Ventures graduating 8th graders pose for a hall photo. Congrats to all and good luck!!

Ventures graduating 8th graders pose for a hall photo.  Congrats to all and good luck!!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

NHD 2011

For the 2011 National History Day competition, we have many teams and projects going on. Some projects are The Space Race, Women’s Rights, The Legalization of Gay and Lesbian Marriage, and The Death Penalty. The theme for national history day is debate and diplomacy. The kids competing are Katie, Natalie, Mckenna, Savannah, Indiana, Alisha, and Samantha. This is one of the biggest projects these students will do all year, and it is the only one they present in front of judges. If students do well in judging, they are able to move on to the next level at UW-L. We have many great projects in progress, and we all hope to have a good year for NHD.
- Written by Savannah

Brandon's Project

This is one of Brandon's book projects for the 2nd quarter. He chose this project because it looked unique. Here is the poem: " William tell, William tell, take your arrow and grip it well, theres the apple-aim for the middle- oh well ... you just missed by a little. " By Shel Silverstein.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

My Aunt Carla

On December 20th my aunt Carla came to talk to us about her job. She works for Sensiet Color Division. I helped her prepare and assisted her. We did a color experiment, a few smell tests, and a taste test. She presented a PowerPoint to my class about colors. We all had such a fun time tasting and smelling, exploring our senses. She would love to come again next year and talk about different stuff with all of the new students that would come to Ventures.

- By Maddy

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Mitchell's Robot Project

This is my project about Robots and Energy. When i did this project, I learned how friction makes robots move. I also learned about Newton's Law of Motion. For now, I just have the video because it wont upload, but soon I will have the whole PowerPoint.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Zach's Roller Coaster


My project was about energy. What I learned about this project was that when you push a marble the energy is actuly moving the marble and when you stop the marble you are actually stopping the energy. I learned that potential energy is stored energy and kinetice energy is energy in motion.