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Mr. Vallone's TAG Science       ALL STUDENTS  HAVE RECEIVED THEIR STUDY GUIDES FOR THE FINAL EXAMS All graduating TAG students who will be taking Honor's Biologyhave summer assignments. Paperwork will be distributed on Monday 5/14 YOU ARE THE FUTURE BE WHAT YOU DREAM YOU CAN BE Fourth Quarter Focus 6th Grade: Weather and the Atmosphere 7th Grade: Comparative Anatomy 8th Grade: Chemistry, Senior project and the Kyoto Protocol and Climatic Change MURDOCK SCIENTISTS RULE Our students came away with 2 college scholarships at the regional 2011Science Fair Awards this weekend Hayden Wilder - Grand Prize winner - 4 year College Scholarship - Invitation to State Championships Summer Luterlotty - 1st Place - 2 Year College Scholarship Tina Vallone -  3rd Place Anthony Vigliotti - 3rd Place Hazen Williams - 4th Place and $600 scholarship to FGCU summer camp. 2nd Semester Key Topics 6th Grade: Astronomy 7th Grade: Ecology 8th Grade: Chemistry Congratulations to all my 8th Graders 100% passed the Science FCAT Murdock Scientists Rock We had 10 Regional Science Fair Award Winners in 2010. Valerie Segrebre was awarded 5th place at the State Science Fair Competition Valerie Segrebre has won one of the Regional Grand Prizes. Valerie was awarded a Full 4 year scholarship to Florida Gulf Coast University. She also recieved a scholarship to attend a summer research camp at FGCU. Valerie will also compete in the State Championships in March in Orlando. Please refer to my lesson plan page for all activities and homework assignments Late Work Policy: For each day that an assignment is late students will lose 10% of the assignments value. No partial credit will be given after 10 days. Great site for getting topic ideas www.sciencebuddies.com Science Fair Forms, Rules and Information can be found at www.societyforscience.org Once on the site go to ISEF link and then rules link for guidelines and paperwork WE will be using parts of the Jason Projects curriculum all year. Go to www.jason.org and open a free account. Explore the activities and have fun Science Web Sites SCIENCE FAIR WEB SITE National N Oceanic and Atmospheric Association OUR MAIN FOCUS WILL BE LEARNING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD . STUDENTS WILL CONDUCT  EXPERIMENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE STEPS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. ABOVE ALL ELSE WE WILL EXPAND OUR ABILTY TO PROBLEM SOLVE AS YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. After mastering the steps of the scientific method students will begin the following topics: 6th Grade will begin the Rock Cycle and the structure of the Earth 7th Grade will begin cell biology 8th/9th will begin the physics of motion, acceleration and Newton's laws General Information for all grades: Students are required to participate in Science Fair. Materials will be sent home with information and due dates. All labs need to be written up in a composition notebook. Students will normally be given at least 2 weeks to complete projects. They will be given opportunity in class to begin and work on their projects. Please see my lesson plan section or your child's planner for upcoming projects Senior Project Requirements: Student will pick any specific science related topic that interests them Students will be responsible for picking a specific topic and then have it approved Students' main objective is to present an in-depth look at their topic. The student can use any format including power point, written report, skit, poster, lesson etc. Student must include information from two research projects from a professional journal or University research project that relates to their report.You must site the source. The report should focus on the material that is relevant to the topic Paper: should be 500 words words long and should focus on various therories, causes, effects, etc. of topic Power Point: should include at least 10 slides Newspaper Article: should be professionally written, have supporting visuals, and written for the general public. Lesson Plan: student can present their topic as a lesson. Instruction and/or activity should last at least 20 minutes. Poster: Visuals should be supported by informational insets that describe the visuals completly. Posters need to be presented to their peers. Posters must be neatly done. If You Fail to Plan Then You Plan To Fail The Choice Is Yours Remember You Are The Future Be What You Dream You Can Be

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