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These S&P lab sheets have been modified for clarity.

S&P Modified Lab Sheets (Word documents in a ZIP file)

Here are two PowerPoint presentations that have been configured to work like the game show Jeopardy, to help students review the material in Solutions & Pollution:

• S&P Jeopardy 1
• S&P Jeopardy 2

Sharon Reuter identified the following recent news stories as relevant to Solutions & Pollution:

• “If Vanilla and Cinnamon Spread Quickly, UW Researchers say, so can Toxins; the Sound is Flavored by the Holidays,” Seattle PI, 12-25-2006
• “The Down Side of Clean,” Science News for Kids, April 2, 2003
• “Deluge of sewage left in storm’s wake“, Seattle PI, December 6, 2006.
• “A modern chemical is now found at the top of the food chain,” Seattle PI, October 10, 2006
• “The message in the (plastic) bottle is dire; material absorbs pollutants and becomes part of the ecosystem“, Seattle PI, 10-10-06.

I created this PCA based on lesson 15.3 of the Cat Events unit.  Please feel free to use it in your own classroom.  Please let me know if you make any changes.  Enjoy! 
eqfrictionscenario_key.doc

eqfrictionscenario.doc

Here is a link with the updated inventory lists for each Seattle Public School module.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT & HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE

SUMMER INSTITUTE IN LIFE SCIENCES for K-8 teachers

JUNE 28 – JULY 20, 2007

The Summer Institute in Life Science (SILS) is a 3-4 week hands-on program for teaching K-8 teachers how to bring investigative science into their classrooms. Teachers from schools serving predominantly low income, and disadvantaged student populations are given preference. All instructional costs are covered by the program. Teachers will receive 7 credits BIOL 491.

SILS participants are introduced to open-ended inquiries, learn to ask testable questions, design experiments, explore content-rich topics (such as environmental connections, biodiversity, human body systems etc.), prepare a research poster as a teaching tool, and develop an inquiry curriculum unit to teach during the following school year.

The SILS program provides a site visit to each school during the school year and a one-day follow-up workshop during Winter Quarter. It also supports an e-mail chat group for alumni to troubleshoot teaching queries.
Apply on-line at:

http://protist.biology.washington.edu/teachers/Sils/SILSapp.tpl

or contact:

Helen Buttemer, Program Director, helenb@u.washington.edu

Applications due March 27, 2007

Weather Jeopardy Weather Tic-Tac-Tpe

Here is an experiment plan template for Lesson 16 (removing stains lesson).

Lesson 16 experiment plan template

Here are a few templates teachers have found useful when helping students write conclusions.

WASLized-ExperimentPlan_8-06.doc

WASL Conclusion Prompt.doc

Conclusion Template.doc

Here is the link to a Bellingham teacher’s website who has posted Properties of Matter student sheets and reading questions in a PDF format.

 http://wwwfms.bham.wednet.edu/Staff/boriss/propertiesOfMatterPart1.htm