Testing is almost done, time for your final project

Only one more day of testing. You've worked hard and we're down to less than a month of school.

Monday I'm assigning your final project and it's called....Create Your Own Project.

Briefly: Create, design, make, build anything that shows your knowledge of 8th grade science. Your grade will be based on the level of knowledge you choose to represent. Check back later examples.

Mission to Mars

The rocket project has been assigned. See the calendar for your important due dates. Check back for building hints and tips. See our wikipage for the assignment handout.

Work days are days you will be working on your rocket in class. If you would like to work on it at home, you will need 1/2" pvc pipe to use as a form. Your rocket must fit on that pipe in order for it to fit on the launcher.

A launch window includes all the days we may be launching. Because of weather, I cannot say for sure what day we will be outside launching your rockets. You must be prepared on the first day of the launch window.

Boeger Grand Prix

Boeger Grand Prix pictures are up!



For this project we created our own cars out of junk around the home. The purpose was to practice calculating speed.

More importantly, we got the chance to build and test our ideas. We had two chances to test and improve our cars. In science, as in all other realms, it is important to be willing to take risks and learn from your failures.

Our next big project is rockets. We'll be creating and launching paper rockets. These rockets will go over 100 feet in the air!