Final Summit and Menu

The 8th graders have really come so far with their final world affairs project.  They were able to use the knowledge of the country that they have been researching to advocate for their country about the issue of climate change.  They also presented their final menu projects.  The students came up with some very creative ideas, including newspapers, mini-lessons, videos, a children's book, and even a Japanese-style game show.  It has been a great three years with these students.  I am excited to hear about what they do in their history classes in high school.  Have a great summer!

Check out some of the great menus below and view a little bit of the negotiations from the summit:

Week 38: 8th Grade Science

Week 38

The End of Middle School and North Park Science

Wow! Can you believe it is over.  I hope that I have achieved my goal to prepare your child for high school science, but more importantly a new understanding of its wonderment and need for our future.  

You should be proud of all the hard work that your child has put forth not only in Science but throughout the whole middle school process.  It was a pleasure for me to be part of this process and its successes.

Lastly, Science Olympiad was a Blast!  Watching them grow into Regional Champions and once again for all your support.  I truly couldn’t do it without you.

Sincerely,

Mr. T

Trebuchets contest

This week in 8th grade math we had the Kiva experience and we are having the trebuchet competition.  We started the week yesterday with the Kiva/Fossil donation project.  It was really great to see the class thinking globally and deciding how to help others around the world.  For the rest of the week, we will have the trebuchet competition and watch a movie.

Tomorrow is the trebuchet competition.  The class has really done a great job with this project.  They collected a great deal of data and then they turned their data into accurate graphs and equations.  They then checked their equations to see if their equations were correct.  They all worked really hard and I hope it pays off for them tomorrow in the competition.  I buy the winning team burritos.

We will then finish the year watching one of my personal favorite movies Stand and Deliver.  I just love how this movie shows that anyone can do math and be good at math if they just work at it.

It has been a pleasure to get to know all of you and your children.  Good luck to everyone.