8th Grade Math: Today in math students were introduced to the percent of change equation. Mr. Olsen led students through several examples, and was able to offer students one on one help when needed.
Assignments: Students NEED to return their at home textbook assigned to them at the beginning of the school year TOMORROW (Friday)!!!
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up the surface area and volume calculations and a few students began the assigned reading and associated questions before the end of the hour.
Assignments: Students NEED to return their at home textbook assigned to them at the beginning of the school year TOMORROW (Friday)!!!
Science: Today in science, students read up to six different news articles and completed a Venn Diagram answering the question "Has human activity caused the world's climate to change over the past 100 years?" Students are to pull five facts supporting the above question and five facts that don't support the question. And finally four facts where both sides agree.
Assignments: Students are to complete the venn diagram at home this evening if they do not finish in the class time provided.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Wednesday May 18, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students were introduced to the counting principle and tree diagrams. Mr. Olsen led students through several examples and provided students with the opportunity to work through an example or two themselves before handing out the 6.8 worksheet and giving students 25 minutes of class time to work.
Assignments: Complete the section 6.8 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up the surface area and volume calculations and a few students began the assigned reading and associated questions before the end of the hour.
Assignments: Students were handed a reading about chickadees and have been asked to read through the information and answer the associated questions for Thursday.
Science: Today in science, students got together in their groups and organized their thoughts before each group got up in front of the class and presented their strategies they chose in the Stabilization Wedge Game. We then ended class with a video rebuttal to "An Inconvenient Truth" in order to give students a taste of both sides of the climate change arguement.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Complete the section 6.8 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up the surface area and volume calculations and a few students began the assigned reading and associated questions before the end of the hour.
Assignments: Students were handed a reading about chickadees and have been asked to read through the information and answer the associated questions for Thursday.
Science: Today in science, students got together in their groups and organized their thoughts before each group got up in front of the class and presented their strategies they chose in the Stabilization Wedge Game. We then ended class with a video rebuttal to "An Inconvenient Truth" in order to give students a taste of both sides of the climate change arguement.
Assignments: None.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday May 17, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students participated in a probability activity where they made a spinner board separated into four different colors, and competed with a class mate to complete the worksheet. They then had to calculate the theoretical and experimental probabilities of making the color green from the spinner board.
Assignments: Review Homework #24 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up the nailing and coloring of their birdhouses before calculating the surface area and volume of the birdhouse itself.
Assignments: Review Homework #25 is due Wednesday.
Science: There was no science class today as the school held a Rite Of Passage ceremony for our outgoing 8th graders this afternoon. 7th graders spent the afternoon hours with Mr. Sheufelt.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #24 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up the nailing and coloring of their birdhouses before calculating the surface area and volume of the birdhouse itself.
Assignments: Review Homework #25 is due Wednesday.
Science: There was no science class today as the school held a Rite Of Passage ceremony for our outgoing 8th graders this afternoon. 7th graders spent the afternoon hours with Mr. Sheufelt.
Assignments: None.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday May 16, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students participated in a probability activity where they made a spinner board separated into four different colors, and competed with a class mate to complete the worksheet. They then had to calculate the theoretical and experimental probabilities of making the color green from the spinner board.
Assignments: Review Homework #24 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up the nailing and coloring of their birdhouses before beginning the calculations of surface area and volume of the birdhouse itself.
Assignments: Review Homework #25 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students continued working in their groups while participating in the Stabilization Wedges Game. Students came up with and agreed upon seven different strategies that each will save one billion tons of carbon emissions per year, in order to save a total of seven billion tons of carbon emissions over the course of a year. Each group then presented their findings to their classmates, and explained why they chose the strategies they did choose and the challenges associated with each.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #24 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up the nailing and coloring of their birdhouses before beginning the calculations of surface area and volume of the birdhouse itself.
Assignments: Review Homework #25 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students continued working in their groups while participating in the Stabilization Wedges Game. Students came up with and agreed upon seven different strategies that each will save one billion tons of carbon emissions per year, in order to save a total of seven billion tons of carbon emissions over the course of a year. Each group then presented their findings to their classmates, and explained why they chose the strategies they did choose and the challenges associated with each.
Assignments: None.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Wednesday May 11, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students were introduced to the concepts of theoretical and experimental probabilities. Mr. Olsen reviewed the key vocabulary and led students through several examples before handing out the section 6.7 worksheet and offered students 25 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due Friday. Section 6.7 worksheet is due tomorrow (Thursday).
