Winterhaven School 5th Grade Student Web Page (2.3)
Important Dates:
12.10 Science Fair, 5-7 p.m.
12.16 Field Trip to Portland Art Museum, Exhibit China Design Now, 12:30-2:45 (Subject to approval)
Systems Thinking Projects:
The six steps
- tell the story (Mind Mapping)
- name the elements (What is changing within the system?)
- sketch behaviors over time (BOTG’s)
- make the system visible (Connection Circle)
- look for leverage (Causal Loops)
- share & test (Tinker, Successive Approximation)
Classroom topics for week beginning November 30, 2009 ( 二〇〇九年 十一月 三十日）
Math: Sharing and Comparing with Fractions, Moving Between Fractions and Decimals
Humanities: Imaginative Writing Rough Draft, Socratic Seminar: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Sir Isaac Newton, Systems Thinking Positive Change Group Projects
Science: Electric Circuits- What is electrical current?, Electrical Resistance- making fuses and light bulbs
Japanese: Lesson 11 Hiragana, Lesson I Conversation
Homework
Math: pages 28-33, required 4-23, extra credit 59-69
Science: Science Boards Due Tuesday, December 1
Japanese: Lesson 11, study for Friday’s test
Systems Thinking: Stewards of the environment mind map due Thursday, collaboration encouraged