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Hunter Emerson Hunter has made an effort to be on task and be an active participant in science class. I am excited to see him taking an active role in his own learning. Great job Hunter I am proud of you!

Monday Define all terms and science review concepts using words below on the front of your newsletter.

Define using your study guide & notes.

Tuesday; Review worksheet/6th & 7th

Wednesday grade Study terms & diagrams for test Thursday

Thursday: Jump on a Parade float and throw

moonpies at yourself EQT’s in 2 weeks after Mardi Gras Break!

Science Homework Concepts & News Semmes Middle School

Semmes, AL February 20, 2017 – February 24, 2017

Volume 3, Issue 7

6th Grade Terms to Define & Study

Missed Work Failing a test with a 60 or less requires that a student take the test again. Students will no longer be allowed to take the same test. You will take an open ended 5 question test. If test is not made up after 10 days, the failing grade stays, & students are assigned Saturday school until work is done or test scores improve. Find it online at smsbulldogs.com Homework, presentations, assignments, can be found at the Semmes Middle School website. Homework due daily. If not turned in by Friday score will be Zero. Log on to smsbulldogs.com, click the academics tab, school staff, & then my name. The 2016 Unlicensed 7th grade Science book is now available online The website is http://www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com user: alscience2015 password:aldemo2015 You can then click on Life Science 7 e-book, and then the chapters for which you wish to read and play the audio. This is not the same book we use in class, but it is what I now teach from. It’s amazing! Please peruse it at your leisure! I will be. Failing Students: If you’ve failed the 1st semester or are in danger of failing more than one subject do not lose hope. After school credit recovery is available weekly from 4-6p.m. Please contact Mrs. Myers for details. I will accept credit from these courses. Please use every opportunity. It is not my life’s mission to make you miserable!

Rocket GPS Satellite Space Shuttle Space Probe NASA Thrust MRI Remote Sensing Astronaut Technology Lunar Module Escape Velocity Telescope (2 types)

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) International Space Station (ISS) Know the names of various space probes sent to study planets

The end of the 3 quarter is creeping upon us and will be here before you know it. The week we get back from Mardi Gras

break is EQT prep time and I will be passing out study guides that Monday so If you know you will be absent be sure to get a copy as soon as possible. Science EQT will most likely be

the first or last test we take! EQT’s begin 3/13-3/16

My Rockstar of the Week

6 The Blooming Scientist 7

End of 3rd Quarter

Huntsville Field Trip This field trip is based on ALCOS objectives for sixth grade

astronomy objectives. We will be traveling to the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center. The students will participate in

“space camp” like activities. This field trip is open to students not on the “no activity list that have not been suspended and

are not failing any courses. Cost is $85 foradmission, lunch and dinner. There are 18 spots left. We will take only one bus.

Contact me if interested: tlewis1@mcpss.com

Announcements/Due Dates

Space Spinoffs (6 )-(7) Ecological Succession 2/23/2017 (6) Science DCA 3/4/2015

No School 2/27/2017-3/4/2017

Field Trip Money Final Payment Due 3/2/2017 Huntsville Space & Rocket Center Field Trip 4/7/2017

Ecosystems Lab 2/24/2017 – 7th Lunar Module – Advanced 2/24/2017 -6th and Rockets Thrust Lab 3/20/2017 -6th

7th Grade Terms to Define & Study

Decomposer ATP Primary Succession Ecological Succession Secondary Succession Tertiary Consumer Conservation of Matter Abiotic Conservation Of Energy Limiting factor Pioneer Organism Population Niche Overpopulated Species Biodiversity Cellular Respriration Producer Secondary Consumer Energy Pyramid Nitrogen Cycle

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7th Grade Terms• Decomposer- and scavengers break down dead plants and animals. They also break down the

waste (poop) of other organisms

• ATP Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, is an organic compound that provides energy for plants during dark hours

• Primary Succession - is one of two types of biological and ecological succession of plant life, occurring in an environment in which new substrate devoid of vegetation and other organisms usually lacking soil, such as a lava flow or area left from retreated glacier, is deposited.

• Ecological Succession - is the gradual process by which ecosystems change and develop over time. Nothing remains the same and habitats are constantly changing

• Secondary Succession - is the series of community changes which take place on a previously colonized, but disturbed or damaged habitat. Examples include areas which have been cleared of existing vegetation (such as after tree-felling in a woodland) and destructive events such as fires.

• Tertiary Consumer - a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary

• Conservation of Matter- the mass of the system must remain constant over time, as system mass cannot change quantity if it is not added or removed. Hence, the quantity of mass is "conserved" over time

7th Grade Terms

• Abiotic – non living factors in an ecosystem that support the living things ; sunlight, water, air, soil

• Conservation Of Energy - Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can change form

• Limiting factor - In Biology and Ecology. In biology, common limiting factor resources are environmental conditions that limit the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism or a population of organisms in an ecosystem

• Pioneer Organism - also called a disaster taxon—is an organism that populates a region after a (short-term) natural disaster, mass extinction, or any other event that kills off most life in that area.

• Population- All the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time

• Niche- The role an organism plays in an ecosystem

• Overpopulated Species

• Biodiversity - the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

7Th Grade Terms

• Cellular Respiration - is the process by which the chemical energy of "food" molecules is released and partially captured in the form of ATP.

• Producer - An organism that makes their own food is known as a

• Secondary Consumer - Secondary consumers eat primary consumers. They are carnivores (meat-eaters) and omnivores (animals that eat both animals and plants

• Energy Pyramid - is a graphical model of energy flow in a community. The different levels represent different groups of organisms that might compose a food chain. From the bottom-up, they are as follows: Producers — bring energy from nonliving sources into the community.

• Nitrogen Cycle – Nitrogen is both the most abundant element in the atmosphere and, as a building block of proteins and nucleic acids such as DNA, Nitrogen makes up 78% of atmosphere.

• How does photosynthesis and cellular respiration play a role in the cycling of matter.

• During photosynthesis, producers make oxygen for consumers; consumers during cellular respiration in turn make carbon dioxide for the producers

6th Grade Terms

• Hubble Telescope

• takes pictures from light years away and sends them back to Earth

• This is a large telescope that orbits the earth beyond the Earth's atmosphere.

• It provides photographs of the planets and the universe beyond.

Hubble Space Telescope

6th Grade- Concepts & Terms

• Hubble Telescope –A large telescope which orbits the planet from space; takes pictures from light years away and sends them back to Earth

• Astronaut- A person who has been trained to fly a spaceship, or act as a scientist in space

• Neil Armstrong – The first astronaut on the moon

• GEO – orbit that exactly matches Earth’s rotation

• LEO – outermost fringes of Earth’s atmosphere, moves much quicker than Earth does Telescopes

6th Grade Concepts & Terms• Space Probes are unmanned research crafts

sent into space to conduct science experiments.

• Satellite – a small natural or man made-object that orbits a planet

• Saturn Rockets – non-reusable rockets used to carry humans and supplies into space

• Orbit – The path an object takes in space as it moves around the sun

• GPS – Global Positioning System, a tracking device which uses satellites orbiting the planet