Chuggin' Away!

It's the middle of March and students are plugging away in science!

Grade 10: Students finished their cell division projects where each group created a product (keynote, website, video, or book) to teach other classmates about meiosis and mitosis. Two students in the class created a review game and written assessment over the standards. We have now moved on to talk about Mendelian genetics and students used popsicle stick "chromosomes" to create dragon offspring. We will continue to learn about the rules of genetics and students will work to create a Mendelian Mystery for their peers. This will count as their final for genetics! Stay tuned...

Grade 9: Students are working on a "Space Drop" scenario to test their understanding of the acceleration and velocity of an object in free fall. Students were given the data for an object in free fall on mars and now have to work backwards to figure out the acceleration due to gravity! Students are showing their work in many different ways.

Grade 8: Students are learning about altitude and air pressure and will be building Cartesian Divers later this week! Stay tuned for some pictures of this activity.

If students have at least 2 portfolio entries done by Wednesday at 8:30 AM, then students will be rewarded with class time to work on their exhibitions! Good Luck, 8th graders!

Grade 7: Students wrote letters to Alfred Wegener explaining why they thought he was wrong...now we have jumped ahead in time to the 1960s when new technology opened up a whole new world of evidence! This week students are learning about paleomagnetism and the ocean floor. Later, students will use this evidence to respond to the letter they wrote to Alfred Wegener.