The students have calculated the scale size and scale distance of the planets. They have made planets to scale. We have gone outside and created our scale solar system.

Next week we will be working on CORE review for the Standards Based Assessments and volume and surface area.

The students have created a planet card and two graphs about the mass and temperature of planets.

We celebrated Pi day today. Thank you for sending in pies for our party.

Math 7th / 8th : The students are working on math in space. Each student is assigned a planet or moon. They are planning a trip to their planet. They will be creating a space station in the upcoming weeks.

Math 7th: The students worked on functions. There was no homework.

Math 8th: The students worked on lesson 7.5 in the workbook.

7th and 8th Graders: Both classes will be taking tests on Wednesday. They will need to study tomorrow night.

Math 7th: The students have completed workbook lessons 7.1 - 7.3. They will continue working on solving equations by completing workbook lesson 7.4.

Math 8th: The students have been busy converting decimals, fractions, percents and solving percent sentences. They have completed workbook lessons 7.1 - 7.2 and they will be completing 7.3 today.

Math 7: The students are working on the last few lessons in chapter 6. On Monday the students did Workbook Lesson 6.6. Today they are working on two different lessons. Workbook lesson 6.8 is a graphing lesson. Lesson 7.1 is on writing variable expressions.

Math 8: The students are moving right through chapter 6. They completed 6.1-6.3 last week. Monday they worked on workbook lesson 6.4 and 6.5. These lessons were geometry lessons. Today they are working on workbook lesson 6.6.