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02/26/2006: "Week 27"

Monday: Quiz on elements, compounds and mixtures (ch4)
Newton, the alchemist assignment
Apollo moon landings assignment
Tuesday and Wednesday: Space Exploration research for upcoming essay
Thursday: Newton's Laws of motion, overview
Friday: Space Exploration Research

The AIMs test is coming up. This research is designed to assist students in writing an essay for the prompt:
"Space Exploration: should it be continued, or is it not worth the expense and risk?"
It will be written in language arts class and graded according to six traits criteria.

Students will also be doing labs in Newtonian physics, designing a rocket and performing flight experiments.