Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Tuesday November 25th

7th & 8th Grade General Science:
Today in science students finished their 1st light lab and then they began planning a second light lab to test a question they developed relating to light and light intensity. Tomorrow the class will carry out the lab procedures they developed, collect data, graph the results and make conclusions. We will then apply their findings to topics in astronomy relating to the effects of energy from a star to surrounding planets.
Homework: finish graph from light lab #1

7th Grade Math:
Today in class students began a hands-on lab where they rotate through stations to practice tasks applying metric measurement.
Homework: Review #6 (rounding decimals and integers) is due tomorrow

8th Grade Math:
In math students graded their assignment from Section 2.6 (solving equations with multiplication and division). We then completed a pop quiz covering distributive property, combining like terms, and simple one step equations with addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. Following the quiz we went over the quiz and identified areas where students need further practice.
Homework: Review Homework #6 (solving one step equations with addition or subtraction) is due tomorrow