The students succesfully grew bacteria from common spots in the school. Some they found were worse than others. This week we will be doing three different projects. The students will be writing a final draft of their bacteria lab. They will be smoking and canning salmon. Lastly, when they are in between activities they will be reading a book. The book is due to be finished by January 7th, when they get back from winter break. They need to complete a one page book report on the book.

The students started their experiment to examine the bacteria in their school.

Today in science the class learned about variables in scientific investigations. We discussed the variables that would effect a given situation.

Homework: Get movie permission slip and admission money ($10) brought in to homeroom teacher by Friday of this week.

The students took notes about microbes yesterday. They will be working through microbe stations for the next two days. They will be learning about different microbes and working on reading and answering questions related to the microbes they are reading about.

Students finished working on their Douglas Deer Study write up Wednesday. If they did not finish it during class it is homework over break.
Homework: Finish Deer Study Write Up by Monday of next week.

Students began working on their Douglas Deer Study write up today. They have class time each day until Wednesday of next week. Many students want to work on this at home. Check with your child to see what progress they are making.

Homework: work on rough draft of deer study write up (due Friday at the end of class).

The students will be working on making a brochure or article about their deer study. It is due Wednesday of next week.

Today students looked at data from our deer study field trips. They calculated averages for vegetation cover and canopy cover as well as calculating a scat density for one of the sites.
We will be working on the deer data for a few more days and then back to bacteria.

This last week the students started a study of viruses. They read chapter one of FROM PLANTS TO BACTERIA. They did definitions. They watched a video and took notes. Today they made definition cards and concept cards on viruses.

Today students participated in our Douglas Island Deer Study. Students were VERY well behaved and had a great time. All of their teachers are very proud of the fine work they completed over the past several weeks! We will use the data that we collected today to make estimations of deer populations in various habitats and elevations on Douglas Island. Keep an eye out for an upcoming article in the Juneau Empire which will showcase our work.

Well we had a great time doing our deer study. The weather was cooperative, just a bit of sprinkles. Be sure to take the wet clothes out of your backpack.

Tomorrow in science the class will be tested over the procedures that we will follow during Friday's field trip to Douglas Island.
Homework: Students need to bring boots (or old shoes that can get wet), a raincoat, rain pants, and winter hat to school by tomorrow so we can begin checking that everyone is prepared for our field trip. We strongly recommend that students come to school Friday with a bagged lunch, dry set of clothes and backpack to carry their materials. We will be leaving DHMS at 10:00 on Friday and will be returning around 2:30 in the afternoon.

Today in science the class practiced the procedures that we will use in the deer study field trip this week. ***IMPORTANT!!! Due to the 40 mph winds and heavy rain forecasted for Tuesday (tomorrow) we have decided to reschedule the field trip to this Friday. Students will leave school around 10:00 after their exploratory classes. We will return to Dzantik'i Heeni between 2:30 and 2:45. Students will need to bring boots, rain coats, hats and gloves by Thursday of this week.

Homework: Students need to bring boots (or old shoes that can get wet), a raincoat, rain pants, and winter hat to school by Thursday so we can begin checking that everyone is prepared for our field trip. We strongly recommend that students come to school Friday with a bagged lunch, dry set of clothes and backpack to carry their materials. We will be leaving DHMS at 10:00 on Friday and will be returning around 2:30 in the afternoon.

The students should be able to tell their parents all about Sitka blacktail deer. They created little booklets for our field trip next week. Tomorrow the students will be going outside to learn more about how to set up their plots in the woods. The field trip will be all day next Tuesday. They need to dress warmly and bring: boots, rain pants and coat, warm hat, gloves, sack lunch (we will be eating in the woods), compass (if they have one).

The students learned about research in Alaska. Tomorrow they will be starting a new project about Sitka blacktail deer.

The students worked on a problem about deer and a highway. It is due tomorrow.

The students will be playing habitat games to understand more about carrying capacity and limiting factors.

The students are working on creating animal cards for a habitat rummy card game. The drafts are all in for their forest/ marsh comparison project. We will be doing final edits tomorrow.

Today the students worked on their conclusions for the forest and freshwater marsh study. They will get together with their group and combine all of their information tomorrow. They will need to hand in a final draft scientific report by Friday.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dddwj5wx_1f9x2rk

Soil students are working on processing their forest soil. The other groups are working on typing up their sections of the report.

Today the students worked on creating a soil extract from their marsh soil. They have progress reports to get signed if you didn't get it last week.

By Friday the students will have gathered data from two outdoor sites. Next week the students will be finishing up soil evaluations, compiling data from all the groups, and writing up their reports.

This week the students will be having longer classes so they can do a science project outside. They should come prepared to go outside rain or shine. The AM science classes will be outside Wednesday and Friday. The PM science classes will be outside Tuesday and Thursday.

Today in science the students drew a circle graph of the different ecosystems in Juneau. They estimated the size of each ecosystem for their graph. They need to describe 3 ecosystems for homework in their science spiral.

Animal Poster Vocabulary Worksheet

Here is the assignment for the animal poster vocabulary.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dddwj5wx_0ghwjjn

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Today in science class we completed our posters. Stop by to see them on open house night, September 12th.