Paityn

Criterion A: We were all assigned a discoverer to write about from the past. My discoverer was Nicholas Copernicus. He discovered that the sun was the center of our solar system. I chose to do this project, because this helped me gain more knowledge. Without Copernicus's discovery astronomers wouldn't know about our solar system, and would have false information. We used books, and a few websites! It was an adventure to the past!

Criterion B: For our Catalina Power Point every picture that was not ours we had to cite and use MLA format. I chose this, because it taught me to appreciate and credit other peoples work. It also helped me with my organization. I used scientific language and presented on it! I had to type it up on the computer and use correct format. Then I had to save it to my MS: Public Folder and upload it to my power point. It was challenging, but it taught me a great lesson of respect.

Criterion C: Our teacher had us write an essay about the moon, and draw a sketch. We had to research and read our textbooks to find information for our papers. This exampled criterion c, because you have to have a lot of knowledge, and understand what you're writing about. We had to research, and solve problems independently. We had to explain step by step every different cycle. We had to hand write our essay in cursive and use MLA format. This taught me to get information and be more independent while doing it.

Criterion D: The whole sixth grade recorded, and sketched about the moon every night for thirty days! We recorded date, time, summary, weather, and a hypothesis. One hypothesis I had was "I think there will be a balsamic moon tomorrow." There was! And every night we measured how much of the moon we saw. I would go to my backyard for the sketch, I would use a computer for the weather, and a clock for the time! It was a lot of fun to learn about the moon and its different phases, I’d love to do it again!

Criterion E: Every month we would have a new reading sheet. Every time we read our partner would record how many words we got per 3 minutes! After we were done we would get out our graph notebooks and make a data chart. That's why I thought this assignment was great for criterion e! We had to process data after we read, and we got to see how much we excelled in our reading!

Criterion F: In science we had a whole week on Lab Safety! We had to learn about all the safety gear and rules when experimenting, or even in case an emergency! This exampled a safety science attitude! We used our textbooks and cut out the sheet with all of the gear on it, and then we used a packet and highlighted important information that we need to know. I was really happy that our teacher taught us that, because now I know exactly what to do!