Nutrition and Life Lab work :)

We are going to calm things down a bit this week.  There will not be a vocabulary test this week- however we will have a reflection after our fieldtrip on Friday about the things we learned about nutrition this week.  You will be expected to use some the vocabulary from this list.

Nutrition Vocabulary

1. nutrition- The scientific study of food and nourishment, including food makeup, dietary guidelines, and the roles that various nutrients have in maintaining health.

2. diet- the usual food and beverages that an animal consumes

3. protein -One of the three nutrients used as energy sources (calories) by the body. Proteins are essential components of the muscle, skin, and bones. 

4. carbohydrate-  Mainly sugars and starches, together constituting one of the three principal types of nutrients used as energy sources (calories) by the body

5. vegetables- a plant or part of a plant used as food

6. fruit- the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.

7. vitamins - a group of substances that are essential, in small quantities, for the normal functioning of metabolism in the body. They cannot usually be made in the body but they occur naturally in certain foods (an insufficient supply of any particular vitamin results in a deficiency disease).

8. dairy- All liquid milk products and many foods made from milk are considered part of this food group (cheese, yogurt, etc)

9. lipids- Another word for "fats."  fat, oil or wax.They are an important part of living cells.

10. calorie- the energy value of food

(the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water through 1 °C)

11. iron – a nutrient that helps carry  oxygen in the blood

12. calcium- a nutrient that is used for building bones and teeth

Homework this week   DUE FRIDAY

1.    crossword

2.    you may use a mix of cartoons or sentences to explain/describe/use each word

Colonial days

*reminder colonial days is coming...  see previous post for continued vocabulary work.

Clothing ideas:  khaki pants (or any pants) rolled to the knee (baseball pants also work great),  knee high socks, white collared shirt, long skirts, scarves,  apron,  bonnets, plain shoes

Some project ideas to get you started…

*sew a small quilt (or the beginnings of one)         * make a model of a colonial town

* homemade candles      *weaving      * make a horn book    *silhouette  art     *handmade pillow

*corn husk doll       *clothes pin doll     *rag doll     *cross stitch/ embroidery

*handmade baskets      *make an example of a horn book

*tin work (making something out of tin can eg. lantern)

Individual Project and Paragraph

A reminder that the individual colonial project and paragraph write up are due Feb. 20^th and will be showcased that day during “colonial days”.

Your project should relate to our theme of study:  Colonial America and reflect the thought and effort you put into the assignment.

Paragraph includes details about what you made, how did you make it, and why you chose that project and how it related to our colonial area of study.  Neatness, correct grammar, spelling and punctuation are important.

This is how your project will be graded:

Grade	Effort	Achievement
A	I chose a project that related to Colonial America.  I worked on my project until it was complete.   I spend time thinking about and planning my project. I made the very best project that I could	My project turned out great.  My paragraph was well written, clearly answered the prompt and had few or no errors.
B	I completed my project. I tried to do a good job. I created a good project that related to Colonial America.	My project turned out pretty good. My paragraph was complete, clearly answered the prompt and had some errors.
C	I put some effort into my project.  I stopped when it got to be to hard or time consuming.  I just wanted to have something to turn in.	My project was not as neat as it could have been. My paragraph did not clearly answer the prompt and/or had several errors.
D	I did not really try on this project. It was not my best work. I just wanted to have something to turn in.	My project was not finished or really rushed. My paragraph was incomplete and filled with errors.
F	I did nothing	I did nothing

Colonail Vocabulary for the next 2 weeks

The 13 Colonies Vocabulary

1. New England Colonies- New Hampshire, Massachusetts (Maine was also apart of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

2. dissent- disagreement

3. expel- to drive out, force someone to leave

4. consent- agreement

5. sedition- speaking in ways that cause others to work against the government

6. frontier-  lands beyond the areas already settled by colonists

7. industry- the businesses that make a one kind of product or provide one kind of service

