What a great week we had with the field trip on Thursday!  It was a lot of fun and the students really enjoyed the trip to Detroit and Ford Field.  The Science and Engineering Fair had all types of unique displays and demonstrations available, as well as some great hands on activities.  Overall, the field trip went very smoothly and the students had a wonderful time.  

We are at the conclusion of our plant unit, and the assessment is Tuesday.  Make sure your child is looking over the study guide and continues to study.  

Picture day is this Thursday (November 13th). 

The Uglies is coming to a conclusion and we will be reading up to page 414 in class this week. The last eleven pages will need to be read by the students on their own.  

We will begin to learn about GMO's (Genetically Modified Organisms) this week as part of our magnet curriculum on Biotechnology.  

Wednesday is a very exciting day as we will have many great speakers from many different professions for our Career Day!!

Monday, November 10

Science

The Uglies page 389-397.  Students will use the class Jeopardy game to help review for their assessment tomorrow.  

Tuesday, November 11

Science

Unit 2 Assessment. Students should bring some reading material with them for after the test.  

Wednesday, November 12

Science

Career Day will take up the first four hours of the day.  Hours 5, 6, and 7 will begin learning about GMO's by doing a simple experiment on isolating DNA from wheat-germ.  

Thursday, November 13

Science

The Uglies page 398-414.  Students will watch a video entitled History's Harvest from united-streaming as an introduction to genetically modified organisms.  Students will discuss the Pros and Cons of GMO's.  

Friday, November 14

Science

Students will use the laptop computers to learn ore about Genetically Modified Organisms.  The website is entitled Seeds of Fear and it is from PBS.