Scientists In Action Group Activity

As we are learning the world of science is HUGE!  The goal in this activity is to explore the common characteristics of how scientists think.

You have already come up with some great ideas in our group brainstorm.

Your task is to use what you know and read about actual scientists to identify examples of how they are exploring and experimenting in our world.  Use this project guide with an assessment rubric and an example.

Hopefully after this activity you will have a better idea of how a scientist thinks and acts.  This will be very helpful as we continue to do science this year and beyond.

Finish Portal - Paste Link

Find your class with tabs at the bottom and paste your link into this spreadsheet. You are expected to have the 6th Grade Academic Calendar tab, links to Veracross and to all of your teacher's pages. Other links are optional, but could make your portal more useful.

Portal Google Image Search

Creating an AISB Portal

Last week we had a great start to our work on our Portal.

We used Blogger to make a space to help us organize all our links.

Feel free to take some time at home to add links to your portal.  The more links you add, the more useful your blog will be to you this year.

Check out the Portal Creation Help Sheet and see Mr. Scanga or Mr. Farren if you need any help at all.

Portal help sheet gives checklist and examples to help you create your blog

Unit Goals - A Key to Understanding

Begin each unit with the end in mind...

To make sure you are understanding what you need to know, each unit will end with a test.

There is no need to worry because you will be given plenty of experiences and practice learning what you need to know. 

To help you make sense of what you actually need to know you have a guide called the "Unit Goals."

Included after each goal you will find a page with hints to help you understand what is expected you know. Also included are links to places you can go online to better understand each "goal."

See this example of a unit goal, hint, and online resources:

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Finding Things Online at AISB

If you find you need help finding the sites you need to for this course, this chart might help.