Hi, I'm Cheryl Celauro and I teach 6th grade Tier 1 and Tier 2 science at Twin Creeks Middle School. This is my 16th year here at Twin Creeks. I enjoy sharing new experiences with my students through the various labs that we do in class. I also enjoy sharing my passion for animals with everyone. We have 1 mini rex rabbit (Sally)in our classroom that the students enjoy watching in class and visiting with before and after class.
This year we will cover the following units: Safety, Matter, Space, Energy, Earth, Exploring Life, and Environmental Issues. We will do several labs throughout the year starting with the second week of school.

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First six weeks:
8/27-8/31
Mon - discuss school/classroom procedures
Tues - Likes and Dislikes of science T chart
Wed - go over lab safety rules and safety contract and parent contact info. bring both signed tomorrow. 2 daily grades
Thurs - Lab Safety Test. Make test corrections. test grade
Fri - discuss scientific method notes handout

9/3-9/7
Mon - Labor Day
Tues - Review observations and inferences and take a quiz. daily grade
Wed - Comparing Bubble Solutions lab activity. daily grade
Thurs - T1: Sponge Bob scientific method activity. T2 Whimples scientific method activity. Daily grade
Fri - United Streaming video on density. write facts

9/10-9/14 field testing tues-fri
Mon - Density and Displacement lab
Tues - Read and discuss pages 12-13 in Gateways (Observing Matter).Answer the 7 questions.AM classes only
Wed - Read and discuss pages 12-13 in Gateways (Observing Matter).PM classes only
Thurs - Read and discuss paged 74-77 in textbook and answer the 10 ques. pgs 14-15 in Gateways. daily grade
Fri - Read and discuss paged 74-77 in textbook and answer the 10 ques. pgs 14-15 in Gateways. daily grade

9/17-9/21
Mon - Mrs. Celauro out ill. United Streaming video on physical properties
Tues - measuring length activity using metric rulers and meter sticks. Gateways pgs. 16-17
Wed - Measuring volume of regular shaped objects activity. Gateways pgs. 18-19. Wed and Thurs combined for a daily grade
Thurs - Measuring the volume of irregular shaped objects
Fri - volume review: concept map and individual assessment. daily grade

9/24-9/28
Mon - measuring mass part 1 pages 24-26 in Gateways.
Tues - Practice measuring the physical properties on mass and volume.
Wed - computer research for PTM project (research ariline carry on luggage demensions)
Thurs - design and construct carry on luggage in lab groups
Fri - Complete Carry on luggage packet

Some of these are sites that we use during the year and some are just for you to check out.
This is a good place to learn about plate tectonics:
library.thinkquest.org/17701/high/pangaea/

great picture of the earth taken from space:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
here is the virtual river site we used in class on March 1, 2001:
vcourseware3.calstatela.edu/VirtualRiver/

This site allows you to search for specific topics or browse by topic:
www.bigchalk.com

This is set up like a search engine; you can do a specific search or browse:
www.studyweb.com

Bill Nye, the Science Guy:
www.disney.go.com/disneytelevision/billnye/

great resources:
www.discoveryschool.com

fun sites:
www.puzzlemaker.com
www.coolmath.com

Hubble Space Telescope pictures:
oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/SubjectT.html

Sites used during the element project:
www.factmonster.com use this to search for your element
www.vcs.ethz.ch/chemglobe/ptoe/index.html

www.webelements.com

www.chemicalelements.com

Educational sites:
www.searchopolis.com
www.awesomelibrary.org
www.education-world.com
www.homeworkspot.com
www.aboutschool.com
www.pinkmonkey.com
www.thinkquest.org
www.worksheets.teach-nology.com
www.abcteach.com
www.kidskonnect.com
www.school.discovery.com/brainboosters
www.puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com

From the creators of TIME magazine, the site lets students create,
learn, get involved, explore, play, guess right, guess wrong, exercise
their clicking finger, and generally become a news know-it-all! Divided
into sections called News, Poll Zone, Kid Scoops (by kids), Special,
Games, and Research Tools.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School
Content Area: Community Interest (Current Events/News), Education
(Curriculum), History & Social Studies (Current Events) [Dewey #070]
Application type: Other Resources, Web Based Activities

www.timeforkids.com/TFK/