EXPLORATIONS IN SCIENCE 
6th
Hour
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Each planned class period is by class meeting day
number (not date or day of the week). |
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Intro to Class. 1 |
Go over class rules and read
handbook. |
Hand out Textbooks. |
Make insect killing jar. How does cyanide kill
insects and why kill them before pinning? |
Complete killing jar—wrap with tape
and label. 5 |
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Demonstration of pinning assorted
insets. How are insects pinned,
assorted and labeled in a collection? 6 |
Collect insects. |
Collect insects. |
Collect insects. |
Collect insects. 10 |
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Collect insects. 11 |
Collect insects. |
Collect insects. |
Lecture: Orders of insects. How are insects
classified? |
Collect insects. 15 |
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Collect insects. 16 |
Review orders of insects. Collect
insects. |
Collect insects. |
Collect insects. |
Collect insects. 20 |
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Collect insects. What are some different
techniques for catching insects? 21 |
Collect insects. |
Lecture: Entomology What is the
classification of insects? |
Lecture: Entomology What are the
characteristics of insects? |
Collect insects. 25 |
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Collect insects. 26 |
Collect insects. |
Define pace and have kids practice
outdoors. What is
orienteering? What is a chain? What
is a pace? |
Collect and pin insects. Practice a 5 chain pace on the football
field (110 yards). |
Collect and pin insects. Practice a 5 chain pace on the football
field (110 yards). 30 |
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Review for test over entomology. Pin and label insects. 31 |
Collect and pin insects. |
Field Trip—Collect aquatic insects. |
Review for test over entomology. Pin and label insects. |
Test—Entomology. Remind students to get a compass and get
their insect collection in a box. 35 |
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Finish Pin and label insects. 36 |
Go over test—Finalize insect
collections. |
Insect collections due. |
Go over insect collection
grades. Discuss how to take reading
on the trails and how to record them.
Show aerial slide of the trails we will be mapping. |
MP-1 Ends. Compass due today—go over use. How do you use a
mapping compass? 40 |
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Practice pacing. Show use of Map compass and lecture on
Cartography. 41 |
Practice pacing. |
Practice pacing. How is a compass used
to find a location on the earth? How
does one determine their “pace”? |
Collect trail data on state land. |
Collect trail data on state land. 45 |
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Collect trail data on state land. 46 |
Collect trail data on state land. |
Begin Map construction. How are compass
readings and measurements transferred to a map? |
Collect trail data on state land. |
Finish collecting trail data on state
land. 50 |
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Begin map construction. 51 |
Work on Maps |
Work on Maps. How is the collected
information recorded? |
Work on Maps. |
Work on Maps. 55 |
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Video—Hoodie & Woodie, and What
They Say about Hunting. 56 |
Work on Maps. |
Work on Maps. |
Work on Maps. |
Finish work on Maps. Maps
due. Explain upcoming EcoArt project.
