Science Test Info & Study Help

Next week we will have our first major science test this year:

6.1, 6.2, 6.3 - Tuesday, November 5
6.4 - Wednesday, November 6

All the help you need is in the unit goals and resources. To focus your studying, please find this Study Group Doc that connects you with the most imporant resources to help you study.   The 4 areas found in this document to study for the test include:

1. Writing a hypothesis
2. Metric measurement coversion (length)
3. Unit goals on Soil and Erosion
4. Science Vocabulary

Please feel free to send questions or write your thinking down and email me for feedback about any area in which you are feeling unclear.

Science Project Survey

We just finished with our first project.  Please take a moment to reflect on the project.  Your response will give us useful feedback that will help us to design more useful projects this year.

Thanks so much for your help with this!

Note: You must be logged in to your AISB Google account to submit

Student Unit Goals

You are expected to understand each unit goal by the end of this unit.

Students have worked hard to create material that can be useful to your understanding of each unit goal.  Please take time to visit this document when you finished your project and add anything that was helpful to your understanding of the unit goal or driving questions.

The doc will be used by everyone in the grade.

It will also be added to your main unit blog post (see pic below - it is the one you see by clicking the unit tab).

Now you can access student unit goals from the main unit blog post

Rubric: Soil, Erosion, Landforms Presentation

Please find your rubric for this project.

Notice that you will get feedback on your critical thinking, feedback, and final presentation in class.

Your focus for the project should be on critical thinking, your thinking while you present, as well as your openness to use others thinking to help you think more deeply and clearly.

While your class appreciates well decorated and polished projects, the focus should be on how you are thinking.  Thinking is the focus of this assessment.

click link to read the whole rubric

Feedback: Are you looking for it or waiting for it?

Feedback is an important part of the Design Thinking process.  Successful companies that make products from The iPhone to Coca-Cola are constantly looking for feedback about how they can become better.

In each stage of design, how do we know if we are on track and creating something people can use?  Feedback can provide this help.

How are you getting feedback for your project?  Are you waiting for the feedback to come to you, or are you going out and actively finding feedback?

What is your mindset when it comes to feedback and learning?

Consider looking at the following documents to give yourself feedback on your project and how you are working in a group.  They can be used as a guide in the midst of the collaborative design process.  Parts of these rubrics will be used in your final assessment of this project.

Feedback rubric - working together

Feedback rubric - presentation of your project

Due Dates: Soil & Erosion Project

To help you keep track of important project dates, please find your unit goal in the class calendars below:

6.1 Science Project Due Dates

6.2 Science Project Due Dates

6.3 Science Project Due Dates

6.4 Science Project Due Dates

Add it to your personal Google Calendar; look for "copy to my calendar," (highlighted below) when you click on the individual assignments.