Hogan's 4K Graduation

Hogan graduates from 4K!  He was so excited to finally be on his way to "big boy" school. He and Carleigh will be attending the same school in the fall...and boy does he think he is cool!  He told me yesterday that I would not need to walk him into school, like I do now, next year.  I think he is mostly excited about that and that his food will come on a tray! He sees that Carleigh only takes her lunch from home on the days she does not like what the school is serving, which is almost 3-4 days a week.  Very different than him having to take his lunch box every day and never mind the fact Hogan loves food and eats just about anything, guess he will be eating "off the tray" a good bit!

Antarctica Is Coming to Mrs. Jefferson's Science Class!

Antarctica is coming to Mrs. Jefferson's Science Class!!!

On November 12th at 2:00pm Antarctica will be coming to Gettys Middle School. There were 90 seats available in the United States for this webcast and we have received 15 seats. We are excited about this new challenge. We will be working with Shakira Brown and other researchers that are in Antarctica. Students will be asking questions and researchers will respond live from their expedition site. Melissa Jefferson will be leading our 7th grade students in the webcast. The website is www.us-satellite.net/antarcticalive/

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Cells, Cells and MORE Cells!

This week has been very exciting! We have been getting our hands in Science by doing a lot of fun hands on activities. Ask your student about our tasty cells (YUMMY)! On Thursday October 2 there will be a cells test. This test will consist of cell organelle vocabulary and labeling the plant and animal cells.

STUDY HARD!

Animal Cell-Model Explanied by Thomas

Microscopes.....and MORE

We have had an exciting past few weeks in Science class! We have been working on the parts of the microscope and their functions. Students also made some incredible microscope models!! For the next few weeks we will be working on Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells. There will be some FUN labs that we will also be doing as well, so be sure and check back to see pictures and information on those labs.

Remember NO SCHOOL on Monday September 29, 2008

MICROSCOPES!

This week we will be focusing on the parts of the Microscope and the function of each part. We will discuss the two Pioneers of the Microscope and what each contributed.

Homework Assignment: Create a Model of the earlier or modern day microscope using everyday household itmes! Be creative! :)

Due: Friday September 19, 2008