11/26/2012

Science Fair Update: I will be adjusting the due date for the final draft of the materials and the procedures. The computer lab is closed for several weeks due to NWEA testing. I can't wait that long to make them due, but I am going to extend the date. Students will be allowed to come in during tutoring (starting next week), some lunches, recess, or possibly before school to type if needed. Students will still start their experiments as soon as they get their procedures returned and approved. The next due date in January, for all of the data collected, will remain the same.

7th Grade: There will be a Chemistry test on Thursday! Most of the material will cover our most recent topics (reactions, solutions, acids and bases), but there will be questions over everything we have covered this year. Everyone received a review sheet today that is over all of the new material. The best way to review the old material is to look over old tests and quizzes. The best idea is to focus on the big ideas, not individual questions. For example, don't focus on the ionic compounds in a test, but on what an ionic compound is and how to tell it from a covalent compound. We will have a class review on Wednesday. I will also have a 7th grade only review during my tutoring on Tuesday from 3:30-4:00.

8th Grade. There will be a test on Thursday. Most of the material will cover our most recent topics (work, power, and energy), but there will be questions over everything we have covered this year. Everyone received a review sheet today that is over all of the new material. The best way to review the old material is to look over old tests and quizzes. The best idea is to focus on the big ideas, not individual questions. For example, don't focus on the all of the individual questions about force  in a test, but on what a force is and how it find the net force. We will have a class review on Wednesday. I will also have an 8th grade only review on Wednesday afternoon from 3:30-4:00.