Welcome Back

Hello IA Families,

I hope everyone had a relaxing time off with families and friends.  Coming back to school we are diving right into Math and Science.  Our first science project is all about our most precious resource, Water. 
The project description is below:

Essential Question: How can sixth graders become a part of solving the water crisis? Project Mission: To investigate water within our personal lives, our community, and our world. Learning Objectives: 1. Students will learn about the flow of water in the hydrologic cycle, water usage breakdown, and the distribution of water geographically. 2. Students will learn about water quality and various methods of testing and purifying water. 3. Students will research local, state, and global water issues and possible solutions to these crises. Project Vocabulary: Hydrologic Cycle (water cycle), Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff, Aqueduct, Water Table, Reservoir, Watershed, Point-Source Pollution, Non-Point-Source Pollution, Dam, Irrigation, Agriculture, Desalination, Reverse Osmosis, Distillation, Filtration, Wastewater Products: *  Personal Water Audit: Students will assess their own water usage and devise plans to lessen their impact on the water crisis. *  Water Filtration Experiment: In class, students will work in pairs to create a water filtration device to demonstrate one method of water purification. *  The Global Water Crisis: In class, students will complete individual research on a particular country. Research will include the water, health, and sanitation issues of their assigned country and then as a group students will make two to three recommendations for improving the water and sanitation conditions in their country. Resources: www.globalwaternetwork.org/ www.cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm www.water.ca.gov/ www.brainpop.com http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/?source=NavEnvFresh

In math we will now be moving into the exploration of integers.  We have begun adding and subtracting with positive and negative numbers, and will soon be learning the rules of positive and negative integer multiplication.  From there, we will move into our learning of fractions, decimals, and percents.  This learning will take place in a variety of ways including skill building, open-ended problems, and real life exploration.


Have a great week!