Weeks 8 & 9 of JHS Science 2023-24| Lots of Ecology and Students Being Teachers
This slideshow highlights: 8th graders continuing their exploration of their SEPUP Unit--Ecology; 8th graders are exploring food webs of wildlife within our region as well as seeing them in action in our classroom through feeding live minnows to our Lake Michigan fish (large-mouth bass, bluegill, rock bass, and invasive gobis), and 8th graders also fed live crickets to our pet bearded dragon, Snickers, along with our new live Venus Flytrap plant that was donated to our Science lab by a Decatur parent (Special Thank you to Mr. Greenwald!); there is a pic of an 8th grade student showing Snickers to a fellow Decatur primary grade student who visited our classroom; 7th grade continued exploring genetics by learning how geneticists use Punnett Squares as a way of predicting the genotypes and phenotypes of offspring given the cross of the parents' genotypes; and 6th grade dug deeper (no pun intended:)) into their SEPUP Unit--Geologic Processes by working in small cooperative research groups and teaching the rest of the class about recent significant natural disasters as they continue to gather evidence to support their claims as to where would be the best underground location to store hazardous nuclear waste; and lastly 5th-8th graders who make up Decatur's 2 Lego Robotics Teams are getting closer to regional competition as they began coding and testing their robot designs to complete various game board missions. Thank you for checking in with us this week!