Welcome to 6th grade!

Welcome new students and parents! Sixth grade is a year of exciting new things - middle school, changing classes, lots of teachers, lockers, and a real emphasis on SCIENCE! I am so excited to work with each of you and know we will have a successful year!

Students, you can help by preparing for class every day and making sure to check in on the blog. Parents, you can help by checking the blog as well! The blog is the place to find everything you need to know! I will use it to post what we are doing in class, from notes or worksheets to projects and pictures. I will also share cool things going on in the science world, as well as at RMS and around Lawrenceville!

By posting to this blog, you can communicate questions, thoughts, or comments to me directly, as well as for others to see. In order to post, just create a FREE Google account if you don't have one already. Google accounts give you access to great things like Gmail, Google Docs (which is like Microsoft Office), and more! Also, by posting from a Google account, I will know who you are.

I'm looking forward to starting the new year with all of you!

Ms. Shaver

Find our class on Facebook!

Look for the page "Ms. Shaver's Class and Garden" to keep updated on everything over the summer! Make sure you "Like" it and tell your friends! There is a page here on the blog called facebook where you can like the page!

Rocks, Minerals, and the Rock Cycle!

Summer Garden!

Are you interested in helping out with the garden over the summer?  Email me with your phone number and I'll get a group together.  Email me at ashley_shaver@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

GYSD!

Check out our project posted on the GYSD site!  http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6492/p/salsa/event/common/public/?key=30570

Vocab week 3

1. inorganic
2. streak
3. luster
4. density
5. cleavage
6. fracture
7. mineral
8. magma
9. lava
10. solution
11. vein

Vocab words week 2

1. phase
2. eclipse
3. solar eclipse
4. umbra
5. penumbra
6. lunar eclipse
7. tide
8. gravity
9. geocentric
10. heliocentric
11. ellipse
12. inertia
13. terrestrial planet
14. retrograde rotation