Week of 5/23

There are lots of activities competing for my science time this week, so it's important to stay on top of the assignments even when there is no class. Seventh grade should be focusing on writing their chastity essays. They were given all of the requirements last Friday, and the essays are due this Friday. Eighth grade is wrapping up their heat unit and will have a Chapter 10 Test on Thursday which is our last day for science this week.

Week of 5/16

Seventh graders will be wrapping up their human body presentations. We have also begun our sex ed unit. We will have a speaker on the ramifications of sexting on Tuesday. Thursday our class will be split into boys and girls for further discussion. Daily quizzes will be given on the system of the body that was presented the previous day. All powerpoints on the various systems are posted on GoogleDocs for review.

Eighth grade is working on Heat & Heat Technology. We will have a lab on Tuesday with presentation on Wednesday.

Week of 5/2

Seventh graders are well into their human body project. This will be their last week of work. Some groups may be ready to start presenting on Thursday. Eighth grade is wrapping up their study of energy resources and will test their knowledge of motion and energy transfer by designing a contraption to protect an egg from a 3 m or higher fall. Chapter 9 test for them on Thursday.

Week of 4/25

Let the spring madness begin! Academic bowl, track meets, science olympiad, baseball, softball, spring thing,... oh yeah, we are still supposed to be learning things in school! :) I will be trying my best to help my students stay motivated. Seventh graders are in the beginning stages of a large project on the human body. The first pieces are due on Wednesday (vocab, pictures, facts, letter), and they will have had three class periods of work time to prepare. You will probably see them doing some work at home, but if they seem overwhelmed, then they have not been using class time wisely. Eighth graders continue studying energy and will have quite an "eggciting" challenge by the end of the week.