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To purchase the consumables for hands on science memory missions that benefit all grade levels.  

 

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Learning Aids - Sunshine state book sets, robotics kits, puzzle boards, science models, engineering supplies, etc. 

 

What will be done with my students

Students will be using hands on labs to help them better understand and learn the state standards in science. Students from all grade levels will have access to the bins that are created and will be able to use them as needed during the year. The 8th grade will be using the 8th grade standard bins during the year and all the 6/7 the grade bins as a review for the end of year testing as well.

Here are a few of the missions (there are 40 total):
1. Radiative Heating of Land and Water - Memory Mission 21: Radiation, Conduction and Convection
SC.6.E.7.5 Explain how energy provided by the Sun influences global patterns of atmospheric movement and the temperature differences between air, water, and land.
SC.6.E.7.1 Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through Earth’s system.

Students will follow the instructions in their lab notebook to compare the
rate of healing for a cup filled with water to a cup filled with sand or dirt.
They will need to place a thermometer in each cup and have a light source that produces heat (incandescent bulb). If you only have access to one lamp, you can do this as a demonstration and have one student check the temperature measurement at each of the time intervals and share with the class.

2. Cellular Respiration - SC.8.L.18.2 Describe and investigate how cellular respiration breaks down food to provide energy and releases carbon dioxide.

Fill a small cup halfway with the Bromothymol Blue (BTB) solution. BTB
is a pH indicator that turns yellow in the presence of carbon dioxide and blue in the presence of oxygen.
What color is the solution initially?
Use a straw to blow gently into the cup for 30 seconds. What color is the solution now?
Make an inference about what happened in the cup based on your knowledge of cellular respiration.
Now that your cup has a yellow solution and is filled with carbon dioxide
from cellular respiration, can you think of a way to turn it back to green, or maybe even blue by adding oxygen? Explain your method here:
Test your method and record your results. You may need to wait until
tomorrow to see any results.

3. Potential and Kinetic Energy Lab - Memory Mission 9: PE, KE, and Conservation of Energy
SC.6.P.11.1 Explore the Law of Conservation of Energy by differentiating between potential and kinetic energy. Identify situations where kinetic energy is transformed into potential energy and vice versa.
SC.7.P.11.3 Cite evidence to explain that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed from one form to another.

Students will explore potential and kinetic energy with bouncy balls.
They will use the meter stick to measure how the bounce height (KE) is affected by the height of the ball when it is dropped (PE). Students may use their phones on slow motion to get a better measurement if you approve.
Students will repeat each height 5 times and average the bounce height for the graph. Students should draw a LINE graph with the starting height on the X axis and the bounce height on the Y axis. Review IV and DV with them at this point.

