GATE Compliance Maureen Blaes 2008-2009 May 28, 2009.

GATE ComplianceMaureen Blaes

2008-2009

May 28, 2009

Differentiated InstructionElements of Depth and Complexity

Differentiated Instruction

• Universal Theme: Change

Scholarly Attributes• Setting goals• Exercising our intellect• Saving our information• Possessing academic humility• Coming to class prepared• Seeing things from different perspectives• Taking time to think/ “ponder”• Using varied resources for information• Asking meaningful questions

Intellectual Traits• Intellectual Leadership

Willingness to guide, lead, or direct in intellectual circumstance

• Intellectual Courage Attempting difficult learning situations with bravery

• Intellectual Humility To be humble not boastful of your intellectual ability

• Intellectual Aggressiveness To be assertive or active when using your intellect

Math 5th Grade used the Glencoe Text

4th Grade used the 5th grade Math Text when it was appropriate

Extension lessons from the Scott Foresman Text or the Glencoe Text were sometimes used to expand the lesson

• Prime factorization of 1000• Calculated the weight of

1,000 lbs. on other planets• Measured the number of

pennies in 1 foot then calculated the number of pennies in 1,000 feet

• Everyone shared pictures “a picture is worth a thousand words”

• Ended with 100Grand Candy Bars

Celebrated 1,000 Day of School (5th Grade) and the 100 Day of School (4th Grade)

Celebrated National Pi() Dayon March 14th (3/14)

• Students measured the circumference and the diameter of various circular items.

• Using the ratio the students calculated

• Celebrated with pie

Shelly Counts Seashells Shelly collects seashells. One day she decided to count them.•When she counted them by 2s, there was 1 left.•When she counted them by 3s, there were 2 left.•When she counted them by 4s, there were 3 left.•When she counted them by 5s, there were 4 left.What's the minimum (smallest) number of shells she can have in her collection?Be sure to explain how you solved the problem.

For an extra $100 in Mega-Millions Money: Shelly noticed a pattern in the remainders when she counted the shells. She was curious, so she counted them by 6s and then 7s to find out if that pattern would continue. Use your answer to the main problem to find out what she learned.

Change For KatieKatie needed exact change for a juice machine. She only had a $1 bill in her pocket. She asked if I could trade her $1 in change for her bill.I knew I had more than $1 in coins in my pocket, so I said, "Sure.“ When I emptied my pocket, however, I found I could not give her exact change for $1.What is the greatest amount of money in U.S. coins that I can have and still not be able to give Katie exact change for $1?Explain how you know you have found the maximum amount possible.

Club RAD*Read and Discover

50 points Name the six noble gases

100 points What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid and where is it found?

150 points What California city did the last Pony Express ride end in?

250 pointsWhat is the only place below sea level in the United States that is not in the California desert?

Club Read and DiscoverCurrent Questions04/13/09-04/29/09

50 pointsWhat tree was named for the Native American scholar who created the 85-syllable Cherokee alphabet?

100 pointsWhat two continents have never been the site of a major military conflict?

150 pointsWho are the four scientists that have won more than one Nobel Prize?

250 pointsWhich two cities have the oldest stadiums in major league baseball and what are the names of the stadiums?

Language Arts

• Bonita Unified GATE Spelling Bee

• Participated in the National Endowment of the Arts Big Read: The Call of the Wild

Officer Jackson from the Pomona Valley Humane Society

The Phantom Tollbooth

• Chromatography

Circle of ThanksAn Anthology of Native American Poems

Raging Hawk, an Apache, came to visitWrote poems from a Native American perspective

Creating a Podcast of our Poems

Independent Study• Define the topic or area of study• Formulate a set of research questions

• Gather information from various resources

• Organize data• Summarize Information• Develop a product and present information

Examples

Social Science

• Think like an ArcheologistReplicas of artifacts from the 18th Century

Trash Pit Well Path Brick Building Foundation

Used critical thinking skills to determine the function of the artifact

Skateboard Science

Skateboard ScienceChallenges

The Law of the Conservation of Energy:Energy can be changed from one form to another

Challenge 1Imagine a large hydroelectric dam and generator high in the mountains. You are at home listening to your stereo and the stereo is plugged into an electrical outlet that receives electricity from the dam and the generator.

What is the original source of the sound energy ?

Hydroelectric Dam Stereo plugged into an electrical outlet and playing music

Work backwards and be sure to use the following words: potential energy, kinetic energy, electrical energy, heat energy, and sound energy.

Hydroelectric Dam Music

1.Sound energy changes from the electrical energy in the stereo.

2.Electrical energy changes from the kinetic energy of H2O rushing over the generators.

3. Kinetic energy changes from the potential energy of H2O behind the dam.

4. Potential energy changes from the Sun’s heat energy that evaporated H2O from the oceans to make rain.

Energy Changes

Challenge 2A student lifts a bowling ball from the ground and holds

it. Trace back to the original source of the energy.

What is the original source of energy used to picked the bowling ball up from the ground?

Work backwards and be sure to use the following words: potential energy, kinetic energy, chemical energy, and light energy.

Energy Changes

1. Potential energy changes from the kinetic energy of the student’s moving muscles.

2. Kinetic energy changes from chemical energy of the food the student ate.

3. Chemical energy changes from light energy of the sun through the process of photosynthesis .

Challenge 3Ooops ! Instead of rolling the ball down the bowling alley, the student dropped the ball on the ground. When the ball dropped, everyone heard a loud CRASH! How did the energy change forms?

What is the energy pathway?

Work backwards and be sure to use the following words: potential energy, kinetic energy, sound energy, and heat energy.

CRASH!

Energy Changes

1.Kinetic energy changes from the potential energy of the ball’s position

2.Sound energy changes from the kinetic energy of the ball moving down.

3.Some of the potential energy changes to heat energy from the impact of the ball on the floor.

Microbiology

Windows Around the World

Code Blue

55thth Graders Explored Graders Explored Newton’s Laws of Motion Newton’s Laws of Motion

using Marblesusing Marbles11stst Law Law – An object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion at constant velocity, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

33rdrd Law Law – For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

4th Graders Explored Kinetic and Potential Energy

Science OlympiadFebruary 28,2009

Huntington Library

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Dana Point Marine Institute

Ag Day LA

Super Saturday Enrichment