Welcome 6 th Grade Rodeo

1. RODEO Mrs. Malone 500 Welcome 6th Grade Rodeo Do-Now You may sit where you like today. Please begin filling out the “Student Interest Survey” at your desk.

2. Mrs. Malone 500 RODEO Welcome 6th Graders

3. Mrs. Malone 500 RODEO Schedules S1 = Semester 1 A = Monday, Tuesday, and Friday B = Wednesday (Odd Block Day) C = Thursday (Even Block Day) Copy your schedule on to handout

4. Mrs. Malone RODEO Tour Basketball & Tennis Courts Track Solar Panels Orchestra Small Gym Locker room Locker Room Choir 500 Hallway 600 Hallway Nurse 400 Hallway Courtyard Gym Courtyard 300 Hallway GY Library Trash Cafeteria Courtyard BMC 200 Hallway Main Office 100 Hallway O. Henry Middle School

5. RODEO Mrs. Malone RODEO Weekly Schedule MONDAYS: Outside Day TUESDAYS: Reading Day WEDNESDAYS: Option Day/Grade Check THURSDAYS: Outside Day FRIDAY: Movie Day

6. Mrs. Malone RODEO RODEO Team Name: Malone’s Mighty Mice? Malone’s Marvelous Mustangs? Alpacas, Malone’s Uni-chimp, Malone’s Magestic Unicorns, Malone’s Cobras, Malone’s Team Motto: Team Mascot: Mice, Monkeys, Manatees, Mustangs?

7. Mrs. Malone RODEO RODEO RODEO Games Name game Shipwreck Musical bumps Hula hoop race

8. Mrs. Malone RM 500 Welcome Science Students • Do-Now • Pick up a Syllabus, Student Interest Survey, and Safety Contract • Safety Contract due Friday • You may sit where you like for today • 3. Composition Books • Odd Periods (3,5,7): Need by Wednesday • Even Periods (2,4,8): Need by Thursday • 4. Begin filling out the “Student Interest Survey”

9. Mrs. Malone August 20 Syllabus • Topics • Nature of Science • What is science and how do we perform science? • Living Systems • What characteristics are common to all life? • Human Body • What parts (structures) make up our body and how do they work (function)? • Plants • What is a plant and how does it survive and grow?

10. Mrs. Malone August 20 Syllabus • Topics • 5. Adaptations • Why doesn’t all life on earth look alike? • Ecology • How are organisms connected to each other and the environment? • Space • Why is earth able to support life and not the other planets?

11. Mrs. Malone August 20 Science Homework • Composition Books • Must have by Wednesday/Thursday • 2. Safety Contract • Signed by parent and returned by Friday

12. Mrs. Malone Block Day Do-Now Pick up handouts and your science folder. Respond to question on Do-Now weekly handout. 3. Begin reading the green handout at your desk. Q?: What is wrong in this picture? List as many mistakes as possible in complete sentences.

13. Mrs. Malone Block Day Lab Safety Safety Goggles Why do we wear safety goggles? Preventing Eye Injuries: Wear safety goggles when handling chemicals, glassware, or sharp objects. Do not rub your eyes with your hands until you wash them. Responding to Eye Injuries Inform the teacher immediately Wash eyes for at least 15 minutes using the eye-wash. Go to nurse if eyes become red or itchy.

14. Mrs. Malone Lab Safety Lab Safety Prevent Respond

15. Mrs. Malone Block Day Lab Safety • You will visit 4 stations; 4 min. at each station • Fire Extinguisher • Dissection • Broken Glass • Gloves, Aprons, and Goggles Stay at your station until time is up

16. Mrs. Malone Block Day Lab Safety Fire Blanket How and when do we use a fire blanket? Preventing Fires: Do not light fires near flammable chemicals or material Do not play with matches, lighters, or hot plates. Pull hair back into ponytail Do not wear loose or baggy clothing Responding to Fires: Inform the teacher immediately Use the fire extinguisher to put out fires; do NOT use on humans. Suffocate the fire by covering it with a non-flammable container or use the fire blanket.

17. Mrs. Malone Lab Safety Lab Safety Prevent Respond

18. Clothing Wear: • Goggles/safety glasses • Closed-toed shoes • Clothing made of natural based fiber such as cotton • Tie back long hair Do NOT Wear: • Sandals • Jewelry • Loose or Baggy clothing

19. Waste Disposal • First ask your teacher where/how to dispose of waste. • Never pour anything down the drain unless you are told to do so. • A waste container will be supplied for substance that cannot go down the drain

20. Reasons for proper waste disposal • Hazardous chemicals can lead to pollution of ground water, lakes, rivers, etc. • Plants and animals will die if they are exposed to hazardous chemical waste. • Serious health problems could occur if hazardous waste finds its way into drinking water.

21. What is a Scientist? • Close your eyes and imagine a scientist. Try to imagine: • What does the scientist look like? • What is the scientist wearing? • What equipment is the scientist using? • Where is the scientist? • Now draw what you imagined on your paper • Add as much detail to your scientist as you can • Write a description of your scientist on your paper • Be prepared to share your work

22. Many students and teachers imagine this person when they think of a scientist.

23. Student examples. Did your scientist look like this?

24. More student examples. Did your scientist look like this?

25. What Do Others Think? • What kinds of pictures do you think you would see if you did a Google image search for the word “scientist”? • Look at the search results on the next slide. What do you notice?

27. Your Scientist • Did you draw a woman? • Was your scientist African American, Asian, or Hispanic? • Did your scientist work outside of a lab? • Was your scientist collaborating with other people?

28. Scientists Are Diverse and Collaborate with Others

29. A New Perspective • Work with your group to create a new drawing and description of a scientist on poster paper • What does your scientist look like? • Who is your scientist working with? • Where is your scientist working? • What is your scientist wearing? • What kinds of equipment is your scientist using?

30. Mrs. Malone August 31 Do-Now Pick up handouts and your science folder. Begin reading the “Wildlife Officer” reading. Respond to question on Do-Now weekly handout. Q?: How does Windi protect animals? Give an example from the reading.