Transcript Supreme Court - Mentor Public Schools

Welcome to the…
SUPREME COURT
Showing OFF !!!!!!
This year you will encounter questions that will require you to use your “critical
thinking” skills. ALWAYS REPHRASE THE QUESTION IN THE ANSWER and then answer
each question using “POWER VOCABULARY” for subject area. FINISH your writing by
wrapping up your ideas with a conclusion.
Dare to show off your knowledge!
I understand how to produce powerful writings that
convey my content knowledge in a clear, concise,
powerful paragraph,
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Traps, springs, and triggers
I understand the various types of test questions and how to “handle” them successfully
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HERE COMES THE JUDGE RUBRIC:
1. Rephrased question in clear logical fashion
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2. Power Vocabulary in a STRONG, CLEARLY STATED
ANSWER
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3. A CONCLUSION that wraps it all up
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Editing Checklist
When you’re finished writing your answer make sure to reread your answer and check for the following:
1. Is your beginning sentence a rephrasing of the
question?
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No
2. Do have proper punctuation and capital
letters in each sentence?
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No
3. Do you have any run-on sentences?
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No
4. Does your story make sense?
Is it in chronological order?
Transition words?(First-Next-Then)
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5. Does your ending summarize your
answer?
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No
6. Was your story enjoyable to read?
Yes
No
Lawyer Hall of Fame
Case # 3 Corinne Greenlee
Case # 5 Brianna Chuba
Case # 7 Corrine Greenlee/
Helena Wilson
Amelia Barbins/
Samantha Popp
Case # 4 Amelia Barbins
Case # 6 Daniel Casey
Case # 8
Case Log
Case # 8 Due Wednesday
The role of the “Chairperson”
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Session # 1 (15 minutes)
Read the question to the group
Lead Power Vocabulary discussion
Allow lawyer to improve their answers
Session #2 (10 minutes)
Have each lawyer read their answer while
group uses rubric to evaluate
Have group choose best answer to
“SHARE” with Supreme Court
Case # 1
Mr. Johnson is a farmer who decided to place 5 bee hives right in the middle of his
apple orchard. Explain why this is a scientifically wise decision! How will this
improve his farm?
Case # 1…
pollination, interdependence, nectar,
profit
Mr. Johnson has made a wise decision to put the bee hives in
his apple orchard because both the bees and the apple trees will
benefit. The bees will pollinate the flowers as the bees gather
nectar for the hive. This will cause the apple tree to have many
apples due to the fact that the flowers were all pollinated. The
bees will also be able to produce large amounts of honey
because of the nectar they found in the apple trees. Both
organisms benefited. This is called interdependence. Mr.
Johnson will make more money as a farmer because he now has
many apples and a lot of honey to sell at the local market place.
Case # 2
A truck carrying copper sulfate ( a chemical that kills only small plant) wrecked by the
Mentor marsh and some of the chemical leaked into the Marsh. It appeared to only kill
plant life. Will it affect the Bald Eagles in the area? Explain your ideas!
Case # 2
energy pyramid, prey, predator, photosynthesis,
producer, consumer
Since the copper sulfate had spilled all over the marsh and killed the
whole plant life, the bald eagles in our community will be affected. If no
producers are left in the marsh, they can no longer do photosynthesis to
produce chemical energy. All the energy that comes from the plants can no
longer get to the primary consumers, secondary consumers, or the tertiary
consumer also known as the bald eagle. The energy is on the 10% rule but,
there will not be any energy to increase or decrease in the energy pyramid.
If there is no energy throughout the pyramid, the consumers will not
provide enough for there prey, along with them being a predator. Bald
eagles will get affected from the plant decreasing because there is no
chemical energy for the eagle to eat as the apex predator in the ecosystem.
Case # 3
Raccoons , the masked bandits of the marsh , absolutely thrives around people
and their dwellings in the Mentor Headlands. What physical and behavioral
adaptations allow this to occur? Explain your reasoning.
Case # 3
physical, behavioral, adaption, camouflage,
nocturanlism, canine teeth, cup shaped ears
The raccoon’s physical and behavioral adaptations allow them
to thrive around people in the area and their dwellings. The
raccoon uses his skin color for camouflage, to blend in with the
darkness. They have sharp claws and canine teeth to show when
they feel threatened. The raccoon’s cup shaped ears are great for
hearing the sound of humans, or their dogs. As they hear them, the
raccoon know to run away quick. A raccoon’s most common use of
behavioral adaptations is nocturnalism. Nocturnalism is when an
animal sleeps during the day, and hunts for food during the night.
In this case the raccoon hunts during the night for left overs in
human’s trash cans. In my opinion, the raccoon is a very fierce and
smart animal because they use their adaptations.
Case # 4
Scientifically explain the photos and their relationships…
Case # 4
Scientifically explain the photos and their relationships…
Case # 4
Each of the pictures is about a tree and its relationship with its leaves.
