Assignment/Activities Today

7th Grade

• Continue Lab – Owl Pellets
• Groups of 2 Students will be Given an Owl Pellet, 2 Pans, 4 Skewers and a Listing of Discoverable Bones
• Continue the Placement of Bones into a Pattern that will Eventually Resemble a Complete Animal Skeleton

8th Grade

• A Partial Solar Eclipse will Occur this Sunday Beginning at 5:30
• Differences Between Solar and Lunar Eclipses
• Review the Planets of our Solar System
• The Planets of Our Solar System Presentation
• Each slide represents a planet and should include:
• Slide 1 (Title Slide) – Title & Your Name
• Slide 2 (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide) The Sun
• Diameter, Period of Rotation, Core Temperature, Surface Temperature and a Picture
• Slide 3 – 11 (Title, Bullet & Photo Slide)
• Planets Name, Distance from the Sun, Period of Rotation, Period of Revolution, Surface Gravity Compared to Earth, How Many Moons it has, When it was Discovered, One Interesting Fact of Your Choice & A Picture of Said Planet

Standards Covered Today

7th Grade – #5: Structure & Function in Living Things
8th Grade – #4: Earth in the Solar System

Items of Note

Tuesdays at 2:00 – Opportunity to retake any quiz from the third trimester
Friday May 25, 2012 – Final opportunity of Trimester 3 to turn in any missing work
Tuesday May 29, 2012 – Final opportunity of Trimester 3 to retake a quiz