7th grade says "Goodbye" to Greek Mythology and "Hello" to Titanic Study

7th graders enjoyed a Greek Fest to close out the Mythology Unit of Study.  It included Greek games, food and watching previously taped commercial assignments.

 

We began the Titanic study by studying the building of the Titanic. Our brainteaser was what group could successfully build the highest tower using spaghetti sticks and marshmallows and then we each built individual boats out of various supplies to see who could hold the most "passengers"  See below:

 

Winning boat goes to Eli holding 260 marbles!!!

 

 

 

 

7th grade Brainteaser WINNERS! It was a tough one....

Brainteaser:  Who can come up with the highest value word using only 6 letters?  Each letter is worth points such as A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4  and so on.....These students are the winners from our last brainteaser.

The winning word was TWISTY  which equaled 116 points submitted by Emily and Caleb from Wednesdays class.

6th Grade: Mexican Art: Diego Riveria

 

Students learned about Mexican artist Diego Riveria through the use of pastels and Mexican traditions, spanish language bingo, Mexican hat dancing and cooking buenelos.

 

7th grade: The 12 tasks of Hercules

Assignment:  Each student picks a task out of the 12 tasks of Hercules to learn about.  Then they design masks, skits, or props to teach the class about one of Hercules tasks.

Brass Birds

The fire-breathing bull and the capturing of Cerberus.

The capturing of the Diomedes Horses.