Science Week of 11-28

This week we will go over the Chemistry of Living Systems Test. We will also come to an end of our Genetics unit and complete the Critter Genetics Lab. If time and materials permit we will try to do a DNA extraction lab. We will revisit this at some point in the year if we [...]

Science Week of 11-14-2011

This week we started our unit on Reproduction. We went more in depth about Genetics and the way that scientists determine how we inherit our traits. Genes are located on DNA and they are in the nucleus of the cell. Students created their own little dragons with a mini lab activity called Dragon Genetics. We [...]

Science Week of 10-31

This week in Science we will go over our Unit 1 test and do test corrections. We will also complete the 12 Magical Words Poster that we started in groups last week. The 12 Magical Words are important because they will help us to understand what is being asked on a test. We will be [...]

Science Week of 10/24

This week we will take our Unit 1 Exam. The unit on Genetics will be introduced this week and we will go deeper in our discussions and inquires about DNA!

Science week of 10/17

This week we will use the knowledge that we have gained so far to complete a lab using the microscope to investigate cells. We will also be wrapping up this unit and reviewing for the Unit 1 exam that we will take Mon/Tues of next week(Oct. 24/25). Please make sure that your child is studying [...]

Science week of 10/10

Last week we completed our topic of Organic Compounds and we briefly covered Levels of Organization. The levels of organization should be a review for all students, as they covered this in sixth grade. We will be going in more depth on the different levels as we get into the body systems unit during the [...]

Science Week of 10/3

This week we are finishing up organic compounds. We are doing a lab activity that goes with the Fairy Tale titled Snow White. The students are to do a Scavenger Hunt in and around their homes for 10 different organic items.

Science Week of 9-26-2011

This week we will be discussing organic compounds. Students will be able to identify that organic compounds contain carbon and other elements such as hydrogen, phosphorous, nitrogen, and sulfur. There will be a brief review (introduction to some) of the periodic table of elements. We will also spend some time going over the microscope. There [...]

Science Week of 9-19-2011

This week we will explore more about cells and their parts, how they function and what their purpose is. We will discuss the cell theory and review over parts of a microscope and demonstrate how to use one as well. We will take a “Journey Into a Cell” and students will have to use information [...]

Science Week of 9-12-2011

This week we did an Observation Demo using Eggs. We compared the shell of an egg to the cell membrane of the cell and discussed osmosis. We used qualitative and quantitative observations and collected data as we described what we saw using our senses. We are now starting to be able to differentiate between structure and function [...]