{"id":367,"date":"2019-04-24T17:20:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T21:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/?p=367"},"modified":"2019-04-24T17:21:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T21:21:38","slug":"wednesday-april-24th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/2019\/04\/24\/wednesday-april-24th\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, April 24th"},"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\/24\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013Complete your Environmental vs. Genetic Factors in Dogs C-E-R<br \/>\n<strong>4\/25\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013Review your Science Glossary terms<br \/>\n<strong>4\/46<\/strong> &#8211; Continue to work on your science fair project &#8211; complete your experiment, finish gathering data and taking photos, and begin gathering your presentation board materials.<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\/24\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Research sprite scenes online to gather more examples<br \/>\n<strong>4\/25\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013Continue to work on your STEM\/Design Fair project<br \/>\n<strong>4\/46<\/strong> &#8211; Continue to work on your STEM\/Design Fair project &#8211; complete your prototype or model, finish gathering data and taking photos, and begin gathering your presentation board materials.<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\/24\u00a0\u2013Complete your Environmental [&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-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","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=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/robertl1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}