HAPPY SPRING BREAK!

In Math We Have Been Working On:

• Numbers as words
• Different Number Systems Exist - why?  What are they?
• What is Pi?  What did we do for Pi Day?
• How are your division skills?  Manipulatives are the best!
• Mathletics!  You can always work on this.  Link on the side.

In Science We Have Been Working On:

• Finishing our Mechanical Systems Projects (six simple machines)
• Light & Optical Systems:  Discovery with Ray Boxes and Filters
• What does light do?  How does it behave? - Visual Journal Entry
• Shadows and Light - how are they related?

Other Stuff:

• What fidgets can we make?
• What fidgets should we get?

Have a safe and fun spring break!

Have questions for when you come back!

Hello Everyone,

This was your last week before spring break. We covered the end of the Aztec empire, we explored the different world views of them and the Spanish and how they led to conflict. 

We looked at what happened when two world views compete and combine and how the modern country of Mexico combines them. 

When we return to school after the break we will be looking at Japan. As we examine their world view we will see what happens and the difference when a country is able to decide how much of another worldview they want to adopt.

Have a great break

Hello Everyone,

We are closing in on spring break.
This week we worked on The Aztecs direct conflict with Cortes and the Spanish.
We looked at the disparity of technology and how the Spanish came to America with a very different focus and purpose.
On Tuesday we celebrated Pi day by working in the foods room. We make tarts and measured the diameter and circumference.
Many of you took advantage of parent teacher and this is a great time to reflect how much work you have done this year.
Next week is the last week before spring break. We will complete the Aztecs and be ready to move onto Japan.

Have a great weekend.

Hello everyone,

This week we have found the weather improving and we are quickly approaching the summer break and the last leg of Grade 8.
This week we talked about Siena and their horse race, a relic of the medieval and renaissance period.
We continued our discussion of first contact between the Aztec and the Spanish. We explored the difference between the technology of the two groups and how the Aztecs might have felt seeing boats, horses and cannons for the first time.

Have a great weekend!