LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, DECEMBER 3 TO DECEMBER 7, 2012

This week the students are going to learn about:

CHAPTER 8; PLANTS

·        Plants Responses and Growth

-      Tropisms

-      Seasonal Changes

-      Life Spans of Angiosperms

Tuesday; we will review all the content seen last week to be ready for the test (Chapter 8).

Wednesday, Dec 5, we will have our Fourth Evaluation for Second Quarter (chapter 8, Plants)

The students can practice for the test online, visit PHSchool.com Web code: cha-2080

The rest of the week the students are going to learn about:

CHAPTER 9; SPONGES, CNIDARIANS, AND WORMS

·        What is an Animal?

-      Structure of Animals

-      Functions of Animals

-      Classification of Animals

·        Animal Symmetry

-      The mathematics of Symmetry

-      Symmetry and Daily Life

STUDENTS WILL START WORKING IN CLASS AND WHATEVER THEY DO NOT FINISH, THEY WILL TAKE HOME.

Classwork / Homework:

Section 5, Assessment, p287

Study Guide, p288-291

Section 1, Assessment, p299

Section 2, Assessment, p302

Make Christmas 2012 special for a child

Don’t forget to bring your Christmas Gift for our friends from Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH), this Tuesday, December 4^th, with the tree tag taped to it. Cash donations will also be accepted to provide shoes and socks for children whose trees were not selected.  Thank you for giving this Christmas!

If more information about NPH’s work in Honduras, please visit http://www.nph-honduras.org/. 

-Christmas is the season to open our hearts and share with those around us that need it most. It has been a tradition at Discovery School for students to come together and contribute in assembling baskets of goods for our support personnel.  We are asking for your cooperation in sending the following:

6^th grade students      1 5-lb bag of beans

Please feel free to send any additional goodies that you want to share with our devoted staff, such as canned goods, instant soups, cookies and crackers, or anything else that does not require refrigeration.  Please send these items no later than Friday, December 14^th. Your participation will be deeply appreciated.

-The Discovery School Song Fest (to be held on Tuesday, December 18 at 6:00 p.m.)  is around the corner!   The children will sing and dance beautiful Disney or famous movie themes.

SIXTH GRADE  - Will sing “Hakuna Matata” from the movie “The Lion King”. Students need to dress up as one of the movie characters (as it has already been assigned in class).