Extra Credit: Rube Goldberg Third Nine Weeks Project

The directions and rubric for the third nine weeks extra credit project can be found at:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwMKLL0OTWOLWEtUcVRsU2c5Vms/view?usp=sharing

All parts of the project must be complete to earn credit. There will not be partial credit. If all of the parts are complete, you will earn two 100% for a test grade for the third nine weeks.

Chapter 6 Study Hints

Review all vocabulary homefun words.
Read each lesson and go over the questions at the end of each lesson in the textbook.
Identify forms of energy and the transfer of energy in real-world situations.
How is matter measured?
Physical and Chemical Changes
Light energy characteristics
Complete homefun study guide.
Answer the questions at the end of the chapter and the TCAP prep questions in the textbook.

Chapter 6 Lessons 1-2 Study Hints

Chapter 6 Lessons 1-2 Study Hints

Matter Unit Review

Name: _________________________

physical change	gas	solid
liquid	matter	mixture
	heat	filter
mass	evaporation	volume

1) _____________________________ is anything that takes up space.

2) A ______________________ has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space. 

3) A _______________________ does not have a definite shape but does take up a definite amount of space.

4) A ______________________does not have a definite shape and does not take up a definite amount of space.

5) A _________________________ is two or more types of matter that are mixed together but keep their own properties.

6) The change of a liquid to a gas without boiling is called ______________________.

7) A tool used to separate things by size is a _____________________________.

8) A ____________________ is a change that begins and ends with the same type of matter. (it could change state, size, shape, position, or texture)

9) Adding or taking away _______________ makes some types of matter change state.

10) ___________________ is how much space a substance takes up. 

11)  __________________ is the amount of matter that makes up an object.

12) What tool could you use to measure mass?

a) balance     b) thermometer         c) graduated cylinder          d) tape measure

Also study:

 elements, periodic table, atoms, compound, other ways to cause physical changes, chemical changes, other tools to measure matter, mixtures, & solutions 

Chapter 5 Assessment Study Hints

Faulkner's Homeroom will take the assessment on Monday, December 14.
Sublette and Caldwell's Homerooms will take the assessment on Wednesday, December 15

Read Chapter 5, and know the answers to the questions through the chapter and at the end of the chapter.
Know what the term mineral resources refers to.
Know Tennessee's mineral resources.
Know the water cycle components and the order.
Know what climate and weather are and the difference between the two terms.
Know how humans affect nonrenewable resources, climate, and erosion.

Chapter 5 Lessons 1 - 2 Study Hints

Study homefun vocabulary.
Be able to answer the questions during and at the end of Chapter 5 Lessons 1 and 2.

Green Team Sign-up

The Green Team is about to start up again for this school year. Our Green Team last year was responsible for completing the Sustainability Challenge in partnership with Clean Memphis last year! They started a recycling campaign and conducted energy audits. After the energy audits, students gave the teachers ideas on ways to conserve energy, and we were able to save money and energy with these efforts.

This year, we are aiming to go for gold with the Sustainability Challenge! This entails the Green Team students being active participants and advocates in making Campus School as eco-friendly as possible. Our focus this year will continue to be recycling and energy conservation. However, we are also going to focus on water and air quality. There is no cost to participate in Green Team.

Our club will meet on Mondays this year in Ms. Caldwell's room (Room #103) from 3:00-4:00 or 4:15. We will NOT meet every Monday. We will meet as events/projects are coming up. (Communication for meetings will be via email and always located on Ms. Caldwell's blog.) We realized other after school activities meet on Mondays; however, this was the only day that the teacher organizers could meet due to other school-related obligations.

Our first Green Team meeting will be Monday, November 30 in Ms. Caldwell's room. We will meet after school until 4:15. All pick up will be at half circle drive.

If your child is interested, please fill out all of the information on this Google Form by Friday, November 13:

http://goo.gl/forms/WmROoBOq1J

If your child is interested, but cannot attend this first meeting, please still sign up on the Google Form above to stay informed of future meetings.

Just Moon Phases Test Study Hints - Tuesday November 10

This test is assessing your child's ability to interpret, make predictions, and draw conclusions based on the lunar cycle and its patterns. 
Hints:
Study the lunar cycle (the order of the phases) on page 162, and practice by answering the questions on page 167 about the moon phases listed on page 166.