GRADE 6 -STUDY NOTES ON ELECTRICITY GRADE 7 -STUDY NOTES ON ECOSYSTEMS TOMORROW : BIOME ACTIVITY CONTINUED GRADE 8 -STUDY NOTES ON FLUIDS EXPERIMENT TOMORROW: WHICH SUBSTANCE HAS THE FASTER FLOW RATE?

STUDENTS BEGAN THE UNIT ON "FLUIDS". STUDENTS WERE GIVEN AN ARTICLE TO READ AND DISCUSS IN SMALL GROUPS.WE MADE A CHART TO REVISIT AT A LATER DATE - WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW ABOUT FLUIDS. STUDENTS THEN MADE NOTES FROM THE ARTICLE THEY READ. ( THE THREE STATES OF MATTER AND FIVE MAJOR POINTS ON THE PARTICLE THEORY OF MATTER.) HOMEWORK: REVIEW NOTES. REMINDER: TESTABLE QUESTION ASSIGNMENT DUE MONDAY,NOV.21/11. 

STUDENTS STARTED THE UNIT "ELECTRICITY" TODAY. STUDENTS CREATED A COVER PAGE AND DISSCUSED HOW WE DEPEND ON ELECTRICITY TO CARRY OUT OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES. WE WILL DISCUSS SAFETY AND ELECTRICITY TOMORROW. ( WE WILL COMPLETE SAFETY SHEETS ON ELECTRICITY AND VIEW A VIDEO ON "AN INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICITY.) HOMEWORK: TESTABLE QUESTION ASSIGNMENT DUE MONDAY , NOV.21/11

TODAY, GRADE 7 STUDENTS REVIEWED SCIENCE SAFETY RULES AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. STUDENTS WERE REMINDED THAT THEY ARE TO COME UP WITH FIVE TESTABLE QUESTIONS THAT FIT UNDER THE "BIG IDEAS" FOR GRADE7. BIG IDEAS FOR GRADE 7 ARE: HEAT, SOLUTIONS, EARTH'S CRUST AND ECOSYSTEMS.QUESTIONS ARE TO BE PASSED IN WEDNESDAY,NOV.16/11. ALSO,STUDENTS MADE A COVER PAGE FOR THE UNIT "ECOSYSTEMS" AND REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING VOCABULARY WORDS: ECOSYSTEM, ABIOTIC, BIOTIC, AND HABITAT. (THEY WROTE DEFINITIONS IN THEIR BOOKS) HOMEWORK: WORK ON TESTABLE QUESTIONS ASSIGNMENT AND STUDY NEW VOCABULARY WORDS.