The school year has commenced! Engrade is up and running. Students are in the process of registering their accounts. Parents may make their own account with their own passwords and follow the student progress. Ask your child for the access code. This week we studied observations and inferences. We practiced the procedures and rules of the classroom.The summer project has been collected and grading will begin. Next week we will practice using smart response. We will take the genetics pre test and there will be a quiz on observations and inferences.

Welcome Class of 2016!

Welcome back to school. A reminder that the summer packet is due September 16th. Here is the link to the electronic version. We have started with the first three homeworks. #1 sign the welcome letter #2 bring in a box of tissues #3 Why do we need rules? Why are rules important?

Class of 2016

Welcome to 8th grade science. You have been given a paper copy of the summer packet and an electronic version has been sent out via pupil path. If you have any questions email me at Kojes390@gmail.com. Enjoy your summer!

New Unit

We have begun our physics unit. We are studying force and motion. Please be advised homework from the evolution unit # 17-28 will not be accepted after Monday March 2nd. Please check pupil path to see what work you need to turn in. I prefer electronic submission via kojes390@gmail.com

Happy New Year 2015

Welcome back! It is a very busy time for science class. Extinct animal projects are due tomorrow Jan 7th. We are also working on collecting the data for the next project Battling Beaks. In addition we are preparing for our next socratic seminar! Whew. We are working very hard!

Parent teacher conferences

It was wonderful meeting with the parents today, as some of you requested I have placed a copy of the student book on pupil path. Students may use it to study and reinforce the lessons. I have also added an electronic copy of the summer packet to that project. All submissions for marking period one will be accepted until December 6. Here is the next set of homework. #11 Punnett square independent practice sheet 62 #12 What role do you think genes and the environment play in human development and health? Explain your thinking and give some examples. 64 #13 Pedigree Puzzles 66 #14 What additional information do you need to identify the lost children? 68 #15 Write a statement about which of the children are Belinda and Johns and which are Mai and Pauls, use evidence to support your statement 70 #16 Write a judges decision a fair and final decision on whether or not to return the children of somallia to their parents. 71 #17 Should people try to save wild populations of the Asian elephant? 89 #18 Write an observation and an inference from your daily life goal 91 #19 Imagine that no species ever became extinct. Do you think there would be more, less or the same amount of diversity of life forms on our planet? Explain. goal 92 #20 Propose what might have caused the changes through time shown on your timeline.Explain goal 93

Gene Combo

Most of the classes are in the midst of collecting and analyzing the data from the Gene Combo Lab. The lab report for this is due October 17, 2014. Don't wait for the last minute to work on this. As always, if you need help come and see me.