6th Grade Science Class

In class today, the students looked at the vials after 24 hours and notice growth in Vial C, D, and E. We then discussed the type of water each group used with their materials pointing out that Row 1 used salt water, Row 2 used sugar water, and Row 3 used spring water. Those groups using salt water noticed little dots moving around in Vial E, and those using sugar water noticed sprouting in Vial D. Those using spring water noticed crystals forming in Vial C. The class guessed that Vial A's material was red sand, Vial B's material was yeast, Vial C's material was a type of crystal, Vial D's material was radish seeds, and that Vial E's material was brine shrimp eggs. The students will look at them one more time tomorrow to make a final decision on if each material is living or nonliving. Next we talked about what is a dormant state of a seed and had the class read a short story out of the Diversity of Life Resource book discussing life on earth. The students in their groups had to work together to answer questions on p. 23 using TQAA method that was turned in for a grade. Tomorrow, the students will finish Investigation #1 packet "What Is Life"and turn that in for a grade. On Monday, the students will be playing a review game with math questions for practice to prepare the students for the state's OAA test. On Tuesday, the students will have a test over Investigation #1 "What Is Life".