UPDATE

Hello All!

• PROGRESS REPORTS! These have been mailed out to each student and you should be receiving them very soon. Parents, please review your child's progress report and sign the bottom portion and return as soon as possible. Progress reports are a very important way that we communicate your child's academic progress and it is so important that we know that you have received it. This is a great time to come to me with any questions and concerns. We send these out so that there is still time to improve grades or catch up with any missing assignments.

• SCIENCE FAIR! The Science Fair is just around the corner and I am looking forward to seeing all of my students hard work. I have graded all assignments except for the final board grade. The final board, yellow journal, and typed abstract are due on Wednesday February 17th, 2010. It is extremely important that your student turns in their boards on time. We will be signing in all projects for the fair on Wednesday afternoon.
  

7th Grade:
Students will be taking their exams on the Rock/Mineral unit on Tuesday 2-9-10.
We will start our next unit on the Geological Time Scale beginning Thursday 2-11-10
Please encourage your child to study for their exams and to complete their study guides.

8th Grade:
We have just finished our unit on the Cell and most students were able to participate in the incredible edible Jello Cell! Students created an edible model of a cell made from jello, mike-n-ikes, nerds, sugar babies, gobstoppers, and fruit roll ups. Each of these items represented an organelle of the cell. Quiz your child to see if they can tell you what each candy represented :)

We will begin our unit on Heredity in which we discuss Gregor Mendel's famous pea plants, dominant nd recessive traits. Yes, many of you may remember those wonderful punnett squares! Keep an eye out for the sponge bob square pants heredity lab, the kids seem to enjoy it.

I hope everyone has a great week,

Ms. Duerr