Students in science will be working on an essay that needs to be completed by next week in final draft form. The essay is about themselves. When they finish the essay they will be working on a presentation to go with their essay.

This week students will be continuing work on their plant book.

The fast plants are growing more each day. The students ended the week working on their plant book.

The students have just planted Fast Plants. We have looked at Gregor Mendel and his genetic work with peas.

For the next few weeks the students will be studying plants and creating a plant booklet. They will be working each day in class and getting a daily grade for their progress.

They will be keeping a journal with sketches of their Fast Plant's growth. Nothing is coing up yet.

The students have created a variety of different critters using Punnett squares. To continue our genetics study they are bringing home a permission slip so they can watch Gattaca, a movie about genetics in the future.

The students have started a unit on genetics. They learned about different ways that scientists use genetic engineering to modify life for a purpose. In particular, we investigated a "spider goat" which is a real world example of genetic engineering. Students completed a reading and then developed their own animal which would express the traits of a secondary animal as well. If students did not finish this during class then it was assigned as homework. It is due Monday.

This week the students will be working with a partner to study up for the Science Olympiad competition on Thursday. They will doing a disease puzzler and working on a test on the nervous system for the competition.