GMOs, Roller Coasters, and Local Government?

This week, the biology students will participate in a debate on the pros and cons of GMOs and then develop their own opinion using supporting factual evidence from their research. We will be reviewing the history of agriculture as well as the role of GMOs in agriculture in present day. We are continuing our reading of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were actually some of the first human cell GMOs back in the 60s-70s. If you haven't yet, pick up a copy of this book! It is AWESOME. 

The physics students will be describing the different types of energy and how energy transfers from potential to kinetic by designing a marble roller coaster. We will build the roller coasters on Monday! This week, 3rd period will be gone both Wednesday and Thursday for the accuplacer testing at WNC, therefore a lot of this week's activities can be completed independently. All information has been posted in Google classroom for the students to access at their convenience. 

The high school student council was the focus of this week for me as we were able to take a field trip to the opening day of the assembly as guest of our Assemblywoman Robin Titus of District 38 (covering all of Churchill County and Lyon County except of the Dayton area). The students learned about how a bill becomes a law, how many bills an assemblyman/woman is allowed to introduce, how bills make it through committees, and the funding for these bills. A huge thank you to Dr. Titus's attache`, Stephen Wood, for making our experience run so smoothly from printed certificates with student names, to having a "goodie bag" for the students, and assigned seats! Monday was a historical day for the Nevada Assembly as they elected their first African American speaker and we learned that Nevada has the most diverse legislature in the 50 states! So proud to be a Nevadan!