6th Grade Video of Microscopic organism that we found in a drop of brook water

We had a blast looking at the sediments and water droplets that we collected this week at the campus stream.

I will post more photos soon, but promised the kids that I would post this tonight... enjoy!!

6th Grade - Fresh Water Projects

              Katy and Ava show how wells work within a watershed.

This group had a great idea of showing the concept of how water sticks together, by using magnets, paper lips and bobby pins.

              The team with th final product.

      Kymberly, Sarah and Charli, show how their lake flows into a marsh by way of a waterfall.

     The team showing the final product, which included a lifelike model of the classroom turtle, Crash.

               Nice work girls!

678 Science Chapter 1 Projects

Almost everyone has started planning their Chapter 1 projects and several have been completed.

Due dates for the project are:

6th Grade - Wednesday, September 25th

7th and 8th Grade - Friday, September 27th

Please step outside the box and use those creative imaginations that I know you all have.

Wow not only me, by your classmates and the rest of the school as well.

Most of all do the hard fun!!



See your syllabus for details on the project requirements. The syllabus is also on the sidebar to the right of this blog post if you need it.

Science OptionC

Just a reminder, the due dates in OptionC were set when I did my planning this summer.

As we got started, has always, the best laid plans change a bit.

Due this week - 9/20/13 - the reading and questions for all sections in chapter one and the response for the article on water in Epping, NH

I will be changing the assignment dates hopefully this weekend.

8th Grade students

End of seventh grade

         The start of 8th grade

                            

6th Grade Exponents Projects

Students were asked to answer the question:
    If you earned an allowance for a month, and on the first day recieved a penny, then the next day and for thirty days your amount doubled everyday, how much money would you have on the 30th of the month?

Below are photos of the work as it progressed and some of the finished products.
   
                     All students created some amazing examples of how exponents work!!

More Exponent Projects - the 7th grade collection

                       A stop action video made by Mrs. Pennell, with a little editing help from Mrs C.

A really awesome first time program on the Scratch computer programming site by Alec P.
When you get to the site, click the green flag and see the program in action.

Exponent project by Alec - 7th Grade

A super first time stop action video by Jack F. using exponents for distance.

Solving equations notes

For students who are working on the solving equations section, here are the notes from the lesson.

Please set up each of your equations as I demonstrated in class.

Do as much as you can, skip over the problems you are having trouble with and see me on Monday.

Remember, if you need help solving, the odd answers are in the book to help you.

Exponential projects

6th graders, Charli and Savannah, showing what they know about exponents, using a large number of beads.

The last strand has 1024 beads!!

Nice work girls! 

Please read - Pearson Success Net update and notice

Several students and parents have emailed me or called concerning the Pearson online text that we are trying this Fall. Since so many students are having trouble with they system, either compatibility with their networks, printing or saving we will stop using it NOW!

All students who have completed sections of chapter one will receive full credit for doing so, all other students will receive an extension on the sections until the workbooks arrive, or we complete the section in class.

To be fair to all of the kids, I have asked for, and received, permission to order the workbook texts that are the print version of the same materials. Until the workbooks arrive we will be completing the reading assignments during our class periods, using the SmartBoard, and writing answers in student binders.

This will slow things down a bit related to our lab work, but with luck the workbooks will arrive quickly and we can pick up the pace with more hands on labs.

Please contact me either by leaving a comment here or emailing me directly with any concerns that you may have on this issue.

6th Graders - How Much Fresh Water is available for life - Lab

less than a drop of water to represent the total amount of water vapor

The 1 liter soda bottle represents all of the salt water - 97% of Earth's water is in Oceans and Salt lakes

taking notes and documenting evidence

learning how to use the measuring tools properly

Follow up question - Why is it important to take care of Earth's Fresh Water?

Science Materials for this Week 9/2/13

We will be doing some experiments with Transpiration this week in Science.

Please bring the following items to class:

two plastic sandwich bags
two twist ties

If you can bring extra, please do, for the folks who may miss this blog notice

8th graders will need to bring these tomorrow, Tuesday, everyone else on Wednesday.

The follow up lesson for this lab will be during your Thursday Math class, please bring your Science journals to that class period.