Monday, December 14, 2009

Week of 12/14

I hope the Advent season has been one of focusing on our coming Christ!

7th grade continues its Creation unit. There is a lot of discussion and notetaking involved. Students will be graded on their completeness of their notes. The test will be a short answer essay test in which they will be allowed to use their notes to construct their answers. The test will be given out sometime next week.

8th grade will be studying the how and why elements bond with each other. Element projects are due on Wednesday. Test for the 8th grade will be on Tuesday of next week.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

This week both grades will be taking tests and then starting a new chapter.

7th grade will begin their creation unit. We will be using a lot of material from Answers in Genesis. They are the group with whom Carl Kerby, who recently visited our church, is associated. I have included a link to their website on my link list. There is so much information there. We will also be discussing evolution, so the students know what the theory says, what we as Christians can agree with, and what scientific inaccuracies are part of the theory.

8th grade will continue their study of chemistry as we move into the study of how and why atoms bond with each other. Reminder: Their element project is due on Wednesday, Dec. 16.