Science-Create Your Own Experiment

Recently in Science we have been learning about gravity, mixtures, substances, and things like solvents and solutes. A couple days ago we got an assignment that we had to create a experiment based on something we were learning about. For this experiment we had to have a lab write up and also it couldn't be a demonstration it had to be an experiment. 

We got to do this lab with a partner. My partner and I decided our experiment would be how different substances effect eggs floating. We used different substances like tap water, salt water, baking soda/water, and sugar/water. Then we carefully placed an egg in each to see if it floated. We found that the egg only floated in salt water. This is because salt water is more dense. I really enjoyed this lab!

Science lab

Mary-Coleman Coats
Mrs. Hartney
February 28,2014
Language Arts-8T

                                                                   Science labs
             This week in Science we were doing a "make your own lab" lab. I did my lab with Lauren Wittstruck and Kyra Blackwell. We did our lab on Friction. Our experiment was how to test which surface would make the bouncy ball go down the ramp faster. We used dawn soap, oobleck, and corn syrup. Oobleck which is corn starch mixed with water made the bouncy ball go the fastest down the ramp. The oobleck made the ball go 9ft from the ramp. The soap was the second best lubricant that had the bouncy ball go down farther. The ramp we used was a wooden one. The corn syrup was the last lubricant to get the ball the go down the ramp.

SAT's

Brooke Gephart
Mrs. Hartney
L.A-8H
28 February 2014
Next week is my favorite week of the school year, SAT week! Now you may be wondering why would someone like to take tests that decide how you compare to other kids your age and what high school programs you will take. My reasons are very simple; FOOD, FOOD, and more FOOD! Now you're probably wondering how does food apply to SAT's? Well lets just go through a normal SAT testing day.
First thing is that you should get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast to come mentally prepared for testing. The next thing is as soon as flag is over, everyone goes to the assigned classroom and get in their seat. For SAT's everyone needs to use number 2 pencils that are provided from the school. So you get your pencils and then take about 2 hours a day to do testing and then when you are finished you have to silently read a book at your desk. This is another reason I like testing, you get to read. I like this factor because I do Language Arts reading extra credit and getting to read my book for about 45 minutes everyday helps me finish my book early on in the month. So after everyone is done testing Mrs. Hewitt will call over the intercom that everyone's done and you can leave the class room and head out to break. At break is where the food comes in! Everyday you are offered a different snack. Usually the snacks are donuts, cookies, ice cream sandwiches, and Twinkies. Then on the last day of testing everyone gets ice cream sundaes with whatever you want on top! That is amazing to someone who loves food! So after you eat your snack we then go to play practice the rest of the day!
Another reason I love testing is because that week we don't have any tests or homework! having no homework is so good when you have like 2 hours every night with added studying depending on which test is coming up. So I'm so excited for next week, my favorite week of the school year; SAT testing week!

Birthday Books

Lauren Golder
Mrs. Hartney
LA 7T
2/27/14
                                                             Birthday Books
     We do something here at LCC called birthday books. It is a gift from the school to you. A flyer gets sent home to you in the begining of the school year. It is for Birhtday Books. You fill out the form and turn it in. Later in the year, about early February. They have the celebration called birthday books! Everyone in your grade gets together at the school library. They set out a selection of books for the people who signed up for birthday books. You pick out the book that you like and give it to your teacher. They right your name, your birthday, an dhow old you are turning on a post it note. They stick the post it  note inside the book. Later, the teacher prints out a sticker with all the information that they took, and puts it in the front on he book. Then your book is place on a shelf in the library, and is dedicated to you. After that it done, everyone meets outside of the library. Then you teacher brings out a box of cookies and everyone eats them and celebrates there birthday!

track

This week LCC's track unit has started. There's many people are on the team, and we all work hard. Our practices are Monday through Wednesday from three to four thirty. We split into long distance runners, and short distance. Usually the long distance people do an out run, which is from our school to St. Raphael's. Then the short distance people do sprints, which is either the 200 meter dash or 100 meter dash. Sometimes even a 400 meter dash. My event is the 100 meter dash, the 4x100 relay, and the 100 in the sprint medley. we compete against many other private schools around this area.

