Science: Week of 4/6 - 4/10

The 8th grade science students will have an intro to engineering lesson on Wednesday, 4/8.  On Friday, 4/10, students will have an engineering design activity.  In this activity, students will design, develop and produce an earthquake-resistant structure.  Students will then have the opportunity to test their design on a shake table, re-design and re-test.  They will be asked to write a summary of their procedure, including reasons for and effectiveness of their re-design. There is also a non-fiction article assignment due on 4/10 that students received before spring break.  Next week, we will finish up our unit on geology by learning about mountains and metamorphic rock.