Hello and Welcome!

Please read the "About Ms. Brasser" section of my website. I believe it is just as important for you to know about me! I want to get to know you, as well. I want to know your struggles, the things you love about school, the things that you don't love about school. Some things you should consider during our "get-to-know you" activity are:

1. What kind of personality are you? Are you an introvert? An extrovert?

2. What kinds of animals do you like?

3. What kind of people do you hang out with?

4. What is your family like? Do you have siblings? Do you hang out with your cousins every weekend? What about your parents? Do they work at night or are they home with you?

5. What do you like or dislike about science?

6 Where have you been in the world? Have you been outside the country? What states have you traveled to?

7. If you had all the money in the world, what would you do with it?

8. What is your favorite music?

9. What struggles have you had in school? What things do you wish you could change about school?

10. How are you on the computer? What are you good at? What do fail at?

11. What is your favorite subject? Why?

12. If you could meet one person, who would it be?

13. What are at least two things that I have not asked you about yourself but you would like me to know. Remember, no-one will see this but me!

You will be answering these questions on your own paper or through a google doc. As with any work you complete in my class, I expect you to write in complete sentences!

School Supplies

This is the school supplies list necessary for Ms. Brasser's 8th grade science class. Throughout the school year, the students will be using glue sticks for organization and dry erase markers to share what they have learned with their classmates.

The list includes:

Colored Pencils

Black pens

Glue sticks

Dry Erase Markers

One composition notebook

Loose leaf paper (at least 100 sheets)

A one inch binder

Other supplies needed for the science classroom include:

Paper Towels, Bubble Wrap, small bouncy balls, matchbox cars, prisms, sound makers, air packs from shipping, cardboard boxes, old t-shirts cut into strips, rubber shelf liner, quart and gallon sized ziplock bags, sharpie markers (students are not allowed to bring their own), rubber bands, yarn, string, duct tape, masking tape, scotch tape, washers (metal ones), D cell batteries, magnets, compasses, lamps without shades, Yellow light bulbs (The type for bugs), cardstock paper, aquarium without animals, potting soil, small containers for growing, lightweight chain material, bolts with nuts and screws, straws, glue sticks, candy apple sticks, wooden skewers, styrofoam, and wire - with and without rubber.