Jared stapleton
La8-t

 

 

 

 

 

dont forget about dance marathon coming up soon.  it is a great way to contribute to kids who cant do what we can do. 

 

but don't forget the real meaning of it we need to dance for the kids who cant.  we need to make sure we remember what and who we are really doing it for. FOR THE KIDS and for children's miracle network.  this is a great way to spend time with friends and family and dance and have lots of fun. I hope everyone enjoys it and dances and plays all the games. 



Night by Elie Wiesel

Kalen Hatten
Mrs. Hartney
LA 8A
26 February 2014

In Language Arts, the eigth grade has just finished reading a book called "Night" written by Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and author of many other best selling books. This book is an autobiography about Elie's account of his experiences at Auschwitz concentration camp and Buchenwald concentration camp. In it, he explains how at first, the Jews in his town of Sighet believed the Fascists would never come past Poland. When they did enter, they were moved to Ghettos and many orders were placed on them. Finally, they were taken to their first concentration camp. There, Elie was seperated from his mother and sister and never saw them again. He stayed with his father as long as he could. He moved to multiple other camps with his father, enduring hard labor, multiple beatings, and minimal to no food and water. After his father died, Elie felt he ahd nothing to live for, but pushed onward. Finally, during his last days at Buchenwald, the Russians and Americans caught up with the Germans and Elie was free at last. After all he and other inmates had endured, all they could think about was food. Ironically, Elie almost died form food poisening after he was released, but got better and went about his new life as a free Jew.

Sydney Ahlquist
Mrs. Hartney
L.A. 7-A
26 February 2014

Out of My Mind Project

 

 

           We had to do a project for out of my mind when we finished. We had to make a glog on Glogster. We had to include: Lessons/ Themes, Connections, and Changes in Characters. We had to have pictures and multi media. It was fun but mine doesn't really match. I created my own because I didn't really like any of the templates that they gave us.

 

 

          I added two things of multi media. I put a song and a Youtube video. I added a few pictures and some moving clip art. I had lots of things to put in my project, but I couldn't, due to the small amount of space they gave us. I personally liked doing our own project on Glogster, and I hope we get to do another one on that website.

 

 



Middle School Renovations

Over the past few weeks construction crews have been working hard on putting the final touches on the new Middle School Life Center. Even though we moved in a few months ago there is still work to be done. Many changes were made to the Life Center, the parking lots, and The Point. First a new siding was added to the front of the Life Center. It gives the building a new look that had previously been left unfinished. The parking lot was also redone adding new drains for water. Across the street at The Point many of the trees have been cut down. This will allow for more space for PE class and other activities that take place there. The past few months have been filled with lots of changes to LCC and there are sure to be more to come!

Spanish Grammar

We just had a test on learning the past tense Spanish irregular verbs ir, ser, and hacer. I had a hard time with it at first but then I started to get the hang of it. We had to say "I went to the mall yesterday" or something like that in Spanish. We had to say "yo fui" as "I went." It was really confusing! Then we had to learn how to put prepositions at the end of sentences and that was even more confusing. In stead of putting, I went to the mall with Carla, I had to go to the mall with her. It made it even more confusing when the prepositions were in the middle of the sentence. The worst part of the test was the oral part where she speaks the questions to us and we have to answer in Spanish to her. Personally, I feel a lot of pressure when I do orals, because sometimes other people go before you so they are watching you the whole it. I do not like it. We also have a written part, so it is basically 2 tests in 1 period! This Spanish grammar unit was hard, and I am glad it is over!

Sam Sockol
Mrs.  Hartney
February 23 2014
LA 7-T

Bunsen Burner lab

         In Science class we have started to use Bunsen burners. They are very fun to use and very interesting. They first time we used them we just learned the proper way and how to make the flame. After we learned how to use them we started a real lab. The second lab was so we could learn how to separate salt from water. The way we did it was to first to get water and slat and mix them until it was a homogenous mixture. That means that you can not see the slat in the water and it just looks like normal water. After that we put it on the Bunsen burner and waited for all of the water to evaporate. When it was done evaporating, all that was left was the slat and all of the water was gone. That was our Bunsen burner lab. 

