Week of May 14^th

BUSY Science week ahead!!! Seventh graders have their final on Tuesday and 8^th graders have theirs on Wednesday.   This is NOT the end of learning! We will be moving on to dissections- both in the Science lab and the computer lab – yes, we will be doing both real and virtual dissections.

8^th graders – keep practicing your speed, velocity, acceleration, kinetic energy, and gravitational potential energy and force problems.   Don’t forget about the awesome site : http://funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer/default.htm     –   go there to practice those chemical equations.    The final covers Chapters 5,6 and 7.  You are welcome to stay after school on Tuesday until 4 to practice problems, ask questions, etc.

7^th graders – don’t forget that the book site has practice multiple choice questions you can use as a review.   Chapters 17-22 are covered on the exam.

6^th graders continue learning about cells.   They will be learning about Punnett Squares and practicing determining traits with an interactive whiteboard activity.   Plan to take a test on this material on Tuesday the 22^nd.  Here are the objectives for this unit:

·         Explore the idea of inherited characteristics and apply the concept to corn

·         Describe and explain the concept of traits and heredity and give examples

·         Describe and explain the   idea of hybrids and dominant and recessive factors

·         Explore the ideas of probability

·         Describe and explain probability and Punnett squares than tier use in genetics

·         Explain the concepts of genotype and phenotype

SPRING FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
2011-2012

GRADE 7

GRADE 8

7^th grade book: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/voyages/voyagesgreen/index.html

8^th grade book: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/voyages/voyagesblue/index.html