Welcome to the 2022 Innovation Day. A day to celebrate Science here at the OJCS. Find all the schedules and links to live presentations in the graphic below.
On Tuesday October 12th, Science classes participated in the Global Maker Day. A day dedicated to learn, share, and play while completing STEM related challenges. Challenges will provide students to practice problem solving, be creative, and have fun learning.
Possible events, presentations, videos and challenges are listed below.
Here are some helpful tips as you expand on your web literacy, research, and digital citizenship skills. Feel free to download a copy and add it to your Science folder to refer back to it when needed. Review Sheet found below.
Looking to get ahead next year, or review anything from last year? Find your grade level below. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Mr. Ray.
Grade 6 into 7 Prep. Links and Resources
ECOSYSTEMS
Biotic vs. Abiotic Factors
Build your own Self Contained Biosphere student video
Lesson 7: Variety of biodiversity within species, communities, ecosystems importance to survival and resilience. Intro to CoSpaces online software tutorial/account creation.
Welcome to the 2021 Innovation Day. A day to celebrate Science here at the OJCS. Find all the schedules and links to live presentations in the graphic below.
Click here to watch all of the videos that the middle school students created for their projects!
How To Make Your Video using Screencastify Tutorial
Fixing Electrical Problems
There are so many uses for electricity. But what happens when something isn’t working right? Maybe your computer speakers are not working or your refrigerator isn’t staying cold. What do people do? They often need to take their appliance in to be repaired or have a technician come to the house to repair the appliance. The technician has to figure out what is wrong and why the device is not working properly. This process is called troubleshooting. Let’s practice some troubleshooting skills to solve electrical problems.
What is Static Electricity?
A form of Static Electricity is lightning… check out the video below of some amazing lightning strikes.