Welcome Scientists!
Overview:
I am extremely excited for this year in science. We have four major units we will cover throughout the year (life science, Earth's systems, astronomy, and weather and climate). Throughout the year at the end of each unit we will also have a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) week where we will focus on Newton's 3rd Law and gravity.
As a part of our life sciences learning, and to understand the importance of the environment and human impacts to the environment, we will be conducting bi-weekly nature walks to Moose Lake to test the water quality of the lake. There is a possibility that we will also be testing the marsh/pond area behind Crawford. By monitoring water quality, and aquatic health in the lake we will be able to see the impacts humans have on the water and the lake's implications for the community. We are also a part of a plant study on the implications for high bush cranberries in Interior Alaska. We will be using GLOBE (a NASA education project) protocols to compare high bush cranberry counts with Two Rivers School and two other schools in North Dakota. Turtle Mountain Community College will be helping us put together a PBS news special to showcase what we have learned. Through this study, students will also get the opportunity to interact with NASA scientists specializing in climate change. We can then enlarge these studies to understand regional and global climate issues.
I am extremely excited for this year in science. We have four major units we will cover throughout the year (life science, Earth's systems, astronomy, and weather and climate). Throughout the year at the end of each unit we will also have a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) week where we will focus on Newton's 3rd Law and gravity.
As a part of our life sciences learning, and to understand the importance of the environment and human impacts to the environment, we will be conducting bi-weekly nature walks to Moose Lake to test the water quality of the lake. There is a possibility that we will also be testing the marsh/pond area behind Crawford. By monitoring water quality, and aquatic health in the lake we will be able to see the impacts humans have on the water and the lake's implications for the community. We are also a part of a plant study on the implications for high bush cranberries in Interior Alaska. We will be using GLOBE (a NASA education project) protocols to compare high bush cranberry counts with Two Rivers School and two other schools in North Dakota. Turtle Mountain Community College will be helping us put together a PBS news special to showcase what we have learned. Through this study, students will also get the opportunity to interact with NASA scientists specializing in climate change. We can then enlarge these studies to understand regional and global climate issues.
Science & Engineering Practices
1. Asking questions and defining problems.
2. Developing and using models.
3. Planning and carrying out investigations.
4. Analyzing and interpreting data.
5. Using mathematics and computational thinking.
6. Constructing explanations and designing solutions.
7. Engaging in arguments from evidence.
8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information.
1. Asking questions and defining problems.
2. Developing and using models.
3. Planning and carrying out investigations.
4. Analyzing and interpreting data.
5. Using mathematics and computational thinking.
6. Constructing explanations and designing solutions.
7. Engaging in arguments from evidence.
8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information.