Memorial Day Week so we have a short one. Also, students were given progress reports last week to share with you. We are going to back that up by sending progress reports home on Tuesday, May 26th also.

Just a reminder also that the team project is due June 4th. We will be discussing this week how they will be turned in. Students have all been told in Science class that all projects must be done on Microsoft Word and only an electric copy since the unit is on sustainability. Paper is obviously not sustainable. We are also in the process of packing our rooms for construction and they want teachers out right away to get in here so we will not be accepting any projects that are not electronic.

Last week, we worked on a comic book about carbon. We began the project on Wednesday and turned it in at the end of class on Friday. Please remind your child how important it is to turn their work in on time. We won't be able to keep grading work past the due dates, due to the end of the year work, 8th grade awards ceremony and dance, final exams and construction.

Here's the schedule:

Science
Tuesday, May 26
We will be using the next two days to create a foldable that will help us to understand the Spheres of the Earth and the movement of carbon dioxide through them. Tuesday is the day we will create the foldable. On Wednesday, we will be putting in any notes needed.

Wednesday, May 27
See Tuesday.

Thursday, May 28
We will be learning about Global Warming and its connection to carbon. We will be moving students around the room to physically re-enact how the greenhouse gases affect carbon and thus global warming. Students will draw a representation of how this occurs.

Friday, May 29
(Mrs. Kahler will be out today)
We will be working on an activity that goes along with global warming.