Portkey 217: October 2014

Monday, October 27, 2014

Science Fair Update

Science Experimenters:
Hypothesis and Purpose Statements due Thursday, October 30th. We'll go over this requirement tomorrow in class.
Procedure and Materials List due Tuesday, November 4th.

You may begin your experiments at any time. However, all experiments should begin no later than Wednesday, November 5th in order to provide enough time to experiment and to document the results.

Design Project Engineers:
You may begin your Ideate Process. You will be documenting 3 separate Ideate iterations using the slides provided. The ideate process should take at least 1-2 weeks to complete. You should spend at least 3 days on each idea. We will model the process in class starting next week. After the ideate phase is complete, you choose your best idea and build a prototype from the schematics you create during the ideate process. The three ideas for the Ideate process should be completed by November 14th.

You do not have to wait for the due dates. We will give guidance as a class during science. However, you are all on your own scientific journey. You can work ahead if needed. Be sure to give yourself enough time to complete each step of your process thoroughly.

Good luck!

Test de Français Reportèe

Translated: French Test Postponed

Yo Fourth Grade, Ease the Tease! Imagination Theater Anti-Bullying Assembly

Red Ribbon Week Day Two: Mismatched Shoe Day

Tonight's Homework: Study for Topic 2 Ultimate Challenge

For tonight you may prepare for tomorrow's ultimate challenge in math. The test will be about Topic 2 Adding and Subtracting Decimals. You can read over the previous lessons, read through the Reteaching Section of Topic 2 (pp. 54-57) and go over the Topic Test 2 in the book (pp.58-59). We'll do a quick review tomorrow. Please email any questions.
Good Luck.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Never Fear. Myth Brothers to the Rescue... 10/31/14 FF 4.44 in 4D

Title Page and Safety Sheet Information: Due Friday

For "Exper-dementors":
You may use this Title Page Generator for your Title Page: http://www.bibme.org/
Click on "Title Page Generator", fill out your information on the template. Click "Create Title Page" and print a copy for your Science Folder.

For Exper-dementors and Engineers:
Follow this link to the Science Fair safety sheet: http://cpsscifair.org/Docs/SafeSheet8.pdf
Type in your hazards and precautions. Then, print up a copy and bring it to school this Friday. For engineers, you may include a digital copy on another slide in your Design Notebook.

REMEMBER, 3 RESOURCES DUE TOMORROW. Please copy and paste your resources onto a document and email or print that copy for me.

Good luck.

A Study in Concentration

Monday, October 20, 2014

The Science of Fear... Coming Soon to 217.

Science Fair Update: 3 Resources and Citation Generators

Today we continued to gather our resources with Mrs. Biggs in LRC. Remember, you will be gathering resources to help you

understand the science behind your project
define your problem or question
identify how your project/experiment impacts the world
support your scientific findings

Your three resources can be a website, magazine or newspaper article, scholarly journal, book, encyclopedia or other written form.

Here are some links to two different citation generators that will help you create your bibliography.
http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-website
http://www.bibme.org/

Once you have your bibliography created, you can publish it in one of two ways.

For experimental projects: Print out a copy of your bibliography and bring it to school.
For design project engineers: Create a digital copy of your bibliography and attach it to the end of your design template on a newly created "Bibliography" slide.

This assignment is now due WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND.