Sunday, October 21, 2018

Weekly Scientific Article - Due Friday 10/26

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterargument, Audience documents must be completed on each article in order to receive full credit.  All articles with links are found on www.thinkcerca.com

2. Enter email
3. Enter password
4. Click on the Weekly Scientific Article - Where No One Has Gone Before
5. Complete the following CERCAs below by Due Date (Submit)

Monday, October 8, 2018

Accessing the Textbooks Online

Please go to www.fossweb.com

Then enter your Class Username:  greenestem
Next enter the Password:                greenestem

Once this is done, you may access all of the reading material online.  This includes most of the key words and all of the context surrounding the scientific topics.

Weekly Scientific Article - Due Friday 10/12

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterargument, Audience documents must be completed on each article in order to receive full credit.  All articles with links are found on www.thinkcerca.com

2. Enter email
3. Enter password
4. Click on the Weekly Scientific Article - Food and Our Environment
5. Complete the following CERCAs below by Due Date (Submit)

Monday, September 24, 2018

Preventing Hurricanes/Typhoons - Project Based Assessment 9/25 and 9/27

“Developing Solutions in order to Prevent the Impact of Hurricanes/Typhoons
around the World”


Governor of NC - Researcher - Presenters
Governor of Florida - Researcher - Presenters
Governor of Texas - Researcher - Presenters
Governor of Louisiana - Researcher - Presenters
President of Japan - Researcher - Presenters


OBJECTIVE
Develop a standard operating procedure that would reduce the amount of greenhouse gases impacting
the US/Japan (planet) without drastically impacting  the economy

Develop an action plan to help save the lives of people impacted by hurricanes/typhoons


CRITERIA
Maintain the current GDP (Gross Domestic Product)


SOLUTION
Provide a solution that addresses the needs of your community, state, or country that will ultimately
reduce greenhouse gases and maintain your GDP


PRESENTATION:  Must include an opening CLAIM (STATEMENT).  
For example:  My name is _______________ and I am the Governor of NC and
over the last 5 years, we have been severely impacted by extreme weather patterns.  
Our state also has the largest amount of tourists that come to our state for religious
conventions and barbecue. Currently our country/state emits __________of carbon into
the atmosphere.  The global impact of our carbon emissions is tremendous. As a result of
the carbon emissions, we have seen an increase in ________________. Therefore, we
devised a strategy that would help to decrease our carbon footprint while not impacting our
current GDP.  Our country’s/state’s GDP is ___________________. This accounts for ___________________ of the US/world’s economy. In order for us to help to reduce
our carbon footprint in the atmosphere, we have decided to implement the following
strategies:
(1)
(2)
(3)


(EVIDENCE) Our research will help to explain the evidence that supports our claim
by____________________________
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)


(REASONING) In addition, we have also found several ways to ___________________
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)


You may use graphs to represent your data, increase or decrease of greenhouse gases like
CO2 emissions.  You may also include models to represent your project.  Your presentation
must be longer than 5 minutes but no longer than 10 minutes.  Each group member will
have to answer questions at the end of the presentation.


RUBRIC



Distinguished
Meets Most Requirements
Needs Improvement
Objective
34%
25%
20%
Evidence/Reasoning
34%
25%
20%
Data/Graphs/Models
34%
25%
20%
Cumulative Score



Total Score





801/802  Project Based Assessments will begin during class 9/25/18

701/702 Project Based Assessments will begin during class 9/27/18

Make sure you are adhering to the instructions outlined in the procedure.  Please ensure that each member is prepared and understands the content presented.  Be ready to answer questions at the end of your presentation.  Follow the Rubric for the project.  Good Luck!

Vocabulary Words To Know - Due Date 9.28.18

Please look up the following scientific terms and learn them by this Friday.  You will be tested on the content of the terms listed below:

tornadoes     hurricanes     typhoons     floods     drought     atmosphere     blizzards     microbursts   

wildfires     dust storm      jet stream     barometer     hygrometer     thermometer     carbon dioxide   

nitrogen     ozone     greenhouse gas     variable gas     permanent gas     methane     stratosphere

trophosphere     mesophere     thermosphere     exosphere     photosynthesis

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Weekly Scientific Article - Due Friday 9/21

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterargument, Audience documents must be completed on each article in order to receive full credit.  All articles with links are found on www.thinkcerca.com

2. Enter email
3. Enter password
4. Click on the Weekly Scientific Article - Sea Level Change
5. Complete the following CERCAs below by Due Date (Submit)

Monday, September 10, 2018

Weekly Scientific Article Due Friday 9/14

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterargument, Audience documents must be completed on each article in order to receive full credit.  All articles with links are found on www.thinkcerca.com

2. Enter email/password (assigned by teacher)
3. Add Class Code

802 Class Code - DL4ZBW
801 Class Code - RJKKRW
701 Class Code - LA6GJW
702 Class Code - 6YXJAW

4. Select the Assignment/Begin work
5. Complete the following CERCAs below by Due Date (Submit)

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Agenda Books Now On Sale

It's a great day at Imagine Andrews!  Agenda Books will be on sale beginning tomorrow morning. The cost will be $5 cash or money order payable to Imagine Andrews only.  Please send your agenda book money/order envelope to Ms. Gunn immediately after the morning announcements, no later than 8:45.  Orders will be filled and delivered to the classroom.  Thanks for your support!

Monday, September 3, 2018

Friday Uniform Procedure

-   1st Friday of Each Month: College & Career/Armed Forces Tops


-   2nd, 3rd, & 4th Friday of Each Month: IA Polo Shirts, IA Spirit WearShirts and 

    College & Career/Armed Forces


 Polo shirts cannot be worn daily.

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Welcome Back Scholars for 2018-19

Welcome Back Scholars for the 2018-19 school year!  We are excited about the many changes to our curriculum that will only improve our scholars performance on standardized tests, it will also better prepare them for the real world. We are enthusiastic about the phenomenal growth that will take place as a result of this new implementation.  There will be a greater focus on Character, Restorative Methods, plus Science and Engineering Practices.  So buckle up and put your seat belts as "WE RISE towards the STRATOSPHERE!  The students listed below are scheduled to be in my homeroom upon the first day of school.  See you in a few days!

Class 802

Blake Boddie             Jordyn Bradshaw          Elena Craddock          Valentina Cruz  
Ariana Davis              Nigel Douse                   Sunevah Edwards       Amari Elazier             
Harmony Fitzhugh    Zamirah Forshee           Emma Greer                Rashawn Hamlette
Rossi Harmon           Joshua Henderson        Brianna Holcomb       Octavius Hood
Natalia Martinez        Malachi Massey             Kyran Randolf             Nadia Scott
Xavier Scott               Makayla Sharpe            Kiyah Tate                    Wilson Trahan
Micheal Welch           Omari Willis                   

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Spirit of Washington Instructions

The suggested parking locations for the Spirit of Washington is the Colonial Parking Garage at 7th street or 4th street SW. Families will need to walk the children down to Pier 4. If families would like to drop off scholars, there will be a chaperone at the top of WaterStreet to meet the scholars. Pick up will be at Pier 4 at the conclusion of the boat ride.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Rubric for Scientific Presentations





Distinguished
Meets Most Requirements
Needs Improvement
Objective
34%
25%
20%
Warm Up
34%
25%
20%
Assessment/Activity
34%
25%
20%
Cumulative Score



Total Score





  • All Scientific Presentations must be relevant to the world of science and technology
  • All Presentations must be 20 minutes in length and a maximum of 30 minutes
  • Any Presentations that fail to meet the minimum required time limit will receive an automatic 10% deduction from their overall total score

Friday, April 13, 2018

Please Complete Survey - Improving Imagine

Greetings all,

The survey link went live today. We appreciate your feedback. See below for the link and directions:

http://survey.imagineschools.org/53


Our mission is to serve our nation by providing our Imagine community with a well-rounded education and character development while meeting the needs of civilian and military families.

In order to better fulfill our mission, we request your cooperation in completing the family survey. Each year we administer a family survey to find ways to better serve families at Imagine Andrews.Your feedback is important to us and will be used to help us improve our programs and school as a whole. The results of the surveys will be used at the school level to gather valuable information about our current strengths and areas for improvement. We will also share the results with our regional and national Imagine family for accountability purposes.

The information obtained from the survey will be used to improve our school educational programs and services. Our commitment is to provide a superior learning environment for your child(ren) and your input is very important. The data you provide is anonymous.At no time will results compiled from the survey identify individuals. This year we are asking you to fill out only one survey per household.

In addition to the survey questions, space is also available to share comments about any of the survey statements or other thoughts you have about the school. Please consider responding to the following questions: Why did you choose this school for your child? What do you want us to know about your school experience this past year?

Thank you for your willingness to reflect on our school. We value your thoughts.

Sincerely,

H. Douglas Rice II