School started here on Wednesday, Aug. 26 with students new to the
building. So that meant all 6th graders and 7th & 8th graders who
had not attended last year. It is an easy way for new students to become
comfortable with the building and routines without the stress of the
other 350+ students in the building. I've posted a few pictures of the classroom and two of our first activities. Be sure to check back in with us.
A few items on display
Opportunity at the Cosmosphere
Models and specimens
Collecting data about students
Science and Engineering Practices
Cross Cutting Concepts
Part of our mold experiment - what will stay exposed to light
I
hope everyone is having a good summer. I have been spending a little
time getting ready for the 2015-16 school year. Mrs. Zolman, Mr.
Wilkinson, and I attended a KSDE Conference in June. We met Science
teachers from around the state and got lots of great ideas for next
school year.
This was immediately after Mrs. Cindy Couchman's session. (She took the picture!)
If
you would like to see some of what we did, check out this video trailer
I made for the afternoon sessions we attended at the conference.
The
custodians have been hard at work in the building and our classroom is
spic and span for the coming year. Construction is underway for the new
tennis courts which we will be able to see them from our classroom
window.
I hope that everyone was able to watch part of
the New Horizons flight past Pluto. It has sent back some amazing data
and has greatly expanded our knowledge. I'm also checking in on the
Rosetta Mission, expecting our understanding of comets to increase
greatly as a result of this ESA mission. If you are out in the evenings
or can't sleep, you might want to look for the International Space
Station.You can look up when the ISS will next fly by at NASA's Spot the Station.
I hope that you enjoy the rest of your summer and I look forward to seeing you soon!
