Virtual Journey to the Center of the Earth

This week we continued our adventure to the center of the Earth.  We were trying to give the students a scaled visual of just how deep the center is.  To do this we measured out different colors of crepe paper to represent the 15 layers/points that we researched and discussed last week.  We then took our crepe paper to the hallways and taped them up in order and locations.  This stretched from the band room down past the cafeteria, across the front of the auditorium down the hallway that my room is in and then up and down the art hallway.  The students were extremely surprised at the length as we walked it and taped it up.  This was also a great activity to practice measurement.  The next thing we did was start to investigate the radius of the various layers and use that information to help us find the volume of the Earth and its layers.
Next meeting we will continue to determine the volume of the Earth and then we will start to calculate how long it will take to walk from the crust to the center of the Earth.  See you on Oct. 20th!!!

IMSA Fusion is underway with its' 1st Meeting

 HELLO!!!

We have begun our explorations into the Earth's Interior, Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes!

We began our first meeting with an introductory activity to welcome our new 6th grade members.  It allowed them to meet and work with some of the 7th and 8th grade members.  It was a great success and they had a great time meeting one another and learning to work as a team to complete the task in the quickest amount of time.  I have attached a few pictures below of this activity.

We then began our Virtual Field Trip into the Earth!  The students were given a picture of a blank cross section of the Earth.  They then had to fill in as many layers of the Earth that they could think of in ten minutes.  We discussed these layers and the number of layers they came up with.  The students then used their chromebooks to research a couple of layers or areas of the Earth and we then shared our findings with the rest of the groups.  This will then lead us into next weeks activity where we will build a visual of these layers with crepe paper and hang it in the hallway.  This way the students can get a better understanding of the layers of Earth and how they compare to one another.

This is just the beginning of a very exciting unit.  Please visit our site frequently to see what we have been up to!!

1st Semester Snack Sign Ups

1st Semester Snack Sign Ups

Sept. 29th-- Sophia Gugliotta

Oct. 6th -- Camellia Schwartzman/Emma Koval

Oct. 20th -- Harley Kent/Lucas Shroyer

Oct. 27th -- Megan Harms/ Alyson Wilt

Nov. 3rd -- Quinn Anderson/Mikayla Lewis

Nov. 10th -- Natalie Nelson/ Makayla Huff

Nov. 17th -- Madi/ Hallie Winship

Nov. 24th -- Vanessa Triplett/Chad Admire

Dec. 1st -- Natalie Courtney/ Marie Fredrickson

Dec. 8th -- Garrett Sprinkle/ Juan Caro

Dec. 15th -- 

Jan. 12th --

There are still a couple of dates, one this semester and one to start next semester that we would like to fill!!! Thanks to the students for signing up and the families for their participation in bringing snacks for the hard working kids in IMSA FUSION!!! We truly appreciate it.  

2014-2015 New Year Meeting, Activity and Deadlines

IMSA FUSION

2014-2015

September 18, 2014 at 7pm 

This is when we had our Beginning the New Year Meeting.  We had a wonderful turnout and was very please to either welcome to IMSA or welcome our returning members back!  Mrs. Blust and Miss Dornon are excited to get IMSA underway this year.  If you were unable to attend the meeting please see one of us to get an application or you can get one from Mrs. Sibbing, our new Dean of Students and IMSA Coordinator!  

Below are a few pictures from the fun activity we had the families participate in.

 Magnetism by Induction was the challenge for the evening.  The groups were to try to create the longest vertical chain of paperclips using their magnets.  The paperclips could not be hooked together!!!  They were all given five minutes to practice and develop a plan and then a one minute competition took place.  The longest chain achieved was 13 paperclips!!  Nice job to everyone who participated!!  We really loved seeing all of the ideas you came up with.

 If anyone would like the powerpoint that we shared at the meeting please contact Miss Dornon and she would be happy to email it to you!!

Below are the deadlines and other important dates as for the application process:

Applications due:   September 25th

Team Review of Applications: September 25th - 27th

Notification of Acceptance:  September 27th

First meeting: September 29th from 3-4:50 pm

The End of a Year =(

2013-2014 Year of IMSA ended with a Family Scavenger Hunt that involved all of the Secret Codes we had worked with throughout 2 nd Semester as the clues.



We had a great time watching all of the hard work done by our members and their families.  It seemed as though all ages had a wonderful time!

 Mrs. Blust and Miss Dornon were extremely proud of all the IMSA Members and their hard work throughout the year.  We also appreciate all of the parent support, it could not happen without all you do!  Thank you.  We are truly looking forward to getting the new year and unit up and running.

Here are the three teams to successfully finish the Scavenger Hunt!!  Everyone worked very hard and had a GREAT time also!!!

See you soon =)

UPDATED IMSA NIGHT FLYER

You are Invited

To The

IMSA FUSION Family NIGHT!!

WHO:  IMSA FUSION Students and their Families

WHAT:  IMSA FUSION Family Night

WHEN:   May 19^th, 2014 from  5 pm til 6:30 pm

        *Students will have a normal IMSA meeting from

                   3-5 pm and you are welcome to join us at 5 pm.

WHERE:  Churchill Junior High, Library

WHY:  The IMSA Students will ask for your assistance in a Scavenger Hunt throughout Churchill.  The Scavenger Hunt will use the various codes we have worked with this semester.

**Prizes will be awarded!

***Drinks will be provided, however we are asking students to donate a dozen cookies by noon on May 12^th for the nights events.*** 

Date change and 5-5-14 meeting

**** IMSA Family Night has been moved to May 19th, 2014.  This is due to so many conflicts that were occurring on May 12th.  Sorry for any inconvenience but to attain the best attendance we felt this was the best move to make!!!  Can't wait to see you all there!****

Monday's lesson was entitled Who's Holding the Key!  We have worked all semester on various codes for words or messages.  Today we worked with how to code a number.  Although it was quite confusing we worked our way through it!  The kids did a wonderful job!  Mrs. Blust and I were very proud of them.  The picture above shows the basic outline as to how we sent the code.  We then decided on a hidden integer and put numbers on the nodes to total that integer.  Next we added up all the numbers that were directly connected by the lines and put the totals next to the nodes.  On the second picture it shows larger nodes.  If you add the numbers up of those nodes, you should get your hidden integer.

Don't forget May 19th, 2014 is IMSA FAMILY NIGHT!  MARK YOUR CALENDARS and WE WILL SEE YOU THERE!!