Monday September 14th

7th & 8th Grade General Science: Today in science students were introduced to the concept of populations and how scientists count populations of various organisms. To help give practice with the methodology used by scientists, students will work with a small group to estimate the biomass of blueberry leaves that fall on the ground every autumn in Southeast Alaska. Students will work with their group to answer this question throughout science class this week.
Homework: none

7th Grade Math: In math 7th graders completed a review activity to practice how to solve order of operations problems. Tomorrow there will be a quiz over section 1.1 - 1.4 with a special emphasis placed on order of operations.
Homework:

• Study for Mid Chapter Quiz (scheduled for Tuesday)
  
• Review Homework #3 (adding, subtracting, multiplication, and division review) is due Wednesday

8th Grade Math: In math students finished working on section 1.2 Practice (powers and exponents) in class. After grading the assignment students were introduced to section 1.3 which covers "order of operations". Based upon initial review of the two problems assigned at the end of class, a great deal more time will be spent in tomorrow's class on this topic.
Homework: Review Homework #3 (multiplying with decimals) is due Wednesday