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8th Grade Science
*THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!!!! I cannot believe that the 8th graders will be graduating.
This year has flown by. We are just talking about the year and the things that they enjoyed in science. I am also asking for their suggestions for next year. 8th graders-enjoy your last couple of days here...high school is only a couple of months away!!!!

7th Grade Science
*We are finishing up Nutrition and then moving into the Muscular System. The students will
do he Section Assessments for each section, and they will have one more small quiz on Wednesday of next week.

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!

8th Grade Science
We have started Biology. I am giving the students the vocabulary terms and notes from each section that we are doing.
The text book is online, so we are reading this outloud and I am explaining what the kids will be learning.
They will have a test next week Tuesday on Chapter 1 of Biology.

7th Grade Science
We are finishing up Skin, Bones, and Muscles. The students will have their test Wednesday.
They have had a study guide since last week, and they new a head of time when their test will be.
We will move into the next section once we finish this chapter.

8th Grade Science
*Well, the week is finally here for Dissection. This week we will go over the last part of our
systems, so that we will be ready to dissect on Thursday and Friday. The students are
really excited about this, and it will prepare them for high school.

7th Grade Science
*The Invention Convention went really well. All of the students did a wonderful job, and we
will displaying some of the poster boards and projects in my classroom this week. We are
back into discussing The Skeletal System, Chapter 18. The students received notes on
this section, and I will be going over them this week, along with reading section 18.1. The
students will receive the vocabulary and we will have some questions to go along with this
section.

Have a wonderful week!!

7th Grade Science
*The Invention Convention is next week Thursday, April 22nd from 6:00 p.m-7:00p.m. The students should be bringing in materials and their poster boards. I have them working on speeches for the night of the convention. I will send a letter home with the time that the Invention Convention will start. While we are working on this, we will also be working on the next Chapter which is about our Body Systems.

8th Grade Science
*We will be dissecting frogs on April 29th and 30th. We are going over the systems of frogs and what we will be doing when dissecting them. The students are receiving vocabulary words that entail the parts of a frog. The students will have a small quiz once we are finished with the frogs.
Have a great week.

7th Grade Science
*All Materials and Procedures are due for the Invention Convention.
*We will be working on the our next Section from Chapter 17. It is Section 17.2.
*I have notes to go along with this section and we will be reading pages 474-476.
*Students-Please keep working on your Inventions. Weeks are going by really fast,
and the Convention will be here in no time.

8th Grade Science
*On Monday, we are going to the lab to work on our Geologic Time Scales.
*We will finish up all posters on Tuesday, and continue with the notes from Chapter 12
Section 12.3.
*We will be reading pages 354-357. Students will have some manipulatives to go over
this.
*The test for Chapter 12 will be next week Tuesday, right before the Easter Break.
*The students will receive a Study Guide on Thursday of this week to prepare for the
test.
Have a great week.

7th Grade Science
*This week Friday, March 19th-Materials and Procedures are due for the Invention Convention. I told some students that they need to have parental approval for the inventions that they are creating. We will continue in our book with Chapter 17 Heredity. Students will have notes to go along with this section and we will discuss Punnett Squares.

8th Grade Science
*This week, students are working on the next section of Chapter 12. We have notes that we will be going over, along with some manipulatives. I will be doing a lab with them on Friday.

Have a great week!!!

8th Grade Science
We will begin with Chapter 12 this week on Evolution. The students will work on notes from this section along with manipulatives. We will work on this all week, and we will do a minilab to go along with this Chapter.

7th Grade Science
We will take our test on Chapter 16 Cell Reproduction. The test is Tuesday, March 9th. Students received a study guide before the Terra Nova test, so they should be ready for the test. I handed out some of the information regarding the Invention Convention. I also have information on my blog from last week about it. The first part of the Invention Convention is due on Wednesday, March 10th. The students received a timeline indicating when things will be due and what I am expecting from them. The Invention Convention will be Thursday, April 22nd.

7th Grade Science
*Students will be taking the Terra Nova Testing from Tuesday-Friday.
*Monday, March 1st- I am giving the students a study guide, so there test on Cell
Reproduction Chapter 16. The test will be on Tuesday, March 9th.
*We have begun coming up with ideas for the "Invention Convention." We will begin the
project during the week of March 10th, 11th, and 12th. I will give the kids some information
about what is needed for this project during the week of March 8th-12th.

*GOOD LUCK ON THE TERRA NOVA TEST!!!

8th Grade Science
*Last week Friday, the students received a study guide for their test. The test will be
on Friday, March 6th.
*We will be working on manipulatives during this week to help them prepare for their test.
*A look ahead- once we finish the next chapter, I will be introducing frogs to the kids
and we will be dissecting them at the end of April. Also, we will be moving into Biology,
so that the kids can be prepared for High School.

Have a great week.

*Attention all 7th Graders:
*We will be doing an "Invention Convention" this year. All students need 5 ideas on looseleaf with a sentence written down about each idea, along with 2-3 URL addresses.
This is due on Tuesday, February 23rd. Mrs. Funk with be working with the students on
the bibliographies.
Have a great weekend!!!

7th Grade Science
This week Friday, the quarter ends. We have started a new section, which is Chapter 16, Cell Reproduction. I have notes and questions to go along with this chapter. I have averaged in most of the grades, and I did off Extra Credit that was due on Tuesday, February 16th. I will list the Extra Credit below for students that were absent on Friday, February 12th.

8th Grade Science
This week Friday, the quarter ends. We have started a new chapter. It is Chapter 11, Earth's Clues to the Past. We will have notes and questions to go along with each section. I have averaged in most of the grades, and I did offer 8th grade Extra Credit that will be due by Thursday, February 18th. Here is what it consists of:
Option #1:
Research the damage done to the environment by certain compounds such as chlorofluorocarbon, which is used as a refrigerant. In three paragraphs( 5 sentences each), write down the damage that was created and how people are trying to fix it.

Option #2:
Research the development of an antibiotic. In three paragraphs (5 sentences each) discuss how it was created and what the antibiotic is used for.

This Extra Credit is worth 10 points. You are allowed to pick only one option.

Have a great week.