Parent Conferences

Just a quick notice about Parent Conferences!
Please use the link on the Parent Conference page of my blog to schedule  your time!  Please notice the dates. 

Ms. Boyle's Class: Where in the World is this Biome? Slide Presentations

Check out Ms. Boyle's Class Science Biome Slide Show Presentations!  Click Here to view the rubric for this project!
 Essential Question: How do biome characteristics affect life and adaptation?

Ms. Burns/Economos: Where in the World is this Biome? Presentations

Check out our projects in science class!   Click here to see the rubric for this project

 Essential Question: How do biome characteristics affect life and adaptation?

A Fish in A Tree

We will be working on this post in our ELA class today!  Check back to see what we had to say!

Isn't it so great when you find a book that you just don't want to put down.  That's how we are feeling about A Fish in a Tree!

Double click on the board below to answer the question about our reading, A Fish in a Tree.

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Ms. Stewart's Homeroom: Where in the World is this Biome?

Take a peek at our slide show presentation about biomes around the world! Click here to check the rubric for this project:

 Essential Question: How do biome characteristics affect life and adaptation?

We are coming to an end in our ecology unit.  The students use their notebooks to take notes but also to synthesize their understanding on the left side of their interactive notebook.

Here are some examples:

Symbiotic Relationships

Science Standards: Describe symbiotic and predator/ prey relationships.
Describe the relationships between biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem.

Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders....Oh MY!

We began our ecology unit by going out to visit our local ecosystem....The Vernal Pool! We were so lucky to have rainfall just before our visit.

 Students observed the vernal pool using all of their senses.  We could hear the Wood Frog sending warning signals.  I found a video on Youtube that has the sounds of the wood frog.
http://nicertube.com/fikmaxgj

 This is a great opportunity for students to explore the area they live in.  Kids were surprised to learn that the vernal pool is right here on school property hidden behind the trees of the parking lot.

DAY 2

On of our next visit we collected water samples to bring back to the classroom to investigate water quality and what organisms could we see with a magnifying glass.

 We were VERY careful not to fall in! 

We tested the water to see if it contained nitrates, sulfur, or phosphates

 What is that? 

Common Core: Science and Technology/Engineering > Curriculum Frameworks > 2.13 - Give examples of ways in which organisms interact and have different functions within an ecosystem that enable the ecosystem to survive.

Science and Technology/Engineering > Curriculum Frameworks > 2.14 - Explain the roles and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.

Science and Technology/Engineering > Curriculum Frameworks > 2.15 - Explain how dead plants and animals are broken down by other living organisms and how this process contributes to the system as a whole.