Wow! What a fantastic week it has been for Ms. Wiggins Global Tech classes! We started off the week with 6th grade students making homemade lava lamps that can be used at home for multiple purposes. They were able to take a Voss water bottles and other ingredients to create a unique lamp. The students were able to apply the design cycle process while successful creating a lava lamp.
Towards the end of the week, 7th grade ended with “What kind of flavored drink can I create?”. Students are learning to be entrepreneurs in 7th grade. This project is about teaching our students the beginning steps towards entrepreneurship. Students learned about different parts of a business plan, create a pitch for their drink, and how to convince others to buy in, give peer reviews, and self- reflect. Thursday and Friday of this week, the students were given the opportunity to create their drink and allow their classmates to provide feedback about their drink. What a way for our students to show some of their culinary skills and apply them to the design cycle process! PreAlgebra students have been working hard on completing their City Map Project in class. We will complete our study of Transformations with dilations next week. Students will have the opportunity in class to retake 1 quiz or test on Wednesday, October 10th. Ms. Whitehurst’s classes have been analyzing the thematic implications of short stories and poems. They have also been making connections between multiple pieces of literature. 7th Grade classes have been analyzing “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. Students have explored themes such as: Treasure surpasses monetary value and holds sentimental value in one’s life; A child is a parent’s greatest treasure; and Determination and hope conquer life’s obstacles. Students have also created graphic organizer posters analyzing how theme develops over the course of the text and is driven by characters and plot. 8th Grade classes have been analyzing the work of Edgar Allan Poe. They have read his short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart” and his poem, “Alone”. Students have learned about the life of Poe and how his outlook on life plays a role in the themes of his writing. They have made connections between the two pieces and created graphic organizer posters to represent how theme relates to other literary elements such as characters, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution. Algebra students have progressed through solving various types of equations and will wrap up the nine weeks working on compound inequalities. Geometry students are demonstrating their understanding of rotations, dilations, translations and reflections through creative options of their choice. They also are finishing up Flatland and most have decided that living in a two-dimensional world would not be for them! Lavelle’s 8th-grade classes have been busy dissecting the language of the MYP Statement of Inquiry for Unit 1, along with the language of the current Learning Target, and making connections between the two. They are applying that language directly to the literature they’re reading in class, including Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” and Ray Bradbury’s “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.” Their current project involves creating a theme statement in addition to examining the impact the central character has on both the movement of a story and its theme. 6th grade students in Mrs. Patient's Spanish class this week were introduced to the Fluency Fast Reading Novel (Las Aventuras de Isabela) which enable students to acquire Spanish Language easily and effectively in a brief period of time. Creative Writing & Drama: 6th & 7th Graders have been using their “acting chops” by participating in dress rehearsals for several skits held in class. They are learning and practicing stage directions, characterization, projection, and various other drama skills. These acting pieces will be followed by a writing assignment that will demonstrate self-reflection, backstory, or extending a scene through script-writing. 8th Graders are in the middle of their poetry unit. They have already written a haiku, limerick, and cinquain poem and will continue with concrete and free verse. Our dean, Mr. Simpson, also shared some of his original poetry from his days at Florida Southern College. Lastly, all of the original scripts for the “Out of the Box” troupe at Lakeland Community Theatre were hand delivered to Mrs. McGowan. A few of them were even performed for her in class. This collaboration is an excellent way our students reach the special needs community here at home. Civics: The student colonists have spoken! King George III was ruling like a tyrant and the colonists have had enough! Our “Break Up” letters have been delivered and the colonists are independent. Now, we are learning about the process of creating a new government, and it wasn’t as easy as they thought! From the Articles of Confederation to the US Constitution, we have lots of work to do! Ask us what we know! Science students spent this week in health lessons. Last week 8th grade Advanced Comprehensive students explored the density of different candy bars. Butler's Science classes:SC7L16.2 Learning Target: Use a Punnett square to determine the probability of genotypes and phenotypes of possible offspring Bean Gene Lab: Students were exploring how traits are passed from parent to offspring and how we can use a Punnett square as a tool to predict the possible traits of the offspring that are produced. First, they predicted or hypothesized what they thought the outcome (offspring traits) of the cross would be between 2 Heterozygous red flowers. For example, Riley J predicted “that the majority of the offspring would have red flowers with a small chance of white flowers because the parents both carried the recessive gene” We tested their predictions by using red and white beans as a model for genes received from each parent, and completed 50 trials. After analyzing their data from the 50 trials, they revisited their prediction to determine if it was supported or not supported by the data. Riley J discovered “my hypothesis was supported because 70%of the offspring produced did have red flowers, with only 30% having white flowers”. When then used a Punnett square to complete a cross between the same 2 flowers and see how those results compared to the 50 trials. (see pic I just sent) The students were shocked that using a Punnett square resulted in similar probabilities and was a much more efficient means of determining probability. Great things are happening EVERY day @ LCMA! Thanks to our fabulous teachers and students! 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