2010.10.17

Meet in science lab at 3:30 **Attendees: Nicola DeTorre, Claudia Edwards, Pat Ziegelbauer** Bring an example of a science notebook
 * Due to the lack of members in attendance, most agenda items were tabled until the next meeting. Claudia, Nicola and Pat did review the 2nd grade and 4th grade curriculum maps and completed the chart. We did not look at the science notebooks at this time.**


 * · Curriculum maps: technology component; year-long chart. Please fill in the attached chart with the science topics covered during the year, month by month, before the meeting. **2nd and 4th grade worked on curriculum chart**.
 * · Science Process Skills: are we there yet? **Tabled**
 * · Inquiry: something students learn and a method for teaching science – read the attached article about inquiry before the meeting. **Tabled**
 * · 3rd grade science: two-teacher model like 4th grade? **Tabled**
 * · ExploraVision Competition **Tabled**
 * Gulf Spill link: GULF SPILL**Pat placed the oil spill info in the members mailboxes. Please check the link and submit student questions for the scientists.**



Science in the Lower School

Skills of Scientist First Hike/ respect for nature || Fall Changes - plants, animals, weather, people Deciduous Trees Harvest - Apples Fall Hike || Fall Changes continue - migration, hibernation, adaptation Personal Growth || Winter Changes - plants, animals, weather, people Coniferous Trees || Winter Changes continue - changes in state of water Winter Hike ||  || Sink and Float || Spring Changes - plants, animals, weather, peolple Earth Day - reduce, reuse, recycle Growth of flowers/seeds || Spring Changes continue - Growth of flowers/seeds Comparing seasons Spring Hike Bubbles || Safety in the Lab || pumpkins/plants/ trees || (turkeys) ||  || trees || dinosaurs/ animals || dinosaurs/ animals || pumpkins/plants trees hatching || hatching || weather-chart/analyze monthly weather/temp. clouds shadows || weather-digital record of season change shadows clouds || weather shadows clouds || weather shadows clouds || weather magnets shadows clouds || weather shadows clouds || weather shadows clouds || weather water cycle/precipitation shadows clouds || weather worms shadow clouds || Ant colonies Scientific Method || Photosynthesis || Brine Shrimp Living/Non-Living || Sound || Frogs || Frogs || Maple Syrup Frogs || Maple Syrup Rocks @ Audubon Rocks and Minerals || Natural Resources Rocks and Minerals || Plants || Plants Seeds || Simple Machines || Simple Machines || Simple Machines || Measurement and Science Tools || Space || Space || Plants || Habitats Ecosystems || Invasive Species & Great Lakes || Adaptations Water Cycle || Water Cycle || Salinity River Tables || Nitrate Pollution Filter Feeders || Caves Glaciers || Science Fair || Habitats Revisited ||
 * || Sept. || Oct. || Nov. || Dec. || Jan. || Feb. || Mar. || Apr. || May ||
 * PK ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * JK || Five Senses - use throughout topics
 * SK || insects
 * 1st || Safety in the Lab
 * 2nd || Safety in the Lab
 * 3rd || Safety in the Lab
 * 4th || Safety in the Lab