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

Metric Lab

This week we are conducting two labs. One will be on classification of matter and the other on Metric Measurement. We will also have our 1st Science Test! When Thursday folders go home please check for a print out of your childs grades thus far in Science.

Lab Safety...Whatcha gonna do?

We have had an OUTSANDING week learning about Lab tools and Lab Safety! Please be sure and check your child's Science Thursday Folder for important student information as well as all graded papers.

Confection Connection Lab

Today we are working on types of Observations. We are completing a Lab called "Confection Connection". The students are identifying various objects by using their five senses.

Great Start!

We have had a GREAT start and I am very excited about what is to come! This week we are working on the Scientific Method and new vocabulary. On Wednesday we will be doing an activity called "Confection Connection". We will be using the Scientific Process throughout the lab. This is a wonderful lab for students to get use to practicing the Scientific process. Thursday we will discuss Lab safety and will be acting out the appropriate behavior in the lab. Along with lab safety will will also be discussing tools used in the lab.

**Reminder- Monday is Labor Day! No school.

Summer Fun

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HELLO! You have entered Mrs. Jefferson's Blog. I am excited about the upcoming school year. I am going to be creating blogs on a weekly basis and this is the place for HOT science news in the class. Technology is a wonderful tool and I will be posting activities going on in class and I hope this will be informative to you as well.