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