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    Investigations in Science 7 - May 13, 2016 What We Did This Week

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    On Monday and Tuesday, students created mold and cast fossils using Play-Doh and various objects to learn about how fossils form under certain conditions. For the rest of the week, they studied relative dating techniques to determine the age of rock layers based on four principles and the index fossils present, which are fossils unique to specific time periods. On Thursday, they had a career day speaker from a local martial arts school discuss values like respect and discipline. Upcoming, they will have assessments on relative dating and mass extinctions, and PARCC standardized testing in mid-May.

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    On Monday and Tuesday, students created mold and cast fossils using Play-Doh and various objects to learn about how fossils form under certain conditions. For the rest of the week, they studied relative dating techniques to determine the age of rock layers based on four principles and the index fossils present, which are fossils unique to specific time periods. On Thursday, they had a career day speaker from a local martial arts school discuss values like respect and discipline. Upcoming, they will have assessments on relative dating and mass extinctions, and PARCC standardized testing in mid-May.

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    On Monday and Tuesday, students created mold and cast fossils using Play-Doh and various objects to learn about how fossils form under certain conditions. For the rest of the week, they studied relative dating techniques to determine the age of rock layers based on four principles and the index fossils present, which are fossils unique to specific time periods. On Thursday, they had a career day speaker from a local martial arts school discuss values like respect and discipline. Upcoming, they will have assessments on relative dating and mass extinctions, and PARCC standardized testing in mid-May.

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    Investigations in Science 7 May 13, 2016

    What we did this week:


    On Monday and Tuesday groups completed a quick fossil lab. Using Play-Doh,
    glue, and an object (leaf, flower, acorn, bark, etc.) groups created a mold fossil and
    then started the process of creating a cast fossil. A mold is the indentation of the
    fossil and the cast is created when it is filled in. The glue filled in the mold and
    then sat overnight. The cast was then removed from the Play-Doh. We found that
    some objects worked better than others and discussed what conditions need to be
    around to create real world fossils.
    Wednesday and Friday, we focused on relative dating. Relative dating is the
    science of determining the relative order of past events (i.e., the age of an object
    in comparison to another), without necessarily determining their absolute age (an
    estimate). We looked at different examples of rock layers and determined the
    order from oldest to youngest. We used four principles help to determine the
    ages.
    Along with studying the layers to determine age, we studied how index
    fossils can help determine the age of rocks and other fossils. Index fossils are
    fossils that were only around during a particular time period and used to help
    identify the time period of other fossils. Students practiced determining the age
    of the rock layer based on the fossils present.
    In between learning about relative dating, we had career day on Thursday.
    The speaker we had was amazing. We had the owner of Kangs Black Belt Academy
    come and visit, Mark Malakoff and his son, Zach. They are located in Sandy Spring.
    We heard about values that they try to teach their students on a daily basis, what
    their daily lives are like, and showed us some pretty impressive moves. They
    stressed the values: respect, self-confidence, perseverance, stay healthy, selfcontrol, self-discipline, self-defense, and leadership. I have uploaded some
    pictures on my class blog.

    Announcements:
    Students were given a study guide last Thursday for homework. The study
    guide is attached. The homework is due on Tuesday for periods 1, 6 and 7. The
    study guide is due on Thursday for period 4 due to PARCC testing.
    Students should be coming with ear buds/earphones for PARCC testing.
    PARCC testing will be on May 16-18 and then again on May 23-25. The first round
    of PARCC testing will be focused on math and will occur during periods 3, 4 and 5
    (specific to 7th grade students). The next round of PARCC will be testing English
    Language Arts and will occur during periods 6 and 7 (specific to 7 th grade
    students). I have attached the schedule for PARCC testing
    Coming Up:
    Topics:
    Relative Age Assessment
    Mass Extinctions
    Dates:
    Dates:
    May 16-18 PARCC Testing (Bring ear buds) Math
    May 18 - Spring Concert at Sherwood HS @ 7:00 pm
    May 19 - Last Day of After School Activities
    May 20-22 - Music Field Trip in Ohio
    May 23-25 PARCC Testing (Bring ear buds) English Language Arts
    May 26 - PTA Cheeburger Cheeburger Dine Out Night
    May 30 No School
    June 1 - National Honors Society Ceremony @ 6:30-7:30
    June 3 - SSL Hours due
    June 15 - 7th Grade Fun Day
    June 17 - Last Day of School Half Day (This date is specific to Farquhar
    because of the modernization. It gives teachers an extra day to pack up
    their classrooms.)
    June 17 - Time Capsule Ceremony @ 8:30-9:30 am

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