SCIENCE GRADE 5: August 30 - September 10th

Welcome Grade 5 students and parents! This nine weeks we will be learning about weather: the water cycle, air pressure, clouds, wind, air masses, fronts, climate, and hurricanes. We are currently learning about the water cycle and will most likely have a test this Friday. Before each test, students receive a review sheet and have two days to study for the test. I teach them various study skills and give them time to practice these skills in class. The week of September 6-10 we will study air pressure. Students will have an opportunity to study air pressure through two experiments, and then will be a meterologist and read the barometer to determine atmospheric pressure.

I look forward to working with you. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or comments.

SCIENCE GRADE 6: August 30 - September 10th

Welcome back to Neuse Charter! Grade 6 is studying plate techtonics, the Theory of Continental Drift, and earthquakes. We are exploring these concepts through various models, experiments, reading and writing activities, examples, and games. One exciting part of our unit is making fossils with plaster of Paris. Students will need to bring in an object from nature that could potentially be fossilized. Also, students should expect a test the week of September 6-10th. Before the test, students will receive a review sheet and two days to study. I look forward to working with you again this year!

SCIENCE GRADE 7: August 30-Sept 10

Welcome to the start of a new year! We are studying extreme weather in all of its forms: thunderstorms, lightning, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, including the technology used to measure and contain them. Expect students to have a test the week of September 6-10. We will begin projects on extreme weather after the 10th. I look forward to working with you again this year.

Grade 5 Science February

Grade 5s are studying rivers and their landforms and how rivers erode the land around them, changing the landscape constantly. The classroom got very dirty when we poured sediment and water down mountain and plains landscapes to test erosion principles. We discovered most sediment landed in the delta region and most erosion occurred on the steepest slope. Grade 5s will have a river landform test Tuesday Feb. 16th.

The next mini-unit will focus on weathering and erosion, current weathering and erosion problems, and ways to prevent it.

Grade 6 Science February

Grade 6s are creating fantastic power points and presentations of their planets!

Project dates are as follows:
Thursday Feb. 11 - writing and additional project is due
Friday Feb. 12 and Monday Feb. 15 - presentations

Next unit of study is the wondrous universe - black holes and all....

Grade 7 February

Grade 7 students are working diligently on their brain projects to end their unit on biology.

Timelines are as follows:
Thursday Feb. 11 - writing and additional project are due
Friday Feb. 12 and Monday Feb. 15 presentations

Please note any late assignments receive a maximum grade of 70%.

Grade 8 Science February

We are studying chemicals: their benefits, toxic effects, and alternatives and solutions. Students will work in stations and examine chemicals in cosmetics, pesticides, dry cleaning, electronics, and cleaning products. Next unit examines chemical susceptibility, dosage, and subsequent effects.