 



Out Of My Mind

Callie Friske
Mrs. Hartney
LA 7A
2/23/2014

 

Out of My Mind

           This year we have read many different stories and books in Language Arts. In the past week or so we have starts reading a book called Out of my Mind. This book is an amazing book. It is about a disabled child with her family, getting through life and obstacles. If you have ever read this book it never gets old. I have read this book twice and I still enjoy reading it. I know exactly what happens at the end, but I suppose I won't tell you. The author of this book is Sharon Draper. She is an amazing writer and I have read three of her books. Her stories are always heartfelt just like Out of my Mind. Melody, the disabled child, is so smart because for so many years in her life she has picked up words, phrases, and learning skills. This book is all about her friends, life's difficulties, and how Melody gets through life.

 

 

 

 





Haiden Burrichter

Mrs. Hartney

LA 7A

February 20, 2014

            Even though I didn't have a grandparent this year for Grandparents Day, it was still fun. Grandparents day is a special day where your grandparents get to come to Lutheran Church of the Cross Day School and see what it is like. Normally my grandparents come for Grandparents day, but this year they were unable to attend. Before we had chapel, Claire and I got to hold the doors for all the grandparents. It was interesting to see what all the grandparents looked like and where they were from. After that, we got to go back to Mrs. Hartney's classroom and make a hand tree. I liked doing that. We traced our hand and then cut hearts out that were representing the leaves. It was a very good idea. I gave it to my mom for Valentines Day and she loved it! After all the grandparents left we had a normal day. Grandparents day is always a fun and exciting day of the year. I am excited for it to arrive again next year! 

Go and Glow Mixer 2014

We just recently had a mixer. The theme was 'Go and Glow'. The mixer was held in the gym and the teachers were there too. They turned the lights off, and they put glow in the dark lights up so if you were wearing neon or white on your clothes, it would glow! It was 10 dollars to get in, and when you paid, they gave you two glow sticks. Half way through the mixer, we got a 15 minute break to get a snack and a drink. We went to the snack area on the side of the life center and just hung out there for a little while. They took our pictures too. Once we went back inside they turned the music back on and we started dancing and hanging out again. I thought it was cool we could request the songs we wanted. I also thought that it was an awesome idea to let us wear shorts! The mixer was really fun!

Magnetism Science Lab

This week, we did a lab in Science on how extreme temperatures affect the strength of a magnet. I was in Lindsey, Claire, and Ryan S's group. First, we put the magnet in a bowl of BB's three times and averaged the number of BB's collected. Then , we heated up the Bunsen burners to about 100 degrees celsius and boiled the water with the magnet in it. Once the water reached the 100 mark, we let the magnet stay in the water for about 2 more minutes and then tested it in the BB's. Next, we tested the magnet in dry ice. The temperature of the dry ice was approx. -75 degrees celsius. We stuck the magnet in the dry ice fro about 5 minutes. After the 5 minutes was up, we tested the magnet in the BB's just like we did with the hot water. Using the information that my group collected, we determined that the magnet's strength increases when it is in coller temperatures. The magnet collected more BB's after the dry ice than the hot water. I relly enjoyed this lab and had a lot of fun doing it. 

Egg Lab Project

In Science and Math, every couple of weeks we work on our Egg Drop projects. What this is, is we have to construct a device that will protect an egg from cracking. Once you have made this device you will erst it by dropping it from 25 feet. In my group I have Logan and Christopher to work with. Ms Miller and Mrs. Rodgers have made some restrictions to our project. Such as, it can not weigh over 100 grams and you are not allowed to use certain types of food to protect the egg. Our idea is one, to have a parachute at the top. Two, we have to have something soft to protect the egg. This egg drop project will be really fun!

