Renaissance Wednesday, February 3rd! Stars and Strikes Field Trip Next Tuesday! Twin Day Tomorrow! Mix it Up Lunch Tomorrow! Unit Test Oceans Today! Currents EDDP Team Activity Set-up/Present Tomorrow! Waves Begin on Thursday!Test Review Session 8 A.M. Today!
February 3, 2010 — Mr. Limpert
Mr. Limpert’s Blog is OPEN!!!
Live-..Let’s keep the excitement level high and the energy level up in 6-B Science…Wednesday, February 3rd
Star Science Students of the Week Winners: Who will be our Fourth week Star Science Students of the Year 2010 on 6-B? Will it be you? I hope so…Mr. Limpert is looking for your positive participation, effective team work, hard work, effort, going above and beyond the call of duty, thinking outside the box, showing your creativity, and being you. Winners for the week of January 25th-29th are as follows:
1st period=Mary Kate Hayes and Josh Ehrlich
2nd period=Cara Piotrowski and Andrew Epperly
3rd period=Erika Geiger and Treshaun Pollard
4th period=Nia Pryor and Myrique Lawson
***Way to go! Thanks for your continued excellence in science! Keep up your positive work and participation in class! This is super to see each day! Yeah!
***Enjoy your Star Science Prizes!!!
***Homework for Wednesday in Team 6-B Science:
1. Be ready to present your EDDP part for your currents topic that your team is responsible for teaching to the class. You should be focusing on the main information or the most important information, such as highlighted key words, visuals from your text pages for your topic and for your teaching of this topic. You must have your information and part ready to present tomorrow, 1st thing!
E=explainer/recorder of topic’s most important information
D=drawer/illustrator of topic’s most important information
D=demonstrator of topic’s most important information
P=presenter/the conclusion person who will wrap up the main info about your topic
Team 1=ocean currents and surface currents=pages 416-417
Team 2=coriolis effect and continental deflection=page 418
Team 3=taking temperatures and deep currents=only page 419
Team 4=figure 8=page 421
Team 5=warm water currents and cold water currents and climate(figures 1 and 2)=pages 422-423
Team 6=upwelling, el nino, and la nina=pages 423-424
Team 7=terms to know…undertow, longshore current, whitecap, swell, tsunami, storm surge=pages 429-431
2. Early morning study sessions today 8 A.M.-
****To help us prepare for the CRCT Test in science, these are the key words we will be using, modeling, and discussing in class to help us get ready…Students who use these correctly in their work and or in class, could earn Maverick Money. So check em out, print, em out, and use them…
This week…Ocean floor and its features, Waves and Currents..
Ocean guyot formation
Currents and Waves “EDDP” Lab Team Activity-Dry-erase board work
Hey Dud
Team Presentations for 6-B Science
Lab Day! Yeah!
Daily ticket out the door review ques/song lyrics quizzes
Time to sing in class on Friday-Oceans/Waves songs this week
Now Showing…Currents and Waves..Ocean floor finishes up Today!
Continental shelf-200 m deep
Seamounts-underwater mountains
Volcanic islands-above water level
Continental shelf
Trench
Ocean floor features/labeling
The mid-ocean ridge
Rift valley
Continental slope-200-4,000 m deep
Trench
Ocean floor features
Continental slope and shelf
Continental shelf, slope, rise, and abyssal plain(4,000 m deep)
Currents
Parts of a wave
Nike Shoe Current Investigation
A wave carrying energy
Coriolis Effect Demo
The Great Pyramid Race
DJ Limpertstein at a young age
Amplitude…wave height
Coriolis Effect
The human wave
Current motion
Parts of a wave
Tsunami time..What causes these?
NCAA tournament style review game-coming soon…
Sonar
***Early Morning Study Sessions and Work Sessions in Mr. Limpert’s Room-Next Week - Wednesday, February 3rd and Wednesday, February 10th. Be in the auditorium at 8:00 on those days and/or see Mr. Limpert for a pass to attend these helpful sessions! See you there!
***Blog Question of the Day:What topic and part are your presenting tomorrow for our EDDP currents team activity?
Be specific. Send your answer to Mr. Limpert and a special prize may be waiting for you on the next day during class. Good Luck!
Lime Green Start-Up Chart Continues Today!
Lime Green Start-Up Chart Box #6 Today in class!
***6-B Science Start-Up Chart Daily Question/Answer…Don’t forget the daily, new and recent question to write in your box on your chart and then to answer it. ***You are now required to write out the new question, the letter of the correct answer and the full answer in your boxes for the Lime Green start-up chart. Writing the old question correct letter and the answer in your box is bonus! We will discuss the answer to this question each day. Every day we complete the next numbered box. It is your responsibility to keep this chart in the front of your binder so you can access it each day…At the end of the 20 boxes these charts will be collected for a major grade! Then, we move on to the next chart…Lime Green is the new color of choice for these charts!
