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    Investigations in Science 7 - April 20, 2018 Announcements:: TH ST TH ND TH RD

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    Investigations in Science 7 – April 20, 2018

    Announcements:
    If your child will be attending Take Your Child to Work Day (Thursday, April
    26), students were given a form for you to fill out in order for the absence to be
    excused. They received it on Wednesday during period 1. Please ask your child for
    it. Extra copies of these forms can be found in the main office.

    Graded Assignments Turned in this week:


     Calf Thymus DNA Extraction Lab
     Warm Ups: April 9-20
     Review Sheets: Punnett Squares
     Assessment: Punnett Squares
     Lab: Baby Traits
     Baby Traits Challenge

    Coming Up:
    Topics:
     RFP
     Mutations
     Artificial Selection

    Dates:
     April 20 – Report Distribution (Grades 7 and 8)
     April 23 – Report Distribution (Grade 6)
     April 23 - Town Hall Meetings (6th -1st pd. 7th -2nd pd. 8th -3rd pd.)
     April 23-27 – MAP-R
     April 25 – SMOB Election (during social studies classes)
     April 26 – Take Your Child to Work Day
     April 26-28 – Band Trip to Tennessee
     April 30 – Honor Roll Celebration (ice cream during lunches)
     May 1-6 – Roadrunner Week
     May 1-3 – PARCC ELA
     May 4 – Roadrunner Night Carnival 6:30-9:00
     May 7 – PTA Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
     May 7-11 – Staff Appreciation Week
     May 11 – 7th Grade Outsider’s Day
     May 8-10 – PARCC Math
     May 10 – 8th Grade Panoramic Picture @ 2:00 p.m.
     May 17 – Last Day of After-School Activities
     May 18 – Spanish Field Trip 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
     May 18 – 7th Grade Lock-In from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
     May 22 – MAP-M
     May 23-25 – Chesapeake Bay Field Trip
     May 28 – No School
     May 29 – National Junior Honor Society Ceremony @ 6:30 p.m. in the
    Cafeteria
     May 30 – Spring Band Concert @ 7:00 p.m. at Sherwood HS
     May 31 – Invention and Engineering Field Trip to Carderock
     June 4 – 8th Grade Cruise
     June 7 – Grandparents Day 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. in the cafeteria
     June 8 – 8th Grade Promotion @ 5:00 p.m. at Blake HS
     June 11 – 8the Grade Hershey Park Trip
     June 13 – Diversity Day
     June 14 – End-of-the-Fourth Marking Period
     June 15 – Early Dismissal (12:30 p.m.)
     June 15 – Last Day of School (change from original calendar due to “snow”
    days)
     June 21 – Report Cards Mailed Home

    What we did this week:

    On Monday, we conducted a lab to see evidence of DNA in our cells by using


    calf thymus. The calf thymus was blended with prep buffer and strained (I drew
    the short end of the stick and got to use my blender ;). Then I added the thymus
    solution to micro tubes and used a centrifuge (spins it around) to create the nuclei
    pellet. We then added different chemicals to the pellet to break it down and
    extract the DNA strand. There were some groups that weren’t as successful with
    this lab as they were with the strawberry DNA extraction lab.
    Wednesday, we did a Baby Traits lab where students flipped a coin to
    determine if their "baby" received a dominant (heads) or recessive (tails)
    trait. They then combined mom and dad's alleles together to determine the
    genotype of their offspring for each trait. Once all the traits were determined by
    coin flipping, they got to draw their baby with the traits that they flipped for. As
    a challenge, their group then partnered with another group, and crossbred both
    offspring together to see the likelihood of different traits appearing by using
    Punnett squares.
    Thursday and Friday we completed an assessment on Punnett Squares and
    genetics. Afterwards, they continued working on their Baby Traits Lab and
    Challenge.

    Have a great weekend!

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