activity] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Video: Review Scientific Method]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week 1, Class1: The curriculum from last year was discussed to see what they remember from last year. This years curriculum was presented to them with an emphasis on the IB Objectives.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Trimester 1 Science Curriculum

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Understand the importance of detailed instructions. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Human Ingenuity || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Organization || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Inquirer and Open Minded || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Understand how natural catastrophes affect many different aspects of life and the environment. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Environments || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Information Literacy and Thinking || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Thinker and Principled ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Month ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Unit || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Unit Question || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">AOI || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">ATL || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">LP ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">September || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">3 - 7 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Scientific Method || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How do you properly set up an experiment to answer a question?
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">10 - 14 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">17 - 21 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">3 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">24 - 28 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">4 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">October || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1 - 5 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">5 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Natural Disasters || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How do natural disasters affect society and the environment?
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">8 - 12 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">6 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">15 - 19 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">7 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">22 - 26 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">8 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">November || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">5 – 9 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">9 ||^  ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">12 - 16 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">10 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">19 - 23 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">11 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">26 - 30 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">12 ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||^   ||

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">IB Science Objectives: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">(One World) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- refers to enabling students to understand the interdependence between science and society. Students should be aware of the global dimensions of science, as a universal activity with consequences for our lives and subject to social, economic, political, environmental cultural and ethical factors. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Criterion B (Communication in Science) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-refers to enabling students to develop their communication skills in science. Students should be able to understand scientific information, such as data, ideas, arguments and investigations, and communicate it using appropriate scientific language in a variety of communication modes and formats as appropriate. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Criterion C <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">(Knowledge and Understanding of Science) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-refers to enabling students to understand the main ideas and concepts of science and to apply them to solve problems in familiar and unfamiliar situations. Students are expected to develop critical and reflective thinking and judge the credibility of scientific information when this is presented to them. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Criterion D <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">(Inquiry in Science) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-refers to enabling the students to develop scientific inquiry skills to design and carry out scientific investigations. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Criterion E <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">(Processing Data) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-refers to enabling students to record, organize and process data. Students should be able to collect and transform data by numerical calculations into diagrammatic form. Students should be able to analyze and interpret data and explain appropriate conclusions. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Criterion F <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">(Attitudes in Science) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-refers to encouraging attitudes and disposition that will contribute to students’ development as caring and responsible individuals and members of society. Students will learn about safety and responsibility when working in science as well as respect for and collaboration with others and their shared environment. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Gives examples of science and scientific applications and discusses some of their positive and/or negative effects on people, societies and the environment. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Describes and explains how science and technology depend on each other for the development of knowledge and technological applications. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Understands that science is part of the world they live in by describing how science and its applications are affected and/or influenced by some of the following factors: social, economic, political, environmental, cultural, ethical. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Understands and uses scientific language relevant to the units of work covered. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Provides scientific information using appropriate modes of communication: oral, written, visual representation (formulae, graphs, tables, diagrams) consistent with the level of complexity of the units of work covered. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Presents scientific information in formats (such as laboratory reports, experimental accounts, explanations, essays, expositions, audio‐visual presentations) appropriate to the work covered, and acknowledge sources. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Demonstrates honesty when handling data and information, and acknowledging sources. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Uses, where appropriate, information and communication technology applications (World Wide Web, data loggers, databases spreadsheets and/or software for plotting graphs) to access, process and communicate scientific information. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Recognizes and recalls scientific information relevant to the units of work covered. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Explain and applies scientific information to solve problems in familiar and, with guidance, in unfamiliar situations. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Analyses simple scientific information by identifying basic components, relationships and patterns, both in experimental data and ideas. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Discusses scientific information from different sources (Internet, newspaper articles, television, scientific texts and publications) and comments on its credibility. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Recognizes and attempts to articulate the problem or research question to be tested by a scientific investigation. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Formulates a simple hypothesis and explains it using logical reasoning and his/her knowledge of sciences (“If I do this, then that will happen because … ”). <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Designs scientific investigations that include variables and controls that are identified; identifies materials/equipment needed; describes a method to be followed; suggests the data to be collected. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Comments on the method and the accuracy and/or precision of the results. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Suggests improvements to the method. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Collects and records data using appropriate units of measurement. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Organizes and transforms data into numerical and diagrammatic forms, including mathematical calculations and visual representation (tables, graphs and charts). <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Presents data in a variety of ways using appropriate communication modes (oral, written and visual representation, and use of technologies) and conventions (units of measurement). <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Analyses and interprets data by identifying trends, patterns and relationships. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Draws conclusions supported by explanations that are consistent with the analysis of the data. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Carries out scientific investigations using materials and techniques safely and skillfully. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Works effectively as member of a team, by being guided into collaborating, acknowledging and supporting others as well as ensuring a safe working environment. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Shows respect for self and others, and deals responsibly with the living and non‐living environment. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Criterion A
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Describes and explains ways in which science is applied and used to solve local and global problems.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">MYP3/4 2011-2012