A Supernova Artist!

In art class, the students are required to create cartoons of their favorite teacher. However, Cassie could not decide, so she drew all three Supernova teachers. Great work, Cassie!

Supernovas of the Month: November

The Supernova teachers would like to congratulate the following Supernovas for earning student of the month honors for the month of November.

• Miles : Science
• Alana : Social Studies
• Jordan : English

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English: Quizlet Flashcards

In preparation for upcoming vocabulary quizzes on the novel, A Christmas Carol, Mrs. Porter created flashcards to review the terms.  Please click on the link to view the site: A Christmas Carol - Stave One

Sci-Tech Field Trip (Video)

Mr. Colbert created this short video slideshow to show some of the Supernovas and Hurricanes in action at the Carnegie Science Center.

Science Field Trip

Mrs. Porter's Advanced English class will be traveling to the Science Center in Pittsburgh this Wednesday, November 11, 2009. Mr. Wolf and Mr. Colbert will be chaperons for this trip. All students are reminded to bring a bag lunch containing no glass items. Mr. Wolf and Mrs. Porter are excited to offer this enrichment opportunity to these advanced students.

Ch 8: Work and Machines

We will be taking an online test on "Chapter 8: Work and Machines" on Tuesday, November 10th.  Some of the key topics in chapter 8 include:

• work and power
• mechanical advantage and mechanical efficiency 
• simple machines and compound machines

Below are the PowerPoint notes for the chapter.