Permission Slips and Science Unit

Greetings all!

Permission Slips:
We are trying a new format for permission slips. Ms. Richer sent a google forms electronic permission slip to all grade 6 families for both the 2/23 and 3/14 field trip earlier this week.

Please respond electronically, then send $22 or request for financial aid to your child's homeroom teacher.

If you did not receive the electronic form (several have not), please check you spam. We have paper copies and have distributed some to students for families that did not get the electronic copy.
If you need a paper copy, please ask your child to get one on Monday (if they don't come home with one today.)

Thank you for you patience and flexibility and we explore new ways to gather information and permissions.

On another note:
In science, we have completed our formal study of Weather, although will continue to make connections for the remainder of our lives (we hope!).

We have begun a unit on Electromagnetic Force. This includes looking at multiple forces. Among these are magnetism and electricity, and the connection between the two.

We have explored magnets and the additive and finite nature of magnetic fields.

Currently, we are looking at measuring forces in newtons and the relationship between mass of an object and the force needed to move an object. This leads to modeling these forces and looking at net force.

We then jump into electric circuits, where we will explore simple circuits and parallel and series.
They explore input and output.

We then look at the link between the two and build various electromagnets.

From there, we go to motors and generators.

This unit is rich with materials and allows for varied challenges and opportunities to go deeply into content areas. I have been, and will continue to, provide opportunities for students to master science and engineering practices. They will be designing and refining their own experiments, creating and analyzing their own data, including looking at margins of error and exploring new questions and connections to the world.

Thank you for your support and interest at home! Please let me know if you have any expertise you'd like to share or if your child seems confused or excited about our work here.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Charlene Tuttle