Scientist Teach Speech

Use Teach Speech Guidelines!
Include the following:
a. Scientist’s name and years of life
b SHORT biography slide
c. A picture of the scientist
d. The scientist’s inventions/discoveries (with pictures if available)
e. Contributions to Science/ Why the contributions are important.
f. Which of the 7 Habits the Scientist embodied (with examples)
g. In what ways to you want to be like the scientist?
PROPERLY formatted bibliography.

Unwritten

Remember: Learn the song until the end of the second chorus

Astronomy Playlist: Wonder More!

Teach Speech: Instruct AND Encourage Wonder! Due Monday, March 31

Use Microsoft PowerPoint (save as 97-2003) or Google slides., or Prezi.com.
- Content should reflect YOUR understanding. Do not copy and paste from the Internet (this is plagiarizing).
- Keep the design very basic and simple. It shall not distract.
- Pick an easy to read font face.
- Consistently use the same font face and sizes on all slides.
- Keywords only. No sentences! No paragraphs!
- No more than six bullet points per page.
- Use images to reinforce or complement your message, not to decorate.
- Use images to visualize and explain. Talk about your pictures. Gesture.
Cite all images below the actual image, whether from Microsoft clip art or a website.
- No animations or useless graphics. (School computers are slow.)
- Have a title slide, table of contents slide, organized content slides, and a source slide.
- Practice! Be prepared!
- Know your slides inside out.
- Never read your slides; talk freely.
- Know how to pronounce all words. Dictionary.com will pronounce most words for you.
- Speak with confidence – loud and clear.
- Don’t speak too fast. You are not giving your speech for yourself. You are giving your speech to teach OTHERS what you learned.
- Maintain eye contact with the audience.
- Bibliography (source slide) should include at least three sources. One must be a book.
- Relax! You made an INTERESTING presentation. We will enjoy it and learn from it! :)
- Presentation should be 3-5 minutes long.
- Include a 'Clap, Clap, Discuss' during your talk.

Astronomy Vocabulary: What do YOU wonder about?

A albedo Alpha Centauri apastron aperature aphelion apogee asterism asteroid astronaut astronomer astronomical unit astronomy axial tilt azimuth B background radiation Bailey's beads big bang theory binary star black body black hole bolometer C celestial celestial equator cislunar cluster comet conjunction constellation coriolis force cosmic rays corona cosmology cosmonaut cosmos crater crescent moon D dark matter day declination deep space Deneb density docking Doppler shift double star Drake equation dust dwarf planet dwarf star E Earth earthbound eccentricity eclipse ecliptic elliptical orbit equinox escape velocity event horizon exoplanet extragalaxtic F falling star flare flyby free fall full moon G galaxy gamma ray gas giant gegenschein geostationary geosynchronous gibbous moon globular cluster gravitation gravitational constant gravitational lens gravity H half moon heliocentric hydrogen helium H-R diagram Hubble telescope Hubble's law hyperbolic orbit hypernova I ice giant inclination inertia inferior planets inner planets interstellar interstellar dust ionosphere J Jupiter K Kepler's laws kiloparsec Kirkwood gaps Kuiper belt L Lagrange points lens light-year local arm local group lunar M magnitude mare Mars mass Mercury meteor meteor shower meteorite meteoroid Milky Way minor planet Mir moon muttnik N nadir NASA nebula Neptune neutron star new moon north star nova O observatory occultation Oort cloud opposition orbit orbital eccentricity orbital inclination outer planets P parallax parsec partial eclipse penumbra perigee perihelion perturbation phase plane of the ecliptic planet planetary nebula planetoid Pluto pole star precession probe pulsar Q quarter moon quasar R radiant radiation red dwarf red giant star red shift revolve right ascension rings Roche limit rocket S satellite Saturn scientific notation scintillation shooting star solar sidereal singularity sky solar solar system solar wind solstice space space exploration space station spectroscope S cont. spectrum Sputnik star starlight sun sunspot superior planets supernova synodic syzygy T telemetry telescope terminator terrestrial total eclipse totality transit translunar transneptunians twinkling U umbra universe Uranus V vacuum Van Allen belt variable star Venus vernal equinox visual magnitude W waning wavelength waxing weightlessness white dwarf white giant wormhole X x-rays y yellow dwarf Z zenith zodiac

Solving Equations

Boston Massacre Activity

http://bostonhistory.org/sub/bostonmassacre/game.html

Pi Day Videos

Lapbook / Evolution Resources

Lapbook templates link

PBS - Evolution

AGI Evolution Resources

Keeping track of student progress/homework

Revolutionary War Journal (Due Monday, March 3rd)

Tour of Basic Genetics

Tour of Basic Genetics

(We've done the first two modules. The last four must completed on your own. Take notes to show you've watched the modules. You do not have to KNOW the material. You must simply develop schema to enhance future lessons.)

