May 5

Today in science 8, students began reading over some articles and papers on their life science debate topics. We will be asking students to create a presentation covering the major portions of their topic, and later this week we’ll present them and begin preparing for the debate.

Integrated science did the Half-life of a Penny activity to learn how radioactive decay works. We also covered the answers from last night’s Nuclear Decay worksheet .

HOMEWORK: Science 8= De-extinction people read over Bringing them back to life (De-extinction). Designer baby people read over Are Designer babies on the way?, Designer Babies Debate should start, scientists say, The Ethics of Genetically Enhanced Monkey Slaves