7th/8th Grade Science: Week of 9/17-9/21

Exciting news!  Students have successfully completed their first lab practical as of last Thursday.  This week, students will be diving into Unit 2 on Living Things. 

This unit's first few lessons will focus on classifying living things.  Objectives for the week will include:

• SWBAT define classification.
• SWBAT explain why and how scientists classify organisms.
• SWBAT describe both the Five Kingdom System and 7-Level Classification System, and provide examples of how to classify organisms under each.

Important announcements:

• Questions about HW?  Independent practice will be included in each day's lesson.  Students will need to complete this independent practice for homework if it is done completed in class.
• On Friday, students will take the EXPLORE science diagnostic to determine their baseline for college readiness in science.  IMPORTANT: The score on this diagnostic will NOT count towards their grade.  However, it will help us to highlight what areas to focus on this year so that scholars can be as prepared for high school science as possible.

Please feel free to contact me via email (sgeng@learncharter.org) with any further questions. 

Sincerely,

Ms. Geng