6th Science-COVID Assignments

Salaam guys, this assignment is meant to cover both the terrestrial and gas giant planets. To help you complete this assignment, refer to the readings before the questions.
Complete the visual summary and lesson reviews:
p.98-99
p. 112-113

You will create a gallery style hall of the solar system. The purpose of this is to created an immersive and informative experience that will teach us about our solar system and all that inhabit it.

To create:
You will be assigned either a planet, the sun, or our asteroid belt + comets. Create a visual representation of it. This can be a painting, a model, a print, a virtual tour that will inhabit a space.

You also will teach us about this thing. Include facts and history such as weather, life, chemicals, formations, temperatures, human explorations, creation, rotations and orbits, moons, potential life, technology, similar bodies in the universe, mythology, sizes and so on.

On the due date we will create a gallery walk where everyone will explore your creation at their own pace, then we will have focused time for each presentation.

Complete the visual Summary and the Unity Review questions.
p.72 qn. 18-21
p.73 qn. 1-9

QUIZ TOMORROW!

Salaam my wonderful kids, I’m sorry I’m not with you today. I need a day to recover from my trip, and I pushed myself a bit too far yesterday.

Today however, I believe I have an interesting and relevant assignment for you. In preparation for Ramadhan, I want us to explore fasting from a scientific perspective in our body. I’m sure in Islamic studies you go over it’s impact on our spirit and soul, and all the rulings behind fasting and Ramadhan.

We all know that one of the greatest wisdoms behind fasting is restricting ourself so we learn self-control and access our spirituality on a deeper level, however, there is also a slew of epic benefits we gain as well.

Your Assignment:
I have summarised twelve different scientific benefits of fasting for you (I’ll list below). Your job is to select TWO of the twelve, research them, and summarise in your own words (min 200 words for each). Cover how this works and why it’s good for you. This can include physical and psychological benefits. Take the entire class period to complete this assignment, it is due today. Submit as a Doc.

It goes without saying, plagiarism will result in a straight up zero, no ifs ands or buts.

1. Detoxifying
2. Appetite Suppressant
3. Metabolism
4. Weight Loss
5. Immune System
6. Blood Pressure
7. Training with HGH(human growth hormone)
8. Improved Cardiovascular Function
9. Balancing Mental Health
10. Managing Blood Sugar
11. Radiant Complexion /Anti-ageing
12. Healthier Brain and Cognitive Function

I look forward to seeing what you discover and how you present it!! Make this interesting, and I pray this gives us greater motivation with our fasting this Ramadhan.

Complete the visual summary and lesson review questions.
p.24 qns. 14-19
p.25 qns. 1-10

To infinity and BEYOOOOOND!

p.12-13
Compete the visual summary and Lesson Review
q.14-18
q. 1-10

Complete the visual summary and lesson review questions.
p.12 qns. 14-19
p.13 qns 1-10

YOU GOT THIS!

You will create a google slide presentation on a gemstone/mineral of your choosing. Your presentation must include the following points.
-Images
-What is this made of (elements involved)
-How is this created (heating, cooling, pressure etc)
-Where can this be found
-Are there any variations in its form?
-How is this found (mining methods)
-What uses does this gemstone/mineral have?
-Any unique features of your gemstone/mineral
-Any money information such as, price, net worth, production costs, value etc.

Each student must have their OWN UNIQUE SELECTED gemstone/mineral. To select your gemstone, respond to this assignments public comments section with your selection. Once thats done, no one else can select yours.

Complete the following competitive quiz for a participation grade.

Complete the Visual Summary and Lesson Review questions
p.152 q.20-24
p.153 q.1-8

I promise next week's assignments will be more interesting guys! Look forward to a project designed to have you explore one mineral of your choosing.

Happy Snow day my people!
I am super bummed we are not finishing our science fair today, I was REALLY looking forward to it this week, as I'm sure you were too! To adapt, I have adjusted your submission to a VIDEO RECORDING of yourself presenting. The biggest drawback to this is our inability to see everyone else's awesome work, and the judges inability to give you live feedback.

To submit:
-3-4 minute video recording of your science fair presentation

Notes: Remember to dress up, sin in good light, speak clearly and be confident.
To record, you have two options
1. Start a zoom meeting for yourself and then record it. Since you are the boss of that zoom meeting, you have the ability to do that. Screen share, then begin your presentation! The mp4 video file will save once you END the meeting.
2. You could go old school and just point a camera at yourself and your screen and record that. We wont get the clear presentation, but that's fine since I have your presentations you submitted and I can follow along.

