Monthly Archives: September 2012

Density Song

September 23, 2012 – 9:02 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfMDC4guXZg&feature=relmfu[/youtube] Here is the Density Song written and performed by a middle School Science teacher and You Tube phenomenon Mr. Edwards It helps some students to get this song stuck in their heads come quiz time:)

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Cornell Notes: Instructions

September 18, 2012 – 12:37 pm

Tonight you have your first homework assignment in your SN. Your task is to read pages 8-9 in the Properties of Matter Text Book. Please start on the right hand side of  page 5 in your SN and take notes on the reading. When you are finished, compose questions on the left hand column that are […]

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POM Textbooks and Science Notebooks

September 17, 2012 – 9:03 pm

Students received a Properties of Matter (POM) student book and a science notebook (SN) today. The POM book should have been brought home today (9/17). It will be kept at home throughout the unit. (We have a class set available at school) The SN should be carried back and forth in student binders unless there […]

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Aluminum Foil Boats Challenge and Entertain!

September 10, 2012 – 10:18 pm

Students have been working on an inquiry where they were asked to work with a partner to build a boat out of a 15 cm x 15 cm piece of aluminum foil that can float the greatest number of pennies. Students were amazed by the results. The boat that floated the greatest number of pennies […]

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Welcome 8th Grade Science Students

September 4, 2012 – 10:10 am

WELCOME New 8th Graders, Parents and Guardians: Here is a copy of the letter I will send home on Tuesday September 11 Dear Students and Parents/Guardians, I approach this year with lofty goals and aspirations for myself and for my students. Over the summer I attended several professional development opportunities where I learned about 1. […]

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