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  • Famous Scientists

    5/16/12 • (0)

    8th Graders are going to be working on an interdisciplinary research project about a famous scientist next week, linking their findings to their Global Awareness studies on human rights.  As students uncover information about many of our well-known founding fathers of modern science, they will soon start to see that sharing new ideas can have [...]

  • Matter of Degree

    4/30/12 • (0)

    8th Graders are going to take a break from electricity and magnetism to do a special lab on exothermic/endothermic reactions.  It is a good lab for them to do independently while I am away on the Odyssey Institute field trip with 7th Grade this week.  Students will experience what an endothermic/exothermic reaction is, then they [...]

  • Electricity & Magnetism

    4/23/12 • (0)

    8th Graders are going to have a guest speaker in class tomorrow – a regional expert on the role of electricity in society in Canada and the USA.  Using our understanding of electricity we’ll look at how the system evolved and what some of its current critical limitations are right now.  We will discuss some [...]

  • Electricity

    4/17/12 • (0)

    8th Graders came up with their own demos to show their understanding of Static Electricity last week.  Even in the humid jungle we were able to see some simple examples of “like repels like” and “opposites attract”.  Now 8th Graders are working on circuit labs – building circuits to understand the difference between series and [...]

  • Solar Water Heater Test

    4/09/12 • (0)

    8th Graders will have one more day to build their solar water heaters in class today, Monday.  The lab will run tomorrow, Tuesday to see who can heat 100ml of water to the hottest possible temperature in 30 minutes using the heat from a reading lamp.  Innovative construction is already underway. Deadlines for the week: [...]

  • 8th Grade Webquest Due Tuesday April 10th

    4/05/12 • (0)

    8th Graders had a very focused on the computer lab today learning about heat transfer on the web.  Their task was to answer 11 questions about heat transfer.  Many finished in class but a few need more time.  For those of you who need to complete this assignment, it will be due on Tuesday, April [...]

  • Heat Transfer

    4/03/12 • (0)

    8th Graders have been learning new concepts related to heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation) in class.  Armed with this knowledge, they are entering another design engineering competition. This time lab partners are working together to build a contraption that will heat 100ml of water to the hottest possible temperature with a reading lamp in 3o [...]

  • Exploring Density

    3/13/12 • (0)

    8th Graders are exploring density this week through a series of hands-on experiments that include layering liquids of different densities, learning how to calculate the density of water, and making their own mystery liquids of different densities to pass to another lab group for a ‘layer off’ on Thursday.  There is no homework in science [...]

  • Roller Coaster Lab Writeup Due Friday, March 9th

    3/06/12 • (0)

    The fun of the roller-coaster building project is now over and students are diligently working in the computer lab or on their personal computers to complete the extensive lab write-up process of the roller coaster lab.  Congratulations to all three teams for a great effort on building their roller coasters and working together to design [...]

  • Roller Coaster Deadlines Extended

    2/29/12 • (0)

    8th Graders need more time to build.  They are starting to work during lunch to meet the extended (but firm) deadline of Friday, March 2nd.  If you are on campus before lunch on Friday (12:00pm), come down to the Science lab to see the competition unfold.  Three teams will be battling over who has built [...]