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Weather Tools Main Ideas.doc
Heating the Atmosphere T-chart.doc
Density T-chart.doc
Convection T-chart.doc
(Paul) I favor using graphic organizers when sending students off to read. I noted that these readings are long for my sixth graders, so one of our ELA teachers suggested I use “focus questions” on these (modified) T-charts to help students identify the main ideas.

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NORTH or SOUTH of the EQUATOR 2.doc
Washington DC Buenos Aires daylight hours.doc
City graph to practice elapsed time.
What’s more, they did not get the big picture from reading the story, “Wendy and Her Worldwide Weather Watchers” (Resources book, pages 12 to 16). The NORTH or SOUTH of the EQUATOR? activity was used to aid here. Some did not know of that distinction. The graphs for Washington, D.C. and Buenos Aires, Argentina aim to underscore the essential point about the difference between the northern and southern hemisphere vis-à-vis daylight hours. I gave up on elapsed time by this point and just focused on the distinctive differences difference between the two graphs. As one students student observed, if you turn one upside down, down they almost fit together to make a whole.
Supplementary Materials: SEASONS AND SUN
Reasons for the Seasons 2.doc

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NORTH or SOUTH of the EQUATOR 2.doc
Washington DC Buenos Aires daylight hours.doc
Most(Paul) Most of my students were befuddled by the SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES FOR 2000 exercise (Lab notebook, page 7) because they did not know how to compute elapsed time. The graph itself was easy, but to complete the graph you need to know how many hours and minutes of daylight there were each month. I created a 24-Hour Clock Number Line to assist them, but for many it was still very slow-going. I did some additional elapsed time exercises (including a transparency), and another graphing exercise with New York City graph to practice elapsed time.
What’s more, they did not get the big picture from reading the story, “Wendy and Her Worldwide Weather Watchers” (Resources book, pages 12 to 16). The NORTH or SOUTH of the EQUATOR? activity was used to aid here. Some did not know of that distinction. The graphs for Washington, D.C. and Buenos Aires, Argentina aim to underscore the essenti

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Homework Assignments - Weather & Water
Supplementary Materials: SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES FOR 2000
24-Hour Clock Number Line.doc
07 elapsed time.doc
Monthly Hours of Daylight New York City, etc.doc
07 Daylight Hours New York NY.doc
NORTH or SOUTH of the EQUATOR 2.doc
Washington DC Buenos Aires daylight hours.doc
Most of my students were befuddled by the SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES FOR 2000 exercise (Lab notebook, page 7) because they did not know how to compute elapsed time. The graph itself was easy, but to complete the graph you need to know how many hours and minutes of daylight there were each month. I created a 24-Hour Clock Number Line to assist them, but for many it was still very slow-going. I did some additional elapsed time exercises (including a transparency), and another graphing exercise with New York City graph to practice elapsed time.
What’s more, they did not get the big picture from reading the story, “Wendy and Her Worldwide Weather Watchers” (Resources book, p

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My students are taking a long time completing Levers & Pulleys, partly because we're working on correcting bad work habits at this time of year, partly because the kit is new to me. And I assign homework every night. So I've had to create homework assignments for multiple days to sharpen particular skills and assess what they know. Perhaps you are having the same experience? Add your homework assignments below!
Decimals & Spring Scales 1.doc
Mostly to assess their skill at adding decimals, before we have to apply this skill during "Investigation 1." The bottom half is three questions based on reading a spring scale accurately. I ended up assigning the top half on one day, the bottom half on the second day. At the moment, you have to hand-draw your own spring scale diagrams because I haven't figured out scanning.
SeeSaw Homework.doc
Given after the third day of "Introduction to Levers."
simple machines concept map.do

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Please add your FOSS homework assignments here. Add the name of the homework assignment in Heading 3 format, with a brief description below in Normal format. Then attach the file to the name of the assignment (highlight the name, then click "attach file" and follow the directions given in the box).
Levers & Pulleys
My students are taking a long time completing "Introduction to Levers," partly because we're working on correcting bad work habits at this time of year, partly because the kit is new to me. And I assign homework every night. So I've

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I know we're supposed to stick to the FOSS plan, but I've done a couple of extra things. Some because I'm personally committed to one educational cause or another, some because of pressure for "bulletin-board-worthy" material, some for other reasons. Check it out, do what you like with it.
levers invest A lab report blank.doc
pulleys lab report blank.doc
For many years, I've taught my students how to write up a very simple lab report. I'm very committed to writing-across-the-curriculum, and I like to focus on precise and clear language in these assignments. Plus, it makes the science fair and exit projects a hundred times easier, because the kids know how to handle the writing demands. So here's a worksheet I created for the 6th graders' first lab report, which was a write-up of Levers Experiment A. We did a lot of it together, and they finished up the Analysis & Conclusions at home. Note that Sources of Error is pretty unsophisticated; we scaffold to a more-sophisticated und

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The Work of Pulleys.doc
A handout to guide students as they read "The Work of Pulleys." They will use their notes to finish it for homework.
The Screw.doc
A handout to guide the students as they read "The Screw." They will use their notes to finish it for homework.