Canvas is a pain! Going back to our website. All submissions will be done through Canvas though. Don't worry if it's late but please work in order. from the oldest date to Newest.
As I said on Canvas I am attempting to share one of my favorite books with you, I'm reading it so you don't have to, all you have to do is listen! I will link as soon as its good to go.
Old Man & The Boy
Monday May 11th - May 15th
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Well this is it! You are going to do 3 things this week. Number 1, Please finish any work you have outstanding. Number 2, Submit a video clip of yourself that tells me what your favorite topic was this year, tell me a little bit about what your remember about it and why it was your favorite. Tell me your best memory from 8th grade and what your advice would be for the upcoming 8th grade class. You wil submit on canvas!
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Monday May 4th - May 8th
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This week we are going to be trying to come up with a prototype of an invention to solve one of the problems with plastic that you have identified. I would really Love for you to come up with some type of invention, but due to the constraints we are under I am okay if you can come up with an initiative that has evidence that it will work. Please don't just slap something down! (otherwise it will just be graded as incomplete with feedback on how to fix it!)
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Remember the schedule is suggested and you may work at your own pace, just try to keep up as each piece builds on the next.​
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Monday & Tuesday - (Monday Morning EDIT: Some of you were having problems. I have uploaded the video and linked it here, It may take a few before google converts it, I also uploaded the article as a PDF) Read the Article, Engineering Is Bringing Fish Up from the Deep and watch the accompanying video. Answer the Criteria and constraints for the article. You will also identify criteria and constraints for your invention/solution/initiative on this document as well. Submit on Canvas.​
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Thursday/Friday - Developing your Prototype. ​If you are doing an initiative you can still use the same document but where you will put in your solution in place of the rough sketch of your solution, how you implement your initiative in the materials needed and your supporting evidence in place of the major features. Please know I will most likely give you feedback for things to improve on, so please make sure you check the comments on the assignment.
Monday April 27th - May 1st
Remember the new schedule. Assignments will be given for the week, and As I've been doing I will give you a suggested schedule for completing the work. Coffee Talks will still be posted daily. The expectation from the county is that we have posted office hours (9am - 11am) however I am pretty much available all day as I will check my email off & on and am available almost immediately via remind.
This week we are going to delve a little deeper into the problems with plastics. I can't stress enough, please don't just slap something down as the more you look into it, the easier the final product will be at the end. Remember we will end with a culminating project based off of engineering for good. Each step will be uploaded in canvas for feedback.
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Remember the schedule is suggested and you may work at your own pace, just try to keep up as each piece builds on the next.​
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Monday & Tuesday - You are going to be creating an Infographic on one of the issues you identified about plastics that you noted in last week's Plastic & their impact assignment. You are required to have identify at least 3 sources of evidence and cite it on the assignment. You will also want to sketch out or create a rough draft of your infographic for feedback. Please understand that this will be a work in progress and I don't expect your first submission to be your final.
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Make and Awesome Infographic First Draft (Your assignment)
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If you are unsure of what an infographic is, here are some some examples.​
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Thursday/Friday - Complete the infographic and submit on Canvas. begin thinking/researching a plastic problem/issue that you think you may have a solution to. I understand that this isn't the easiest thing but I look forward to what you can come up with. Next week you will begin designing a solution to your identified problem so please keep that in mind.
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In observation of Earth Day Wednesday April 22nd. In light of our current stay at home situation, we are going to kind of try something a little new that will last over the next two weeks or so and end with a culminating project based off of engineering for good. Each step will be uploaded in canvas for feedback.
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Coffee Talk ​-
Remember the schedule is suggested and you may work at your own pace, just try to keep up as each piece builds on the next.​
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Monday - Take a look around your house identify several items you use every day and fill out the attached What is Engineering?
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Tuesday - Watch the short video "Cleaning Poop from water" and use the Engineering design process in action
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Thursday -Read the following article, Plastic: the popular pollutant and watch the video The reality of plastic
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Friday Refer back to the video and article and video if necessary and complete Plastics and their impact
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Monday April 13th - April 17th
Remember the new schedule. Assignments will be given for the week, and As I've been doing I will give you a suggested schedule for completing the work. Coffee Talks will still be posted daily. The expectation from the county is that we have posted office hours however I am pretty much available all day as I will check my email off & on and am available almost immediately via remind. I will be mostly likely be posting a video lesson on at least 1 day per week as well.
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Coffee Talk ​-
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Tuesday - Be sure and take a listen today as I describe where we're headed.
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Thursday - Up and rolling. As a side note we zoom at 11 today, come prepared to ask any questions or drop in to say hello.
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Friday - Posted and a little intro into our field trip today.
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Monday - Please finish up your submersible and try to submit today so I can offer suggestions
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Tuesday final submission for your submersible.
