| What's Happening in our Gifted Classrooms - Grade 8 Earthquakes and Volcanos 8th grade gifted science students studied volcanos and earthquakes with some hands-on projects. Their first task was to create an earthquake- proof structure, made of spaghetti and marshmallows, 20 cm or taller and capable of supporting an egg at this height while placed on an earthquake-simulating shaking table. Several students had success in their architectural design.
The second task was to create a volcano amusement park. Students created a map and a brochure to show their amusement park plans. Some of the ideas that students came up with included silica shakes, pahoehoe and aa waterslides, ash/cinders/bombs ball pits, and hot spring wave pools. 8th Grade Math Projects Each of Mrs. Traylor's Algebra students chose a math topic that interested them, ranging from zero to infinity, and created a presentation on that topic. Some created PowerPoints, some did written reports and a few created web sites. Here are links to a few. They are best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer. They have also been using Geometer's Sketchpad software to graph functions, and put those graphs into PowerPoint presentations.
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Good Writing is Critical in 8th Grade: Georgia Writing Test is in January In Ms. Espana's Language Arts classes, the first nine weeks will concentrate on Modeling Daily Grammar Practice, Poetry and Writing units, with continued emphasis on correct grammar, usage, mechanics and spelling. Mrs. Lindsay's classes will be exploring writing by using themselves as the topic to discover. Through poetry, personal narrative, and persuasive writing, they will express their own thoughts, beliefs and experiences. A novel study and short story unit will also be included in this personal experience unit.
Last updated December 17, 2006 |
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