Mr. Mansour’s Classroom Blog

We had a very short week this week, so there wasn’t too much going on. The highlight of the week is probably the 7th grade science test on DNA and evolution.  We also looked at the ethical side of science and the moral choices scientists sometimes face.  Two weeks ago, we also had Chip Maxwell from the Nebraska Council for Ethical Research come to our class and talk about stem cell research and the ethical dilemmas surrounding it.My 8th grade Algebra students have been learning some basic programming skills using Microsoft Access and they’ve been building a small database of things they’d like to sell and crunching the numbers on them.  While we were in the lab, Miss Bolin’s students came to complete an online reading quiz.  The site is very cool.  I’ll get it from her and post it next week.