back to school night september 11, 2014
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Back to School Night September 11, 2014. Jade Team 8 th grade Science Earth Science. Thursday (9/11/14). Introduction My Website/Expectations How I Approach Science Application to Topics. Jump start : What do you think will happen in the 8 th grade science classroom?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Back to School NightSeptember 11, 2014
Jade Team
8th grade Science
Earth Science
Thursday (9/11/14)Thursday (9/11/14)Jump start: What do you think will happen in the 8th grade science classroom?
1. Introduction
2. My Website/Expectations
3. How I Approach Science
4. Application to TopicsHW: 1) Ask your child how their
Safety Quiz went!
• Introduction/My Background
• http://www2.newton.k12.ma.us/~Laura_Rossier
Ms. Rossier [email protected]
Nature of Science
• Observations
• Inferences
• Models
• Inquiry (Engineering Design)
Earth System Science
• What is this place called planet Earth and how does it work?
• How do changes in one part of the Earth affect the other parts?
Interior of the EarthWhat is the geosphere?
• Properties of layers of the Earth
• Heat transfer
Plate
Tectonics
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Minerals & Rocks
Weather & Climate• Air temperature & pressure
• Storms
• World Climate
Astronomy
• Earth, Sun, Moon
• Solar System
• Stars & Galaxies
Ms. Rossier [email protected]
About Ms. Rossier(guess the false facts)
a) Attended Cornell & Stony Brook
b) Visited all 50 states
c) Was in the Nutcracker ballet 7 times
d) Named a crater on a moon of Jupiter
e) Attended a wedding at a hockey rink (on skates)
f) Stood on an active Hawaiian volcano
Homework
• On time
• 1 day late– 0% credit Labs
• On time
• 1 day late– 50% credit
• 1 week late– 0% credit
Inquiry Model for Learning Science
OBSERVENew experience
and/or observation
QUESTIONNew experience is
explored and questions are raised.
INFER/PREDICTPrior knowledge, pre-conceptions, and existing ideas are used to
make inferences, provide possible explanations, and to make predictions.
TESTAn investigation, experiment, or
observation is planned and carried out to provide data and
evidence.
INTERPRET
Data is interpreted and compared to the
original inference, prediction, etc.
ANALYZE
If evidence supports the inference/prediction,
your understandings are deepened as a result of close observation and
explaining the experience.
What DON’T you know. Deeper
understanding should lead toward new
questions.
ANALYZE
If evidence DOES NOT support your
inference/prediction; make another inference,
or try another idea/explanation.