October 1st

10-11th Bible: We continue to memorize 1 John 3. We have been doing 2 verses per week. These verses are put onto note cards and then memorized. The student must get five signatures on the back of each notcard. Different weeks will require different people's signatures. This week we are currently memorizing 1 John 3: 7-8. Remember, these are cumulative. On Thursdays, pop quizzes may be given to make sure students have their verses memorized.

6th Graders- Studying Symbiosis (played the symbiosis game today!), going over photosynthesis, nitrogen and carbon cycles Tuesday and Wednesday. Friday we will have a review of all of the above and will have a chapter test Monday October 8th.

7th Grades: We are finishing up our quizzes on streams (they made streams in class and had to identify all of their parts) We move onto lakes today, wetlands tomorrow and pollution on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday will be a review day for Chapter 2 test. (with parts on Chapter 1) The test will be on Monday October 8th.

8th Grade: We will be spending the week learning about pressure and volume relationships. We will also spend time on Archimede's principle. With that knowledge, we will be building ships of different shapes and sizes. This will all be followed by a take home test that is due on Friday October 5th.

Biology: We are working through successions, population dynamics, conservation and biodiversity. The students will have a take home test on Friday October 5th that is due Monday October 8th.

Chemistry: As we learn about the specific groups of elements individually, the students continue to work on their videos about the life of Mendeleev. The requirements are as follows:DUE OCTOBER 22

You are responsible for making a 'production' to get across the "LIFE OF MENDELEEV"

You must use information from the Mendeleev packet that was discussed in class.

All commercials must be related to Mendeleev, the elements, or periodic table.

Remember, if someone watched your production, they should be able to know the same amount of information as if they had read the packet on Mendeleev.

It should be fun, interesting, creative, BUT IT NEEDS TO CONTAIN THE INFORMATION FROM THE PACKET.

Simply mentioning Mendeleev and making up information about him will not pass.

The point is to get the packet's information across in a creative way.

Each person needs to have an equal part. The camera person needs to be in the movie as much as anyone else.

Don't make up history! Add whatever you want to this packet but it must be from a valid source. If you use other sources, they MUST BE TURNED in with your video.


Time Requirement: Each person in your group needs to be in the video for at least three minutes. Therefore, WITHOUT commercials, a group of three should have a 9 minute presentation and a group of four should be at least 12 minutes (remember that each person needs to do their own part).

Due Date of Video: OCTOBER 22 MONDAY

SCRIPTS turned in the day of your video! ( do not need for commercials)