Immaculate Heart of Mary School
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Grade 7 - Mrs. Corbiere
IHM Faculty Member Bio
Name: Mrs. Ellen Corbiere
Education: B.A - William Paterson University
M.A Reading - Montclair State Univ.
Certification: State of New Jersey - Elementary Education
Highly Qualified - Biology & Middle School Mathmatics
IHM Faculty Member Since: 2003
Highlights: Mrs. Corbiere teaches Math and Science in the middle school. In the spirit of a true scientist, Mrs. Corbiere has attended the Space Academy for Educators at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama as well as 40 hours of professional development in the physical sciences at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. As a member of the National Science Teachers Association, Mrs. Corbiere frequently participates in webinars that help enhance the science curriculum.
"Science in Action"
The 6th grade students have been learning about the forces that reshape Earth's surface over a period of time. Recently they performed an investigation into how the force of falling raindrops from different heights could affect the soil. After measuring the distance that the soil splashed from their soil, they used their metric measurement skills and deductive reasoning to infer which height produced the greatest amount of erosion.
The 6th grade science class has been studying the importance of conserving our land and soil, one of our most valuable natural resources. The students were challenged to design a method to prevent soil from washing away through erosion. They implemented their plan by first building a barrier around a mound of soil from materials that they collected and then pouring a stream of water over it. They used their observations to predict the best way to prevent the soil on a slope from washing away. This activity was followed by a lesson on the benefits of contour plowing and strip cropping, conservation plowing, terracing on steep slopes, and planting windbreaks.
"Science in Action"
The 7th grade visited their first grade buddies and read them an entertaining story that they wrote about owls and their prey. In their stories, they explained that an owl is part of a food chain that depends on plants, which are the producers that supply energy for the ecosystem. The owls are 2nd level consumers who eat 1st level consumers like mice and voles. The 7th grade also showed their buddies the skeleton of the rodent that had been the owl’s last meal. The 7th graders glued the bones onto paper that were found in the owl pellet that they dissected with their buddies.
The 6th grade students have been learning about the forces that reshape Earth's surface over a period of time. Recently they performed an investigation into how the force of falling raindrops from different heights could affect the soil. After measuring the distance that the soil splashed from their soil, they used their metric measurement skills and deductive reasoning to infer which height produced the greatest amount of erosion.
The 6th grade science class has been studying the importance of conserving our land and soil, one of our most valuable natural resources. The students were challenged to design a method to prevent soil from washing away through erosion. They implemented their plan by first building a barrier around a mound of soil from materials that they collected and then pouring a stream of water over it. They used their observations to predict the best way to prevent the soil on a slope from washing away. This activity was followed by a lesson on the benefits of contour plowing and strip cropping, conservation plowing, terracing on steep slopes, and planting windbreaks.
The 8th grade took part in a lab in which they analyzed the relationship of the angle of a ramp and the speed at which a car travels:
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