Sixth graders: you have a Current Event due tomorrow. Please be sure to properly format your Current Event; write out the Title, Author's name, source of the article and date of the article. Write a summary, which is a short plain statement IN YOUR OWN WORDS about the Main, or most important, Point of the article, together with a few supporting details.  Here's a link to the article "IQ Is Not Fixed in the Teenage Brain": http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/iq-is-not-fixed-in-the-teenage-b.html?ref=hp.  Extra Credit opportunity:  make a connection with the text of this article in addition to completing your Current Event.

Don't forget: you'll have a test coming up next week, probably on Wednesday.  Use the Review Sheet and your notes to study for the test.


Seventh Graders: On an SSP (Separate Sheet of Paper), write out an answer to Question 7, page B14, which says: "Reflection: What new things have you learned about the human body in this activity?" Use the SEPUP/Lab-Aids Online Book link to the right.  Page B14 is in the Body Works unit, activity 12 (Activity 12: What’s Happening Inside?). 

Oscar [and others] Here's an article that you can use for a make-up Current Event: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-10/telescope-trick-helps-astronomers-see-birth-pangs-distant-planet.