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up their nets of the actual sizes and shapes needed to transfer the measurements over to the 1x6x8 foot boards. Several student groups began the cutting process today. All other groups should be ready to cut their boards tomorrow.
Assignments: Review Homework #24 is due Friday.
Science: Today in science students were introduced to the Stabilization Wedges Game. This game hopes to bring the carbon emission problem facing our world today to the forefront of our societies focus. Students are broken in groups of four, and in their groups they will read about and discuss and then choose seven of the fifteen strategies presented to them about ways to reduce carbon emissions.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due Friday. Section 6.7 worksheet is due tomorrow (Thursday).
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up their nets of the actual sizes and shapes needed to transfer the measurements over to the 1x6x8 foot boards. Several student groups began the cutting process today. All other groups should be ready to cut their boards tomorrow.
Assignments: Review Homework #24 is due Friday.
Science: Today in science students were introduced to the Stabilization Wedges Game. This game hopes to bring the carbon emission problem facing our world today to the forefront of our societies focus. Students are broken in groups of four, and in their groups they will read about and discuss and then choose seven of the fifteen strategies presented to them about ways to reduce carbon emissions.
Assignments: None.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tuesday May 10, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students were introduced to the concepts of theoretical and experimental probabilities. Mr. Olsen led students through several definitions and key vocabulary words before leading students through a few example problems.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up their nets of the actual sizes and shapes needed to transfer the measurements over to the 1x6x8 foot boards.
Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, we finished up "An Inconvenient Truth" along with several class discussions throughout the film, clarifying and expanding upon key points brought up in the film along the way.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Students finished up their nets of the actual sizes and shapes needed to transfer the measurements over to the 1x6x8 foot boards.
Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, we finished up "An Inconvenient Truth" along with several class discussions throughout the film, clarifying and expanding upon key points brought up in the film along the way.
Assignments: None.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Monday May 9, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today was the final working day in math on their isometric dream house. Students are progressing through the Isometric Dream House assignment, and the project was due at the end of the day today.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Mr. White and Mr. Olsen talked with the students about the dimensions required for the chickadees around the school. Due to the constraints of the purchased wood, students will only be creating bird houses for chickadees, based on the dimensions provided through the ADF&G website. Students are busy creating nets of the exact dimensions, in inches, which will help them when lining out their actual wooden board.
Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, we jumped back into "An Inconvenient Truth" and will finish up the film on Tuesday.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Mr. White and Mr. Olsen talked with the students about the dimensions required for the chickadees around the school. Due to the constraints of the purchased wood, students will only be creating bird houses for chickadees, based on the dimensions provided through the ADF&G website. Students are busy creating nets of the exact dimensions, in inches, which will help them when lining out their actual wooden board.
Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, we jumped back into "An Inconvenient Truth" and will finish up the film on Tuesday.
Assignments: None.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Thursday May 5, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today was another working day in math. Students are progressing through the Isometric Dream House assignment, and by the end of class today, students were completing the calculations for finding the surface area and volume of their structures.
Assignments: Review Homework #21 is due Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Mr. White and Mr. Olsen talked with the students about the dimensions required for the different nesting birds around the school, and gave students a net of a birdhouse and asked students to fill in the proper measurements on the net we handed them. Next, students were asked to design their own blueprint of their birdhouse and by the end of class on Friday students will have built a birdhouse out of construction paper using the blueprints and measurements they put together at the beginning of class.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Friday. Students were assigned to complete their "net" or blueprint for class on Friday.
Science: Today in science, students spent the first ten minutes of class journaling about what they already know about global warming. We then jumped back into "An Inconvenient Truth" and will finish up the film on Monday of next week. On Friday, students will be going outside during science class and contributing to cleaning up our school environment by collecting garbage around the school grounds.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #21 is due Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Mr. White and Mr. Olsen talked with the students about the dimensions required for the different nesting birds around the school, and gave students a net of a birdhouse and asked students to fill in the proper measurements on the net we handed them. Next, students were asked to design their own blueprint of their birdhouse and by the end of class on Friday students will have built a birdhouse out of construction paper using the blueprints and measurements they put together at the beginning of class.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Friday. Students were assigned to complete their "net" or blueprint for class on Friday.
