Thursday, October 21, 2010

Thursday October 21st

8th Grade Math: Today in class students received their graded "make up quizzes".  We then finished learning about solving equations with division and multiplication.  Students spent the duration of class working on section 2.6 practice. 
Homework:
Review #11 due tomorrow

7th Grade Math: In 7th grade math students started an activity to practice measurement in the metric system.  The outcome of the activity is for students to see the relationships between volume in the units of cubic centimeters and milliliters.  They will then compare these answers to the mass (in grams) of water that fills these containers.
 Homework:
Review #11 is due tomorrow

7th/8th Grade Science: In science students finished working on an activity that illustrates the thicknesses of Earth's various layers (inner core, outer core, mantle and crust).  They made scale models that showed the relative sizes of each layer as they relate to a students height. 
Homework: none