Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! Today in integrated science class, students reviewed some notes covering the introductory concepts surrounding energy and energy transformations (Energy Notes14 01 , thanks Mr. Forrest). Students discovered that energy is more important as a book-keeping tool to help us figure out other things like height, mass, and velocity through the use of the energy calculations. Students also received some instruction on open and closed systems. Tomorrow we’ll be continuing systems, learning about energy conservation, and then figuring out how to calculate energy.

Science 8 students began class today by receiving back some old work, and answering the bell-ringer question of what type of plate boundary will create trenches, earthquakes, and tall volcanic mountain ranges (Oceanic to continental convergent boundaries). For the remainder of class, students conferenced about missing, late, and redo assignments, and also spent time finishing the 4th set of their Earth Science Vocab.

HOMEWORK: Integrated=None
Science 8= finish Earth Science Vocab set 4 by Wednesday.