Ms. Kulkarni

Have a wonderful and restful

Have a wonderful and restful summer! All the best for eight grade!

Warm Up:Review Questions

POST TEST On Monday.
Here are the last few warm up questions we reviewed in class for the test Warm up.doc

Students absent for the OWL Pellet lab on Friday should come Monday morning at 8:00 to make up the lab.

Tuesday we will finish the owl pellet lab and the remaining articles.

Science Articles

We will continue working with Science articles today after D.E.A.R. Tomorrow students will dissect an owl pellet. Reminder: Post Test on Monday.We have been reviewing for the test in class.

And The Winners are....

The winners for the Science film festival are......
Best Film:
How do they keep up from getting frostbites?
Competition and predation with Hyena.
Troubles in the Savannah
Circle of life

Best Sound:
How will you help the world?
Energy roles and Population
Energy roles: 3rd period
Adaptations of Antartica

Science Film Festival

We have been working on the wild life documentary project in class for the last few days.
Today the classes got to vote for the best film and the best sound. Here are the nominees from each classes.
1st Period:
BEST FILM:
How will you help the world?
Savannah
How do they keep from getting frost bite?
Live or die
BEST SOUND:
How will you help the world?

Savannah
Environmental issues
How do they keep from getting frost bite?
Live or die
Adaptations of the wild
2nd Period:
BEST FILM:
Energy roles
Competition and Predation with Hyena
Cheetah
Population
BEST SOUND:
Energy roles
Competition and Predation with Hyena
Grassland biome
Population
Hunt of the Leopards
3rd Period:
BEST FILM:
Competition,Predation and Symbiosis
Troubles in the Savannah
Energy roles
Do something
Tropical rainforest
Arctic biome
BEST SOUND:
Energy roles
Competition , Predation and symbiosis
Troubles in the Savannah
Rainforest biome
4th Period:
BEST FILM:
Circles of Life
Abiotic and biotic
Adaptations of Leopard
Environmental issues
Symbiosis and chain of life
Energy roles
Adaptations of Antarctic
Grassland
BEST SOUND:
Circles of Life
Abiotic and biotic
Adaptations of Leopard
Environmental issues
Adaptations of Antarctic
Grassland
Competition, symbiosis and Predation

Questions:Due Wednesday

Answer the following questions in paragraphs. Write minimum of one paragraph for each question. The paragraphs are due on or before Wednesday(No exceptions).
1: What did you learn in Science this year? ( Don't just mention the topic, explain in detail).
2: How would you describe your wildlife documentary project experience?(Was it helpful, did it help you remember some of the things you had learned in Science,
did you learn how to make an I-movie, did you like working in the groups you chose? )
3: Did you like your Science class this year?(Did you like life science) Why or Why not?

Post test and Articles

Post test on Science will be on May 21st.We are reviewing for the test in class.

We will finish our I-Movie Project next week.
Students will present their projects on May 14th .
We will work on the Owl pellet lab on Tuesday May 15th.
Field day:Wednesday: May 16th
Students will finish the remaining 8 articles on 17th and 18th in class.

Progress reports

Progress reports have been sent home today. Please get them signed.

End of May :Post test

We are reviewing for the post test in Science . I have been giving them warm ups with important questions. The warm up questions will be their review guide for the post test (The test will be on all the chapters that have been taught).

I-Movie

Along with the protist lab, we will start an wildlife documentary film project next week. Students will select their own teams to create a wildlife documentary film using video clips that have been provided to them. The two-minute film will have a unifying concept that is developed by the team and supported by research. This project will last for the next three weeks.

Classification:Outdoor

We went outside to the park yesterday to classify ten living things. Students were asked to classify plants as Vascular and nonvascular and animals into mollusks, arthropods, worms and so on. They were given a classwork grade for it. We will be working on a Protist lab today and will continue working on it next week. They will be given a classwork grade for correctly following the procedure and writing the lab report.

3rd Period:Workbook

Please complete Ch 1 only(Workbook) tonight.

Classification of Animals

On Thursday and Friday we talked about Vertebrates and Invertebrates.
Vertebrates: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish
Invertebrates: Sponges, Cnidarians, Echinoderms, Arthropods, Worms, and Mollusks.
Students wrote the characteristics,the type of reproduction and examples from each of the groups.

We will review all the chapters on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Workbook and Test retake

Students who did not complete their workbook late night have been given another chance to complete it tonight.(Ch 8 and 9: Sec 1 and 4) Graded tests have been given back. Students who scored less than 75% can retake the test only on Friday at 8:00 a.m.

Plant: classification organizer.

Here is an organizer we did in science class today.