Week of April 1st - April 5th

Microbiology starts this week!!!! (My favorite)

--"What's the difference between a virus and bacteria?"
--You will be gathering details regarding viruses and bacteria, such as how they work, are they good or bad, can they be KILLED.

**Bacteria Music Review

**Many of this week's assignments will be gathering information that will be used in a classroom debate. You will be choosing sides for this debate based on your evidence.

Week of March 25th-March 29th

Quarter 3 ends on Thursday!!! Make sure you do not have any outstanding assignments.

**Eighth grade high school registration forms are due to Mrs. Brown no later than this Wednesday. Mrs. Brundin from AHS will be meeting with individual students the week of April 1st!!!

This week in science:

--Science Talk: we will be debating our two articles regarding DNA and saving endangered species.

--Lab: Radioactive Decay of "Candium"
We will be learning about half life of elements by using M&Ms or Skittles!!
You will be able to eat the decayed atoms!

--Q3 Portfolios: 
We will complete these in class this nine weeks. 


FRIDAY: We will be starting our unit on Microbiology. This is the last unit before EOG review.

Geologic Time T-Shirts

These ladies created a t-shirt for extra credit to represent their t-shirt souvenir from the Cenozoic Era.
L-R: MG Krol, Emma Donnally, Emma Brown, Graylin Olivieri

Week of March 18th-22nd

It is Geologic Time this week!!! We will be Speed Dating with our Geologic Time Projects!!--These are due Wednesday. Remember there are NO EXCEPTIONS!!

Lab Activity:We will be comparing homologous and analogous structures during a lab this week. 

Candy....... don't forget to bring in your pack of plain M&Ms or Skittles this week for the radioactive decay lab next week.

Week of March 11th-March 15th

Geologic Time Week!!!
--We will be discussing the ERAs in geologic time in detail this week.

--Tuesday we well be creating a Geologic Time Football Field. This will involve math conversions:
1 yard=50 million years

Keep working on those Geologic Time Projects. These will be due next Wednesday, March 20th!!!!