I am attaching a zoom video of myself sharing these exact instructions. Thank you for your patience and understanding guys! You are all amazing and I cannot wait to see what discoveries you've made!! May Allaah give you all awesome success!!

This is independent work for the week, since I wont be seeing you all for class this week due to the science fair. It will review some knowledge you may know about minerals, but teach you more about their properties, structure and even testing methods. This is a really cool topic I'll share awesome facts and videos (and even a showcase of real minerals) after you complete this work. Read the entire unit.

In your notes, write down all highlighted terms (definitions). This is for you, I wont be checking it, but you'll definitely be using it to study for any quiz/test I give on the topic.

To submit, google doc completing all the following:
p. 142-150
qns. 5-16

Complete the unit's summary and review questions and submit as a doc
p.40 questions 24-27
p.41 questions 1-12

Final step ladies and gentlemen!

Now we stitch all our parts together to create our presentation. We have MAP testing next week as well, so I am coordinating with Sr. Farea on when we can present your findings while giving you all 5-8 minutes each. This means you'll need to pack in much in a short time.

To submit: your final presentation in Google Slides format. 7 SLIDES ONLY. The breakdown of what is needed in each slide is as follows. You are allowed to add extra media beyond what is required, such as images, sound files, and SHORT video clips. Follow this STRICTLY to ensure you cover everything in the time you have to present.

Slide 1. Welcome slide with a title of your project, your research question and your name
Slide 2. A SUMMARY of your background research. What did you research, why did you research it, and how it
helped you prepare for your experiments to answer your research question. Then add your hypothesis
Slide 3. Your experiment design. Include an image of all your materials, a list of your materials and the steps to
your experiment.
Slide 4. List your independent (IV) and dependent (DV) variables. This is the variable you are changing to test
its effect (IV), and the variable you are measuring after your IV (DV). Also include how you managed to
control your experiments other variables (keeping all other factors the same to reduce variations and
errors).
Slide5. Data collected. Include your raw data in a table, before it is processed. Needs to be easy to read.
Slide 6. Your processed data in any charts where we can see it clearly.
Slide 7. Conclusion statement (one sentence, likes seriously only one sentence) and a reflection statement on
what didn't work out so well and how you could improve it. Also include a statement on possible follow
up experiments to learn more on the topic!

Attached is the grading rubric to help you excel in each of the aspects.
I wish you all the best and I am available for all your questions until due time. Make us proud!

You are now ready to conduct your experiment.
You know what you are investigating
You know how to control it
You know what you need for it

Now conduct it and ensure you collect the data you need to answer your investigation (your research question). Furthermore, process your data in an appropriate way. This may include calculating averages or differences, then creating graphs or charts to represent the data.

To submit, a doc with your collected data, and your processed data. You may be measuring time, temperature, length, colour etc. Make sure you include the correct units for your data. Then you are processing it by creating a chart and/or graphs after any kind of calculations necessary.

you got this fam!

Please submit your ONE image of all your materials you’ll use for your experiment.

Due after break:
The next step is to do your experiment. You’ll have all break to conduct your experiment. Please record your process and results by writing it out. Feel free to supplement your recordings with other forms of media, such as images, video, audio and even diagrams.

I wish you the best and pray you have fun with this! Peace out homies ✌️ 🚶‍♂️

Friday, Dec 11th
*Students staying at home are to complete the alternate assignment at home: Read the Nat Geo article on Mining and submit the following:
-Summarize the article in your own words in one paragraph (at least three sentences)
-Research to find a major mining site in the world, identify it, state what it mines, its estimated value in $, years of operation, and potential risks involved for humans in the site. Basically, teach us about this mining site.

1st Shift (8-9am)
Twiga and Ndovu:
Jena, Laila, Malik, Adil, Naya, Zeenat, Ajani, Humza, Ayyoub, Bushra, Ghassan, Z.Hussein, Salah


2nd Shift (9-10am)
Chui and Kifaru:
Abdoul, Abdulrahman, Abraham, Ahmad Q., Hanae, Hania, Nisreen, Omar, Suad, Thuraya, Z.Benjallal, Z.Bouazer

To submit, part I questions 1-8, and Data sheet in the back. Use the map to answer questions for part I.

