Science Getting Started

Welcome to the 2023-2024 School Year

Mrs. Brown's Science Class

A little about me:

Take a look at the topics we will cover this year!

• This is my 3rd full year at CCA- I also taught a 1/2 year in spring of 2019-Social Studies and a 1/2 year in spring of 2021- in Science! So, I guess this would really be my 4th year total! :)
• I am married and have a 2 year old son. My husband's name is Matt and my son's name is Keegan
• My favorite unit in science is our Aquatic Ecosystems- especially our ocean topic and pollution topic! I also love our Unit on Weather!

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Unit 5

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 2

Unit 6

Unit 7

Unit 8

Unit 9

Unit 10

Science

Science Class Expectations

Welcome to the 2023-2024 School Year

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Mrs. Brown's Science Class

The Basics

Overview of how to be successful in Science this year!

Assessments

Overview of Assessments- Quizes, STEAM Explorations, and Tests

Zoom & Class Behavior

Listen and follow directions Enter on time and be prepared Always try your best and ask questions Respect yourself and others Never forget to have FUN!!!

I am looking forward to a great year in science with you! We will complete some experiments at the beginning of this year and will work on many projects throughout the year! Oh, and learn some new information along the way! The following information will help you to be successful in science this year- please take a look and let me know if you have any questions! You can contact me at any time!

Class Resources

All Class Resources will be posted to our class padlet- bookmark this! I will add to it throughout the year!

Assessments

• STEAM Explorations

• These are our projects in Science-STEAM stands for-Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics
• All parts must be completed for credit- even if you attend class that day.
• Most projects include options on how to complete them, if you have another idea on any project, please let me know and we can talk about it and see if it will work!

• STEAM Explorations-
• Unit 1
• A Study on the Strength of Spaghetti
• Design a scientist
• Unit 2
• States of Matter
• Phases of Water
• All Mixed Up
• Unit 3
• Water Cycle
• I am a Meteorologist
• Unit 4
• Energy Flow in Caves
• Biotic and Abiotic Factors
• Food Chain
• Unit 5
• Exploring Your Watershed
• Unit 6
• Deer Damage
• Can you Reverse Water Pollution?
• Unit 10
• Agricultural Engineering
• Design a Garden

• Quizzes-
• Must be completed even if you attend class that day- be sure to read all of the questions carefully and answer all parts of the question.
• Please write in complete sentences when answering short answer questions.

• Quizzes-
• Unit 1
• Scientific Method and Lab Report
• Unit 2
• Topic 2- Characteristic Properties of Matter
• Topic 4- Potential and Kinetic Energy
• Topic 5- Energy and Power
• Unit 3
• Topic 3- Extreme Weather
• Unit 4
• Topic 3- Relationships Among Organisms
• Unit 5
• Topic 2- Aquatic Biomes
• Topic 3- Ocean Exploration
• Unit 6
• Topic 2- Endangered Species
• Unit 7
• Topic 1- Plants
• Topic 2- Photosynthesis
• Unit 8
• Topic 1- Natural Resources
• Topic 2- Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
• Unit 9
• Topic 1- Human Impact on Natural Resources

• Unit Tests
• Must be completed even if you attend class that day-
• Be sure to read all of the questions carefully and answer all parts of the question.
• Please write in complete sentences when answering short answer questions.
• Unit Tests-
• Unit 1
• What is Science?
• Unit 3
• The Water Cycle, Weather, and Climate
• Unit 4
• Interactions of Matter and Energy within Ecosystems

The Basics

• EDIO CALENDAR- Each school day you will have a science assignment on your Edio Calendar to complete for the day.
• TYPES OF CLASSES
• GUIDED LESSONS-
• You may attend class live and participate in ALL of the activities with us that day- This includes items like- being logged into the peardeck or nearpod and completing ALL of the activities in them, padlets, completing zoom polls, participating in breakout rooms, any other activities, responding in chat, responding using your microphone, using your web camera if you choose to do so. If you do the above you may normally submit that day's lesson blank- There are some days I may ask you to complete a question or two in there for either a project or to check for understanding- I will let you know when this happens.
• If you choose not to attend class on guided lesson days you MUST complete ALL of the questions in Edio completely! Please do not answer questions with random letters, periods, or one word responses- these lessons will be reset if you do so. I will reset them once- after that it will be a 0. You may reach out to me to have it reset again or to schedule a meeting to go over it together.
• LIVE CLASS- Thursdays-
• There is no lesson in Edio to complete- most, Thursday’s I will include a question for you to answer though based on what we did that day in class to check for understanding or for you to ask any questions that you might have.
• Please try to attend these live but you may also watch the recording to earn credit as well. Most times, depending on the activity- I will usually attach what we are doing in class to Edio that way you can complete it as well if you do not attend it live.