Monday, February 28, 2011

Week of 2/28

I'm praying for a five day week. It will be exhausting, but necessary, for me to get caught up! :) Seventh graders will be doing their first "official" class dissection of the year: earthworms. It's amazing what can actually be seen in such a small creature of God. They will finish the week learning about the last two phyla of invertebrates: echinoderms and arthropods. Eighth grade continues to study forces and will investigate Newton's laws of motion with some activities and videos.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Week of 2/22

Lots of catching up to do! Eighth grade will be wrapping up their friction lab and presenting their findings to the class. They will end Ch. 5 with some discussion on the force of gravity. Seventh grade begins their in depth study of the animal kingdom starting with the many phyla of invertebrates.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Week of 2/15

Oh, what a relaxing(and productive) 4-day weekend! I hope the kids are as ready to get back to learning as I am. Seventh grade will continue investigating their owl pellets and will wrap up Chapter 14 by the end of the week. Eighth grade will be designing and conducting friction experiments as they continue to learn about forces. Lots of action going on in the lab this week!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Week of 2/7

The two snow days were very welcome last week, but it put me a little behind. We will have a very busy week crammed into only 4 days! Eighth grade will be working on calculating speed and acceleration and will also begin constructing an investigation to study the effects of friction. Seventh grade is studying animal behavior and will end the week working on an owl pellet dissection activity. This pellet activity is really interesting!! Ask about it at the dinner table - as long as you don't mind discussing an owl regurgitating while you're eating! :)