10 to 15 questions you think the teacher would ask on the test. Answer the questions without looking at your notes. Create a mind map. Use a blank piece of paper and place the main idea in the center. Write other vocabulary and important ideas on the page. Try to make connections between ideas and write down how the ideas are connected. Go back to your notes and edit your work. Create a T chart On one side of the place vocabulary and key ideas. On the other side, write the definition or explanation. Quiz yourself. Flashcard Pickup Make flashcards for key ideas and concepts. Put the cards with the key word facing up on the floor in random places. Pick up the cards saying the explanation or definition on the back. Any cards you don’t say correctly stay on the floor until you can say them all. Pneumonic A pneumonic is a saying you make up to help you remember a list of words. For example “Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally” helps you remember the order of operations in math. Make up your own pneumonic to remember concepts on the test. The sillier the better! Picture Placement Draw a picture of something very familiar to you. Imagine putting things you need to remember in the picture, for example a stick on a mountain. Put your finger on the place in your picture while you say important information about the object. How to…
#8 Use the equipment and materials with care so that students after you have the same opportunity to learn. #9 Clean your area before you leave. All trash should be in a trash can and all materials should be left neatly for the next class. Previous learning: School & classroom expectations, location of materials. Current Unit: Scientific Investigation Skills – measurement, observation, inference, scientific method Future learning: Our Solar System Unit Vocabulary Vocabulary Know No clue Volume Meniscus Mass Length Graduated cylinder Triple Beam Balance Ruler, meter stick Problem Research Hypothesis Experiment Observation/ Data Conclusion Observation Inference Unit questions Which tool and unit do I use to correctly measure different objects? How do I correctly use those tools to measure length, mass, and volume? Unit verbs Measure Observe Hypothesize Experiment Conclude Infer
Our 8 planets notes Inner Planets Outer Planets Planet Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Relative size ° Named for Roman winged God messenger Roman Goddess of Love Greek Meaning: “to the ground” Roman God of War Chief Roman God God of agriculture sky God Roman sea God Max. distance from sun 36 million 67 million miles 93 million miles 142 million miles 484 million miles 890 million miles 1780 million miles 2790 million miles Diameter 3030 7520 miles 7920 miles 4220 miles 88,750 miles 74,560 miles 31,570 miles 30,200 miles Average Temp. 872° F to -289° F 900 ° F 136 ° F to -130 °F 80° F to -190° F -148 ° F to -238 ° F -249 ° F to -292 ° F -330 ° F -306 °F Day length (rotation) 58 days 243 days 1 day 1 day 10 10 16 hours 18 hours Year length (revolution) 88 days 225 days 365 days 687 days 12 years 30 84 165 years Rings No No No No Yes Yes yes yes Number of 0 0 1 2 63 60 27 13
Previous learning: Weather Current Unit: Protecting our environment, pollution, conservation, management. Future learning: Review for end of test!! Unit vocabulary: Heard No clue- Conservation Pollution Reuse Recycle Reduce Cost/benefit Natural resource Renewable Non-renewable Sustainability. Unit questions: How do people use natural resources and what are the best ways to use those resources to protect our environment? Unit Conserve reduce Pollute Protect recycle
Federal Government Role in Conservation Local and State Government Role in Conservation Individual Role in Conservation (you may only use examples one time) Clean Water Act Year: Why? What does it mandate? Department of Game and Inland Fisheries 2. Waste & sewage 2. Clean Air Act Year: Why? What does it mandate? Department of Forestry Wildlife 2. Super Fund Act Year: Why? What does it mandate? Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) 2. Forests, land, and soil 2 Resource Conservation Year: Why? Additional Individual Role Item