Blood
Some people get queasy with the sight of blood. 7th grade made blood. We took some beads and designated the beads with a part from the blood stream and mixed the beads together to show the same consistency as a doctor would find in the blood.
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Friction and Resistance
It’s the month of May and only 1 month of school left. We have been learning about friction and resistance. The students were challenged with having to stop a toy with wheels from going down a steep ramp without hitting the ground. A few groups were successful in stopping their wheeled toys from reaching the final mark.
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What is climate?
How does a person determine what the weather is going to be for the weekend? Why do meteorologists get the weather wrong? This April we discussed and answered these questions and many more concerning the climate.
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God Bless you
AAAahhhhh…AAAaaaaahhhhcccchhhooooo. God bless you. This month we have been learning about how the body copes with different diseases, viruses and immune deficiency syndromes. The body has ways to deal with viruses that are miraculous and diverse.
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Waves
Waves are very interesting items to learn about. Tsunamis, rip waves, and regular currents are going to be the lessons for this month. Wavelengths and periods are very interesting to learn about during 6th grade.
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Landslides
The greater the downward angle the more rapid rocks, trees, and land will flow down. Landslides are dangerous. We have been talking about the angles, the composition of the land, and even more disastrous is when the weather is inclement, or raining hard. We were able to see some videos of landslides that were devastating to the surrounding areas.
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Talk, talk, talk
Wow 7th graders are talkers, and this is a great time to discuss the communication and control centers of the human body. We get to learn about the many forms of communication both externally and the internal processes that go into helping us communicate with those around us.
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Water
With all the talk about water… the 8th grade learned about where the fresh water sources are on the earth… and in some cases under the surface of the earth. We have learned that NYC is on top of a natural aquifer. Humans dig wells into these aquifers to get their fresh water.
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Life Science!
We learned about body organization last month and this month we are stepping up on the ladder of knowledge. We get to learn about circulation and respiration. The body needs certain levels of oxygen, and it also needs to get rid of wastes. This month we learned about both.
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Reproduction
Meiosis and fertilization are very important in human reproduction. We learned different forms of asexual reproduction such as budding. We also learned what chromosomes are and where they are located in the cell in every human body.
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