Week of August 19th - August 23rd

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Our first assignment was given out Friday. It is an AOW or article of the week (which will be renamed shortly to Article of the Month). The AOM is not for homework and will be completed in class beginning  Friday, August 16th. Article's of the Month can be found on "Teams" under "Assignments."

Our baseline testing will take place on Thursday and Friday of this week!

Essential Question: What are the parts of the scientific process? How do science and pseudoscience compare?

Objective: Students should be able to:
- Identify and explain the parts of the scientific process and how they are related
- Explain that the scientific process is not linear, but a continuous model
- Differentiate between science and pseudoscience

Assignments:  Please access assignments and daily slides using Microsoft Teams through One View.
- Science Process Foldable
- Science Process Task Cards
- Science vs. Pseudoscience card sort

* Please make sure you have completed the Parent Contact Survey and the Student Interest Survey through Teams by the end of the week! 


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