lab notebook begins

All that rock identification work may have paid-off. Students were given the first page of a science lab notebook that is to stay in notebooks until we do all 13 pages.

Nifty New Science Books

The kids got their nifty, new science books, today. FOSS Earth History resource book.

Objectives
Those weekly science objectives will be stored in the science notebook. Starting today, students received a title page with all the weeks they should be collecting and putting in their notebooks.

Using the Dichotomous Key

Part II of the rock identification assignment. Students today used the rock dichotomous key to identify their rock. Wow!!! Most of them were wrong. C'mon, it takes practice to use a dichotomous key! They are not done, yet. On Thursday, they will compare their rock to an actual rock collection sample and then work to identify that rock. It'll be fun.

4sight
4sight testing continues, tomorrow. That means I will only meet with Section 63 and 61. Today, I met with Section 62 and 64, so tomorrow will be a repeat of today. There will be no need for a blog, tomorrow, unless something unusual happens.

Rockin' in Science Class

Students today brought in new rocks and measured, weighed, found their volumes and then started using a dichotomous key to determine the rocks' identity.
Here is a slideshow of today's class.

Special Sunday Blog

Congratulations to our high school football team. It was a mighty good thrashing you gave Montoursville.

Thanks, Eric
I just found out a comment sent to me on an earlier blog was posted by Eric. He is a student at the University of Houston, in, guess where? Right, Houston, Texas. No, my blogs are not that far reaching. Eric is a friend of my daughter, Krysia. I met Eric in the summer of 2006 when we were checking out Texas A&M. Krysia and Eric have been friends for a couple of years, mainly an internet. It's true what they say about Texans. Eric escorted us about Houston on our visit there. We went bowling and he and Krysia went ice skating, to the movies, dinner, etc. Really nice kid. I met his younger brother and his mother and father. Super people. Thanks, Eric, for commenting on my blog. Eric and Krysia are friends and they get together about once a week, now that Krysia is in Texas. It's good to have a good friend when you are far from home.