Monday, May 16, 2011

Monday May 16th

8th Grade Math: 
Today students continued researching used cars and the costs associated with owning a car. In today's activity these centered on gas expenses which were calculated based upon the car's fuel efficiency, the number of miles driven per week and the current price per gallon of gasoline.
homework:  Finish Cost of Cars Research Assignment (due tomorrow)

7th Grade Math: 
Today students continued working on the cabin building project.  Today's focus was to finish building one of their group's walls. 
homework:  none

7th/8th Grade Science:
In science students continued learning about streams and stream health.  Students started class by finishing their data collection from last weeks practice lab.  They then completed a short quiz over healthy stream characteristics. 
homework:  none

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Wednesday May 11th

8th Grade Math: 
Today students worked on a Geometry stations activity involving Transformations on a coordinate plane.  By the end of class students finished two stations and will finish the remaining two in tomorrow's class period.
homework:  none

7th Grade Math: 
Today students continued working on the cabin building project.  Today's focus was to finish the blueprint scale drawings of their different wall plans. 
homework:  none

7th/8th Grade Science:
In science students continued learning about streams and stream health.  Our focus today was on aquatic invertebrates and the habitat conditions that they need in a stream to survive. 
homework:  none

Monday, May 2, 2011

Monday May 2nd

8th Grade Math: 
Today students continued working on the spider population count project.  Students went outside the school and collected their "spider traps".  We then took photos of the spiders to help us identify their genus & species.
homework:  none

7th Grade Math: 
Today students continued working on the cabin building project.  Students worked on the construction of their model wall, including the window & window supports. 
homework:  none

7th/8th Grade Science:
In science, students had their final day to make modifications to their rockets before the competition tomorrow.  We tested each student team's rocket so that they could identify potential areas they need to improve before tomorrow. 
homework:  none