How is land described in the US? 60 |
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Go over Maps with Students—explain
orienteering Project. Describe a piece of
land and determine acreage. What is orienteering? 61 |
Out to state land to “practice
orienteering” and explain project. |
Group 1 orienteering project on state
land. |
Group
2 orienteering project on state land. |
Group 2 orienteering project on state
land. 65 |
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Go over orienteering grades. 71 |
Out to State Land to get Eco-Art
Materials. |
Out to State Land to get Eco-Art
Materials. |
Work on EcoArt Project. |
Work on EcoArt Project 75 |
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Work on EcoArt Project 76 |
Work on EcoArt Project |
Early Release |
Work on EcoArt Project |
Work on EcoArt Project 80 |
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Finish work on EcoArt Project 81 |
EcoArt project due. |
Go over EcoArt project grades. |
Lecture—units of land measure. |
Lecture—units of land measure. 85 |
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Lecture—units of land measure. 86 |
Review orienteering notes and land
measure for quiz. |
Review orienteering notes and land
measure for quiz. |
Review orienteering notes and land
measure for quiz. |
Orienteering quiz. Go over quiz in
class when done. 90 |
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Video: Nova’s “Einsteins World” 91 |
Video: Nova’s “Einsteins World” |
Video: Nova’s “Einsteins World” |
Video--Cosmos |
Video Cosmos 95 |
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Prepare Soil Samples. What are the components
of soil? 96 |
Analyze soil samples and determine
type. How do the amounts of
each of the 3 components of soil determine its “type”? |
Grade Soil Samples. Review for final. |
Exam |
Pick Product to Research—Consumers
Reports--type Tests 100 |
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Begin writing test and setting up
recording grid. 101 |
Write up tests. What are the methods of
scientific investigation? |
Write up tests. |
Write up tests. |
Write up tests. 105 |
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Pick Product to Research—Consumers
Reports type Test 106 |
Begin writing test and setting up
recording grid. |
Write up tests. |
Write up tests. |
Write up tests. 110 |
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Go over tests with students—begin
running tests. How is data determined
and collected? 111 |
Appearance test for all groups--- Go over testd with students—run other tests |
Go over testsd with students-run
tests |
Go over testsd with students-run
tests |
Run and record tests.
115 |
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Run and record tests. 116 |
Run and record tests. |
Run and record tests. |
Run and record tests. |
Run and record tests. 120 |
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Run and record tests. 121 |
Run and record tests. |
Run and record tests. |
Run and record tests. |
Run and record tests. 125 |
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Run and record tests. 126 |
Run and record tests. |
Run and record tests. |
Run and record tests. |
Run and record tests. 130 |
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Conclude tests and write up reports. How is data analyzed? 131 |
Conclude tests and write up reports. |
Conclude tests and write up reports. |
Conclude tests and write up reports. |
Final reports due at the end of the
hour. 135 |
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Hand reports back and go over. 136 |
Movie: Wild Amereica |
Movie: Wild Amereica |
Movie: Escanaba in da Moonlight. |
Movie: Escanaba in da Moonlight. 140 |
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Introduction
to GPS and the Garmin GPS 72. 141 |
Seniors Gone—Introduction to GPS and the
Garmin GPS 72. |
Garmin
GPS 72. Go
over page 1 menu selections. |
Garmin
GPS 72. Go
over page 2 menu selections. |
Garmin
GPS 72. Go
over page 3 menu selections. 145 |
Garmin GPS 72.
Go
over page 4-5 menu selections. 146 |
Bug Club Students Gone. Garmin
GPS 72. Go over General menu Items. |
Garmin
GPS 72. How
to enter a waypoint. |
Band Students Gone. Garmin
GPS 72. How
to calculate area. |
Garmin
GPS 72. How
to enter a route. 150 |
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Garmin
GPS 72. Following
a route. 151 |
Garmin
GPS 72. How
to save a track. |
Seniors Last Day Garmin
GPS 72. How
to back track. |
Garmin
GPS 72. Geocashing. |
Garmin
GPS 72. Geocashing. 155 |
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Garmin
GPS 72. Set
up and follow a route. 156 |
Garmin
GPS 72. Save
a track and backtrack. |
Garmin
GPS 72 Review. |
Garmin GPS 72.
Review |
Garmin
GPS 72 WAYPOINT
TEST 160 |
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Garmin
GPS 72 ROUTE
TEST 161 |
Garmin
GPS 72. Clear
and hand in Units. |
Intro—Principles of land survey. |
Lecture—Principles
of land survey. What is elevation? |
Lecture—Principles of land survey.
How do you measure linear distance “over” a hill? 165 |
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Practice setting up transit. 166 |
Practice setting up transit. |
Practice setting up transit. |
Practice setting up transit. |
Practice setting up transit. 170 |
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Assign surveying project and teams. 171 |
Survey Project 1. |
Survey Project 2. |
Survey Project 3. |
Survey Project 4. 175 |
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Survey Projects due. 176 |
Go over survey Projects. |
EXAM 178 |
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