Middle School Science/Ms. Brienza
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oceanology trip!
The 8th grade enjoyed a day on the water 10 miles out into the Long Island Sound. The students worked with two marine biologists collecting specimens such as flounder, crabs, silverfish, snails, plankton, and squid. Using a variety of instruments, the students did a variety of activities which included testing the water for physical and chemical properties, density, salinity, dissolved oxygen content, temperature, depth, clarity, and mud composition. A gravity corer was used to extract sand and mud samples from the ocean bottom.
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Ms. J. Brienzajbrienzavisitationacademyparamus.orgMiddle School Science
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MS. BRIENZA.
Hi my name is Jane Brienza and I am the middle school science teacher, welcome to my very exciting world, the wonderful world of Science. Come discover, experience and explore the world around you; as well as the wonder of you. Step into the human body through dissection of fish, frogs and piglets. Explore the two final frontiers- space and the oceans. Enjoy science movies, guest speakers and weekly labs.
When the students reach middle school they are very prepared to advance in all subjects. Students are not only taught for the grade they are in but for the next grade as well. Our eighth grade students have an easy transition into high school as they are wll prepared! Each student has a chromebook for use in all classes and are able to use smart boards and promethean boards as well.
Middle school students are challenged with many activities such as :STEM /STEM FAIR, weekly labs and projects, dissection (in past), sundials, creating Dinosaur comic books, homemade ice cream and butter, sundials, DNA strands, science board games and jigsaw puzzles, oreo cookie moon phases, catapults, marshmallow molecule compounds, and element cubes as they study Earth, Physical, and Life science.
TECHNOLOGY
This year only the 8th grade is allowed (as a privilege) to have tablets or lap tops in my class for taking notes, working on projects and labs and for homework (which can be emailed to me).I expect that the students use this technology strictly for classroom use only. Laptops and iPads used in my classes will be monitored. This privilege can be lost for any infraction of school technology policy. Each student in the 6th and 7th grades will have a chrome book to use in my class. These too shall be monitored and taken away for any infraction
SCIENCE.........It's EVERYWHERE!Kohei Nawa’s PixCell Deer #24
at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtKohei Nawa begins with a taxidermied deer, then covers the animal in what he calls “PixCell” beads, a term that combines “cell” and “pixel”. This particular work reflects and refracts whatever comes near, while rendering a quiet, sensitive magical creature even more so. On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the “Designing Nature, the Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art” exhibit. PixCell combines the idea of a “pixel”, the smallest unit of a digital image, with that of a biological “cell”.
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STudy Skills Class
Study Skills /Extra Help Classes- Extra help is offered to only those students failing or in danger of failing.Please note: Students coming in for extra help will not be allowed into school before 7:45.
Week of:
Students are more than welcome to contact me via email or google classroom if they need any help. Also weekly reviews are accomplished through zoom meetings; which are mandatory.
6A/B-Zoom mtg.- Wed. 6/10, 6A-9:30AM / 6B-10:00AM
7A/B-Zoom mtg.- Wed. 6/10, 7A-8:30AM / 7B-2:00PM
8A/B-Zoom mtg.-Fri. 6/12, 8A-11:30 AM/ 8B 1:30 PM -
Yearbook
Year book is done with Mrs. Monticello in computer classes.
