First week

WOW!! This first week of school flew right bye.  Thank you for being so great this first week!  Letslook at all we did this week!

• Wednesday we started out reviewing policies and procedures.  You all sure remembered many things about the expectations at MCMS.  This made reviewing these expectations go so smoothly.
• Thursday, we completed a pretest, so that i could see what you already knew about inquiry skills and the scientific method.  We also did an Inquiry activity - making cubes from strips of paper.  I know that some of you were frustrated, but i am so proud of you because you kept going and tried so hard.  Even if you didn't get a cube made, you are still successful in my eyes  :o).
• Friday, we did tons!  I gave you the vocabulary for the year, as well as the syllabus.  We talked about lab safety rules, and I had you "show me what those rules look like"

Have an awesome weekend!  I can't wait until next week!

The Davinci Awards

This is an awesome way to see how science can help others, and win some prize money too.  Check out this link:  http://www.davinciawards.org/    My sister works with several companies that have developed and promote this project.  There are people of all ages that enter this activity and win.  Any of you who are interested in brainstorming a project to enter, please see me.  I would be glad to help!

First day of school

Ok so today ROCKED.  It was great to see everyone!  I am looking forward to a most excellent year!  Now that we have gone over expectations, look forward to a pretest and a group inquiry project.  Feel free to email me or to comment here if you have any questions!  Until tomorrow  :o)

Welcome to 8th Grade Science!

It was so great to see so many of you and your parents at orientation on Thursday!  I am really excited about this year and am very happy to have you all in my class again.  I can't wait until Wednesday and i hope that you are all as excited as I am!