November 12, 2021
Dear parents,
Andreea
MATH
The 7th grade has mastered the multiplication and division properties of rational numbers; they’re now reviewing what they learned about percents last year. They have been practicing how to convert between percents, fractions, and decimals and have extended their knowledge to real-world problems. They’ve been working on how to find a percent of a quantity and how to use a given percent of a quantity to calculate an original value; they’ve calculated sales tax, markups, discounts, and more! Ask them about how to find simple interest on a loan or an investment!
SCIENCE
We started science this last month with excitement and enjoyment under the new course theme. Within an environmental science theme, we will be focusing on the engineering process in order to create inventions to solve environmental problems. We started science by exploring simple machines and applying that knowledge in using levers and pulleys. Students needed to use a ruler and balance different amounts of pennies. Then students need to create 4 different pulley systems and discover how the system reduced the amount of effort to lift a large weight. The energy level, focus, determination, and enjoyment within this first month have been amazing. We cannot wait to continue with the introduction to engineering as we prepare for our coming STEAM project.
Mike