Nervous System

Science Fair Partner Contracts and Proposals due Monday, February 3.

Greetings Families,

I hope you are staying warm on this blustery day. I was anticipating being in school today, actually, but I'm enjoying the extra time with my own children. So far today we've completed the 100th Day project for Kindergarten (a 100 eyed monster) and researched my daughter's topic for her science fair. She wants to do something with "pouring water." In keeping with the spirit of this being the HER project, we have scoured the Internet for an idea that meets her criteria and that is appropriate for a kindergartner. :) This, of course, has led to a lot of reflection by me on Miller's Science Fair.

I hope that my students are also taking the reigns for their own science projects - in a way that is developmentally appropriate for fifth graders, which means planning and completing 95% of it on their own. As a parent, you can assist by marking small goals on a calendar, but the acts of science, the typing, the picture taking, the documenting, the graphing, should all be done by the fifth grader. You can remind your child of goals he has set for himself and probe with questions, but the entire project should reflect your CHILD'S efforts. Please, please feel comfortable taking a hands-off (stress-free) approach. After all, these students are entering middle school next year. Giving them practice with time management and responsibility is a good practice in independence. :)

On Monday, February 3, students' partner contracts (i/a) and proposals are due. The proposal form is the first three (3) pages of this document. (Print or record responses on lined paper.) Copies will be available tomorrow and Friday during class, but I know many students indicated they wanted to use yesterday's time off to get ahead with the science fair. I'm assuming the same for today. I just wanted to make it available to the kids should they wish to work on it now. Whether your child works on it today, in school later this week, or over the weekend is up to him/her.

Stay warm!

Best,
Kristi Berry

Digestion Videos

Please watch with a parent or obtain permission. I cannot control advertisements that may appear between videos. We are not responsible for third party advertiser content. This is an extra credit assignment.

Are You Fascinated by your Teach Speech and Science Fair Topics?

If not, choose one that you love!!! It's your duty to be excited! You are in charge!

Bibliography for Teach Speech and Science Fair

Here are links that will help you make a correctly formatted bibliography. You may use MLA or APA. Your choice. :)

http://www.easybib.com/

http://www.bibme.org/

Manually: Writing a Bibliography

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Some students were interested in Zen Tangles. Here is a link to how to make Zen Tangles on your cover. You may simply complete the cover, or do the front and back. Or, you can make a completely original illustration. :) You choose.

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Teach Speech - Topics due 1/28, Speech due 2/3

Teach Speech Instructions: (THIS CRITERIA WILL BE ON THE RUBRIC)
- Use Microsoft PowerPoint (save as 97-2003) or Google slides., or Prezi.com.
- Content should reflect YOUR understanding. Do not copy and paste from the Internet (this is plagiarizing).
- Keep the design very basic and simple. It shall not distract.
- Pick an easy to read font face.
- Consistently use the same font face and sizes on all slides.
- Keywords only. No sentences! No paragraphs!
- No more than six bullet points per page.
- Use images to reinforce or complement your message, not to decorate.
- Use images to visualize and explain. Talk about your pictures. Gesture.
Cite all images below the actual image, whether from Microsoft clip art or a website.
- No animations or useless graphics. (School computers are slow.)
- Have a title slide, table of contents slide, organized content slides, and a source slide.
- Practice! Be prepared!
- Know your slides inside out.
- Never read your slides; talk freely.
- Know how to pronounce all words. Dictionary.com will pronounce most words for you.
- Speak with confidence – loud and clear.
- Don’t speak too fast. You are not giving your speech for yourself. You are giving your speech to teach OTHERS what you learned.
- Maintain eye contact with the audience.
- Bibliography (source slide) should include at least three sources. One must be a book.
- Relax! You made an INTERESTING presentation. We will enjoy it and learn from it! :)
- Presentation should be 3-5 minutes long.

Kroger "I Can Make History" Essay and Contest Entry Information

http://icanmakehistory.com/index.php

Respiration Playlist

Heart Diagram Rubric - revised

Pumps Your Blood Karaoke

Dividing Fractions (with models)

A picture, as promised... Completed before break

Math and Science

Answer key for quiz. Grade your own. Parent signature required for below 80%. Grade will NOT go in my grade book. The quiz is to show you what your should review before Thursday. :)

#5 is 54 4/9

FDP Conversion Flipable

To help you, here it is, started. You must finish yours. Glue all corners well. Glue inside front cover of Math Journal.

Newbery Challenge Titles/Authors

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal

Press Control+F to search for any author to check if he/she has won a medal or honor. Or, simply use this list to get ideas for books to read. Remember: the books you choose should be fifth grade level or higher.

Fraction Decimal Percents Quiz 1/16

 

Fraction Decimal Percent Videos

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Decimal and Fraction Flippers

Directions for the EC fraction and decimal flippers