Two weeks left until winter break! We have much to do!

Upcoming Events

• Friday December 10 7th and 8th grade Field Trip to UCSD
So far we have enough drivers for 35 students. We need 40. Here is what I have so far. () = number of passengers:
Lisa(6), Andrew C (3), Maggie (4), Crystal (4), Eddie (4), James(4), Brittney (6), Tony (4), Andrew G (?)

• Jan 20 Reily's Farm in San Bernardino(2 hours north). This all day trip is a living history exploration of the Revolutionary War. The trip includes dramatic and cultural workshops, a light lunch and two mock battle scenarios. The cost is $20 which includes the fieldtrip, lunch and gas. Please bring money asap as we need to pay a deposit now. So far we have these drivers: Lisa(6), Tony (4), Crystal (4), Kaleb (4), Andrew C (3), Andrew G (3), James (4), Elena(5), Brittney (?)


Class Happenings
Math:
Students continued learning about and identifying the slope and y-intercept. We finished the Stretching Slinkies Project and started Who Wins the Race?, an inquiry into how do we figure out a word problem? Students are using graphs diagrams and words to explain how they came up with their conclusions. Eventually students will use their conclusions to determine slopes and y-intercepts.

Science
We critiqued our posters about the discovery of atoms and will be using that information to create even BETTER posters to represent the periodic table, metals, nonmetals and metalloids. This information will be used for the mystery next week.