Monday, November 11, 2013

11/11

Happy Veterans' Day!

7th Science - Worked through information about science fair projects since we will not have science on Wednesday.  Review of Heredity and how it happens through mitosis and meiosis.

8th Science - Assessment over Newton's Third Law and other concepts related to force.

7th Religion - Pretest over Matthew 3.  Discussion questions due Thursday (11/14).

  1. What ‘good fruit’ (Matthew 3:10) do you produce?
  2. What do you think Jesus meant when he said to John the
Baptist, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.”? (3:15)

  1. Why do you think that the Father said what He did at Jesus’ Baptism?  How do you think Jesus felt about this being said of Him?  What if this was said of you?

Food Science - Made some Charoset for the Middle School Seder on Wednesday

Friday, November 8, 2013

11/8

7th Science - Made connections between cell activity and heredity by reviewing mitosis and meiosis in class.  Meiosis cartoon/animation is due Tuesday (11/12).

8th Science - Newton's Third Law
11/8 - Slaven's class - assessment
11/11 - Lochmann's class - assessment

7th Religion - Quiz over Matthew 2.  New memory work due Monday: Matthew 3:11 & Isaiah 40:3-5

Thursday, November 7, 2013

11/7

7th Science - Made connections between cell activity and heredity by reviewing mitosis and meiosis in class.  Meiosis cartoon/animation is due Monday (11/11).

8th Science - Newton's Third Law
11/8 - Slaven's class - assessment
11/11 - Lochmann's class - assessment

7th Religion - Discussion Questions over Matthew 2 due Thursday

Food Science - Learning about puff pastries and some Jewish foods we will make for next week's Passover activity (charoset and unleavened bread)

11/6

7th Science - Checked for

  • Materials
  • Procedures
  • Independent Variable/Dependent Variable
Next week I will be checking for
  • Question
  • Hypothesis
8th Science - Periodic Table Test #3

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

11/5

7th Science - Continuing our work with collecting items and counting them.

8th Science - Newton's Third Law
11/7 - Lochmann's class - presentations
11/8 - Slaven's class - assessment
11/11 - Lochmann's class - assessment

7th Religion - Discussion Questions over Matthew 2 due Thursday


  1. Who did God speak to in a dream in Matthew 2?  Do you think that God still speaks to people in dreams?
  2. Jesus’ 3 fold office is as prophet, priest, and king.  Which do you see Jesus as most; which title fits Jesus the best, in your opinion?
  3. It was not fair that so many baby boys died when Herod got jealous.  Why do you think God allows such terrible things to happen (i.e. the Holocaust, 9/11, etc.)?

Monday, November 4, 2013

11/4

7th Science - Continuing our work with collecting items and counting them.

8th Science - Newton's Third Law
11/5 - Slaven's class - presentations
11/7 - Lochmann's class - presentations
11/8 - Slaven's class - assessment
11/11 - Lochmann's class - presentations

7th Religion - Pretest over Matthew 2

Food Science - Researched different cuts of meat for beef and pork

Friday, November 1, 2013

11/1

7th Science - Continuing our work with collecting items and counting them.  A graph supporting an observation is due Tuesday (11/5).

8th Science - Newton's Third Law
11/4 - Lochmann's class - work day
11/5 - Slaven's class - presentations
11/7 - Lochmann's class - presentations
11/8 - Slaven's class - assessment
11/11 - Lochmann's class - presentations

7th Religion - Quiz over Matthew 1