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Investigations in Science 7 - May 5, 2017

This week in science class, students finished their last unit on Monday and started a new unit on Earth's history and biological evolution. They learned about an extinct animal exhibit project and played a dinosaur knowledge game. Classes were disrupted by PARCC testing but focused on geological time periods and major Earth events through walking stations and a webquest. Upcoming topics include fossils and owl pellets, and events include career day and various field trips and concerts.

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Investigations in Science 7 - May 5, 2017

This week in science class, students finished their last unit on Monday and started a new unit on Earth's history and biological evolution. They learned about an extinct animal exhibit project and played a dinosaur knowledge game. Classes were disrupted by PARCC testing but focused on geological time periods and major Earth events through walking stations and a webquest. Upcoming topics include fossils and owl pellets, and events include career day and various field trips and concerts.

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Investigations in Science 7 May 5, 2017

What we did this week:


On Monday, we finished our last unit. We took care of any last minute business of
finishing the old RFP.

Tuesday, we started our new (and last ) unit: Earths History and Biological
Evolution. I did talk to each class that we are learning about the scientific theories and
everyone has their own personal beliefs and opinions on some of the topics we will be
learning about. We are simply learning the theories and are not trying to change anyones
beliefs/opinions throughout this unit. That being said, we started with learning about the
project students will be working on throughout the unit. They will be creating an exhibit
about an extinct animal.

We started with a game where we looked to see how much we knew about dinosaurs.
Some students got quite competitive with it.

The schedule was disrupted this week with PARCC testing that took place Tuesday-
Thursday. Some classes I have seen more than others and have add additional lessons.

We have spent the week looking at geological time and how the Earth has changed
over time. Students took a walking station tour from 4.6 billions of years ago to the
present day learning about the major events that occurred during each time period. The
changes of the land masses along with temperature/climate changes had a huge impact on
the organisms that were around during the different time periods. They completed a web-
quest to learn more about each time period and the events that occurred.

Announcements:

Career day is coming up on Thursday, May 11th. Students will be seeing a


variety of different speakers. Students will get to choose the speakers they see
based on their interest of the different professions.
Coming Up:

Topics:

Geological Timeline
Fossils
Owl Pellets

Dates:

May 1-5 Staff Appreciation Week


May 7 Social Studies Family Field Trip
May 11 Career Day
May 11 NEC Parent Meeting @ 7:00 pm
May 16-18 PARCC Math
May 16 PTA Meeting @ 7:00 pm
May 19-20 Band Field Trip to Pittsburgh
May 25 Spring Music Concert at Blake HS @ 7:00-9:00 pm
May 29 No School
May 30-June 5 Map-R and Map-M in English and Math Classes
June 14 7th Grade Fun Day
June 16 Last Day of School Early Dismissal

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