Ahoy Matey!
Welcome to Pasco Middle School’s Cambridge Secondary Science 7(6th
grade)!
My name is Mrs. Novak, and I cannot wait for the 2014-2015 school year to
begin.
I know you just love science! And if you do not, I promise that science will
become one of your favorite subjects by the end of the first quarter. We will be
engaging in some great and I must say very challenging hands on investigations
and research projects in the areas of biology, chemistry, and physics.
However, before we can begin, you will need complete 4 assignments and a
culminating investigation over the summer. These assignments will familiarize
you with scientific inquiry.
Don’t panic! It’s not like a summer science fair project. You will not have to
complete a backboard or present your findings to the class. (Not this time
anyway.) The only materials you will need are colored pencils or markers, and a
fun size bag of M&M’s.
Please complete each assignment in the order that it is presented below and
save the final project for the end. You can plan approximately 30-40 minutes to
complete each assignment, and 60 minutes to complete the final project. All
summer assignments will be collected on the first day of school.
Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns
you may have with the assignments.
Looking forward to meeting you!
Mrs. Novak
Cambridge 7 (6th grade)
Science Summer Assignments
Follow the given directions and complete each assignment.
All written responses are to be in complete sentences using
proper punctuation and spelling.
General Science assignment one and two
1. Read the document Where We Find Science and then answer the questions that follow.
2. Read document What Questions can Science Answer
And answer the questions that follow
Scientific Inquiry assignment three
3. A. Read Scientific Method and answer the questions that
Follow.
B. View the video located @
:http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/scientific-inquiry/scientificmethods.htm
Variables
4.A. Open Variables document and link to You Tube to
view the video on variables. Answer the questions
found on the Variables hand out. Continue down
the page to review the types of variables in an
experiment and complete the practice problems .
B. Challenge problems
Open up the Variable Practice document and
complete two problems of your choice.
Final Investigation
Open the M&M document. Complete the investigation