What are we learning during the first nine weeks?
Please look at the first nine weeks standards. Each skill will be assessed and put into the grade book.
What can I do to make sure that I am a success in Mrs. Tosh's class?
Vocabulary is the key to success in science. Please be aware that you will need to know the definition, an example and be able to use the word appropriately when describing or recording into your science journal.
Please look at the first nine weeks standards. Each skill will be assessed and put into the grade book.
What can I do to make sure that I am a success in Mrs. Tosh's class?
Vocabulary is the key to success in science. Please be aware that you will need to know the definition, an example and be able to use the word appropriately when describing or recording into your science journal.
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Scientific method
This is the key to communicating findings and conducting experiments. The students will be able to list the steps in order, correctly use the vocabulary words, and fill out an experiment sheet with the hypothesis and variables written correctly. |
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Here you can find the link to the video over independent, dependent, and constant variables as well as the notes from class.
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ECOSYSTEMS Unit
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0507.2.1- Describe the different types of nutritional relationships that exist among organisms.
Other links to videos that will help. Remember that vocabulary is the key to success in science!
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/ecosystems.htm Study jam ecosystems http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-chains.htm food chains http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/changes-ecosystems.htm Changes within an ecosystem http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/symbiosis.htm symbiosis study jams |
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Three types of symbiotic relationships;
Commensalism- One species benefits, the other is not helped or harmed. Mutualism- Both benefit from each other. Parasitism- One is helped, one is harmed. |
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Fossils
SPI 0507.5.2 Explain how fossils provide information about the past. |
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There are more links below that have excellent pictures of fossils and fossil collections.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/fossils
http://fossilsforkids.com/
http://tennesseefossils.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/fossils
http://fossilsforkids.com/
http://tennesseefossils.com/
SPI 0507.2.3—Use information about the impact of human actions or natural disasters on the environment to support a hypothesis, make a prediction, or draw a conclusion.
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Photosynthesis- The process in which plants use sunlight and transform it into glucose (sugar).
SPI 0507.3.1 Identify photosynthesis as the food manufacturing process in plants. SPI 0507.3.2 Compare how plants and animals obtain energy. |
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