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We'll look for you again in early March!!
Our last meeting for the first Trimester was set for Thursday,
November 20th from 3:45 to 5:00 in the Science Lab. For our activity,
we made use of my new Promethean Board to do competitions with brain
teasers, and logic problems, with students being able to interact with
the board.
Refreshments were provided by Carrie Shafer, and Hannah Lewis, Sophie Shafer and Sarah Huberty. Thank you, for helping out!
We meet about once a month during the first and third trimesters.
It is just too busy for the students during second tri, with the play
and basketball and hockey, to try to fit in anything else.
I focus on making science fun and amazing and current. We have
done so many different things over the 5 years I've been doing this,
and I make sure nothing is repeated if students are members during both
their 7th and 8th grade years. Twice, we have been able to work in a
special overnight outing as a club. We have done an overnight at
Underwater Adventures at Mall of America, where we slept in the tunnel
that goes through the water, and an overnight at the Minnesota Zoo. We
slept in front of the dolphin and shark tanks. It was awesome! Looks
like the interest this year is in returning to Underwater Adventures
- more details soon.
A sign-up sheet for Science Club was on Ms. Kimmerling's door for a week and a half, and is now filled with 35 names plus a waiting list of 10. Wow, kids!! That's great to see!. It's great, but has forced me to make a tough decision. This year's Science Club will be for 8th graders only. Knowing the 7th graders will still have a chance next year, I had to give 8th graders the priority. If a significant number of members have to leave the club due to other commitments, I will look at this again when we start up again for 3rd trimester, to see if there is room for 7th graders then.
Our next meeting will be in early March. I'll let you know the exact date later.