***Early Morning Study Sessions and Work Sessions in Mr. Limpert’s Room- - Wednesday, February 3rd and February 10th. Be in the auditorium at 8:00 on those days and/or see Mr. Limpert for a pass to attend these helpful sessions! See you there!
Are you a part of the 100% club at McClure yet??Have you scored an awesome grade on a major test, big project, or an important assignment? If you have, you may be a part of the 100% Club at McClure. Cool things are in store for those who earn this prestigious prize! Will it be you? Are your science grades so hot and poppin’ so high that you receive the PopCorn Award? Hopefully, you will be the recipient of this science award!
Helpful Hints/Reminders :
****** Bring your Agenda each day and use it…Write your homework for every class each day and if you don’t have homework, write no homework in the section.***Parents, please make sure are checking and reviewing your student’s agenda pages each night. Using your agenda successfully, may earn you Maverick Money. Yeah!
****** Use your homeroom time wisley..finish homework, work ahead, read a book. Use it as a study hall or a quiet working environment.
****** Pinnacle is up and running so parents should now be able to access this to check your student’s progress and grades in all of their classes. Please keep an eye to this so you know how your son/daughter is doing in all their classes.
***Advisement Family Groups continues Tuesday, February 2nd-New topics to come..
Upcoming Events
Mon., Feb. 1: Medieval Times field trip permission forms due to homeroom teacher
Thurs., Feb. 4: Coffee and Conversation with Mrs. Wing (8:30 – 9:30)
Fri., Feb. 5: Hat Day for Flood and Haiti Relief
Tues., Feb. 9: Stars & Strikes field trip for students who earned a Renaissance level second nine weeks and who returned their permission forms
Thurs., Feb. 11: Spring Pictures
Thurs., Feb. 11: PTSA Cultural Arts Nights at McClure (7:00 P.M.)
Fri., Feb. 12: Olympic Spirit Day
Mon., Feb. 15: NO SCHOOL – PRESIDENT’S DAY
Tues., Feb. 16: Second payment of $20 for the Medieval Times field trip is due (if you are making payments instead of one lump sum)
Tues., Feb. 16: Progress Reports
Thurs., Feb. 25: Ten days prior to the end of the third grading period
Thurs., Mar. 11: End of the third grading period
Mon., Mar. 15: Final payment of $10 for the Medieval Times field trip is due (if making payments) or the payment of $50 is due
Thurs., Mar. 18: Report cards sent home with students
Fri., Mar. 19: Leisure lunch for the students in the carpeted gym
Sat., Apr. 3 – Sun., Apr. 11: NO SCHOOL – SPRING BREAK
Wed., Apr. 14: CRCT begins
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank You,
Team 6-B
-Tuesday, February 9th-Stars and Strikes Renaissance field trip
Thursday, February 11th-Spring Pictures
Thursday, February 11th-Cultural Events Night at McClure- 7 p.m.
Cultural Arts Family Flyer 2010
Monday, February 15th-No School(Student Holiday)
Thursday, March 11th-End of third grading period
Also, the first Friday of every month is a hat day at McClure. The students may pay a minimum of $1.00 to wear a hat. A sticker must be purchased in the morning, and it must be put on the hat in order for the hat to be worn. All donations collected will go to the flood relief effort.
Are you following the train correctly? Let’s make the train move efficiently each day…Thanks!
****Don’t forget about Mailbox Mondays….Which class or classes will be crowned as the “BEST” of the week? Remember..O=PERFECT DAY /=OK OR AVERAGE DAY X=NEEDS IMPROVEMENT/STRIKE
Week of February 1st-5th???? Thanks for your excellence on the ocean floor and on currents and wave formation and parts. Great work and class participation! What an awesome week of learning! Yes! Way to positively participate, be focused, and work productively and positively as a class.Yeah! What a super week! Way to go for those Double Mailbox Circle Days!! Yeah! Way to go! See you in class on Monday for what’s inside the mailbox.
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Will you qualify for Mr. Limpert’s 6-B “Wall of Fame?” Just do your best, work hard, positively participate, and strive for super team work and your work will be on display up on the wall. ***Don’t forget to bring in a school appropriate picture of yourself to be placed up on the Wall of Fame. We want to SEE you up on the Wall.
***Practice, Practice, Practice…Student Countdown to be used in class daily..
1 finger=I need help or I have a question
2 fingers=I wish to leave my seat
3 fingers=I wish to give an answer and participate
***Be on the lookout for Mr. Limpert’s Attention Grabbers…
***The ringing of the science bell
***5 fingers raised= everyone stops and all eyes on Mr. Limpert
***Fist Tap=everyone understands directions stated
***Hi-Five=Re-start/begin/continue what you were working on
***School-Wide Behavior Plan…Positive work and behavior leads to wonderful things…
A=ACTS WITH APPROPRIATE ATTITUDE
C=COOPERATES
T=TAKES RESPONSIBILITY
S=SHOWS RESPECT
***Be ready to earn McClure Mavericks Money today for being GREAT!!
***Class Pet Names Contest-2009-2010 Gerbil Names
1. Snoopy-turned in by Hunter Lynch
2. Twister-turned in by Embyrlee Sago…
***Don’t forget to “Entertain Your Brain” each day in science this year. Let’s have fun learning the wonders of Earth Science.
