Monday

The last of the reports are in. A couple of students just didn't get them done, that will really hurt! Most of the students did very well. There were a few problems. The handout was very specific about what was required and some students didn't follow the requirements. A second problem was blatant plagarism. We discussed that problem today, that it is pretty obvious when a 6th grader uses words he or she doesn't even understand. I hope they get the message that plagarism is illegal and not acceptable in any form.

Today we talked about genetics. The students took notes and we talked about dominant and recessive traits. We also discussed nature vs nurture, which traits do we get genetically and which ones do we inherit from observing our parents and other adults in our lives. They should have finished reading through B83. Tomorrow we are going to work on Punnett Squares and see about our own recessive and dominant genes.