Introduction to World War 2

We recently wrapped up our Language Arts Literature Unit for Tolerance. Within that unit we learned the importance of tolerance and how when people lack it, chaos is caused which was demonstrated by the devastating Yugoslavian War. This war occurred in the 1990's and destroyed the economies and governments of entire European regions. We also learned about another war that occurred 50 years earlier and was also due to lack of tolerance which is World War 2. This war was caused by Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany in the 1940's. He took control of Germany among many other European countries and is currently known for his attempted "Final Solution" which was to kill everyone who wasn't your stereotypical Christian (preferably blonde haired, blue eyed) German. It is common knowledge that he specifically targeted Jews but people of other faiths and beliefs like gypsies, homosexuals, and non-Caucasian ethnicities were also mistreated by Hitler and his Nazi Party. We only touched lightly on World War 2 and how toleration was a big factor into it but will be pursuing this topic more during the second semester in both Language Arts and Social Studies. For this unit we read parts of Anne Frank's diary and the experience of a 15 year old girl who visited the concentration camps on a school field trip. I am very excited to delve more into this topic though! I am extremely interested in the Holocaust and am already extremely familiarized with the subject as I did my National History Day project on it last year and have a few ancestors who lived in the concentration camps because they openly practiced the Jewish faith. I think that reading about Anne Frank was a great start to this intriguing topic!

Puerto Rican Culture

In Spanish class, we recently finished learning about the interesting culture of Puerto Rico. The population in Puerto Rico is a mere four million. The area is 3.515 squared miles. One one the many attractions is "El Parque de Bombas. "  "El Parque de Bombas" is also known as "The Pearl of the South." It is located on the southern side of Puerto Rico in Ponce, and is not far from the Caribbean Coast.  The city of Ponce was established in 1692.  It was named after Spanish explorer Don Ponce de Leon.  He was also the first governor of Puerto Rico. El Parque de Bombas is considered to be the best example of Puerto Rican village architecture. There is a wooden structure in El Parque de Bombas, which was constructed to house the agricultural and industrial exhibits for the fair of 1882.  Then it had other functions such as a music hall, and a place for the city's firemen to have their band perform. After 1990 it became a museum dedicated to their city's firemen.  El Parque de Bombas, is just one of the many beautiful attractions in Puerto Rico.
                                      
-Emma V.

Out of my mind- Lindsey Winzleler

Lindsey Winzeler

Mrs. Hartney

Language Arts

2/12/14

Out of my mind

            This week in Language arts we start reading Out of My Mind. I have read the book before and really liked it. It is about a girl growing up not able to talk. All of the doctors thought that she was mentally retarded, but really she was one of the smartest kids her age. She got a machine and was then able to talk. It is a really good book and we are still reading it. I am on page 40 or something like that. We are supposed to be looking for changes in character, themes and lessons, and connections. You would think it is hard of me to relate to a girl who can’t talk or walk, but it actually isn’t as hard as you think. She was always being misunderstood until she got her chance to shine. I love that we are reading this book in Language Arts! I can’t wait to finish it.

Egg Lab -Brooke Dolan

This week in science we worked on an egg lab. My group was Brooke G, Charlie, and Christopher. We all worked together well and we split up the work. Charlie and Christopher worked on separating the egg whites, and Brooke and I worked on pouring the things into the test tubes, we took four test tubes filled with egg whites of an egg. Test tube one we filled a beaker of water and waited for it to boil on top of the Bunsen burner. We placed the test tube into the water and it cooked until it was hard. Then for test tube number two we put salt in it and it started to fizz and bubble a little. For number three and four we put in baking soda and lemon juice and if also fizzed, t more then he salt. This was one of my favorite labs using the eggs and everyday things. This is picture of the kind of colored eggs we used for the experiment. 

speed Lab -Annabelle

In science we have learned about velocity, speed, and acceleration over the past week.  We have taken notes and did many examples.  Recently we did a speed lab.  The first thing we did was make a chart saying everyone in the class' names and make a column for speed and time.  Next, we went outside and measured out 15 meters with a yard stick.  Then we all lined up and got ready to run.  Ms. Miller timed us with her phone as we ran past her.  Once someone ran, we recorded it on our chart.  We did this everytime for each student.  When it was my turn to run I got 2.7 seconds.  After everyone ran, we went inside to go to our next class.  For homework we ha to calculate the speed.  To find the speed you divide meters by seconds and that gives you your average speed.  The units for speed is usually meters per second.  My average was 5.5 meters per second.  This lab was very fun to do to show us how to calculate speed.