Here are a few things we’ll be covering for the rest of our (sadly short) time left before you move on to the Upper School:

Forces
Title: Newton v Einstein
Unit Question: Who is right? Newton or Einstein?
Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity
Culminating Task: Newton v Einstein Court Case
Assessment: Knowledge and Understanding (Criterion C)

Energy
Title: Knock ‘em Down
Unit Question: What does oatmeal have to do with bowling?
Area of Interaction: Health and Social Interaction
Culminating Task: Wii bowling tournament
Assessment: Communication in Science (Criterion B)

Work and Machines
Title: Archimedes’ Claw and the 1st Presbyterian Soup Kitchen
Unit Question: How can we use the works of Archimedes to help our work at the soup kitchen?
Area of Interaction: Community and Service
Culminating Task: Demonstration of simple machines and understanding of efficiency by moving items at the soup kitchen during Humanitas Day
Assessment: One World (Criterion A)

Waves
Title: Verse Chorus Verse
Unit Question: Do you study better in a well lit quiet room or a dark and noisy room? What about your earbuds?
Area of Interaction: Environments
Culminating Task: Collection of data related to personal or group study habits with reflection on personal preferences/needs based on science of light and sound.
Assessment: Processing Data (Criterion D)

Should be fun!