October 15, 2021
Dear parents,
Andreea
MATH
The 7th grade has been spending the past month learning about the addition and subtraction properties of rational numbers! They’ve learned how to apply the properties to integers, fractions, and decimals, extend their knowledge to real-world examples and use their critical thinking skills to establish patterns and general rules for the properties.
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