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Science Fair
Pine Grove Middle School is planning a Science Fair on
Thursday, January 17, 2008. All Gifted and Talented
Students in grades 6 through 8 are requested to submit an
individual
project. We are asking you to support this valuable
learning experience. A packet was sent home with your child
during the week of the October 15th to assist you
in helping in the preparation of your child’s project.
Students are encouraged to do investigations that use
scientific thought processes and the scientific method. The
packet includes checklists to guide your child through each
stage of implementation.
Parents, please allow students to assume as much
responsibility for the project as possible. You may provide
support, offer advice when necessary, help with expenses for
the project, and provide any needed transportation. When
your child writes the report to accompany the project, you
may offer to proofread the written report or make
suggestions for improvement. In addition, you should
occasionally check on the progress of the project to ensure
that it is proceeding on schedule.
Student projects will be due at school no later than 3:00 pm
on Monday, January 14th. Judging will take place
throughout the week. Parent viewing of projects will take
place at the Science Fair, on January 17th from
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Students producing award-winning
projects will be eligible to enter the county-wide Science
Fair (Dates TBD).
Thank you for contributing to the success of Pine Grove
Middle School’s Science Fair.
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Recycling at
Pine Grove Middle School
14,725 cans
collected during the first two weeks, and still counting…
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Thanks to all of those who
have been collecting and saving cans throughout the
summer to help our community reduce waste. The Aluminum
Can Recycling Club hopes to see you again, along with a
few new faces. We will meet you in the rear of the
parking lot, at the big, yellow dumpster to collect your
cans. We meet each Friday that students are in school,
between 7:30 am and 8:00 am. Remember,
rinse/wash and crush your cans. The first 300 cans will
earn you 10 SSL hours and each additional 100 cans
equals 1 hour. Half credit will be issued for cans that
are not crushed. No credit (hours) will be issued for
cans left when the dumpster is unattended.
In addition, we are ready
for our student volunteers. See your Science Teacher for
a permission slip. As soon as a completed permission
slip is turned in, students may begin earning .5 SSL
hours for each Friday on duty. Student volunteers are
to report to the rear of the parking lot by
7:30 am. Dress appropriately for the weather.
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Reading in
the Science Classroom and Beyond |
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IBaltimore County’s
Science curriculum is supported by Pearson Prentice
Hall's Science Explorer textbooks. From time to time,
we use Science Explorer texts in class to supplement
lessons; however, the handouts and lab investigations
used in our Science classrooms contain all of the
readings and notes students need to be successful on
assignments. Each unit that we cover in Science,
references a separate text or texts in the Science
Explorer series; however, Baltimore County’s curriculum
imbeds much of the appropriate reading text within the
handouts so that you the parent can follow along with
our daily curriculum.
Parents can also purchase the CD-ROM of each text title which
is called StudentExpress with interactive Text CD-ROM
for $16.97 per title per CD-ROM plus shipping and
handling.
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