Just an update on the students' progress. Most groups handed in their rough draft of their handout and are on their way to producing the final draft. Two things are due this Friday: the final draft of their handout and their body systems packet. Students should be working on their model for their project in the coming week.

Many students have not handed in their book report due just after winter break. It is overdue!

The students are beginning to work on a three week project. They will be researching one part of a body system and becoming an expert. They will create a handout for other students to learn from. They will make a model of their part of the body. They will prepare a presentation for the class.

The students worked on a packet of nine body systems it is due Friday the 18th. Here is a calendar of the upcoming next few weeks:

1/10 1/11 1/14

Library Read about body systems Hand in rough draft of handout
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1/15 - 1/17 Complete handout, work on model and presentation. 1/18 Body Systems
Packet due

1/22- 1/25 Presentations

Happy New Year

In science we have started the new year looking at body systems. We will be doing a quick study of all of the body systems and then the students will study one area in depth. We wil be disecting frogs in the next few weeks as well.

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.