6B Science

Here is the link with a selection of photos for your trailer.

Environmental Inquiry

Here's today's padlet.

Learn to Tread Lightly

Here's an ongoing set of links that may helpful:
A Student's Guide to Climate Change
Greenpeace
United States EPA
David Suzuki Foundation
EcoKids

Links for 6A Science Today

1.  Join Today's Meet.  Use your first name to join.
2.  Join our Padlet.
3.  Discover your carbon footprint here if you are on the computer, or here if you are on an iPad.

Carbon Footprint

Join the padlet.
Go here to find out your Carbon Footprint.

Exploring Circuits

The latest in Science!

All About Circuits

Go to this link to complete the online activity before you get back to the circuit board.

The Grade 6 Portal to Space

It was out of this world! :)  What a great celebration of learning today in Grade 6!  I was very impressed with the learning and creativity on display.  See for yourself by checking out the online album!

Thank you, parents, for your support and encouragement along the way!  Enjoy your February break, everyone!  

Lunar Map Link

Follow this link and choose one of the sections of moon to represent in your model.

Link for Solar System Project

This will help you to create the planets with correct proportion.

Science Links

Here are some of the websites we have viewed when learning about the sun, seasons and moon phases.  They may help you to review these concepts.

The Sun: National Geographic
Solar Tricktionary
Seasons Animation
Moon Phases Explained
Phases of the Moon Rap

The Sunny Side

Follow this link to learn about the sun.
Use the following log-in and password for National Geographic:
harmony.mcmillan@go.rbe.sk.ca
smarties301

Because You've Always Wanted to Learn About...

Four outstanding glogs from our Grade 6 classrooms!  You can learn a lot by viewing these well-organized and very well-researched glogs! Well done!  To view more excellent demonstrations of student research, see our Student Glogs Page.

Mealworm Madness!

Yesterday we investigated mealworms!  Did you know that at the end of a mealworm's life cycle they turn into a beetle?! Whoa!

Glogster Link

Glogster Edu is here!  Sign up by using the Teacher Code, 2AF93B.     Use your iGo id and password for your nickname.  For example, simonj7654.  

Find Your Carbon Footprint

What kind of mark are you leaving on the Earth? How can you reduce your carbon footprint? Go here to calculate your carbon footprint. Click on the kids' version.

Circuit Quiz

We will have a circuit quiz in Science on Thursday.  You need to be familiar with the following terms:
-open, closed circuit
-series, parallel circuit
-insulators, conductors
-three parts of circuit: source, path, load
-charge
-electrons, protons, neutrons
You should also know how to label a schematic diagram with symbols.  

What we have been up to in Science...

Webquest

Here is the link for the Science Webquest.

SaskPower Engineer Expert Links

It looks like a couple of the links on the webquest are broken, so here are the new links for the SaskPower Engineer Expert:
Power Education from SaskPower
Sask Power's 40-Year Plan
Clean Coal in Saskatchewan
Gas Turbine-Generated Plant in Swift Current