This week we have been studying the states of matter. This will be a fairly quick chapter and I am currently planning on a test around Feb. 20. Students have also had a personal consultation with me about their science fair experiment to help clarify exactly what they...

Thursday we will take our chapter 7 test. The grades will be posted later in the evening. Students will need to turn in their experiment plan for the science fair on Monday. This assignment requires a parent signature so that I know they have discussed the possible...

We have been continuing to look at physical changes and have also begun learning about chemical properties and chemical changes. Along with learning about chemical changes, we are learning about balancing chemical equations. This can be a tricky skill to learn, so we...

This week we began looking at physical properties and physical changes. Next week we will add chemical properties and chemical changes. Students also turned in their science fair topics. Next week, they will need to turn in their hypothesis for their topic. Students...

Happy New Year! We have had a bit of a slow start to this quarter with a snow day and upcoming day off for MLK, Jr. This week we began our study of chemistry and will continue this next week. We also started looking at our spring all school science fair. On Thursday,...

Merry Christmas! We have finished the physics portion of physical science and students have taken their final exam on Monday. They did very well on the final. Grades that are posted on RenWeb are the final grade for the quarter. The two quarter grades will be averaged...