Science: Today in science, students spent the first ten minutes of class journaling about what they already know about global warming. We then jumped back into "An Inconvenient Truth" and will finish up the film on Monday of next week. On Friday, students will be going outside during science class and contributing to cleaning up our school environment by collecting garbage around the school grounds.
Assignments: None.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Wednesday May 4, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their "dream house." Students should be moving towards the sketching portion of this assignment, and the goal is to be wrapping up and polishing their final products by the end of class on Friday.
Assignments: Review Homework #21 is due Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Mr. White and Mr. Olsen talked with the students about the dimensions required for the different nesting birds around the school, and gave students the choice between building a birdhouse for a chickadee or a swallow.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Friday.
Science: Today in science, students spent the first fifteen minutes of class reflecting and writing a descriptive narrative concerning their day yesterday. Whether they spent their day out at Eagle beach or out at the Greens Creek Mine, students were asked to write a 7-10 sentence reflection. We then began watching the film "An Inconevient Truth" and students will be filling in a worksheet as we view this film for the next day or two depending on our discussions through the course of the film.
Assignments: Students who are not done with their alternative energy essay should be completing them as soon as possible.
Assignments: Review Homework #21 is due Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their birdhouse designs. Mr. White and Mr. Olsen talked with the students about the dimensions required for the different nesting birds around the school, and gave students the choice between building a birdhouse for a chickadee or a swallow.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Friday.
Science: Today in science, students spent the first fifteen minutes of class reflecting and writing a descriptive narrative concerning their day yesterday. Whether they spent their day out at Eagle beach or out at the Greens Creek Mine, students were asked to write a 7-10 sentence reflection. We then began watching the film "An Inconevient Truth" and students will be filling in a worksheet as we view this film for the next day or two depending on our discussions through the course of the film.
Assignments: Students who are not done with their alternative energy essay should be completing them as soon as possible.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Monday May 2, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students continued working on their "dream house." Students were introduced to their next project called the Isometric Dream House Project. Students will be responsible for designing, sketching, drawing and polishing their final products over the course of this week.
Assignments: Review Homework #20 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students had a guest visitor from the US Fish and Wildlife Service in to talk with them about the different types of nesting birds that surround our school, and which birds to target for making out birdhouses in the coming weeks. After a brief introduction, students went on a hike into the meadows surrounding our school and listened to the different bird species in the area as well as ideas about where to place our birdhouses once we are done.
Assignments: Review Homework #21 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, students were given a final work day in class to finalize their alternative energy papers. We spent the hour in the computer lab to give students to opportunity to print any papers or visuals needed to meet Mr. Olsen's expectations for this assignment. The papers were handed in at the end of the hour.
Assignments: Students should have handed in their alternative energy papers at the end of class today. If they did not finish, it is late and must be turned at as soon as possible.
FYI: Tomorrow, Tuesday May 3rd, the Aurora house students will be going on one of two field trips. 60 students have been selected to attend the Hecla Greens Creek Mine field trip to Admiralty Island. The rest of the house will be attending a field trip to the Eagle Beach/Eagle River area for the day. Parents, please be sure that all students are prepared for their activities over the course of the day: ie, rain coats, boots or other proper foot ware, warm clothes and please be sure to provide your son or daughter a lunch.
Assignments: Review Homework #20 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students had a guest visitor from the US Fish and Wildlife Service in to talk with them about the different types of nesting birds that surround our school, and which birds to target for making out birdhouses in the coming weeks. After a brief introduction, students went on a hike into the meadows surrounding our school and listened to the different bird species in the area as well as ideas about where to place our birdhouses once we are done.
Assignments: Review Homework #21 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, students were given a final work day in class to finalize their alternative energy papers. We spent the hour in the computer lab to give students to opportunity to print any papers or visuals needed to meet Mr. Olsen's expectations for this assignment. The papers were handed in at the end of the hour.
Assignments: Students should have handed in their alternative energy papers at the end of class today. If they did not finish, it is late and must be turned at as soon as possible.
FYI: Tomorrow, Tuesday May 3rd, the Aurora house students will be going on one of two field trips. 60 students have been selected to attend the Hecla Greens Creek Mine field trip to Admiralty Island. The rest of the house will be attending a field trip to the Eagle Beach/Eagle River area for the day. Parents, please be sure that all students are prepared for their activities over the course of the day: ie, rain coats, boots or other proper foot ware, warm clothes and please be sure to provide your son or daughter a lunch.
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