GOALS Prepare students for high school Responsibility Independence Organizational skills Problem solving skills Time management Thinking like a scientist
CHALLENGE Labs Projects Presentations Research Interdisciplinary Projects Field Trips
SCIENCE FIELDS Awareness Careers in science Pictionary Interview with a scientist
SCIENTIFIC METHOD Observe like a scientist Experiment like a scientist Think like a scientist Write like a scientist (Formal lab report) SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT
CHEMISTRY Oxygen Hydrogen Carbon dioxide Soap making Salt making Atom models Balancing chemical equations
PHYSICS Motion Velocity Forces Density Car ‘N Motion
BRIDGE/ROLLER COASTER PROJECT Engineering Designing River Report Amusement Park Report Journal Model
ASTRONOMY Travel Brochure Water Rockets
FIELD TRIPS San Francisco-Monterey Other?
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT Careers Presentations
PARENT – TEACHER COMMUNICATION (the best and fastest way) Agenda (write me a note) Frost website for grades and homework