Food Spoilage Home Experiment

FOOD SPOILAGE HOME EXPERIMENT - Due MARCH 28

You will choose a food that spoils and decide on your purpose, describe what you think will happen based on your experiences, write a hypothesis, design an experiment to test your hypothesis using only one variable, chart your data, write a paragraph analyzing your data and making a conclusion based on your hypothesis. A simplified example is in italics. Please do not use this example for your experiment.

Purpose: What do you want to learn? Write as a question. Why does milk spoil?

Research: What do you already know about this topic? I have seen milk spoil if it is not in the refrigerator.

Hypothesis: Predict the answer to the problem. This is a sentence that DOES NOT start with “I think”. Make sure your hypothesis only considers one variable. Warmth causes milk to spoil.

Experiment: Design a test to confirm or disprove your hypothesis. What is the variable? Watch your experiment for 7-14 days. Make a chart to record your data. One glass of milk in the refrigerator, one glass of milk in the cupboard. The variable is warmth. Chart would have date, description, and picture (pictures may be drawn or taken with a camera.

Analysis: Record what happened during the experiment in words and pictures in your chart. Record only facts that are observable. Describe what you see, smell, taste, or feel. Be specific about size, shape, color, number, etc. Use precise words.

Conclusion: Was your hypothesis correct? Write a paragraph analyzing the data from your experiment that supports or disproves your hypothesis. Can a broader conclusion be made about all foods or certain types of foods? Warmth does cause milk to spoil, so my hypothesis was correct. The milk in the refrigerator did not spoil, and the milk in the cupboard did. Foods that need to be refrigerated will spoil if they are not kept in the refrigerator.

Your product will be a one of the following:
• one-page typed report, 12 point font, double-spaced, including all above information and your data chart with pictures
• minimum 10-slide PowerPoint presentation including all above information and pictures from your data chart e-mailed to boehmecoombs@hotmail.com or brought to school on a thumb drive
• poster including all above information and pictures from your data chart

Final projects will be presented in class. Your presentation should take 2 – 5 minutes. You will discuss your purpose, research, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, and conclusion.

March 3, 2011

Homework:

Planner and RC card signed due March 7
Read 30 minutes

Soc. Studies: Work on your castle.

Language Arts: "A Day In Ancient Pompeii" Essay needs a score of "4.2" or higher by Monday, March 7. Don't forget to log on to myaccess.com and work on your essay a little each night.

Reading: "The Challenge" spelling/vocabulary tests 3/7, comprehension test 3/9. The March book report genre is Fantasy/Folk Tale due Friday, April 1.....and that's no foolin'!!!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess!

Congratulations to our sixth graders who did such an AWESOME job demonstrating their jumproping skills. Thanks to Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Coombs for helping to direct the students.

Homework:

Planner signed due March 3

Read 30 minutes

Soc. Studies: Read pages 330-335. Quiz Wednesday, March 9 on pgs. 320-335. Focus on "Sum It Up" and "Think About It". Most students finished their reading during class.
Work on your castle. Question: May we use other materials other than cardboard boxes to build our castles? Answer: Yes, IF you talk to me first.

Language Arts: "A Day In Ancient Pompeii" Essay needs a score of "4.2" or higher by Monday, March 7. Don't forget to log on to myaccess.com and work on your essay a little each night.

Jump-A-Thon Assembly Tomorrow-Wear Red!

Homework:

Planner signed due March 2

Read 30 minutes

Soc. Studies: Work on your castle. Make sure to read pages 320-327 in your history book. Monk Day next Tuesday.

Language Arts: "A Day In Ancient Pompeii" Essay needs a score of "4.2" or higher by Monday, March 7. Don't forget to log on to myaccess.com and work on your essay a little each night.

Reading: Read "The Challenge" with WS 175+176 due tomorrow, 3/2. Purple and Blue groups have until Thursday to complete the WS because of the practice testing in the computer lab. Star Search page is due to correct and turn in tomorrow, also. Spelling and vocab tests are on Monday, March 7.

February 28, 2011

Microscope Activity
Students learned to use microscopes today by looking at objects they brought from home. Most students enjoyed this activity and saw that most things look very different when magnified.

Homework:

Planner signed due March 1

Read 30 minutes






Reading: Spelling/Vocabulary lists were given today. Study for the test next Monday, March 7th. ABC Order/Vocabulary Definitions due tomorrow, March 1st, the same day that book reports/calendars are due. :)

Castle Requirements

You are to use your creativity to build a castle from boxes. Look at pictures of castles to get ideas. there are many books and Internet sites that have pictures, construction ideas, and tips. Use a variety of boxes, toilet paper tubes, paper milk cartons, etc. Build your castle by gluing the different boxes together.

Your assignment is due March 28, 2011. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE! Castles will be deducted a full grade for each day that they're late. They will not be accepted after March 31, 2011. NO EXCEPTIONS! If you are sick, have someone bring your castle to the school. If you have a vacation planned, turn your castle in before leaving. The castle will be 60% of your grade for the Middle Ages. DO NOT TURN IT IN LATE!

In order to earn a C grade, you must have the following:

bailey
keep
curtain/towers
drawbridge

In order to earn a B grade, you must have the items for the C grade plus:

moat
portcullis
gatehouse
barbican
arrow loops
crenelation
oubliette

In order to earn an A, you must have the items for the C/B castle plus:

chapel
stables
well
murder holes
postern gate
garderobe
great hall
solar

For an A, you MUST have a cut away!

For extra credit, add other features of a castle, small models of weapons like a trebuchet, or make your castle a part of a diorama with the surrounding landscape.

MAKE SURE TO LABEL ALL PARTS OF YOUR CASTLE!

Do not make your castle any larger than the top of your desk and do not use food.

Your castle should be built and nearly finished by March 17.

If you need help, talk to me EARLY so that I can help you during lunch recess or after school. Do not tell me that you need help two days before it's due.

I'm expecting quality work and evidence of some research. Get your family and friends to help you. Use your creativity! Have fun with this assignment!

If you have further questions, ask during class.

February 25, 2011

Homework:

Planner and RC signed: due 2-28
Read 30 minutes

Language Arts: TIME IS RUNNING OUT!Students have until Monday, February 28, to improve the scores on their essays on myaccess.com. Remember a score of "4.2" =70%, which = 70/100 points, which = a "C". Any score less than that is an "NI". There are four essays that will be on this term's report card. Each essay is worth 100 points. As you can see, these essays will play a significant part in determining the Language Arts grade that will be on the report card for Parent/Teacher Conferences on March 9-10, 2011.

Students were introduced to a new writing assignment on Tuesday, February 22, "A Day In Ancient Pompeii." This is a narrative piece of writing and is NOT due before the March Parent/Teacher Conferences.

Remember: If you are absent from my class, your makeup work is 45 minutes of working on your essay at home on myaccess.com.