Thursday September 27

Kids are going to try to figure out what the two liquids are from the unlabeled jar!  They will perform 7 different experiments today and tomorrow to see if they have the investigative qualities of a true scientist!

Notebook Quiz will be at the end of the hour on Friday over ACT: 3,5,6

Wednesday September 26

Today the kids had their first sub, Ms. Schram.  The kids have been working on information about hazardous materials.  They read a story out of the Science World magazines that I order using a grant I received from the Northview Education Foundation.  The article talked about how the chemical DDT that many people used to use for a pesticide.  They had to do an activity called mingling with vocabulary from the article and then they had to summarize information from the article.

No HW!

Thursday March 24

Today we finished up with Act. 38 using the microscope slides of onions, cheek cells and pond water samples. Also reviewed what was going to be on the notebook quiz tomorrow.

HW: get notebook ready for the quiz tomorrow.

Monday March 21

Today we finished up activity 37. We listened to each group present the different scientists and their contributions to society. While kids were presenting, each student then filled out a worksheet that allowed for kids to write down the scientist information and the date of the discovery.

Kids need to have the worksheet filled out and put into their notebooks.

HW: notebook quiz on Friday over Act. 32-38

Sunday March 20

Good Morning!

Just a reminder: the end of the term is Friday March 25. ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS FOR YOUR CORE CLASSES ARE DUE ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 23! Please check edline to make sure you have all you assignments in. Remember Mr. Kaboos and Mrs. Templar are here during the week after school to assist students who need help.

Science: this week we will be working with microscopes while looking at cheek and onion cells and microscopic pond life. Should be a fun week in class this week.

Monday March 14

We started a new unit today on Micro-Life. We started by looking at two pictures of microscopic organisms. We then started our unit discussing how a infectious diseases are transferred from person to person. The kids then received a set of 8 cards explaining a scenario about 8 different people in a school setting and stating whether they have symptoms of a disease or already have the disease. Kids had to determine a hypothesis about the path the disease went. Then tomorrow we are going to test 4 people the kids chose today.

HW: Type 3 writing is due tomorrow about Genetically Modified Food.

Wednesday March 9

Kids watched some videos on Genetically Modified Food products. They will be making a list of pros and cons while watching the video and then using that information to write a paper either supporting GMF or challenging GMF. They receive a rubric today and then during 1st and 3rd hours tomorrow the kids will be able to work on their writing piece. The writing piece will be due on Tuesday, March 15.