Tuesday, 12.13.16 (in my absence)

All classes,

Sorry I missed you again.

See your homeroom tabs for your assignment for today (Tuesday, 12.13.16).

Assignments from Monday and Tuesday will be graded Wednesday. You are expected to have them complete upon my return.

Have a good Tuesday.

Marquez

DECEMBER 12TH, 2016

ALL CLASSES: PLEASE CLICK YOUR CLASSROOM TAB FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT.

Be good and hopefully I will see you tomorrow.

Marquez

Assignment for 12.7

Click here for an hour of code

NOVEMBER 14TH, 2016 ASSIGNMENT

214, 215, 217: Click your homeroom for the assignment.
216 & 218: Click your homeroom for the assignment.

214, 215, 217

Click below for the LAB.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT01/CT01.html

Marquez

October 13th & 14th

Please click on your homeroom for your assignment.

Marquez

September 6th, 2016

Welcome to the 2016-2017 school year.

This is your website for Middle School SCIENCE.

You can find cycle homework here, virtual labs, extra credit, surprise raffles on here this year.

Please complete the following survey by Friday, September 9th, 2016.

All responses will be recorded and graded for completion by me.

Looking forward to an excellent school year,

Mrs. Marquez

March 28th, 2016

Good morning 215 and 216,

Please check your homeroom tabs for your assignment. On Tuesday, I will be giving you your final explanatory models to conclude our units so it is essential that you create your rough draft today!

See you in the afternoon,

Mrs. Marquez

3.21 assignment

3.21
215, 216

Visit the following link : 

http://www.dogonews.com/category/science

Choose an article to read and complete (found at the bottom of each article) 

1.article comprehension questions 

2. Critical thinking challenge

3. Vocabulary words and definitions inside composition notebook. 

Complete tasks in notebook.

Mrs. Marquez

215 & 216 assignment for 3.16 morning

March 16

Go to:

http://www.galaxyzoo.org/

Click "Begin Classifying"

Other data collecting website to visit is:

https://www.zooniverse.org/

And you can click on projects at top left corner and begin collecting data. 

February 29th Assignment, ALL CLASSES

Middle School-

This assignment must be completed inside your composition notebook. All questions will be graded tomorrow when you turn in your notebooks for 5 points/question. Write down the question in your notebooks and answer the questions in the same place. 

Questions

1. Go to www.zooniverse.org. Spend 1-3 minutes looking through the projects and then pick one that looks interesting. Write the project name below:Project Name:

Work on the project for 20 minutes. When you are finished doing some fieldwork on the project, answer the questions below. 

2. What was your impression of it? (2-3 sentences)
3.  Who are the researchers, what fields of science and engineering to they represent, and what do they provide? What is the role of the non-scientists/citizens in this project?
4. What does your project monitor and how? (Hint: look for the “About” section, science section, blog section and/or similar pages of the project website to provide more detail on this.) (2-3 sentences
5. Why are the researchers monitoring it? In other words, what does the information they collect help them make more informed decisions about? (1-2 sentences)
6. How does this project benefit society? Say more than just that it provides knowledge. What practical purpose might it have? If the website does not give any hint, think about it and think of a way that it could possibly be used to benefit society. (2-3 sentences)
7. Most if not all of the Zooniverse projects have a forum where citizens can discuss the project and provide feedback. You do not have to do that. Instead, think about a way that your project could be improved. What change or feature could be made to the project to improve it? (at least 2 sentences) 

2.28.16

Visit your homeroom's tab for your assignment in my absence.

ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER AND TURNED IN.

ALL HOMEROOMS: 2.26 ASSIGNMENT

All homerooms,

Visit the following link : 

http://www.dogonews.com/category/science

Choose an article to read and complete (found at the bottom of each article) 

1.article comprehension questions 

2. Critical thinking challenge

3. Vocabulary words and definitions inside composition notebook. 

Complete tasks in notebook.

Mrs. Marquez

2.24.16 Assignment

Click here for African American Scientists

Pick a Scientist:

Create a "QUILT" patch with an IMAGE / PICTURE that represents that Black scientist's specific contribution. At the bottom of the quilt patch we will type up and put the name of your chosen scientist and display on the wall outside the science classroom.

02.18.16 Assignment (All Classes)

http://www.usasciencefestival.org/newsletter-volume-3-number-15/recognizing-african-american-stem-innovators-of-the-past-and-present,-including-the-festival-s-nifty-fifty-speakers.html

https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html

http://www.biography.com/people/groups/famous-black-scientists

Today's Assignment

1. Using the links above, pick a well-known African-American in STEM.

2. Draw a picture of that person in the middle of your white sheet of paper.

3. Using the :sunray-method-, have facts about your person coming all around the picture just like in the photo above. Facts should be relevant to that person's; life, upbringing, school, major contributions, background, etc.

