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<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Hello!</span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">It was such a pleasure to meet some of the families during Back to School Night! I hope you were able to get a chance to learn a little more about the expectations of our class, and some of the things we will be doing in science. For families not able to attend, there was a slide presentation that was playing that can be found </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K1Yj7Iy__2Iw_rooy_Msppv3038MD7nyTsDWQTQf30o/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:hsl(240, 75%, 60%);"><u>here</u></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">. Feel free to preview it and if there are any questions, please reach out.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">We did a very quick rundown of the metric system in science this week. On Monday, we took notes on distance and temperature in our notebooks. Students were given a worksheet to complete and then cut/tape it into their notebooks. It was easy and pretty straightforward, but students needed to learn how to properly read the centimeter and millimeter side of a ruler. It does take practice to get used to the other side of the ruler.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">On block day, we did our lesson on mass and the use of the triple beam balance. The triple beam balance will be the device we use in class to find the mass of objects. As I was explaining to the students, it seemed like it would take forever to find the mass of an object, but it was because I was explaining step by step on how to use it. With time and practice, the triple beam balance will become much easier to use, and is a good skill to have as they might end up using it in their high school science classes if they do not use a digital scale. We also talked about how to use the digital scale as students in the past have had difficulty with turning it on and how to read it (it seems silly, but it's true!). After learning about the different devices, we then took notes and learned about metric conversion. I showed them two methods for converting between units - the ladder method and using a mathematical equation. Most students seem to use the ladder method which is the movement of the decimal point depending on the direction of movement on the ladder, while the mathematical method uses an equation that displays division or multiplication. They were given ten problems to complete, but the worksheet does contain extra problems for students to do extra practice. I strongly encouraged them to do the rest of the problems for extra practice as they will become more comfortable and much easier for them to complete. I do have the answer key if they want to check their answers. </span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">On Thursday, we did our final set of notes of the metric system about volume. I learned that not many students have used a graduated cylinder before, so it was great to talk about how to use it and that the measurement is read at the bottom of the meniscus. We discussed how to find the volume of perfectly shaped objects (using the formula length x width x height), and then how to find the volume of irregular shaped objects using displacement in a graduated cylinder. Students had a worksheet that they had to complete only on the graduated cylinder, and we reviewed in class today. </span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Today, the students had a notebook check on a random page that had to be completed from the notebook. It was a crazy adventure as I made the announcement right before the start of our notebook check. Students who did not show me their notebooks today, will have the opportunity to show me on block day, but with a decrease of one point. Please ask the student to review the breakdown of our notebook check found in today's slides. We also had students get more practice with metric conversion by completing a worksheet due at the end of the class period, as well as a review of the metric system lesson from the week on Kahoot!. I never knew how competitive they were despite it being online! It was such a funny experience hearing the frustration, the cheers and the "What!" when they were completing their review work. </span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">AND that is it for our science class this week! Next Monday (9/16/2024), I will be out because of a doctor's appointment and I went over expectations with the students of what happens when there is a substitute. Then on block day, we will have our very first lab as long as all contracts are submitted before the lab! I will be updating student/parentvue this weekend, and if you see that it is missing - your student has not submitted it yet! Please find it in their classroom resources in google classroom and you can send it to me digitally, or print it out, take a picture, and send it to me through email. </span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">As for missing work, if students turned in any assignments late - I am still in the process of grading current work and will get to them as soon as I am able to. I thank you for your patience at this time. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments and/or concerns and I will reply as soon as I am able to. </span></p><p>Mrs. Jennifer Estrella (she/her)<br>7th Grade Science<br>Herbert Hoover Middle School</p>
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