This assignment is due next week Monday.
For our next steps, I'd like us to begin thinking of what we will need to conduct our experiments. For this assignment make a bulleted list of all the things you'll need. Think of everything and leave nothing out! This can include stopwatches, measuring cups, headphones, water, baking soda, sugar, fire, string, specific foods, sunglasses, paper and pencil to record, thermometer .... EVERY and ANYTHING you need.

Keep in mind the ease of access you have to getting them. Collect all that you can this week, make orders on line for what you need, and go out and buy from stores as well. By Friday the 18th, I will ask you to submit photo evidence of all your materials collected!

May Allaah be with you guys! Bring your ideas to life!!

complete the quiz

Complete the summary and review questions.
Pages 16-17
Complete summary questions 20-25
CompleterReview questions 1-14

Now that you've:
1. Identified your research topic
2. Identified your independent and dependent variable

This week we will move on to doing background research! The purpose of this is to learn and teach about your research topic. Research all relevant topics to your main topic. For example, if you are researching the effect of different running shoes on running speeds, then you would research different types of shoes, what they are made of, how they help with running speeds, and how they are designed specifically for running.

To submit: at least a full page/300 words of written research in your own words. I expect no plagiarism, and your sources cited! Don't be surprised if you receive no credit for falsified and copied information.

Salaaam beautiful people!

Today’s assignment will help you take your science fair topic to the next practical stage, even if you haven’t fully defined your topic yet. Working backwards from how to design can sometimes help you find a topic!

For this assignment I’d like you to complete the following in a google doc.

1. State your topic of interest in the form of a question. For example “how does x affect y?” Or, “how do different shoe types affect the speed of a runner?”

2. Identify your independent variable. This is the factor you are testing to see it’s effect on something. In the previous example, it’s x, or the different shoe types.

3. Finally, identify your dependant variable. This is the factor that is affected by your independent variable. I’m the precious example, it would be y, or the time of the runner’s run with each shoe type.

Thank you guys for being so awesome, hard working and critically thinking. For this of you who rush through this, PLEASE, for the love of Allaaah, SLOW DOWN and ask the questions you need to if you need help! Have an epic weekend!

1. Identify the 7 steps of the scientific method.
2. Define each step with at least one full sentence
3. Apply the 7 steps to with the example experiment "How does light intensity affect the rate of photosynthesis"

Submit as Google SLIDES
Research the five spheres of earth and create one slide for each one including the following:
-Name of the sphere
-Image referring to the sphere
-Caption describing the sphere

The 5 spheres of Earth:
1. Lithosphere
2. Cryosphere
3. Hydrosphere
4. Biosphere
5. Atmosphere

Friday Oct. 30th

*Students staying at home are to complete the same assignment*

1st Shift (8-9am)
Chui and Ndovu:
Abdulrahman, Adil, Abdoul, Ahmed Q, Abrahim, Ayyoub, Bushra, Ghassan, Ajani, Hamza, Z. Hussein, Salah

2nd Shift (9-10am)
Twiga and Kifaru:
Jena, Hania, Laila, Naya, Zeenat, Suad, Z. Benjallal, Thuraya, Nisreen, Omar, Z. Bouazer, Hanae, Malik

*Skip the "for your consideration" sections.

We touched on this at the end of class yesterday. Today, I want you to explore it on your own further before we learn more about it. In a SLIDE complete the following:

-Define the following relationships
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism
Revenge *bonus*

-Provide an example of each with an image and a caption. This will require you to research :D

Extra props will be given to those who find UNIQUE examples that others couldn't find. Good luck and HAVE FUN!

Book D
p. 40-41
Summary Questions 19-22
Review Questions 1-11

Submit as doc.

p.37
Qns 13 and 14.

In this interactive lesson, you guys will increase your understanding of the important role that freshwater mussels play in our watershed. You will learn about freshwater mussel species, how mussels improve water quality in rivers and streams, and the steps being taken to ensure their protection from factors that threaten their survival.

Through 8 pages of interactivity, you'll read informational text, watch the videos, analyze the images, take notes (if you'd like), and complete short assessment activities.

To submit, you will write an opinion article supported by the evidence you've collected during the lesson as your own google doc. It must be at least two paragraphs long (each at least 5 sentences). I know you can write well, I'd really not like to see shortcuts or HALF BAKED ANSWERS!

