Investigations in Science 7 – May 10, 2019

Announcements:

PARCC testing is finishing up next week. Please make sure your child gets a
good night’s rest, comes to school on time, and eats a good breakfast prior to
taking the PARCC test. Students need to bring headphones or earbuds for
testing. Dates of the PARCC test May 13-15.

Coming Up:

 Fossils
 Owl Pellets 

Dates:

 May 6-10 - Staff Appreciation Week

 May 13-15 – PARCC - Math
 May 14 – PTA Meeting at 7:00 pm
 May 16 – Last Day of After School Activities
 May 23 – Music Concert – Sherwood HS at 7:00 pm
 May 27 – No School
 June 11 – Fun Day
 June 14 – Last Day of School/Early Dismissal

What we did this week:

We have spent the week looking at geological time and how the Earth has
changed over time. Students took a walking station tour from 4.6 billions of years
ago to the present day, learning about the major events that occurred during each
time period. The changes of the land masses along with temperature/climate
changes had a huge impact on the organisms that were around during the different
time periods. They completed a web-quest to learn more about each time period
and the events that occurred.
 Then, students create a timeline of their own life. They compared their
timeline to classmates and learned a lot of interesting facts about each other. I
was amazed to learn all the fun things that they have already experienced in their
lives.
The students are currently creating a timeline of Earth’s history. Their
timeline is 5 meters long! They are seeing with our time scale, that humans have
only been present for ~0.1 mm of our timeline. Humans time on Earth is
insignificant compared to how long Earth has existed. They will continue working
on their timeline today in class.

Have a great weekend!