4. We will paint over the text in water color on Friday so please make sure you use pencil at first and then trace over with PEN to prevent smudging. Do not use markers as this will not work.

5.  50 points.

Must-haves for Thursday, 2.10.16

Please pay attention to see that you have addressed all these slides in their entirety, completion, and accuracy. Run a Spell Check. 

• Title Slide
• Area of STEAM
• Testable Question
• Hypothesis
• Variables: Independent Variable, Dependent Variable, Control
• Background Research
• 5 Research Questions
• Answer to 5 research Questions
• Careers/Field of Study
• Materials
• Procedures
• Data Tables (MUST BE FILLED OUT ACCURATELY)
• Discussion
• Conclusion

Black History Month: Door Decoration

Click here to view African-American scientists and engineers!

Step 1. Pick a person
Step 2. Write a letter to them using our format below
Step 3. Letter must be in neat handwriting to qualify for door
Step 4. Letter must be in pen; so if you need to write a rough draft first, please do so.
Step 5. Submit Letter to Me

Dear ___________________,

You are black. You are confident. You are a leader in STEM. You inspired me because you............................................................................................................................................................................................................

STEAM FAIR WRITE-UP, 2016

Today's Assignment: Creating your written Steam fair report.

Steps to getting there:

1. Log into your CPS google account
2. Go to the squares at the top right corner and click "Drive"
3. Go to "New"--> Google Doc
4. Title your Google Doc: Name(s), Written Report, Homeroom
5. Share your Google Doc with "chalmersscience@gmail.com" ; if any pop-ups come up, click "Yes"
6. Go back to the blog
7. Click my SAMPLE write-up template
8. Select "Ctrl + A" to highlight my whole document
9. Then select "Ctrl + C" to copy my template document
10. Go to YOUR Google Document
11. Click in your document and select "Ctrl + V" to PASTE my sample template onto your google document: My Sample Template
12. View the sample Science Fair Write-Up Here: Sample Report 6th Grade
13. You now need to start your own write-up.
14. Use your Google Presentation to COPY and PASTE information into paragraph form of your Google Doc Write-up. Yes, you will need to add some words and information to make your paragraphs sound right but if you have done your google presentation correctly the write-up should be a whole lot of copying and pasting. 
15. The write-up will make up 40% of your STEAM Fair project. 
16. Since two people can edit a document at once, it would be wise for you to divide up the sections to ensure prompt completion.

Questions, see me at the table.

Marquez

STEAM FAIR, Assignment 5

Your Assignment 5:

CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO COMPLETE ASSIGNMENT 5

ASSIGNMENT 5, BACKGROUND RESEARCH

Key Info

Background research is necessary so that you know how to design and understand your experiment. To make a background research plan — a roadmap of the research questions you need to answer — follow these steps:

1. Identify the keywords in the question for your science fair project. Brainstorm additional keywords and concepts.
2. Use a table with the "question words" (why, how, who, what, when, where) to generate research questions from your keywords. For example:

What is the difference between a series and parallel circuit?
When does a plant grow the most, during the day or night?
Where is the focal point of a lens?
How does a java applet work?
Does a truss make a bridge stronger?
Why are moths attracted to light?
Which cleaning products kill the most bacteria?

Throw out irrelevant questions. 

CHALMERS BACKGROUND RESEARCH EXPECTATIONS:

You must have at least 5 final research questions asked and answered. These questions MUST be related to your experiment or engineering design project regarding the “science” behind your experiment. Also, think about the REAL WORLD RELEVANCY to your project. If you can’t think of one, that’s a problem!

Brainstorm questions here; then highlight your top 5 questions and begin your research.

Click here for a MODEL STEAM FAIR Presentation

How to Find the RIGHT Graph!

Click here for additional information to help you with graphs.

Area of STEAM

Background

Testable Questions

Variables

Materials (What, and the #)

Procedures

Data Table

Absence 1.12

All homerooms,

Visit the following link : 

http://www.dogonews.com/category/science

Choose an article to read and complete (found at the bottom of each article) 

1.article comprehension questions 

2. Critical thinking challenge

3. As many vocabulary cards as you want extra credit from the list at the bottom of our article- all vocab cards must be done in science way.

Complete task 1&2 in notebook.