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 0 1 2 3 4

2. Power Vocabulary in a STRONG, CLEARLY STATED ANSWER 0 1 2 3 4

3. A CONCLUSION that wraps it all up 0 1 2 3 4

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? Yes No 2. Do have proper punctuation and capital Yes No letters in each sentence? 3. Do you have any run-on sentences? Yes No 4. Does your story make sense? Yes No Is it in chronological order? Transition words?(First-Next-Then) 5. Does your ending summarize your Yes No answer? 6. Was your story enjoyable to read? Yes No

Lawyer Hall of Fame

Case # 3 Corinne Greenlee Case # 4 Amelia Barbins

Case # 5 Brianna Chuba Case # 6 Daniel Casey

Case # 7 Corrine Greenlee/ Case # 8

Helena Wilson

Amelia Barbins/

Samantha Popp

Case Log

Case # 8 Due Wednesday

The role of the “Chairperson”Session # 1 (15 minutes)

A. Read the question to the groupB. Lead Power Vocabulary discussionC. Allow lawyer to improve their answers

Session #2 (10 minutes)D. Have each lawyer read their answer while

group uses rubric to evaluateE. Have group choose best answer to

“SHARE” with Supreme Court

Case # 1Mr. Johnson is a farmer who decided to place 5 bee hives right in the middle of hisapple 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 # 2energy 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 evaluate 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 consume on.

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 # 3physical, 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

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?

How is the moon different than our Earth?

http://space-facts.com/the-moon/

http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_facts.phtml

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/moon.html

Research sources for your exploration

CASE # 9

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/17028-terrestrial-planets.html

http://www.space.com/30372-gas-giants.html

Planet Rubric (5 cards)A Fifth graders tour of the solar system

1. Title page ( 1 2 3 4 )

2. Discussion of inner planets ( 1 2 3 4 )

3. Discussion of outer planets ( 1 2 3 4 )

4. Other solar system features ( 1 2 3 4 )

5. Laws that govern the solar system ( 1 2 3 4 )

6. Organized into subheading with content under proper categories ( 1 2 3 4 )

7. FUDGE FACTOR ( 1 2 3 4 )

Case 10 ****amended

Time Line: 1. Story board: Due Monday 12/72. Drafts: Due 12/9 – 12/113. Final; Due !2/15

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

Prove your answer by showing your knowledge of the scientific method!!!

CASE #12

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/