In the first picture it shows a tree that has all its leaves. Since the leaves
are still green that means they still have a green pigment inside the
chloroplast called chlorophyll in them that allows the leaf to do
photosynthesis. The leaf does photosynthesis so the tree can have
food. In the second picture there is a tree with leaves that lost its
chlorophyll because of decreased sunlight so they no longer do
photosynthesis and they are no longer green. Lastly in the third picture
there is a leaf with no more chlorophyll. The tree dropped the leaf it
because since it no longer does photosynthesis it can not help the tree
so the tree dropped it. In the third picture the leaf is being decomposed
by the decomposers and turned back into soil. The three pictures show
the relationship of a tree and its leaves. They also show the life cycle of
a leaf.
Case # 5
Mr. Jones is a new biologist who is studying animal populations (single species) in the Mentor
Marsh and he is exploring how they effect each other and the community. (many animals
mixed together ) He has noticed the following facts:
1.The mouse population has 8 babies in every litter
2. The rabbits/squirrels have 6 babies in each litter of offspring.
3. The Great Horned Owl only has 2 babies and only one of them survives.
Explain to Mr. Jones why this is occurring?
** Bonus time… be prepared to
show how you can up with an
answer!
Case # 5
There are many simple reasons for to be more prey than predators in an
ecosystem. First of all, there will always be more primary consumers
(herbivores) than secondary consumers(carnivores). The second reason is the
energy pyramid. For example, a dandelion gets its energy from the sun and when
the rabbit eats the dandelion it only gets 10% of the energy that the dandelion
got. That’s why the rabbit has to eat many dandelions to get the energy it needs.
Then when a fox eats the rabbit it only gets 10% of the energy the rabbit got.
When a great horned owl eats a fox, it would only get 10% of the energy the fox
got. The reason one great horned owl dies is because of the lack of energy. As the
apex predator there is not enough energy to support its offspring
Case # 6
If Human pesticides kill off all the
grasshoppers in the Marsh area what
impact will it have on the animal
community shown in the food web?
** Bonus time… be
prepared to show how you
can up with an answer!
What pattern is Marsha observing and how
will this pattern effect the physical
adaptations of the artic fox and the
behavioral adaptations of the Mentor
Headland’s geese?
Case # 7
Case # 7
Marsha is observing the process of the autumnal equinox.
This concept makes many changes to the adaptations of the
arctic fox, and the geese in our environment. Winter is slowly
starting to occur because the sun is not shooting a direct ray
towards us. The arctic fox is having an adaptation where it
changes it’s color. This concept is known as protective
coloration. Protective coloration can help the animal in any
season. Right now we are talking about winter. The fox will
turn from brown to white. This physical adaptation is a key
concept that an arctic fox uses. It will help him sneak upon
his prey, and hide from his predators. Since it is winter, the
geese will go through the process of migration. This concept
requires them migrating to the south for a warmer
environment. Even though one is physical and one's
behavioral. They both make adaptations for their own
protection.
Case # 7
The pattern Marsha is observing is every day the sun will come up one minute
earlier and set a minute earlier every other day. The arctic foxes and the
headlands geese must use their physical and behavioral adaptations to
survive. Since the sun is setting earlier that means it is getting closer to the
winter. The geese will use their behavioral adaptations because the geese will
notice that the sun is setting earlier so they will know to fly south for the winter
(migrate). One of the arctic fox’s physical adaptations are to change white
when the weather starts to get colder (protective coloration). They turn white so
they can blend into the snow. The arctic fox is similar to a leaf because both the
leaf and the fox change color when it gets colder because they lose their
pigment( a chemical that makes an organism turn a color). Since it is getting
colder the arctic fox and headlands geese must use their physical and
behavioral adaptations to survive the winter.
Case # 8
Explain this
drawing
scientifically.
What does it
mean?
CASE # 9
How is the moon different than our Earth?
Research sources for your exploration
http://space-facts.com/the-moon/
http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_facts.phtml
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/moon.html
Case # 10
In the most creative way possible prepare a
comparison between the Inner and Outer Planets
http://www.solstation.com/stars/4planets.htm
http://www.space.com/30372-gas-giants.html
http://www.space.com/17028-terrestrial-planets.html
Planet Rubric (5 cards)
A Fifth graders tour of the solar system
Time Line:
1. Story board: Due Monday 12/7
2. Drafts: Due Card#1 - 12/11
Card# 2 and 3 - 12/15
Card# 4 and 5 – 12/ 17
3. Final; Due 12/ 21
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Title page ( 1 2 3 4 )
2.
Discussion of inner planets ( 1 2 3 4 )
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Discussion of outer planets ( 1 2 3 4 )
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2 Other solar system features ( 1 2 3 4 )
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Laws that govern the solar system ( 1 2 3 4 )
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Organized into subheading with content under proper categories ( 1 2 3 4 )
7.
FUDGE FACTOR ( 1 2 3 4 )
Case 10 ****amended
Which fertilizer brand is best? Prove it with data and are the results reliable?
Which group(s) is the control group? Which group(s) is the experimental group? Is this
experiment done correctly? ( Prove your answers)
Case # 11
This soil sample was taken from a area in Mentor Ohio. What category of rock does this
sample come from? (Hint: it looks like layers of a cake)What does it tell you about the
past history of Mentor Ohio. Prove it !
Case 13
For Whom the “BELL” tolls
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/