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Thursday - Evaluating Water Quality​ take a look at how we evaluate water quality
Friday April 3rd
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Make sure you take a look at today's coffee talk, there are some examples of the previous quality student work as well as my expectations with this.​
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Guys with this project you really need to understand, this isn't a slap something down and turn it in. I want you to convince me that you understand the obstacles to exploring deep oceans and as a tourist make me want to book a trip with you. We are going to be working on this for four days so if you want to kind or rough draft or mock things up to submit I can give you some feedback. Otherwise, I think you are going to get frustrated thinking that you are done as I am going to critique it, offer guidance and wait on you to resubmit. If you have any questions at all Email me, message me on remind or simply submit under comments on the assignment.
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Thursday April 2nd
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Coffee Talk - Sorry it took so long, went down to check on Taz & Spaz then we were Zooming after that!
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Over the next 3 days you are going to be designing your own Deep Sea Submersible that would be available for commercial (Tourist travel). Please click on assignment for your instructions. Please take your time on this and let your creativity flow! The project has 2 parts, one where you will design and draw your submersible and label the features that allows it to make successful trips to the deepest depths of the oceans. The second part is creating a brochure that advertises your trip. I would prefer that the brochure be done in pages or something similar but if you wish to draw/write, it must be colored and neat!
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Wednesday April 1st
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Coffee Talk Here ya go.
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You should now have some idea what a deep sea submersible is and what goes into the technology. I would like for you to read over different types of Deep Sea Submersibles found HERE
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Write short summary of each, be sure to include their uses and maximum d​epths and few advantages/Disadvantages
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Tuesday March 31st
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Coffee Talk - Up and rolling, things to keep in mind for this week's work.
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We will have zoom each week on Tuesday & Thursday from 11 to 11:30​
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This week we are going do a little project that in the past the kids have really gotten into. At this point you should know there is some crazy stuff on the ocean floor and we are discovering new species all the time. Very few people have ever seen the ocean deep, matter of fact more people have been on the moon!
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The only thing I want you to do today is watch the 3 short clips​ (each is less than 3 minutes) on ALVIN, which is one of the most Famous Deep Sea Submersibles.
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Monday March 30th
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Coffee Talk - It's up, sorry we had a staff Zoom this morning.
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PLEASE take the time to read this: I know learning from home is frustrating and can be stressful, it is for teachers and students! I post things daily just to try and keep you on pace but the reality is I know things come up and sometimes things just don't go as planned. I would love to see things completed for the week by Sunday night but again just get it done when you can. I'm here if you need anything so please don't hesitate to reach out.
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Compete the Ocean Zone Quizziz ( Code is 169490, sorry I've been in a zoom & forgot!). I took the prerequisite off of this weeks module, however, PLEASE make sure you have last weeks work done before trying to put things in for this week. You may use your foldable, diagram and NC Coach. I trust that you won't google (although I know some of you will) just remember, you get out of this what you put in it.
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Friday March 27th
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Remind Link for those of you trying to join.
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​To sign up for Taylor's CGMS Science notifications, please visit https://www.remind.com/join/taylorscg?utm_source=email&utm_medium=android&utm_campaign=join_invite
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OCEan Layers (vertical Layers) Foldable - Fold a piece of paper "Hotdog" (preferably plain white paper) and divide into the following 5 sections "sunlight Zone" , "Twilight Zone", "midnight Zone", "The Abyss" and "The Trenches". The Front of each section should have the zone and the depths of each zone. On the inside left should have a description of the zone and on inside right should have examples of at least 3 organisms that live in Each Zone.
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Ocean Layers Foldable Resources
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Thursday​ March 26th
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Coffee Talk - Up and rolling!
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A little Trial Run with Zoom
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Password 769445​
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View the following presentation on Marine (Horizontal Sections) Zones
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Wednesday​ March 25th
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Coffee Talk - Morning guys, coffee talk is up!
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Complete Lesson 23 in the NC Coach. Make sure you cut and paste the questions from the assignment into canvas and submit there.
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Tuesday, March 24th​
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Coffee Talk Up and rolling!
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Complete Lesson 22 in the NC Coach. Make sure you cut and paste the questions from the assignment into canvas and submit there.
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Monday​ March 23rd -Please make sure you checking in on announcements and please feel free to comment, I miss interacting you all! I'll get another chapter of Old Man & the boy read today...hopefully some of you are listening :)
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Coffee Talk - Posted a little late as we had staff zoom meeting
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Please complete the Quizziz, go to https://quizizz.com/join and use the code 215245 Please use your first and last name to join. Screenshot your score and submit on canvas.
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Friday March 20th​
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Thursday March 19th
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Bill Nye Wetlands PlayPosit - Screen shot your score at the end and submit on canvas
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Wednesday March 18th
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Complete the Assignment titled Hydrosphere guided notes on canvas, screen shot and submit there.
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Tuesday March 17th
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Lesson 21 in the NC Coach - Please open the assignment on canvas and cut and paste into the submission box
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Copy of Lesson 21 in case you don't have your book.