***Light’s off Brain’s on…Are you afraid of the dark? There is no need to be when Mr. Limpert quickly turns out all the lights unexpectedly in the room. If he puts you under the spotlight(shines flashlight on you), will you be able to answer the question he asks you right there on the spot? Take a deep breath and show what you know…Be ready to be put on the spot! Also, be ready to turn the tables and put Mr. Limpert under the spotlight as well!
***Mr. Limpert’s Science Binder Sections/Labels:
Science Tabs to be Labeled:
Section #1- Works in Progress/Daily Start-Up Chart in front in clear plastic protective sleeve=anything we are currently working on in class goes in here
Section #2-Completed/Graded Work=this includes all work that has been completed and has received a grade
Grade Rubric:
1. Practice(hw, start-ups, exit tickets, summaries)=10%
2. Progress(cw, quizzes)=20%
3. application(labs, writing activities, activity work)=35%
4. Mastery(tests, projects)=35%
Grading:
100-90=A
89-80=B
79-74=C
73-70=D
**Try to avoid your paper being found in the “No-Name” Tray…Make sure your first and last name is on every paper you turn in. Also make sure you put the date, your class period, and the name of the assignment as well on each paper you are completing.
**Remember…I give full credit for papers that are turned in on time.
Are you a winner of the Light Bulb Scientist Award???Are you shining brightly in science??? We will soon see who receives this prestigious award..
Be ready for the magic pencil….What will you tell your parents about what you learned in science for the day??
***On-Line Text-Check it out…Cool resources to enhance your learning.. my.hrw.com/
***Team 6-B..A team of locker experts…Way to go! 
Locker Breaks:Before homeroom ,at end of 2nd, at end of 4th…Use it then to avoid using an emergency pass
Please add the following link for Cobb Virtual Library to each of your blogs.
***Early Morning Study Sessions and Work Sessions in Mr. Limpert’s Room -Wednesday, February 3rd and Wednesday, February 10th. Be in the auditorium at 8:00 on those days and/or see Mr. Limpert for a pass to attend these helpful sessions! See you there!
***Upcoming 6-B Science Topics for 3rd Quarter:
Topics to work on for 3rd Quarter Hydrology unit- Water cycle, Water distribution, Water underground, Ocean floor, Currents, Waves, and Tides
Recharge Zone=new water entering an aquifer
Water cycle time
Condensation-water vapor cools and changes into water droplets that form clouds/loses energy
Evaporation=water to water vapor/gains energy/sun helps in this
Water distribution
Aquifers/Water underground
Precipitation examples
The water cycle
Water underground
Another example of the water cycle
Evaporation example
Water unit begins
Wow! Look at this water cycle
Evaporation example #2
Water underground/groundwater
Runoff
Water cycle example
Water underground
Porosity
Hey, this isn’t an artesian spring?
Condensation example
Infiltration
Transpiration=water released from plants or tree leaves
Transpiration example #2
The Tides
Coriolis Effect/Currents
Currents
Ocean Topography/Features of Ocean Floor
Two types of tides
Spring Tide
Parts of a wave
A wave
Two types of tides
Coriolis effect
What is a tide?
Spring tide example
Neap tide example
The coriolis effect example
Ocean currents
Tides again
Ocean currents
***Special Science Guest Fridays…Only in 6-B Science..You don’t want to miss these days. Mr. Limpertstein is ready for another year of Rockin’ Earth Science Hits…Won’t you join us and sing-a-long as well? See you Friday…
***Friday Science Song Review” The Month of February- Well, what will be the next, current water songs of the new year and of our current Hydrology unit. I guess you will have to wait and see till Friday. Some new twists for the Friday Science Song this new semester. Be ready for more rockin’ days of learning science. I am very excited about this week’s songs. Can’t wait till Friday! - Practice your singing using the lyrics found below!… Leave a Comment/E-Mail me your comment of today’s science song. What did you think of it?
Possible Water/Waves/Wind/Tides Friday Science Songs for next 3-4 weeks..
ONE LESS WATER DROP SONG LYRICS BY JUSTIN BIEBER AND LIMPERTSTEIN
REPLAY SONG LYRICS COMPOSED TO THE TUNE OF THE SAME NAME BY IYAZ
IF I WERE A WAVE SONG LYRICS COMPOSED TO THE TUNE OF
Coriolis Seen to the tune of Dancing Queen coming soon…Disco Day!
Imma Be Friday Science Song dealing with currents, waves, and tides
Rotational to the tune of Irreplaceable by Beyonce-Beyonce Day coming soon!
