Ms. Shuler

Thursday, Oct. 27

Discussed Cell City Analogies/Students received their planning sheet for this project/homework this weekend and Monday is to come up with an ORIGINAL idea of how a cell is like _________. You fill in the blank. Describe how the organwelles of a plant or animal cell is like your object by making analogies.

Planning sheet is due Tuesday, November 1st.

Spend the rest of the period finishing Microscope Basics Lab

Thursday, October 27

Microscope Basics Lab/students made, viewed, and sketched their own wet mounted slides

We will finish the lab tomorrow

Wednesday, Oct. 26

Intro to microscopes/started working with prepared slides

Monday, Oct. 24

Cells Alive webquest...no homework we will finish tomorrow

Friday, Oct. 21

Discussed Plant Cells vs. Animal Cells/took PP notes over Eukaryotic Cells and their Organelles.....no homework

Remember Conference Week is next week....We will be dismissing early at 2:15

Wednesday, Oct. 19

Students presented Endangered Species Project/took notes over the Diversity of Cells/questions over Ch 3 Sec 1 due tomorrow and we will finish presentations

Tuesday, Oct. 18

Some students started short presentations discussing their Endangerd Animal Projects...it is due tomorrow

Cells Pretest/started discussing Eukaryotic vs. Prokaryotic Cells

Friday, October 14

All 7th Grade students will have their hearing and vision tested next Tuesday, October 18th.  Please do not forget your glasses or contacts on this date!

 

Endangered Species Project will be due on Wednesday, Oct. 19th.

 

You must remember to have your materials with you at school on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Some class time will be given to work on finishing touches of the project. We will also be starting cells so some of the project might have to be completed at home.

Thursday, Oct. 13

Students received Interactions/Cycles/Succession Test back.....Still working on Endangered Species Project will push due date till Monday.

Bring cereal boxes and colored pictures of animals

Wednesday, October 12

Dear 7^th Grade Students and Parents:

Applications and information regarding Duke University

’s Talent Identification Program (TIP) have arrived. Participation in this program is completely voluntary and independent from Dickerson Middle School’s instructional programs. This includes but is not exclusive to the following information. This program does not offer credits toward graduation and has no bearing on class placements or gifted identification.

 

Eligible students include any seventh grader who has scored at the 95^th percentile or higher on a subtest of a grade-level achievement test (ITBS or Stanford) or accepted IQ tests of 125. To find out more information about other tests accepted, visit ww.tip.duke.edu. The Georgia CRCT is not an accepted test. Eligible candidates are invited to complete either the SAT Reasoning Test or the ACT Assessment college entrance examination which provides a unique tool for measuring aptitude and abilities that far exceed grade level expectations.

The SAT and ACT test administrations for the 7^th grade Talent Search participants are exactly the same as that of high school juniors and seniors preparing for college admission. In fact, 7^th graders will take these tests at exactly the same testing centers as the high school students! The primary benefit of the Duke TIP is the opportunity for 7^th graders to experience the same type of test they will be taking in a few years for their own college admissions. Test registration deadlines are in October for test dates beginning in December. For more information on the program, visit

www.tip.duke.edu

or pick up a brochure and application from the front office.