Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Jan 31 - 7th grade

Students were told how to complete their Superhero Genetics Outline in order to type tomorrow in the computer lab.

Students then worked on their Quiz over genetics.

any time that was left was spent on the Superhero Genetics Project. The Outline is due tomorrow and the poster will be due on Monday.

Jan 31st - 8th

Students and I discussed the location of the Himalayan mountains on their map. I helped them place these mountains on their maps.

Students then worked on a short reading section about the lithosphere and asthenosphere. Students then completed a quiz on nearpod using the reading.

The rest of the class was used to complete the mapping activity and work on the questions. We will go over the questions on thursday.

Jan 30 - 7th grade

Students received their rubric (pink) for the Superhero Genetics project and we went over it.

We discussed examples for determining gender, what to do if all the predicted outcomes are the same, and what to do if a coin flip does not give a possible outcome.

Students began working on their project. Projects are due Monday Feb 5th.


Jan 30 - 8th grade

Students turned in the layers of the Earth foldable worksheet.

Students and I discussed some final labels to their foldable, including lithosphere and asthenosphere.

Students then began working on their plate mapping activity. They were to complete at least the volcano maps by class tomorrow.

Monday, January 29, 2018

Jan 29th - 7th grade

Students checked their grades and wrote them down.

Students also put in their planner pages that we will have a quiz on Wednesday over pages 58 - 65.

We then reviewed the concepts that were covered last week using a nearpod and students began their Superhero Genetics projects.


Jan 29th - 8th grade

Students checked their grades for all classes.

Students were put into groups to work on the worksheet that goes along with the foldable they made for layers of the Earth. The worksheet is due tomorrow.

We had a 10 minute discussion about trends that can be identified as we move from the crust toward the center of the Earth (density, pressure, temperature). We also added in fractions of the Earth that are made up by each layer.

Friday, January 26, 2018

Jan 26th - 7th grade

Students were given back their quizzes from earlier this week.

We discussed the correct answers to the video sheet from yesterday.

Students then worked on the Monster Factory assignment with a partner.



Monster drawings are due monday.