Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Tuesday December 9th

7th & 8th Grade General Science:
Today in science students worked on completing their astronomy topics cartoon strips. These will be due tomorrow at the beginning of the class period.
Homework: Finish astronomy cartoon strip

7th Grade Math:
In math students reviewed how to calculate the mean, median, and mode averages for a given set of data. They they worked with a table partner to calculate averages for data relating to U.S. Presidents as well as data relating to Super Bowl scores.
Homework: none

8th Grade Math:
Today 8th graders finished working through section 3.1 practice which focused on solving two-step equations. The class then reviewed using distributive property of multiplication and combining like terms in an expression. We transitioned to section 3.2 of the textbook which covers using distributive property and combining like terms to solve multiple step equations.
Homework: none