Homework Planner

Class, if you need help organizing where to write down your homeworks, you can use this homework chart. This chart is for 1 week, but you can make copies or print them out for the other weeks. You can use this chart to write down the homeworks for all your major subjects. Just click on this link --> Homework Planner

Mineral Physical Properties Notes + VIDEOS

Class, these are the notes on Mineral physical properties:

Color- a mineral's color can be observed from its exterior
Hardness- determines how easily a mineral can be scratched (or measures its resistance to scratching).
Streak- the color of the mineral in powdered form on a white tile.
Luster- refers to the way light reflects from the surface of a mineral (ex- shiny, pearly, metallic, dull, glassy).
Cleavage- occurs when minerals split easily along a smooth, flat, parallel surface.
Fracture- occurs when minerals break into pieces with sharp or rough edges.

Also, here is a video that goes over the Physical properties of Minerals. I might have showed some of it to you in class when I first introduced the topic of Minerals:

Here's another one from YouTube that reviews the physical properties of minerals:

Here's an excellent website where you can get more information on Mineral characteristics and properties--> Mineralogy4kids

Extra Credit- Click on the following link to take the QUIZ for homework and write out the Questions and Answers in your notebook-- SoftSchools- Mineral Properties Quiz

Earth's 4 spheres (Earth's System)

Class, these are great videos on Earth's 4 spheres, or Earth's system as it's called sometimes. With some of you we saw them in class as well. Take a look again, its an excellent review for your Test:

Watch these videos and include a 4-5 sentence summary in your notebook of what you learned and what was interesting.

Planning an Investigation

Class, here is a link to a document on how to plan a scientific investigation. It goes over all the steps of the Scientific Method, please review it --> Planning an Investigation

Here are some notes from class that are important: 

A question is testable if it can be answered through investigations that involve experiments, observations, or surveys. You have to be able to observe or measure the collected data.

Effect and affect are 2 common words used when writing a Research Question.

•effect- the result of something (noun)

•affect- means to influence something (verb)

•Examples: What is the effect of drinking too much soda?                  How does working out affect your body?

Finally, here are good videos that go over the Scientific 
Method. This first video is excellent because it goes over the
steps of the Scientific Method and how the steps can be in a 
different order sometimes, depending on the experiment itself. 
Check it out and you'll see what I mean: 

This second video is a song that reviews the Scientific Method too:

Sentence Starters

For help with writing short responses or discussion, click on the following link to see sentence starters --> Sentence Starters

Bilingual Glossaries

This is an excellent website that has Science glossaries in all different languages. Just scroll down to find the language and subject of your choice. Click here to see it --> Glossaries for Science (ALL LANGUAGES)

ELL Resources

ELL Resources:
Google Translate
DuoLingo (learn English for free!)
LingoHut (learn a new language)
BrainPop ELL
News in Levels (readings on different levels)
Myon
NewsELA
ESL website, mix of activities
Everything ESL (a mix of websites based on grade level)
Science Glossaries for Middle School
Starfall
USA Learns (make a free account)
Babbel (learn conversation phrases)
Busuu (flashcard system)
YouTube ESL Videos
IXL (Language Arts section, Pre-k - 2nd grade)

PICTURE DICTIONARIES:  
Young ELLs 
Secondary ELLs