8. the Middle Colonies - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

9. refuge- safe place

10. diversity- having lots of differences and variation

11. immigrant- a person who comes into a country to make a new home there

12. The Great Awakening- a religious movement that brought people together and taught to accept religious  differences

13. prosperity – economic success

14. artisan- craftworkers

15. apprentice- a person who works for another in order to learn a trade

16. Southern Colonies- Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia

17. constitution- a written plan of government

18. debtors- people who owe money

19.  institutionalized- to become an accepted part of life (slavery became institutionalized in the colonies)

20.  indentured servant-  a person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time in exchange for passage to North America

Monday and Tuesday– copy words and definitions on a separate piece of paper

Tuesday and Thursday- use the words in  sentence

Tuesday draw and label pictures for 10 words

Wednesday- crossword

Thursday – study 

Colonial Days Information

We will be having “Colonial Days” with Ms. Fehey’s Class to showcase what we have learned about life in the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies.  We have chosen a colonial character and will be dressing up in colonial costumes (as best we can)  and showcasing our colonial crafts/treats.    This will take place after lunch on Friday, February 20th.

This mini project and a written paragraph about the project is meant to be fun.

Clothing ideas:  khaki pants (or any pants) rolled to the knee (baseball pants also work great),  knee high socks, white collared shirt, long skirts, scarves,  apron,  bonnets, plain shoes

Some project ideas to get you started…

*sew a small quilt (or the beginnings of one)         * make a model of a colonial town

* homemade candles      *weaving      * make a horn book    *silhouette  art     *handmade pillow

*corn husk doll       *clothes pin doll     *rag doll     *cross stitch/ embroidery

*handmade baskets      *make an example of a horn book

*tin work (making something out of tin can eg. lantern)

Individual Project and Paragraph

A reminder that the individual colonial project and paragraph write up are due Feb. 20^th and will be showcased that day during “colonial days”.

Your project should relate to our theme of study:  Colonial America and reflect the thought and effort you put into the assignment.

Paragraph includes details about what you made, how did you make it, and why you chose that project and how it related to our colonial area of study.  Neatness, correct grammar, spelling and punctuation are important.

week of feb. 2nd

* No Vocabulary work this week :)

science fair reminders

                                                                Mar Vista Science Fair 2015

2/4/2015 science fair project due (in Mar Vista Cafeteria)
2/4/2015 6-7 parent night     *we will be presenting our projects in class 2/5 and 2/6
2/13/15  registration for the county science fair due
3/7/15  county science fair

About your board and journal:

Science Board

Introduction What is your experiment’s purpose? What is your question your are trying to answer? What are you trying to solve/figure out? Hypothesis What do you think will happen? Methods/Procedure: What are the steps of your experiment?

CATCHY TITLE AND SCIENTIST NAMES Visuals Photos, graphs etc. Data data tables, charts and/or observations Results What were the results of your experiment? What happened? What did you find out?

Discussion/Conclusion Was your hypothesis supported or not? Analyze and interpret your results?  Why do you think you got the results that you did? What do results mean? What were sources of error or problems? What are your next steps? Why does this matter? References Any resources used or research done (websites, books, magazines etc.) Acknowledgments people to thank or those whole helped you in some way.

Journal:   Should  really be a record of your experiment planning, process, thinking, observations and practice for presentation board.  No white out or erasing, just cross out with a single line.

entries should include:

-choosing project/research done

-gathering supplies

- setting up the experiment ( intro, hypothesis, procedure)

-  what happened during the experiment (observations/data/results/thoughts and ideas/problems that occur changes that need to be made etc)  (anything and everything…the more the better)

-if you had to watch your experiment over a time period you should record your data/observations

- why did you get those results?  what was learned (conclusion)

Presentations:

we will be presenting our boards in class on (do not take them home until after you present them in class) 

Presentations will be short (1-3 min)- where you describe your experiment- what you did and what you were trying to figure out?  What the results were?  Why it is important/what you learned?