Day 2

Mr. Girardi and I cleaned up yesterday's topic, which was the proper way to summarize the science news articles.  We showed how and where to correctly define their two challenging vocab words.  I showed students how to access this blog, and stressed that if they are ever absent to check out this blog to see what work they would have missed while out.  Students sharpened their observation skills by identifying the differences between two similar-looking photographs at http://www.spotthedifference.com/.  The intent here was to emphasize how important paying attention to even the smallest details is when dealing with scientific discoveries and investigations.  Students then differentiated between a theory and a law by looking up both definitions at http://www.dictionary.com/.  Students were then asked to write about the difference between them at a discussion forum on my moodle site, under today's date.

No homework was assigned, though their first news article is due on Tuesday, September 6th, and their first quiz, on Metric Conversions, will be on Friday, September 9th.