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• 5/10 – Passed out parent letter and signed a number of patent applications.  Some of the inventions are awesome!!!!!  Also passed out presentation requirements!  Presentations are on Friday.
• 5/11 – Worked on presentations today! Reviewed presentation rubric!
• 5/12 – Focused on rubric for presentations.  Many groups had to redo their poster because of some design issues.
• 5/13 – Shared the top 100 brands with the students.  They were not surprised at all.  No surprise that Google is number 1 worth 114 BILLION!!!  Also passed out Invention Convention map and discussed possible locations in the cafeteria.
• 5/14 – Groups presented to the 7th graders today.  Click here to see money results!
• 5/17 & 5/18 – worked on PowerPoint advertisements in the media lab.  We also discussed the Sale Day schedule for tomorrow morning.  Should be fun.  Many students have brought a tri-board in.  You will start working tomorrow on your tri-board.
• 5/19 – Introduced pamphlets to everyone.  We are going to use Microsoft Publisher. 
• 5/20 – 5/21 – A few groups got to listen to Mr. Collins (patent attorney) this morning.  He provided valuable insight toward the invention process.  I will post the video later.  We are also finalizing our slides.  Watch out for Mrs. Erdman… She has the ability to terrorize a tri-board!!
• 5/24 – 5/25 – Two days in the lab have been crazy!  Many groups are in the final stages of decorating tri-boards, ads, and PowerPoint presentations.  Passed out Concession Stand Donation Items handout.  Click for a copy.
• 5/28 – Turn in day for a ton of IC items!!!!!!! Don’t forget to bring in your food items for IC!!  Have a great weekend!  I thought I would include presentation from Invention Convention 2009!  Check it out below:

The 6 White team hallway went from a Holiday Theme to a mini Cedar Point.  Check out the slideshow below of the coasters that were created with pipe insulation and duct tape.  Students had the ability to compete in a variety of categories!  Results coming soon!

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Mrs. Erdman fell prey to another email rumor that has circulated in the digital realm.  If you would like to read the email, click here.  This is not a real machine below.  This is a clip from www.animusic.com.. I have provided a clip below!

In the battle of Erdman vs. Valenti, Mrs. Kavinsky jumped in on the fun by placing two new students in Mr. Valenti’s classroom in an attempt to scare him in the morning.  The attempt on scaring Mr. Valenti was unsuccessful!!

Monday (8/31/09)

• Please login to Moodle and look around.   I will put up a tutorial soon!
• Safety contract is due Wednesday
• Study safety symbols for quiz on Wednesday

Tuesday (9/1/09)

• Please login to Moodle and look around.   I will put up a tutorial soon!
• Safety contract is due Wednesday.
• Study for safety symbols quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday (9/2/09)

• Took safety quiz on Moodle and also complete safety symbols quiz on paper.
• I was not in the building yesterday.  I had to take my six week old to the doctor.  Mr. Gravette did a great job subbing for me.

Thursday (9/3/09)

• Had a magazine assembly today.  Please look for the magazine envelope.
• Please create a safety poster detailing one or more of the safety rules covered in class.  You can type or hand make the poster.  Have fun with this assignment.  I would like to hang them up the in room.  This assignment is due Tuesday, September 8th.

Friday (9/4/09)

• Please create a safety poster detailing one or more of the safety rules covered in class.  You can type or hand make the poster.  Have fun with this assignment.  I would like to hang them up the in room.  This assignment is due Tuesday, September 8th.
• Have a great three day weekend!

Use the link below to take a virtual tour of room 207! Enjoy!!

2009 Results

• 1st –  Dave L., Sam K., Justin K., Joey M. – One Bite Dental Floss
• 2nd – Divya M., Karli R., Alyssa S., Rachel R.  - Ihold
• 3rd – Monica F., Allison H., Andrea A. – The Pet Tech
• 4th – Troy W., Dan M., Joe P., John D. – Spray Vaccine
• 5th – Trevor K., Zach M., Ryan M. – The Sun Grill
• 6th – Liz B., Paige L., Stevan M., Nikki B. – Super Booster

We will pass out awards on Friday 6/5/09!

Dear Parents,

This year our school will be participating in a special kind of science fair called the Invention Convention. It is designed to promote your child’s problem-solving and creative-thinking skills. Your child will be following a step-by-step process to invent a new product or develop a new method for doing something. The project will be worked on and developed in all subject areas.

We will begin our preparation for the Invention Convention by having the students learn about inventors and their inventions. By doing so, we hope the students will gain an appreciation for the invention process and thus be better prepared to create their own inventions. The first step in the actual invention process will be finding an idea for an invention. Your child has been encouraged to find a problem that needs to be solved. He or she may ask if you have a need for something that will help you solve a problem. Your interest and encouragement at this stage will help to make the invention process a fun learning experience for your child.

Once your child has settled on an idea and researched it to make sure that the idea has not been used before an “Intent to Invent” form will be completed in class and brought home for your signature. Your child can then begin the planning stage. Time will be set aside each day in school for developing and completing the cross-curricular assignments. Read more…

What an outstanding evening!  It was awesome to see over 190 students exciting about learning.  Hopefully, many of you picked up some great energy saving tips.  This was an awesome experience for each and every student.  We are proud of their efforts!

Energy Wasters
1st – Shannon Rafferty, Karli Ring, Sarah Tilk, Mary Schentur
2nd – Julia McPherson, Alexis Mack, Dani D’Anna, Celeste Alai

Cars
1st – Joey Matrona, Joe Dimitrijevs, Micky Bonamer, Joe Pajka
2nd – Alexey Kaminski, Mia Burris, Ryan Leddy, Matt Kurrass

Renewable Resources
1st – Paige LaFever, Karly Morell, Andrea Avramovic, Trevor Oranski
2nd – Sam Stankivicz, Trevor Knaack, Jon McMahon, Walter Cooper
2nd – Joey Mandato, Justin Korfhage, Sam Koziol, Dave Lucas

Fossil Fuels
1st – Nathan Griffin, Michael Lee, Nick Kasinec
2nd – Janie Madden, Tori Sung, Jackie Swan

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
1st – Rachel Richards, GV Hickin, Katie Kiel
2nd – Dina Kozanas, Jennie Broski, Michelle Guzi, Rachel Lurz, Tiffany Sullivan

Click here to view bar graph results!

We will have a test on Energy for all periods on Friday, March 7th.