6th Grade Science and Social Studies

I WANT MY MUMMY! 10-26 and 10-27

October 25th, 2009 · 45 Comments

HOW ARE MUMMIES MADE?

We will do 2 things with this assignment.  We will learn how mummies are created.  Also, we will make one ourselves – out of an apple! This work will be in your science notebook. The title (on the right side) will be APPLE MUMMY. Don’t forget to add it to your table of contents.


Write down the process used to make a

mummy while you

make one online! (paper provided by me)

turn in when done

You will also illustrate one of the steps.


1)  Click here to view the steps!

2)     WHO’S YOUR MUMMY?    CLICK HERE!!!! WATCH THE VIDEO – you do not have to do the activity at the end.  Use the arrows to go back if you miss something.

3)   Click here to make your own mummy!

Next, LEAVE ME A COMMENT BELOW.

It will count as a daily grade :)

Now – get some blank paper and illustrate one of the steps to make a mummy. Include facts and draw colorful pictures.  Your picture should teach us something.

If you have finished – please visit these sites to learn more about MUMMIES!

click here for THE MUMMY MAKER

MUMMIFICATION EXPLORE

MUMMIFICATION CHALLENGE

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW ABOUT MUMMIES!

I READ ABOUT IT IN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD

UNWRAP A VIRTUAL MUMMY

FUNKY MUMMY – easy but fun!

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Monotheism – What does that mean? 9-30-09

September 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Monotheism means recognizing only one God as the supreme being.

Today, we are going to learn about the three monotheistic religions – Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.  All three of these religions formed around the same  place – in the  MIDDLE EAST.

Watch the major religions spread over the earth – CLICK HERE

You have been assigned one of the religions to become the expert on.  Fill out your portion of the chart using the sites below.  You will share your information with your group.

If you were assigned Christianity – CLICK HERE.    or   CLICK HERE

If you were assigned Islam – CLICK HERE or   CLICK HERE

If you were assigned Judaism – CLICK HERE or    CLICK HERE

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Let’s sing the Hebrew Alphabet! – CLICKITY – CLICK

Let’s sing the Arabic Alphabet! – CLICK – A – ROONI

Leave me a comment!  Tell me what you think!  :)   peace  :)

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8-30-09 You made it through the First Week!

August 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments

We had a great first week! We discussed the difference between obsevation and inference. We OBSERVED a burning “CANDLE”. We discussed what makes an apple an apple. We are experts on the difference between QUANTITATIVE and QUALITATIVE observations. In Social Studies, we began learning about geography and the 5 themes. We even studied the geography of REINHARDT. NEXT WEEK, we will do a lab, review the scientific method, , learn how to read maps and start ECONOMICS!

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