Summer Park Pictures

May 16th- 20th

Monday: Biosphere 3 Soil Respiration
Tuesday: Biosphere 3 Soil Respiration
Wednesday: Biosphere 3 Design Time
Thursday: Biosphere 3 Design Time
Friday: Biosphere 3 Share your Design

Biosphere 3 Photos

May 9th-13th

Biosphere 3 Experiment

Students are responsibe for staying on track with the class. If they have not had enought time in class to carefully finish the daily lesson and questions they need to work on them at home.

MAP Testing

Another reminder that MAP testing will take place this week and next week. It is important that students are prepared. A good night's sleep and breakfast are always helpful.

May 2nd-6th

Monday: Building Biospheres
Tuesday: Monitoring Biospheres
Wednesday: Save the Biosphere
Thursday: What's wrong with the Biosphere?
Friday: Where's the Water?

April 25th- 29th

MAP Testing Starts This Week! Please make sure you're eating a healthy breakfast and getting enough sleep.

Monday- Energy Through the Ecosystem

Tuesday- Who Eats Whom?

Wednesday- Review

Thursday- Chapter 21 Exam

Friday- No School for Students

April 4th- 8th

Monday: Stars Webquest Tuesday: Planets Webquest Wednesday: Galaxies Webquest Thursday: Solar System and the Stars Friday: Living in Space and Zero Gravity

CSAP Testing

The sixth grade students will be tested this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Please help your child perform by making sure they get enough sleep and are prepared for the tests.

March 21st-25th

Monday : The Moon
Tuesday: The Moon
Wednesday: Galaxies
Thursday: Galaxies
Friday: Review

No homework this week due to CSAP testing.
Students will be tested on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

CSAP

6th Grade CSAP Tests start this week!

The sixth grade students will take the reading and writing portions of the CSAP this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

The sixth grade students will take the math portion of the CSAP next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

The staff has collected money and will provide a basic breakfast of string cheese, fruit, granola and a drink. If this is not enough for your son or daughter please make sure they eat a more compete breakfast. Also, please make sure that your son or daughter has plenty of sleep over the next few weeks.

I can't wait to see the progress each and every student has made this year!
Best of Luck 6th Grade!

March 14th-18th

Monday: Gravity/ Weight

Tuesday: Gravity/ Planets

Wednesday: Gravity/ Planets

Thursday: Newton's Laws/ Gravity

Friday:Gravity Quiz

March 7th-10th

Monday- Introduction to Weather Map Project
HW: Weather Map Project
Tuesday- Weather Map Work Day
HW: Weather Map Project
Wednesday-Weather Map Work Day
HW: Weather Map Project
Thursday- Weather Presentations
Friday- No School

February 28th-March 4th

Monday: Wind
Tuesday: Precipitation
Wednesday: Storms
Thursday: Hurricanes
Friday: Tornadoes and Other Nasties

Homework: Bring a weather map from a newspaper or internet source by FRIDAY!!!

Science Fair!!!

February 22nd-25th

Monday- No School

Tuesday- Layers of the atmosphere

Wednesday- Layers of the atmosphere

Thursday- Air Pressure Barometer

Friday- Air Pressure Lab

BECS Science Fair

Reminder: Students and parents you're invited to BECS Science Fair Night!!!

When: Tuesday February 22nd from 5:30-7:30

Where: 5th/6th Grade Wing and 7th/8th Grade Wing

Why: To explore the 2010/2011 Science Fair Projects

Who: Any 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade students and the community

February 14th-18th

Monday- Ocean Zones
HW: Finish Anticipation/Reaction Guide

Tuesday- Marine Life
HW: Finish Marine Life Zones

Wednesday- Oceans Review
HW: Study Guide

Thursday-Oceans Final Exam
HW: Enjoy the weekend!

Friday- No School
Monday- No School

February 7th-11th

Monday-Waves
Tuesday-Tsunamis
HW-Complete tsunami poster
Wednesday-Salinity
Thursday-Ocean Water
Friday-Ocean Water

CSAP Testing

January 31st- February 4th

Monday-Oceans: Water Currents Lab

Tuesday- No School

Wednesday-No School

Thursday-Currents Review

Friday-Tides
HW: TIDE Poem

Group Picture Day
Tuesday February 2nd our homeroom will have a group picture taken.
Please look your best to make sure the picture turns out to every ones liking.

January 24th-28th

Monday-How do mountains form and erode?
HW: None

Tuesday-Volcanic Mountains
HW: Questions 1-4 on page 305

Wednesday- Review Day 1
HW: Chapter Review Questions 1-15 on page 310 if not completed in class

Thursday-Virtual Lab How Do Glaciers Shape?
HW: Chapter Review Questions 16, 17, 19, 20,21, and 22 on page 311 if not completed in class

Friday- Chapter 10: Forces Shaping the Earth Post Test

January 18th-21st

Monday- No School

Tuesday- Forces Shaping Earth Pretest

Wednesday-Labeling the Layers/ Cracked Earth

Thursday-Shifting Crust
HW- Review the types of shifts and layers of the Earth

Friday- Mini Lab Taffy Tension/ Vocabulary Review

January 10th-14th

Monday- Minerals
HW- Read pages 261-264 and answer questions 1,2,4 on page 264

Tuesday-Igneous Rocks
HW- Read p. 265-267 complete a igneous vocabulary page

Wednesday- Identifiying Igneous Rocks

Thursday- Sedimentary Rocks
HW-No Homework

Friday- Sedimentary Processes
HW-Review vocabulary

January 4th- 7th

Welcome Back!

This week we will begin our exploration of rocks and minerals.

There will be no homework other than to complete the science fair project and turn it in by Thursday.

Ms. Markwardt

Science Fair Last Call

Just one more quick reminder that the science fair project is due Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Students must turn in their abstract by Wednesday and their board by Thursday.

I have received many fantastic projects already.

Thanks for your help :)