Author: msprague

8th: Nothing! Thanks for an awesome, if belated, Engineering Week project.
7th: Nothing! Congratulations on finishing your books!
6th: Finish cutting and gluing into your notebook the four pages about levels of organization (cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms.)

8th: Questions A, B, and C on the School Grounds and Gardens Supplement for Washington Green Schools
7th: p. 260-265, Religion: Miracles and Parables of Jesus Project
6th: finish mini-project from pg. 45. For #16, draw a picture of the creature you create and describe at least two structures that let your organism survive in the extreme environment you chose.

8th- Nothing!
7th- Science: p. 254-259, Religion: “Our Father” questions, read p. 98-99 in book
6th- p. 40-43, do not answer #11

8th grade: Answer these three questions:
1) Think of three other global issues you could add to the web we made in class.
2) How can understanding interconnections help solve global problems? give two examples.
3) Go to the Washington Green Schools Initiative and look at the ways to get certified. Which category (energy, healthy school buildings, school grounds and gardens, waste and recycling, transportation, water) would you want to certify in and why? How can SMM “go green” in this area?

7th grade: p. 246-247

6th grade: no homework!

8th: Nothing!
7th: Finish Earthquake Activity
6th: Finish CSI Cell Activity

8th grade: p. 240-243, for page 243, identify the levels of questions using Bloom’s taxonomy

7th grade: p. 240-244, Religion: make a goal for your Rice Bowl, answer the questions 1) Why are some people poor? 2) What can we do to help?

6th grade: vocabulary worksheet, Science Fair Notebook due tomorrow

8th: Worksheet with questions. Read p. 234-239 and write 6 questions of your own, one at each level of Bloom’s taxonomy (the table on the back of your worksheet.)

7th: Bring materials for volcano lab. Prepare to answer the following questions:
1) What materials did you use?
2) What procedure did you follow?
3) What kind of volcano did you model? What does each part of your model represent?
4) How successful was your model? What could you improve?

For Religion (Due Thursday 2/15). Write a paragraph answering the following questions:
1) Why are some people poor?
2) How can we help the poor?
3) How much do I plan to raise for Catholic Relief Services in my Rice Bowl?

6th: Finish coloring, cutting, and gluing your plant and animal cells!

8th: Water Use Log, Finish Dust Bowl Mini Project
7th: Nothing!
6th: Finish Frayer Model of vocabulary word (Definition- book and personal, Sketch, Examples, and Non-examples)

8th: p. 230-231
7th: finish Frayer Model for vocab word (definition-book and yours, sketch, examples, and non-examples) Religion- p. 77
6th: finish Frayer Model for vocab word (definition-book and yours, sketch, examples, and non-examples)

8th Grade: Calculate your ecological footprint using an online assessment, like the one found here. Record you score on a separate piece of paper and brainstorm ideas to reduce your number. Be sure to include which website you used!

7th: No science homework! Continue working on p. 77 for Religion on Thursday.

6th: Color plant and animal cell worksheets following instructions. For animal cell you DO NOT have to color the nuclear membrane, nucleoplasm, microtubules, or flagella.