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now we can find the train =)

Call for Science Volunteers for Wed 5 March 2014 at Lunch

If there are 3 Gr 7 students and 2-3 Gr 8 groups that would like to showcase their recent projects to a panel of Bedford teachers please contact your Science Teacher by Sunday, 2 March.

Note to 7A

Good work, another good week. Your efforts, individually and collectively as a class, make every day worth it.

Grade 7 Math - Build Your Own Integer Question

Post your questions by commenting on this thread.

Solve 5 of them in your notebooks, and be sure to show your work and doodle.

Grade 8 Science - Air-Powered Cars using Pneumatics and Hydraulics

Very cool article. Interesting that this idea developed more for airplanes than for cars, but is reasonably practical that Europe is rolling them out in 2016.

http://www.popsci.com/article/cars/car-runs-air

Science: Adaptations

Remember this concept from Grade 6?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/cities-causing-genetic-changes-in-plants-animals-1.2533951

Grade 7A and 7B Online Web Discussion

http://wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/files/2013/11/wpid-Photo-Nov-29-2013-1045-PM.jpg

There is quite a bit of talk about the addiction to devices, but we all know it is about personal regulation and discipline. The following CBC articles help to make the image an interesting discussion point

http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/02/live-chat-youth-obsession-with-technology.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/kids-need-to-offset-screen-time-with-nature-time-1.2543165

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/social-media-affecting-teens-concepts-of-friendship-intimacy-1.2543158

After reading the articles...what do you think? You are the generation that people talk about...your experience really does matter. Share your thoughts, speak your mind.