SJA-EClass-G7/8

Hello! This year in science we will be following the 8th grade Indiana Science standards. So far, we have been discussing steps of the Scientific Method and Scientific Inquiry, as well as designing our own experiments. On Friday, the 7th and 8th grade conducted their group experiments that they had been developing all week. The question behind these experiments was the following: What liquid dissolves Alka-Seltzer the fastest? The students were allowed to bring in any school-approved liquids to answer this question. As lab groups, they developed a hypothesis, procedure, and a list of materials they would need for the experiment. After conducting the experiment on Friday, they had to finish their formal lab write-up in their lab notebooks.

Also--
Help Sessions:
I sent home a letter in your Thursday folders explaining information regarding my help sessions on Thursdays. I got a bunch back that were signed; however, the permission slip is the blue sheet of paper your child should have in his/her science folder. I need a permission slip every time your child attends my help session. This is for everyone's safety, so that I know that you as parents/guardians know where your child is. If your child has signed up to attend my help session, but will no longer be attending it, I need an email, phone call, or written letter stating so.
I need to know that you know that your child will not be at SJOA attending the help session.

On that note, my help sessions end at 4:30 PM. I will be bringing students down at 4:25 to NYO, to walk, or to be picked up. If your child is being picked up late, please call/email me and let me know. If your child is picked up late more than twice, I will have to ask that he/she no longer attends the help sessions. (For me, late constitutes after 4:35 PM.) If your child is a hindrance or disruptive to the help session, I will have to ask that he/she no longer attends the help sessions.

As a reminder: There is no help session on Sept. 3rd b/c we will all be down at camp.

Ms. Klee