Happenings for October 23rd – 27th

8th Grade:

This week we will begin with our new activity on Manufacturing. This unit will take about 4 weeks to complete. In this activity students will each form a company which manufactures shoes. Students will learn how manufacturing plays a part in industry, learn about the differences between craft and assembly manufacturing and durable versus no-durable goods.

Students will design an create a logo for their company and then design a shoe on sketchup (CAD program). They will then create a model of their shoe using cardboard. Finally, students will create a commercial to promote their shoe including where a customer can buy one and the costs.

7th Grade:

We continue this week with our unit on structures, with a focus on roller coaster construction and how physics helps in building a coaster. We will work on simple structures at the beginning of the week and then the coaster building should begin by the middle of the week.

6th Grade:

We continue with our research on our inventions this week. Students should be completing their graphic organizers and beginning their papers this week.

*the 6th grade students have had a mini-conference with me this past Friday and will continue this week. We have many students who are not turning in assignments which are reflecting in their current grade. Although notebooks cannot be turned in late (we are simply copying information from the board) packets can be turned in late for a lowered grade.

All classes:

Notebooks will be due next week, please check the board for dates!

End of the first quarter is on November 3rd!