Congratulations to Alison Maslar-Donar, Ryan Koniecko, Ammar Kalimullah, and Dhara Puvar, who received second place standings in the regional science fair last weekend. Great job, guys!
This week, we wrapped up our classification chapter and took our chapter test. We took a sneak peak into our next chapter, which will uncover the world of bacteria and viruses. We did a brief overview of the two bacterial kingdoms (Archaebacteria and Eubacteria), and we talked about how important bacteria are to our environment and to our health. Most of us also like to eat at least some products that are made from bacteria (cheese, yogurt, sourdough bread, pickles, etc.). After break, we will view bacteria under the microscope, calculate the growth rate of bacteria, and talk about pathogenic bacteria in more detail.
On Thursday, we spent time in the IMC taking two career surveys. This is in preparation for the LA/Reading project that will begin after break. Some of our surveys produced some strange career choices (I don't think that I'm really suited to be a horse trainer), but hopefully these surveys opened our eyes to the wide variety of careers that are out there! Remember to take your survey results and your top three career choices to your LA/Reading classes when you return! Perhaps you can even make your parents take the surveys as well! To access the interactive worksheet, simply go to the CCSD 66 homepage, and access the Lakeview IMC page from there (on the District Libraries link). On the Lakeview IMC page, you will see a link under the "7th Grade Assignments" for the "Career Survey Worksheet."
Have a wonderful break!
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