Week 34: 8th Grade Science

Week: 34

Topic: Earth’s Changing Surface

In the past three weeks the 8th grade class has done some great work.  You have to ask to see all the work they have completed.  They started by creating a timeline to see how long it took for the universe as we know it to be created.  Then they created another timeline using the ipad to create an electronic timeline for the geologic time scale.  Each student selected a time period in which they researched how lone ago was the period, how long did it last, the geological features of the time, its climate, life, and where there any extinctions.  To culminate this timeline, they created a travel brochure for their time period.  Each brochure was unique and creatively done.  Lastly, they wrote an essay about the essential question: Where did life come from?  A definite dinner time discussion.

To end the school year the class will study the cell nucleus and explore mitosis and meiosis, genetics, and inheritance.