On Monday we took our chapter 13 test. The students did very well on this test. This week we then proceeded on our dissection path and dissected the fetal pig. Pigs are very similar to humans in that they are mammals and have many similar characteristics. This was a...
This week we have finished our chapter on animal behavior and reproduction. We will review for the test on Thursday and their test will be on Monday. This weekend, the students should study their vocabulary note cards, their notes, and their review sheet. It would be...
We have begun our study of animal behavior. We are discussing learned behavior and instinctive behaviors. Along with these behaviors, we will be watching the movie Fly Away Home. This is about the learned familial behavior where birds will imprint on their "mother"...
We took our test on Monday and everyone did very well. We will be dissecting the frog this week, so hopefully your child will have a good experience to share with you. Next week we will begin our next chapter which will include animal behaviors and looked at instinct...
Greetings -- due to our 6th grade shadow day where the 6th graders got to shadow with a 7th grader for a couple of hours, we are a day behind where I thought we would be. We will review on Thursday for our test on Earth dynamics which has been moved to Monday. On...
We are continuing to study the different systems of organisms. This chapter we have focused on the skeletal or structural system, circulatory/respiratory systems and the excretory system. We have found that they are quite different among the different type of...