{"id":365,"date":"2019-04-22T20:31:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T00:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/?p=365"},"modified":"2019-04-22T20:31:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T00:31:30","slug":"monday-april-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/2019\/04\/22\/monday-april-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, April 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>6th Grade Science<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013<br \/>\nThis week, we\u2019ll be working on our genetics &amp; heredity unit to learn more about DNA, alleles, and how traits are passed on from one generation to the next. We\u2019ll also be exploring dominant and recessive alleles, the double helix, and how natural and environmental factors affect traits.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Homework<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0\u2013<\/em><em><br \/>\n<strong>4\/22\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Continue to work on your science fair project<br \/>\n<strong>4\/23\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013Complete the Increasing the Odds Video Lab worksheet<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Additionally<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Students should be working on their Science Fair project at home \u2013 this includes gathering materials, experimenting, testing out ideas, taking photos &amp; collecting data. All experimentation and data collection should be finished by the end of April, so that students can work on their presentation boards in early May.\u00a0<strong>The STEM Middle School Science Fair and 8<sup>th<\/sup>Grade Design Fair will take place after school on Monday, May 13<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>STEM Apps \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>This week, the STEM students will\u00a0be working with an educational computer programming website\u00a0(Code.org) to use problem-solving skills to address computer science challenges, explore different types of educational websites, test their computer literacy skills, and study how code is used in digital animation and gaming websites.<br \/>\n<strong>Homework<\/strong><em>\u00a0\u2013<\/em><em><br \/>\n<strong>4\/22\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013Continue working on your STEM Fair\/Design Fair project<br \/>\n<strong>4\/23\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013Research sprite scenes online &#8211; find additional examples<br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Additionally<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0\u2013 Students should be working on their STEM Fair\/Design Fair project at home \u2013 this includes gathering materials, experimenting, model\/prototype testing, taking photos &amp; collecting data. All experimentation, testing, and data collection should be finished by the end of April, so that students can work on their presentation boards in early May.\u00a0<strong>The STEM Middle School Science Fair and 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Grade Design Fair will take place after school on Monday, May 13<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6th Grade Science\u00a0\u2013 This week, we\u2019ll be working on our genetics &amp; heredity unit to learn more about DNA, alleles, and how traits are passed on from one generation to the next. We\u2019ll also be exploring dominant and recessive alleles, the double helix, and how natural and environmental factors affect traits. Homework\u00a0\u2013 4\/22\u00a0\u2013 Continue to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}