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To purchase the nonconsumable materials that will be used every year 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 few of the missions that we will be doing and the standards that they correlate to:
1.Transformation of Energy- SC.7.P.11.2 Investigate and describe the transformation of energy from one form to another.

Students will follow the instructions in their student notebook. Put about
10 grams of calcium chloride into a snack bag and seal it before giving it
to students. Give one bag to each group or pair. Give each group a small
beaker of water (about 30 ml). Allow students to add the water to the
calcium chloride in the bag and seal it tightly. DO NOT allow them to touch the chemical directly. They will then feel the outside of the bag to see that the chemical energy in the calcium has transferred into thermal energy and the bag feels hotter.

2. Heat Transfer in a Bag -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.

Students will seal one thermometer tightly into the plastic bag filled with
ice water. Then they will tape around the seal with masking or painters
tape. Next they will place the plastic bag into the beaker of warm water.
The second thermometer should be placed into the beaker. This is a
thermal energy transfer device. Students should record their data every minute in the data table. They will answer the analysis questions when they are done taking measurements (after 10 min).

3. Modeling 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.

Students will use the art supplies and Play-Doh to model their infectious
agents. Use the cards to assign infectious agents or allow them to choose their own. Students will research their infectious agent and fill out the chart before creating their model.

Below is a list of all the missions and the standards that they encompass.
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

The prices listed above are from Amazon. Some of the items listed above may have multiple quantities and the price reflects that. My goal is to create 3 sets of each mission for our school to use since we have 3 science teachers on each grade level.  

 

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