The beginning is so close!

2 weeks to go.....

End of the Year Slideshow

I'm working on fixing the quality of the pictures! I don't know why they came out funny....

We Made It!!

Breakfast + Ultimate Croquet + A Wiffleball Championship Game = A Great Last Day! Not even thunder and rain could make us stop smiling...

The End is in SIght!

Final project work took up most of our time for the last week...

Semi-Formal!

New York City

New York City was SO AWESOME!!! We had so much fun! From Central park to the Empire State Building, and The Statue of Liberty to Ground Zero. Visiting tall buildings, beautiful parks, ice cream places, monuments, shops, everything!!! The seventh grade class plus lots of chaperones traveled to NYC on April 29, 2008 in two coach buses. We visited Central Park, The Museum of Natural History, Little Italy, China Town, Gelato's Icecream, and the Empire Statebuilding on the first day, and traveling through the Lincoln Tunnel to New Jersey where our hotel was awaiting ith soft, warm, comfy beds. The Next Day, we ate breakfast and then headed out to the Ferry that would take us to Ellis Island and Liberty Island to see the Statue of Liberty. Then, we took a ferry back to NYC and landed in Battery Park, We then traveled by Ground Zero and laanded at our last stop, South Street Seaport. We had a few hours of hanging with our friends, shopping, eating and relaxing. Then, we boarded the coach buses and headed home. We arrived at Leland and Gray about 10:15 p.m. on April 30. To go home and sleep. The next day everyone was tired nd weiry. But I think we all enjoyed our trip to NYC and we will never forget it!

Starch? Sugar? Fat? Protein?

How do you tell what nutrients a snack food has?


Step 1: Mash up a sample beyond recognition


Step 2: Add a little water and a chemical reactant



Step 3: If needed, heat in hot water for 5 mintues


Step 4: Watch for a reaction. Color change = nutrient present!

Following directions = RAINBOW COLORS!!

What started out seeming pretty random, turned into a great rainbow if you followed directions and measured carefully!

Sad Bobcats...

After watching a video about a college in California that teaches people how to take care of animals, we used a scatterplot (from math class!) to determine that our bobcat was underweight. Look at what happens if a bobcat is lacking certain nutrients:







And the crazy thing is that the same things can happen to us if we're lacking that nutrient!!

NYC pictures!

A little slideshow to get you started...

Back from the Big City!

Phew...back from break, then to New York, and now we're all back from the city and trying to get into a routine again! Check back soon for a slideshow and blog update about our trip :)

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