This week's slideshow highlights: All JHS classes having fun exploring dry ice, thus making curricular connections to NGSS standards around "States of Matter" and the role of energy transfer in phase changes of matter; 6th graders investigating the age of Earth by learning how past geologic events impacted life on Earth and the development of fossil fuels as part of their SEPUP Unit on "Earth's Resources"; 7th graders began their next SEPUP Unit on "Evolution" with a couple of labs, including one where they collected data on a scientific model of how bacteria can develop antibiotic resistance when patients do not take antibiotics as prescribed, and another lab where they simulated a bird species that feeds on worms that have specific traits for color and the role of environment on natural selection; a photo of one of our students being surprised by his fire fighter dad during our most recent school-wide fire drill; and 8th graders began an inquiry unit on "Energy" through a series of cooperative group"Energy Stations" investigations where the emphasis is on learning all about "Energy Transformations" via physics and/or chemistry. Thank you for checking in with us this week!