Welcome to 6th Grade

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

EXPLORING FORCE

Exploring Force

8th grade conclude their unit on force by exploring some noncontact forces (magnetism, gravity, and electrostatic force).

The Chemistry of Bread!

7th grade has been hard at work on their PBL - learning the chemistry involved in making and baking bread! This activity involved the reactions of different leaveners - yeast and baking soda.

Camp Chris

May the force be with you!

8th grade introduced their Force and Friction PBL by exploring a bit about how force works. They used spring scales attached to scooters to learn what happens to an object when the forces applied to each side are equal, and what happens when forces are not equal.

Another Flex Day, another Habit of Mind!

This one doubles and being one of our school’s Core Beliefs - Collaboration!

The 6th grade were presented with several tasks, each of which required them to work together, not just cooperatively, but collaboratively!

The many uses of aluminum

The many uses of aluminum

7th grade continued their study of the Periodic Table by exploring some common properties of metals. They examined some objects made from aluminum and discussed both the properties they could observe and the ones they could infer.

The 6th graders dove into our Engineering Habits of Mind this week…

The 6th graders dove into our Engineering Habits of Mind this week… first up - innovation!

We discussed the difference between being inventive and innovative, and then they were given the challenge of finishing a picture as anything except the flower it looked like! We finished off the activity innovating an improvement to some common household objects.

WELCOME BACK!

I am so excited to welcome our upcoming 6th graders to the upper hall! It's bound to be a year full of growth and new experiences! Students can expect to take an active role in their own learning, with plenty of opportunities for investigation, inquiry, and reflection.
I can't wait to see everyone on Sunday's walkthrough, or bright and early Monday morning!

RESOURCES

SCIENCE YOUTUBE LINKS

Enjoy these channels (in no particular order), they can provide some great information!

https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow <–SciShow

https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2 <–Smarter Every Day

https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium <–Veritasium

https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics <–MinutePhysics

https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce <–Vsauce

CAMP CHRISTOPHER

Overnight trip for 6th graders.

Online waiver

St. Joseph Parish School

175 Saint Joseph Drive, Amherst, Ohio 44001, United States

440-988-4244

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