"The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them."

- Sir William Bragg

ajewett@olgcschool.org

Welcome to my web site!

I began my teaching career in 2001 in a high school in Delaware and joined OLGC in 2004 when I moved to Virginia.  I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences and earned my Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction in 2010.  I strive hard every day to learn how to help my students in the best way possible and I love to continue learning how and working hard to  become a better teacher each and every day.

I am entering my 11th year of teaching and my philosophy remains the same - you learn Science best by doing Science.  I try to use a variety of methods in the classroom so students stay or become interested in Science.  It is my hope that students will conduct hands-on science experiments and use technology to learn to think like scientists.

I hope this website provides students and parents with useful information:   chapter web logs, a list of the scientists that we will study each month, and all of our virtual activities.  Please contact me with any questions or comments.

OLGC Middle School

Mrs. Jewett's Science Web Page

OLGC MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE WEB PAGE - MRS. JEWETT

How we bring Science to Life:

• 6th Grade - Combine Language Arts and Science and what do you get? Research reports on different kinds of scientists and the English teacher hears about some scientists for the first time. The students wrote research reports and gave an oral presentation to their teachers and classmates. Some students even include a Power Point presentation.
  

• 6th Graders are read The Lorax by Dr. Seuss in Science class to teach about Environmental Science and how the actions of one person or many people can have a large impact on the environment. The children write a speech advocating for or against implementing environmental regulations in the “Land of the Truffala Trees” and create concept maps to illustrate relationships between all of the characters and organisms in the book.
  

• 7th Graders - Put their science skills to work when they acted as forensic scientists in science class, learning to make keen observations, pay attention to detail, and make inferences and predictions. They had to practice those skills by solving a crime where two scientists and their experiment were missing.
  

• 7th graders compete in the Diocesan Science Fair.
  

• 8th graders - Conducted a virtual experiment to design a game that allowed a bowling ball to travel through a course of loops and hills, possibly through a sand trap, and knock down a bowling pin atop a ledge. The trick was making sure the game only allowed one bowling ball to win so they had to tweak their designs to ensure there was only one winning combination.