Social Studies
In Social Studies, we are covering the first
presidents. We are beginning to talk about the first political parties. Students will go on line to visit the various
political party websites. They will use some online tools to investigate their
own personal political views. Soon we
will travel west with Lewis & Clark using a computer simulation. We will visit Monticello, the home of Thomas
Jefferson on a virtual tour. We continue
to cover current events through political cartoons. In the third marking period, students have
the option of creating their own political cartoons. Students have been introduced to several
websites to create them. In the pictures, students are conducting a scramble up
activity and making a cartoon strip about the French Revolution and America's
reaction to it.
Math
Mrs. Lee's students will be working on Functions and
Inequalities, as well as preparing for the upcoming PSSA.
Science
We are exploring oceans. We looked at the ocean floor,
marine organisms, and the zones of the ocean.
We did a cool activity with Kool Aid to represent salinity of the
ocean. Next, we will be looking at
currents, waves, and tides.
Academic Literacy
In Academic Literacy students are creating their works
cited. They will so begin writing their
research paper, starting with a lesson on introductions and how to hook your
audience.
Health
The students of Team 8-O created
a recipe of DNA in a Build-A-Dog Activity to study how variations in DNA lead
to the inheritance of different traits.
The students picked strips of paper, which represented DNA and used them
to assemble a DNA molecule. The
students then read the DNA recipe to create a drawing of their dog and to
identify what made their dog unique.
In Ms. Suppa’s English class, students
worked in small groups to present characters, scenes, and symbols from a short
story called “Abuela Invents the Zero.” For example, Justin Berman, Ryan
Eckert, and Hayley Taylor created the following Bit Strip to illustrate the story:
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