News 05/09-05/13

Dates to Remember:

• Student Exhibition Night: 05/25 (5-6 pm)
• End of term 6: 05/27
• 8th grade to Great America: 06/01
• Patriot Games: 06/03
• AdVENTURE Dance (5, 6 and 7): 06/06
• Last day of school: 06/07

Classroom News

Cumulative XP:

5^th Science - Castle

Discovering the Food System: After presenting your Trash to Treasure work on Monday, we move right along to the food system. You will have an opportunity to consider your food culture and talk about where your food comes from. You are getting ready to prove your ingenuity as you consider what happens to the food in your life.

6^th Science - Enchanted Forest

Discovering the Food System: After presenting your Biomes work on Monday, we move right along to the food system. You will have an opportunity to consider your food culture and talk about where your food comes from. You are getting ready to prove your ingenuity as you consider what happens to the food in your life.

^7th Science - Laboratory

Interdependence of Organisms You will continue working on your endangered species project. This week you will finalize your individual work, and get ready to share what you find out with the other members of your team. You will begin drafting your plan to recover your species from "the brink" by presenting us with all the data you have accumulated.

^8th Engineering - Website

 EDC - The Thermos Challenge: Your prototypes are ready for testing. Make sure you have a clear plan to test them so that you can revise your initial ideas. Some of you will need to start from scratch, while others may simply need to finalize designs. That is what prototyping is all about.