7 Science has been doing a nice job learning and researching about different food-borne pathogens - we will then use the information we have gathered to diagnose a patient that has come in with a mystery illness and is seeking medical attention. From there, we will present and share our findings and reasoning with our class to determine if we properly diagnosed and helped out a patient.
8 Science is working it's way through electrical circuitry and is starting to look at series and parallel circuit, as well as diagramming different circuits for use. We will be building them next and looking at how voltage and different loads affect the flow of electricity through circuitry. We will then start to look at different scenarios and builds. I think they have found substance in what we have learned about so far, and they seem to enjoy the different builds and challenges.
7 Social Studies wrapped up their study of the Maya, Inca and Aztec and will now be focusing on the Early Middle Ages - feudalism, Europe's geography, and changing conquests and lands. We will be having a quiz on this at the end of the quarter and a study guide will be provided to help the students prepare.
8 Social Studies is going to wrap up FAST!!! We will be looking at the multiple influences of a changing nation and how shifting populations and determined individuals lead the nation to disunion and then how it was knit back together by the energy and loss of many and the sacrifice of even more. We will have a quiz at the end of our focus on the Civil War and a study guide will be provided to help the student's review.