Below are a list of all the missions and the standards that correlate to them.
Memory Mission 1: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces SC.6.P.13.1 Investigate and describe types of forces, including contact forces and forces acting at a distance, such as electrical, magnetic, and gravitational.
Memory Mission 2: Gravity SC.6.P.13.2 Explore the Law of Gravity by recognizing that every object exerts gravitational force on every other object and that the force depends on how much mass the objects have and how far apart they are.
Memory Mission 3: Weight and Mass SC.8.P.8.2 Differentiate between weight and mass, recognizing that weight is the amount of gravitational pull on an object and is distinct from, though proportional to, mass.
Memory Mission 4: Unbalanced Forces SC.6.P.13.3 Investigate and describe that an unbalanced force acting on an object changes its speed, or direction of motion, or both.
Memory Mission 5: Motion SC.6.P.12.1 Measure and graph distance versus time for an object moving at a constant speed. Interpret this relationship.
Memory Mission 6: Electromagnetic Spectrum SC.7.P.10.1 Illustrate that the Sun’s energy arrives as radiation with a wide range of wavelengths, including infrared, visible, and ultraviolet, and that white light is made up of a spectrum of many different colors. SC.8.E.5.11 Identify and compare characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as wavelength, frequency, use, and hazards, and recognize its application to an understanding of planetary images and satellite photographs.
Memory Mission 7: Speed of Waves SC.7.P.10.3 Recognize that light waves, sound waves, and other waves move at different speeds in different materials.
Memory Mission 8: Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption SC.7.P.10.2 Observe and explain that light can be reflected, refracted, and/or absorbed.
Memory Mission 9: PE, KE, and Conservation of Energy SC.6.P.11.1 Explore the Law of Conservation of Energy by differentiating between potential and kinetic energy. Identify situations where kinetic energy is transformed into potential energy and vice versa. SC.7.P.11.3 Cite evidence to explain that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed from one form to another.
Memory Mission 10: Transformation of Energy SC.7.P.11.2 Investigate and describe the transformation of energy from one form to another.
Memory Mission 11: Heat Flow and Temperature SC.7.P.11.4 Observe and describe that heat flows in predictable ways, moving from warmer objects to cooler ones until they reach the same temperature. SC.7.P.11.1 Recognize that adding heat to or removing heat from a system may result in a temperature change and possibly a change of state.
Memory Mission 12: Physical Properties SC.8.P.8.4 Classify and compare substances on the basis of characteristic physical properties that can be demonstrated or measured: for example, density; thermal or electrical conductivity; solubility; magnetic properties; melting and boiling points; and know that these properties are independent of the amount of the sample.
Memory Mission 13: Density SC.8.P.8.3 Explore and describe the densities of various materials through measurement of their masses and volumes.
Memory Mission 14: Periodic Table SC.8.P.8.6 Recognize that elements are grouped in the periodic table according to similarities of their properties.
Memory Mission 15: Elements and Compounds SC.8.P.8.5 Recognize that there are a finite number of elements and that their atoms combine in a multitude of ways to produce compounds that make up all of the living and nonliving things that we encounter. SC.8.P.8.8 Identify basic examples of and compare and classify the properties of compounds, including acids, bases, and salts.
Memory Mission 16: Atoms and States of Matter SC.8.P.8.1 Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also known as atomic theory) by using models to explain the motion of particles in solids, liquids, and gases. SC.8.P.8.7 Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also known as atomic theory) by recognizing that atoms are the smallest unit of an element and are composed of subatomic particles (electrons surrounding a nucleus containing protons and neutrons).
Memory Mission 17: Pure Substances, Mixtures and Solutions SC.8.P.8.9 Distinguish among mixtures (including solutions) and pure substances.
Memory Mission 18: Physical and Chemical Changes SC.8.P.9.2 Differentiate between physical changes and chemical changes
Memory Mission 19: Earth’s Spheres SC.6.E.7.4 Differentiate and show interactions among the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. SC.6.E.7.9 Describe how the composition and structure of the atmosphere protects life and insulates the planet
Memory Mission 20: Weather and Climate SC.6.E.7.6 Differentiate between weather and climate. SC.6.E.7.2 Investigate and apply how the cycling of water between atmosphere and hydrosphere has an effect on weather patterns and climate. SC.6.E.7.3 Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and ocean currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, air pressure, wind direction and speed, and humidity and precipitation. Memory
Mission 21: Radiation, Conduction and Convection SC.6.E.7.5 Explain how energy provided by the Sun influences global patterns of atmospheric movement and the temperature differences between air, water, and land. SC.6.E.7.1 Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through Earth’s system.
Memory Mission 22: Weathering, Erosion and Deposition SC.6.E.6.1 Describe and give examples of ways in which Earth’s surface is built up and torn down by physical and chemical weathering, erosion, and deposition. SC.6.E.6.2 Recognize that there are a variety of different landforms on Earth’s surface, such as coastlines, dunes, rivers, mountains, glaciers, deltas, and lakes, and relate these landforms as they apply to Florida.
Memory Mission 23: Rock Cycle and Geologic Events SC.7.E.6.2 Identify the patterns within the rock cycle and relate them to surface events (weathering and erosion) and subsurface events (plate tectonics and mountain building).
Memory Mission 24: Geologic Time and the Age of the Earth SC.7.E.6.3 Identify current methods for measuring the age of Earth and its parts, including the law of superposition and radioactive dating. SC.7.E.6.4 Explain and give examples of how physical evidence supports scientific theories that Earth has evolved over geologic time due to natural processes.
