Week of November 9^th

This is the trivia question of the week:  

If you squeezed all the air in a large living room into a small, lightweight plastic box, you would have a hard time trying to lift it.                                      True or False and WHY

REMINDER:   Science Fair research paper re-writes are due on Thursday for grades 7 and 8 (Grade 6 students- so far the ones I have graded are looking terrific!)  

All Grades:   Science Fair Hypothesis due on 11/13

This week in Grade 6:

Your Flower Dissection worksheets (the purple ones) are due on TUESDAY!

We will continue learning about invertebrates and vertebrates.   Our objectives are:

·         Explore differences among invertebrates

·         Compare and contrast the phyla of invertebrates

·         Explain how people interact with invertebrates

·         Explore ways of comparing vertebrates

·         Compare and contrast classes of vertebrates

·         Discuss how people can help save endangered species

Grade 7 students will be working with magnetism this week!   Our objectives are:

·         Explain how magnetism can produce electricity

·         Describe how a magnet acts

·         Explain what a magnetic field is

·         Describe the relationship between electricity and magnetism

·         Explain how electricity can produce magnetism

Grade 8:

  Your Chemistry careers are due on Thursday.   We continue working with Chemistry, with a quiz on Chapter 2 on Thursday!  

The objectives for that test are;

o    Describe key experiments that led to the discovery of subatomic particles

o    Discuss the development of the modern atomic model

o    Compare the locations and properties of protons, neutrons and electrons

o    Describe isotopes in terms of atomic number and mass number

o    Describe the process of radioactive decay

o    Define and use the term half life in a sentence

o    Discuss the different uses of radioactive isotopes

Our  NEW objectives for the week are:

·         Describe the historical development of the modern periodic table

·         Interpret the element key of any element

·         Explain the organization of the modern periodic table