Middle School Science

Mrs. Osborn

It’s hard to believe we’re starting our last quarter of the year! The year has flown by. This will be an exciting time of year with field trips and many fun activities. Please help us to keep students on task as much as possible and lets keep up those good grades!

Important dates:

Wednesday, April 9 – 6^th and 7^th to Tulsa Engineering Challenge 9 - 2:30

Thursday, April 17 – 6^th to Leonard, OK for USGS and fossil dig 8:15 – 3:00

Friday, May 2 – 6^th to OKC – Sam Noble Museum 7:45 – 3:45 (approx.return)

Probable trip (April 24 or May 1 – still planning) – 7^th to the Jenks Aquarium

*****Please make sure your child has plenty of school supplies. We have no stores of paper, pencils, pens and folders, as we have had in the past, and many students are already running short.

Our last dates for Current Events Day will be Friday, April 18 (note the change) and Monday, May 12. ** These are often done last minute and not always with a best effort. Please help your child to remember and take time to read the article and summarize it. (All 6th, 7th and 8th grade students will find a Science/Health article, analyze it and share their new knowledge with their class. The article can come from any publication, including on-line publications such as Science News, National Geographic, or Discover, published within the previous month or two. Articles should be neatly cut out, and attached to a "My Current Event" page, which will be handed out 1-2 weeks prior to the due date.) It's always fun to see the latest Science News!

Please feel free to contact me anytime if you have questions or concerns by e-mail (kosborn@saint-catherine.org), phone call to the school office, or a note in your child's planner. Please allow 24 hours for a response.

Karen Osborn

Assignments for 4/7 - 4/11, 2008

***6^th grade assignments dependant on the weather; hw is assuming we worked in the garden; work will be moved forward if it’s raining

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
6^th	**Work on garden – NO HW	**work on garden today hw- read sect 2, vocab	ws _TR 176, study guide – find vocab	finish your personal timeline, read p. 327-329 (no st. guide today)	No hw
7^th	read sect 2, study guide sect 1, 2; work on Wanted Poster (due Fri)	No class today	read section 3, insects, study guide, ws’s (due Monday)– 2 Wanted Posters due Friday	No class today	Wanted posters due today
8th	No class today	Ws- calculate energy usage, read section 3, st guide (Test next Tues)	No class today	read section 4, study guide, ws TR p. 321	review ws & ch 13 Test Tues