ENGLISH: (BEHAN, FERRANTE, VETTER)
This week in English, we completed the first half of Workshop 3, Nature's Fury. Students read about and viewed footage of storm chasers in "Get Inside the Tornado". They also investigated a natural disaster by researching Expert Space online and creating an infograph of their own. This was in preparation for their first inquiry test of the workshop, which was given today, Friday. Next week we will work on the second half of Workshop Three (Storm in the Night, The Big Wave, and Cartoonists Capture Nature's Fury).
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES: (Stern)
Students did a beautiful job creating stuffed whales using various hand sewing stitches. They began basic sewing machine skills to prepare them for their next sewing project beginning next week.
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES: (Berman)
This week we ended our Personal Development unit by looking at families and how birth order impacts our personality. We began our Cooking Unit with analyzing why we eat the foods that we eat and different traditions we have revolving around food. Next week, students will be bringing in a recipe that represents them, their family or their culture to contribute to a Team 7-2 Cookbook. We will also focus on Kitchen Safety, Food Safety and Cooking Terms.
HEALTH: (LEIBOWITZ, GLASSER)
This week in Health class we are discussing self-esteem. Specifically how a person's self-esteem impacts their decisions and different ways we can raise our self-esteem. We identified ways we can lower people's self-esteem and acknowledged the power we have to influence the feelings and behaviors of those around us.
MATHEMATICS: (FERNANDEZ, REHNBACK, MCWILLIAMS)
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SCIENCE: (CAMACHO, KALNER, TOBIA)
This week in Science, students began the study of the Respiratory System. The mechanics of breathing were introduced. Next week, students should bring in a small hard plastic bottle (Gatorade or Smart Water, etc) to build a working model of Respiratory System. In addition, students will be engaging in a lung capacity lab next week.
SOCIAL STUDIES: (COOK, HOFFMAN, MARR)
Next week we will continue our look into student rights. In Mr. Hoffman's class students will be reading an excerpt from "Little Brother." In Dr. Marr's class we will be creating student rights PSAs. Please see www.team72.co for more information. Mr. Cook: Next week, we will be participating in a class tournament to find out who is the most influential Founding Father. We will be in the computer lab for three days, followed by two days of debate in class. Each pair of students will be assigned a different Founding Father and will present a report on their figure in class at the end of the week. By next Fri-Mon we will find out who the class thinks the most influential Founding Father is.
