OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

The eighth grade had the privilege of delivering our Operation Christmas Child boxes to the drop-off church, Lakeside Presbyterian, in West Palm Beach.  We delivered 122 boxes from our church and school.  We paused with the ladies at the drop-off point to pray over our boxes.  We prayed that the boxes would reach many with the love of Jesus.  It is awesome to consider what God can do with our simple gifts!

SPACE EXPLORATION

How many things do you use daily that are a direct result of technology developed by the US Space Program?

Here is a cool video about spin-offs from NASA research and development.

NASA SPIN-OFF VIDEO

Have you chosen your topic for your next mini-project?  It can be anything about unmanned space exploration, rockets, or telescopes.  Try something different for your presentation.  Be creative!


I have put the vocabulary for Chapter 25 A & B into Quizlet for you to review.


Here are the link for the Power Points for Chapter 25 A & B.

CHAPTER 25 A

CHAPTER 25 B - 1

CHAPTER 25 B - 2

Mrs. Lucas

COSTUME PARADE - EIGHTH GRADE MENTORING PROGRAM

The eighth grade and the three-year-old class had a great day together on October 24th.  We participated in some games, crafts, and the parade.  We also ate pizza together.  Each three-year-old student began to get acquainted with their adopted eighth grader.  We look forward to our next time together - November 20th for Thanksgiving Dinner.

EARTHQUAKE

Now that this blog is available to the students on their IPads, I will be using it more and more.

We are finished studying volcanoes.  I am very pleased with many of the essays that the students wrote as part of their chapter tests.  We will be working even more on writing excellent science essays.

Our next unit of study will be about earthquakes.  Here is the link for the first Power Point on Chapter 6A.  I will upload the others soon.

Earth Science Chapter 6A

We had a great time on our field trip to the Kravis Theater.  We saw a one-man play about the Apollo missions to the moon.  It was fun and informative.  In the lobby, the South Florida Science Museum had some experiments for the students to try.

I also wanted to share a video that Abigail Perree created for her volcano project.  (This is a Youtube link and may not open on your school IPad.)

Mount Saint Helen

CONVECTION EXPERIMENTS

We continue our study of the basic concepts in earth science with the process of convection.  Convection is defined as the movement of molecule caused by heating.

This photo shows convection in a glass plate.  The blue water was ice cold; the red water was hot. They moved around the plate forming this convection cell.  If it looks like a hurricane on a weather map, that is not a coincidence.  The same forces are at work in forming cyclonic storms.


The next two videos show a demonstration called The Fountain.  The flask, with a little water, is heated.  As it heats, the air expands and pushes its way out of the tube leaving a semi-vacuum in the flask.  Then the flask was inverted in ice water (purple).   The water at first climbs up the tube slowly to replace the slowly cooling and contracting air.  When the ice water hits the air, the air contracts suddenly and violently pulls the water into the flask.


THE FOUNTAIN - PART 1

THE FOUNTAIN - PART 2

(Thank you, Bailey, for making the video for me.  You did a great job.)

This is your assignment for tonight.  Watch this video of Steve Spangler doing an experiment that is very similar to one that we did.

CLICK HERE


Answer these questions:

1.  To which of our experiments was this experiment similar?

2.  How is his experiment similar?

3.  What did he do different, or in addition to, our experiment?

4.  How was the result of the second of the additional experiment different?

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL

Our Lady Crusaders played an awesome match against Trinity this afternoon.  Our girls won in two games.  I was so impressed by their cooperation on the court.  Their serving was fantastic.  I am so proud of "my" girls!

EARTH SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

The students have been learning the physical laws that we will be using in earth science this year.  They have been using mnemonic charts to study and memorize the laws.  We have had experiments in class to demonstrate the concepts.

The first set of experiments demonstrated the molecular movement of substance at differing temperatures.  Here are Olivia Carrino and Bailey Moss assisting me with an experiment called, "Mix It Up."


 



The second set of experiments demonstrated the relative densities of substances.  We made a rainbow with liquids of different densities.




Then I made a "Genie in a Bottle" using hot and cold water.

The last experiment dealt with a "Mysterious Candle," that really ended up to be "Mysterious Medium!."
The size of the candle did not effect its density, but it floated in the water and sank in the alcohol because of the differing densities of the liquids.

I'm looking forward to a lot more experiments and experiences this year.

See you at PTF meeting, Monday, September 15th, 7 P.M.

Mrs. Sherry Lucas

AM I READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL?

My bulletin boards are up.  My room is clean.  My lesson plans are done.  My Power Points are up-loaded. I've prayed for each student.  I think I'm ready....

It's been an unusual summer for me.  I did not take an exciting trip across country or a cruise.  In fact, I didn't get any farther than Sanibell Island for four days.  However, I have had an incredible summer getting to know my grandchildren better than ever.  I have seen God's healing hand on my step-daughter, Elissa.  I've had a little time to read and paint.  I even pulled my camera back out this week.

Summer is grand - but I'm ready to go back to what I love best, teaching.  Are you ready?