After wrapping up our investigation and final presentations on Volcano Farming, we are now ready to move on to a new investigation! What causes climates to be so different across the Earth? Over the course of the next 6 weeks, students will be investigating weather, climate, winds, air masses, and ocean currents in order to determine how our global climate is affected by these things. In Math we will continue to expand on our understanding of scale and proportion. Remember that practice can be found on KhanAcademy in the Illustrative Math section!
Monday
Math Block
Thought Exercise: Number Line
Thought Exercise: Analyzing Algorithms
Studio: Proportional Thinking
Tuesday
Math Block
Thought Exercise: 100s Chart
Thought Exercise: Translating Expressions and Equations
Studio: Proportional Thinking
Wandering Wednesday
Science Block
Today we will wander outside to the Howard building where we will sit with our partners and contemplate our new question “What causes climates to be so different across the Earth?” We will use our previous brainstorm of our current understanding and the smaller questions we created to plan our groups’ specific approach. Students will see an example product based on the current rubric. Please note that on Wandering Wednesdays, as with every school outing, there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing choices! Unless severe weather is in the area, we will do our excursions, rain or shine.
Thursday
Science Block
Students will begin researching their project with their peers. Their research project will culminate in a product that will demonstrate their understanding of the new project Rubric. There are so many different products to choose from! Here are 72 Creative Ways to Show What You Know! Finally, we will be setting up our projects for the Exhibition Night, including our super secret fundraising project!
FriYAY!
Students continue to work on their FriYAY projects!
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