Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Wednesday May 12th

7th & 8th Grade General Science: Today in science students were introduced to the pioneering work of Gregor Mendel in the field of genetics. Students learned important terminology, including heredity, allele, dominant alleles and recessive alleles. The class then started on an assignment where they assigned alleles to various traits of a character from the cartoon Sponge Bob.
Homework: Finish Sponge Bob character genetic profile assignment

7th Grade Math: In 7th grade math we went over the homework from last night to make some clarifying corrections to the directions. Students were then instructed to finish by tomorrow's class (given an extra day to finish). We then transitioned to the cabin building project. Students continued working on their draft blueprints and cost calculations.
Homework
: Finish Review #9 (due Thursday)

8th Grade Math: Today 8th graders completed the chapter 7 test.
Homework
: Complete optional homework assignment Review #9 (to make up for one assignment that students may have missing)