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complete the following test
20 questions multiple choice

Make sure you're logged into Think Central before clicking the shortcut link.
Complete the lab (put answers in after the dude finishes talking)
At the end, click download/print Lab Report
Save it as a PDF
Then submit it here, in google classroom.

YOU'RE ALL DONE!

Follow the instructions on page 4-6
Submit an image or two of your completed and sealed terrarium.
We will do a show-and-tell of your own baby. I wanna see you be proud of it!

Read the attached article on food webs.
Answer the following questions and submit in a doc:

1. What are the primary producers in the coral reef food web illustration?
2. What are the primary consumers in the coral reef food web illustration?
3. What are the intermediate consumers in the coral reef food web illustration?
4. Identify the top predator in the coral reef food web illustration.
5. What are the decomposers in the coral reef food web illustration?
6. How is energy transfered through a food web?

Complete the following assignment and submit as a google DOC.

Read and complete p.22-29
That includes questions 9-13, 15-21 and Lesson Review questions 1-11
Submit as doc this Thursday night (Friday is your science MAP test). You can do it all in one shot or pace yourself over the next couple days.

I am excited to discuss and explore food chains and webs with you next week. Expect many illustrations, videos and a large activity.

To apply our knowledge of ecosystems and sustainability we will be building our own terrariums. This is an awesome and fun lab we will build and observe for the rest of the school year. For this assignment we will focus on collecting all the materials we need to build our very own personal closed terrarium.

In order to find what you need in one place, you may want to take a visit to your local nursery. I will give you the whole weekend to do this. As proof of collection, submit one image of all your materials, and we will move on to pt.2 next week.

Seal-able container (2-gallon glass jar)
Plant selections (Neanthe bella palm, nerve plant, Boston fern ‘Fluffy Ruffles’)
Finely chopped, heat-treated bark
Gravel
Horticultural-grade charcoal
Potting mix
Moss (undyed sheet moss)
Decorative items (miniatures, shells)
Mist bottle and water
Scissors or snips
Newspaper or other paper

*Not all of the listed materials are necessary for every project. Plant supply departments often carry an array of terrarium supplies.

Let's close out our unit with a 'eco' bang.
We will break out into our house groups and each student will submit their own work.

Text book p. 14-15
complete Questions 19-23
complete Review Questions 1-10
Fully bake your answers, I don't want any half-baked nonsense please.
Submit as doc

We briefly talked about niches of animals that live in the same habitat. Again, a niche is the environment an organism lives in and fulfills a SPECIFIC role for the larger environment (its habitat). No two organisms fill the same niche in the same habitat.

So, today's assignment will have you explore this further.
-Read p.13 comparing green and brown Anoles.
-Answer qns. 16-18 (describe, research, relate)
-Submit as a google doc

*note, qn. 18 (relate) requires you to present findings as a short story, music video or play. Lets cut out the music video part since this is due today.

No notes
Limited time
Done in class
Absent students to do outside of class, under teacher supervision
Allaah be with you!

Salaam guys, I pray you will enjoy your beautiful long weekend!
For today's assignment due Saturday midnight, I would like you to read the article one examples of types of ecology. There are six different types covered here. After reading you are to do the following:
1. Summarize the article in your own words in a paragraph or two. No less than 5 sentences
2. Write about what you found most surprising and why in another paragraph. No less than 3 sentences
3. Explain the importance of "Deep Ecology" as a new form of study. No less than 3 sentences.
4. Submit as a doc. Thanks guys!

Watch through the 13 min video and complete the following assignment.

Some of the questions require you to fill out tables and draw graphs. There is more than one way to do that, and I hope you're able to problem-solve in order to figure it out.

Ive extended the due date for Thursday Sept. 3rd.

1. Login to https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/dashboard/home and access the student module D.
2. Access "Introduction to Ecology" Virtual lab
3. Complete the lab and answer the questions
4. Submit answers in the Lab (copied in the attached PDF as well) in a google doc

You have been broken into four different houses,
Chui (yellow)
Ndovu (blue)
Twiga (green)
Kifaru (red)

Your leader will submit one google slide with the following information
1. Image of the animal from the Swahili name
2. A fun fact about the animal
3. A list of all your house members

Read p.1-3
Answer the five short answer questions
Submit as a google doc