Marking period one has ended. 7th grade- There will be a 7th grade project on plate tectonics for the students to do over the Christmas break. 8th grade- Students will use the Christmas break to prepare for socratic seminar on cloning extinct animals. Regents students will have a practice regents to do over the break. Please enjoy your holidays!

Welcome back!

I hope you had a restful and refreshing summer. This year I will be teaching 7th and 8th grade science. 8th graders the science summer packet is due 9/16 please be certain to have it completed on time. Here is a link to the electronic version. Plese email your final essay to Koje390@ms390.com 7th and 8th grade will begin the year examining rules and policies and learning the routines of the science class. I look forward to an eventful year of learning about our world through the lens of a scientist. The first set of homeworks- #1 Bring in signed Welcome letter #2 Box of tissues #3 Why are the rules important? Why do we need rules?

October

Parents and students, We have completed our first round of socratic seminar. The classes did well discussing GMOs and designer babies. The deadline for summer packet is October 16th. No summer work will be collected after that. The write up for socratic seminar is due now and we are up to hw#7. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to me. Engrade is up and current.

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