Memory Mission 25: Plate Tectonics and Earth’s Layers SC.7.E.6.1 Describe the layers of the solid Earth, including the lithosphere, the hot convecting mantle, and the dense metallic liquid and solid cores. SC.7.E.6.5 Explore the scientific theory of plate tectonics by describing how the movement of Earth’s crustal plates causes both slow and rapid changes in Earth’s surface, including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and mountain building. SC.7.E.6.7 Recognize that heat flow and movement of material within Earth causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and creates mountains and ocean basins.
Memory Mission 26: Human Impacts on Earth SC.7.E.6.6 Identify the impact that humans have had on Earth, such as deforestation, urbanization, desertification, erosion, air and water quality, and changing the flow of water.
Memory Mission 27: Organization of Living Things and Cell Theory SC.6.L.14.1 Describe and identify patterns in the hierarchical organization of organisms from atoms to molecules and cells to tissues to organs to organ systems to organisms. SC.6.L.14.2 Investigate and explain the components of the scientific theory of cells (cell theory): all organisms are composed of cells, all cells come from pre-existing cells, cells are the basic unit of life.
Memory Mission 28: Cell Organelles and Homeostasis SC.6.L.14.3 Recognize and explore how cells of all organisms undergo similar processes to maintain homeostasis, including extracting energy from food, getting rid of waste, and reproducing. SC.6.L.14.4 Compare and contrast the structure and function of major organelles of plant and animal cells, including cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria, and vacuoles.
rade Science Comprehensive Review - Teacher Guide Memory Mission 29: Human Body Systems SC.6.L.14.5 Identify and investigate the general functions of the major systems of the human body (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, excretory, immune, nervous, and musculoskeletal) and describe ways these systems interact with each other to maintain homeostasis.
Memory Mission 30: Infectious Agents SC.6.L.14.6 Compare and contrast the types of infectious agents that may infect the human body, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites.
Memory Mission 31: Classification SC.6.L.15.1 Analyze and describe how and why organisms are classified according to shared characteristics, with emphasis on the Linnaean system combined with the concept of Domains.
Memory Mission 32: Evolution By Natural Selection SC.7.L.15.2 Explore the scientific theory of evolution by recognizing and explaining ways in which genetic variation and environmental factors contribute to evolution by natural selection and diversity of organisms. SC.7.L.15.3 Explore the scientific theory of evolution by relating how the inability of a species to adapt within a changing environment may contribute to the extinction of that species. SC.7.L.15.1 Recognize that fossil evidence is consistent with the theory of evolution that living things evolved from earlier species.
Memory Mission 33: Genes, Mitosis and Meiosis SC.7.L.16.1 Understand and explain that every organism requires a set of instructions that specifies its traits, that this hereditary information (DNA) contains genes located in the chromosomes of each cell, and that heredity is the passage of these instructions from one generation to another. SC.7.L.16.3 Compare and contrast the general processes of sexual reproduction requiring meiosis and asexual reproduction requiring mitosis.
Memory Mission 34: Punnett Squares and Pedigrees SC.7.L.16.2 Determine the probabilities for genotype and phenotype combinations using Punnett squares and pedigrees.
Memory Mission 35: Relationships Among Organisms SC.7.L.17.2 Compare and contrast the relationships among organisms, such as mutualism, predation, parasitism, competition, and commensalism.
Memory Mission 36: Energy Transfer in Food Webs SC.7.L.17.1 Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.
Memory Mission 37: Limiting Factors in Ecosystems SC.7.L.17.3 Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, including food, shelter, water space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites.
Memory Mission 38: Conservation of Mass and the Carbon Cycle SC.8.L.18.4 Cite evidence that living systems follow the Laws of Conservation of Mass and Energy. SC.8.L.18.3 Construct a scientific model of the carbon cycle to show how matter and energy are continuously transferred within and between organisms and their physical environment.
Memory Mission 39: Photosynthesis SC.8.L.18.1 Describe and investigate the process of photosynthesis, such as the roles of light, carbon dioxide, water and chlorophyll; production of food; and release of oxygen.
Memory Mission 40: Cellular Respiration SC.8.L.18.2 Describe and investigate how cellular respiration breaks down food to provide energy and releases carbon dioxide.

 

 

Benefits to my students

The memory missions are a great way to bring hands on learning to our students and make science not only more fun, but more concrete. We will be using them throughout 6-8 grade and have 40 missions that tie into a variety of the standards that are learned during that time. They will have a huge impact on our review for our 8th grade students at the end of the year when preparing for the state test. These missions are interactive and will make it so that students are involved in their learning, not just taking notes or watching videos.
All the materials on the list below will allow us to create 3 bins of each mission so that, if need be, all the science teachers in that grade level will have access to a bin to do the lab at the same time. Being able to do that will make planning as a grade level more cohesive, keep all teachers on the same pacing, and make it easier for new teachers who are still learning the ropes.  

 

Budget Narrative

These materials were selected from Amazon and are consumable. Some item pricing reflects multiple sets or boxes of the material listed. I found the bulk pricing to make them less expensive. I plan to make 3 sets of each mission since we have 3 science teachers per grade level that could need access at any given point.  

 

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