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| | Grade 7 Memorial Project | | | | | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:10 PM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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Our Grade 7 students presented their memorial projects to the public on Tuesday, January 11. The presentations were made in our Binney Art Gallery and we have numerous photos to share from that very successful event!
Alex created her memorial about the Kinder Transport
Allie created a memorial about the identities stolen and the futures impacted
Phillip created a memorial to Hiroshima
Molly's memorial invited participants to go behind the curtain one person at a time to reinforce the choices that each individual has to make to create a more just world.
The students have free artistic license to use materials and images to get viewers to think about an event studied in Grade 7 Humanities class.
Michael's memorial spoke about the power of words and language in forming one's identity.
David's had a pristine window covering shattered glass in his memorial to Kristalnacht.
Lili's memorial provoked thought about stereotyping and the resulting abolishment of individualism.
Students from last year's Humanities class were welcome visitors.
Aaron's memorial spoke to the power within oneself to break the bondage of the prejudices we hold.
Michael's exhibit focused on Darfur
Thank you to everyone who attended the opening! The exhibits will remain on display through January in our Binney Art Gallery.
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| WMA MS at the MFA in Boston, MA |
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| Friday, December 17, 2010 8:09 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| A couple of more photos trickled in from our Grade 6 and Grade 7 trip to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston that I thought you might enjoy. [Image:DSC00769 2.jpg] Shopping like a consumer [Image:DSC00769.jpg] Walking like an Egyptian |
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| Planting Factor Trees |
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| Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:34 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| A part of establishing a strong foundation in math is to be able to "speak" in three different languages that communicate quantity, decimal language, fraction language, and percentage language. Being able to translate one way to communicat |
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| Keeping arteries open for business! |
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| Monday, December 13, 2010 11:03 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Grade 7 science continues to study the heart with today's activity investigating the health problems that arise when arteries become clogged.[Image:DSCF0001 2.jpg] Students, again working with partners, try to discover what happens when the heart tri |
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| WMA MS DANCE FEVER!!! |
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| Monday, December 13, 2010 8:14 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Congratulations to our WMA MS Student Council for organizing a great first dance! The dance was a big success with loads of students out on the dance floor having fun! [Image:IMG_0380 2.jpg] The new Campus Center was a great venue for our dance. |
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| Grade 7 Science, "Hearts and Lungs" |
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| Thursday, December 9, 2010 10:04 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| [Image:DSCF0001 2.jpg] Grade 7 science gives a big thumbs up to their latest activity studying how the heart and lungs work in concert to supply our tissues with oxygenated blood and to remove CO2 from accumulating in our tissues. [Image:DSCF0001.jpg |
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| Testing Soils |
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| Wednesday, December 8, 2010 9:38 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Grade 8 science studied how water travels through different materials to better understand how ground water forms and accumulates. [Image:DSCF0001 2.jpg] [Image:DSCF0004 20.jpg] Notice the different soil samples and graduated cylinders [Image:DSCF00 |
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| The Heart is a Pump |
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| Friday, December 3, 2010 1:20 PM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Grade 7 science is exploring how our heart functions. Form is the foundation for function so understanding how the heart is designed should provide clues to how it operates. [Image:DSCF0001 2.jpg] The investigation involved tubing and two types of p |
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| Is Neutralization the solution? |
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| Friday, December 3, 2010 9:36 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Imagine you work for a company that produces computer chips. In the process of creating the chip, your company creates water that becomes acidic. What is the best procedure you should follow to make the water safe for reintroduction into the ecosys |
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| Congrats for a great fall season! |
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| Thursday, November 18, 2010 11:10 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| We celebrated our fall season accomplishments with a pizza party Wednesday. Coach Whitcomb, our soccer coach, was there to celebrate with us. [Image:DSCF0001 2.jpg] Hope had trouble grabbing a slice as the pizza would not cooperate! [Image:DSCF0001. |
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| Grade 8 Colony Projects |
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| Monday, November 15, 2010 9:30 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Our Grade 8 Humanities students working with the theme, "Knowing One's Community", completed a project where students, working in small groups, were required to create a colony in North America, pre Revolution. The students needed to think |
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| Grade 8 confronts industrial waste! |
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| Monday, November 15, 2010 9:19 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Our Grade 8 Science classes were given the challenge that placed them as a water resource manager working for a computer chip manufacturer. In the process of creating their product, the water used to wash the chips becomes acidified. Our students |
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| Last Halloween Posting 2010 |
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| Tuesday, November 9, 2010 9:04 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Here is our final posting showcasing how we celebrated Halloween this year at WMA Middle School. These pumpkins, carved by our students during advisor meeting time, made it to this photo op. It is fitting that our pumpkins take the final spot in o |
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| Grade 7 Science |
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| Monday, November 8, 2010 10:04 AM -0500 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Our Grade 7 Science students worked on an activity in their science class today measuring the amount of Carbon Dioxide in one's breath. This science unit will tie in nicely with their health studies as they investigate daily nutrition, a daily exerc |
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| Pumpkin Carving |
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| Thursday, November 4, 2010 3:50 PM -0400 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| We were actually charged up and ready to carve our pumpkins on Friday, October 29, the day we attended school in costume, but our pumpkin carving safety knives did not arrive via the mail until the end of the academic day on Friday. So, not wanting |
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| Grade 8 Humanities |
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| Thursday, November 4, 2010 3:12 PM -0400 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Here is a posting from our Grade 8 Humanities class taught by Ms. BV. The theme for Grade 8 Humanities is "Knowing One's Community" and the historical frame of reference is the founding of the "American Dream". In this activity |
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| Grade 7 Energy Bars |
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| Tuesday, November 2, 2010 3:13 PM -0400 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Mr. Lago's favorite day arrived! Grade 7 Energy Bar Day! Students were challenged to develop their own energy bar that contained no more than a maximum number of calories, a restriction on the number of calories that could come from a fat source, a |
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| Las Dias de los Muertos |
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| Tuesday, November 2, 2010 2:43 PM -0400 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Our Grade 7 and Grade 8 Spanish students celebrated Las Dias de los Muertos today in Spanish class. The Day of the Dead is a celebration that stretches back thousands of years and connects Aztec culture with Spanish culture. [Image:DSCF0001 2.jpg] H |
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| Grade 8 Science |
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| Monday, November 1, 2010 12:18 PM -0400 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Grade 8 Science continues to study what a community has to do to ensure safe, potable water to the inhabitants of the community. This activity on Testing Acids and Bases allows the students to delve deeper into the science of Chemistry. [Image:DSCF0 |
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| Halloween Math |
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| Friday, October 29, 2010 4:54 PM -0400 | By: WMA Middle School |
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| Mrs. Dangleis' Grade 6 math class worked on some Halloween Math today. Students worked in groups to determine different measurements of a skeleton, a bat. Mr. Pumpkin, a Spider's Web and a Witches Hat. [Image:DSCF0065 2.jpg] Richard appears to be wo |
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