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    • Purple GCP Envelope Reminder 12:00 am - 12:00 am

      Please be sure to use your purple envelope this week for gift card purchases. OLG School depends on the continued success of the gift card program for neccessary operating funds. Stock up in the next few weeks for summertime groceries and gas, and gift cards make great gifts for dads and grads! Sales will continue at every Mass throughout the summer, too. Don't forget how important this program is...OLG makes money on your everyday purchases. Just plan ahead!
    • Spirit Week - Olympic Day 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

      Students can add an OLG Sports uniform jersey, or a local SD sports team jersey. Uniform shorts, socks, and shoes must be worn. OLG hats (only) may also be worn. Don't forget to use sunscreen, Olympic Day events are on the upper field.
    • Grade 8 - Morning Mass 8:00 am - 8:30 am

      Please arrive at school at 7:45 to meet at the classroom and proceed up to Mass with your teacher. Dress uniform is required.
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  • Mr. Millican

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    Dear Parents,

    I hope all is well, that you’ve had a blessed Lent, and that you are looking forward to a great spring. Here is what we’ll be doing in our Science & Spanish class this upcoming fourth quarter.

    8th GRADE SCIENCE

    *Ch. 11=Intro. To Electricity

    -Comparison of conductors with insulators

    -Photocells and thermocouple production of electrical energy

    -Ohm’s Law

    -Five essential parts of a circuit

    -Comparison of series circuits w/parallel circuits

    LABS:

    -Stop the Static Electricity!

    -Potato Power!

    -Circuitry

     

    *Ch. 13=The Periodic Table

    -Arrangement of elements on the periodic table

    -Comparison of metals, non-metals, and metalloids based on their properties and location on the periodic table

    -Explanation of why elements in a group often have similar properties

    LABS:

    -Conduction Connection

    -Create a Periodic Table

     

     

     

     

    7th GRADE SCIENCE

    *Ch. 14=Invertebrates

    -Describe the difference between radial and bilateral symmetry

    -Describe the body parts of a mollusk

    -List the four main characteristics of anthropods

    -Explain metamorphosis in insects

    LABS:

    -Dissecting a crayfish and an earthworm

    -Cricket Caper

    -What a star!-Starfish

     

    *Ch. 15=Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles

    -Define vertebrates and list the main characteristics of vertebrates

    -List four characteristics of chordates

    -Describe the function of a swim bladder and an oily liver

    -Describe metamorphosis in amphibians

    -Explain the adaptations that allow reptiles to live on land

    LABS:

    -Observe animals in our classroom aquariums

    -Dissecting a fish-search for a swim bladder

    -Dissecting a frog

     

     

     

    6th GRADE SCIENCE

    Ch. 10= The Flow of Fresh Water

    -Illustrate the Water Cycle

    -Explain major factors that affect the rate of steam erosion

    -Identify stages of river development

    -Describe characteristics of an aquifer

    -Using water wisely

    LABS:

    -Water Cycle

    -Degree of permeability

    -Clean up your act

     

    Ch. 11=Agents of Erosion and Deposition

    -Explain the connection between storms and wave erosion

    -Describe how beaches form

    -Describe the effects of wind erosion

    -Describe the difference between dunes and loess

    -Explain how ice in a glacier flows

    -State how gravity affects mass movement

    LABS:

    -Dune Movement

    -Gliding Glaciers

    -Creating a Kettle

     

     

    SPANISH – 6TH GRADE

    *Learning how to conjugate –ar, -er, and –ir verbs

    *Conjugating verbs with stem changes

    *Conjugating irregular verbs

    **Spanish Projects**

    -create a Spanish comic strip

    -“Mi Familia”

     

    SPANISH – 7TH GRADE

    *Conjugating irregular verbs

    *Introducing preterit verbs

    *Learning the culture and history of the states of Guanajuato and Jalisco

    **Spanish Projects**

    -create a skit/dialogue in Spanish

    -create a travel brochure to a city in Mexico

     

    SPANISH – 8TH GRADE

    *Working with preterit verbs

    *Creating a dialogue as if ordering food in a restaurant

    *Learning the use of possessive adjectives (mi/tu/mis/tus)

    **Spanish Projects**

    -create a report on a state from Mexico

    -create a travel brochure for a city in Mexico

     

     

    Dear Parents,

    I hope all is well and that you’ve had a great winter break. Here is what we’ll be doing in our Science class this upcoming quarter. I am looking forward to an exciting 2012.

     

    Grade 6:

    • Plate Tectonics (Ch. 6)

    o Identify & describe the layers of the Earth

    o Understand the three types of tectonic plates

    o Explain major types of faults

    o LAB=Crack in the Hard-Boiled Earth

     

    • Earthquakes (Ch. 7)

    o What are the causes of earthquakes? Where do earthquakes come from?

    o How detected? How to locate?

    o Safeguarding buildings

    o Earthquake safety procedures

    o LAB=Create an earthquake proof building

     

    Grade 7:

    • Heredity (Ch. 6)

    o Experiments of Gregor Mendel

    o Recessive trait & dominant trait

    o Genes and alleles related to phenotypes and genotypes

    o Differences between mitosis and meiosis

    o LAB=Tracing Traits-goldfish

    o LAB=Round or Wrinkled

     

    • Genes and Gene Technology (Ch. 7)

    o Describe the basic structure of the DNA molecule

    o Explain how DNA molecules can be copied

    o Define mutation, and give an example of it

    o Explain how DNA works

    o LAB=Extracting DNA from a kiwi

    o LAB=Fingerprint your friends

     

    Grade 8:

    Matter in Motion (Ch. 5)

    o Observations of motion/speed/acceleration/velocity

    o What is a force?

    o Force that opposes motion

    o Gravity force of attraction

    o LAB=Domino Derby

    o LAB=Hot Wheels

    Forces in Motion (Ch. 6)

    o Gravity & Motion

    o Air Resistance/ Projectile Motion

    o Newton’s Laws- 1st/2nd/3rd

    o Momentum

    o LAB= Projectile Motion

    o LAB=Let’s go fly!