Time is really getting the best of us here. We really need more of it. This coming week, the talent show will be viewed by Tier 1 students on Friday. On Monday, we will be having our team's Spring Fling for Tier 1 students. Also, remember to have your ID to attend either activity.

We had quite a few visitors to our school last week and our teachers celebrated having completed one of our new biotechnology units to submit to the government for the Magnet Grant. Now we are on to writing the next 5 units. It may be a very short summer!

Students seemed really excited about their high school Open House visits and shared in Advisory class about them.

That's all that I can think of for now. Keep watching for changes during the week.

Science
Monday, May 19

Students will finish their brochures in class and have them printed up to present tomorrow to the class.

Tuesday, May 20

Students will present their brochures and get feedback from peers and me. We will then begin to look at "What buildings/homes in Kalamazoo County are sustainable? " We will look at the Gibbs House and Manitou Ecovillage.

Wednesday, May 21
Monday's lesson took longer than planned so we are completing Tuesday's lesson today.

Homework: Talk to your parent or guardian about how many miles you travel per year in a vehicle that uses gasoline. We need this information for Friday.

Thursday, May 22
We will review the three elements need to maintain a sustainable system. Then we will brainstorm what we have learned so far about sustainable housing and create our own sustainable home blue print.

If you are looking for the PowerPoint lesson from Wednesday to be down loaded, for some reason, it still will not download. Come see me tomorrow for the handout version. Sorry!

Friday, May 23
Students will spend a few minutes finishing their blue prints (15 minutes). Then we will take our Ecological Footprint on line.
http://www.myfootprint.org/en/
Tuesday, May 20
Students will continue their research on their Ecosystem.

Thursday, May 22
Students will continue their research on their Ecosystem.