Weekly Schedule March 2 – March 6

1st Year Social Studies

Monday:
Assignment Due: America under James Polk
Topic: Everyday Science: Discovering the Scientific Method - Follow your curiosity as some everyday phenomena are explained scientifically. Observation of a rainbow turns into an explanation of the components of "white light" as they are separated by a prism. Ice cubes floating in a glass of water illustrate the concepts of density and volume. A rotating machine run by the heat of candles exemplifies the concept of convection. Musical instruments show that the size of a space determines the pitch of sound created in it. Join Tom and Rosa, two young visitors to the house of the wise Mrs. Williamson as they reveal the mysteries behind everyday science.
Assignment: Worksheet & Quiz
Tuesday:
Assignment Due: Everyday Science Worksheet
Topic: Everyday Science - Lab
Assignment: Everyday Science - Lab
Wednesday:
Assignment Due: Everyday Science - Lab
Topic: Metric Mania – Students will learn about the basic units of the metric system.
Assignment: Worksheets
Thursday:
Assignment Due: Metric Mania
Topic: Pseudoscience - A pseudoscience is a set of beliefs that appear to be based on scientific ideas but that fail to obey the most basic rules of science. Students will be required to identify and research a pseudoscience.
Assignment: Worksheet due 3/12

2nd Year Social Studies

Monday:
Assignment Due: Money and Castle Project
Topic: How Scientists Work: What Is Scientific Inquiry? - From the beginning of human history, natural phenomena have puzzled people and caused them to ask questions. Scientific inquiry is about answering these questions through investigation. Scientific inquiry is not a precise set of procedure, but rather a broad approach to investigation that ranges from very open-ended to very controlled investigations. Scientific Inquiry begins with questions: “Why? What’s going on? How is this explained?” In this program, we will follow Sherlock Holmes-type investigations in the everyday and natural worlds, leading to some surprising and fun discoveries.
Assignment: Worksheet & Quiz
Tuesday:
Assignment Due: What Is Scientific Inquiry? and Castle Project
Topic: How Scientists Work: What Is the Scientific Method? - The scientific method is a time-tested set of procedures used to create an accurate view or representation of the world. Using these procedures, anyone can repeat the experiments that lead a scientist to a result or group of results. In this program, junior scientists show how anybody can find new laws of science through perseverance and careful recording of data.
Assignment: Worksheet & Quiz
Wednesday:
Assignment Due: What Is the Scientific Method?
Topic: How Scientists Work: What Is Pattern Discovery? - Recognition of the basic patterns in nature has led to advancements in hunting, agriculture, and civilization itself. In this program, we will see that science includes the study of consistent patterns in nature and that scientific explanations explain relationships between patterns. Students also learn that their brains have been wired to recognize patterns and that pattern recognition is really fun and easy.
Assignment: Worksheet & Quiz
Thursday:
Assignment Due: What Is Pattern Discovery?
Topic: Pseudoscience - A pseudoscience is a set of beliefs that appear to be based on scientific ideas but that fail to obey the most basic rules of science. Students will be required to identify and research a pseudoscience.
Assignment: Worksheet due 3/12