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    Welcome to 7th grade science!

     

    A huge thank you to all the parents/guardians who donated materials for our pumpkin volcanoes. They were a blast!!! We ended up demonstrating for most of the school at some point.

    Next, a big thank you to Safeway in Anthem for a donation that will help us with our Stop Motion Plate Boundary Films that your students will be doing this week. (image will be posted once we build our props)

    Another thank you to Nike and Rack Room in the Anthem Outlets for their donation of shoe boxes.

    We are still in need of more shoe boxes and a couple more bottles of school glue (white glue) for this project.

    The permission slips went home last week for your student to hold our pet ball python. (image to come soon)

    If your student has a 0 or M in PowerSchool they more than likely have the ability to make up the lab virtually in Canvas, but they have to look and then do it. They have been informed of this option numerous times! As always feel free to email me. (my school voicemail is in the process of being fixed so I appologize to anyone who left me a message, I didn't get it). We are having a make up day on Nov 14th but there is also an assignment that day that will need to be made up before the break.

    We are also in the midst of 2 large STEM projects. One is the grade level project where you student is designing and building something to help with the problem of "Too Much Trash." The other is the 2018/19 7th grade science STEM project. They are attempting to build a large 3 to 4 foot tall volcano that can stay outside for years to come. Material will be needed for both of these ventures.

     

    Thank you,

    Chad Kaufmann

    Canyon Springs Stem Academy

    Science isn't just for scientists and guys in lab coats. It's something that everybody can do. Jamie Hyneman

     

    • IMPORTANT CLASSROOM WEBSITES!!!                  AND                       IMPORTANT SCIENCE CURRICULUM WEBSITES!!!                     

       
     

    • Canvas

      Click on the DVUSD Start page link and find the box that says "Canvas/ DV Online Learning Program." Students will use their Canyon Springs STEM Academy log in. 

      Canvas is a district Learning Management System where students will be completing and turning in classroom assignments, labs, projects, and assessments for me all year!!! Students will have access to classroom notes and lessons and will be able to communicate with educational assigned groups.

      http://start.dvusd.org/
       
       

    • Google Docs

      Students will be downloading and saving most all of their work on their google doc account which have already been created through the Deer Valley district. To access a student’s google docs from home, they simply need to go to google.com, and use their school email address which is their Canyon Springs STEM Academy login followed by “ @learner.dvusd.org”  (Example: mlbut005@learner.dvusd.org) and their password is their normal Canyon Springs STEM Academy password.

      https://www.google.com/docs/about/
       
       
     

    • Explore Learning Gizmos

      Explore Learning Gizmos is an adopted online science and math program where students will be completing lab simulations that align to our 7th grade science curriculum. Students will have their own log in to the program where they will access the simulations and assessments. 

      https://www.explorelearning.com/
       
       

    • Discovery Education

      Discovery Education in an online, interactive “TechBook.” For each new science concept learned this year, Discovery Education contains informational text, interactives, videos, activities, interactive glossary for new vocabulary, and MORE! Students are able to complete and turn in the assignments straight from the website. We will be using Discovery Education especially when being introduced to new standards and concepts throughout each unit. Students will use their Canyon Springs STEM Academy log in to access their account. They MUST access the site from the DVUSD portal.

      http://start.dvusd.org/