Team Delta

Social Studies:  Our current unit is Ancient Civilizations: Food & Society. In this unit, we will be learning about the rise of ancient civilizations. 

This week we will be starting an ancient civilization research project. They will be conducting research on a civilization this week and then preparing a project (game/poster/song/podcast), etc., on that civilization for a museum exhibition. 

Language Arts:  We are currently making progress in our Food Choices module. Students are developing their ability to research, weigh different aspects of complex dilemmas, and formulate opinions supported by evidence and reasoning as they read the Young Reader's edition of The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan. Some of the guiding questions we will be exploring include: Where does our food come? How do we analyze how our food is grown and processed? What factors do we prioritize when making food choices?

Science: Our big question our genetics unit is: How do organisms get traits?

This week, we are finding theoretical and experimental probablities for different parental genotypes as well as comparing asexual and sexual reproduction.

Here is our Science Daily Agenda if you'd like to see what we're doing each day.

Math: 7th Grade Math -  We are starting our unit on circles and will be investigating how Pi is used when calculating Circumference and Area.  We have a paper handout that is due Thursday 1/8.

8th Grade Math -   We are starting our unit on Systems of Equations.  We will look at how to balance equations using models and then translate to algebraic equations.  We have a paper handout due on Thursday 1/8.