Alta-Aurelia 7th/8th Grade Science

Alta-Aurelia 7th/8th Grade Science Seventh & Eighth Grade Happenings at Alta-Aurelia Middle School It is here to inform parents of important information and events in the sixth grade. Thank you!

This page was created to provide another form of communication between sixth grade families and the Alta-Aurelia sixth grade staff. Any personal questions or problems regarding school, should be addressed privately with the staff, not on this open forum.

08/29/2026

The new 8th graders love doing MJ just Dance at the end of the day

07/23/2026

Ended our Summer School with a scavenger hunt on school grounds! These kids put over 2000 steps in solving the clues!

🌟 What an incredible 6 weeks of Summer School! 🚀🌱🌦️Over the past six weeks, our students have explored, created, experim...
07/14/2026

🌟 What an incredible 6 weeks of Summer School! 🚀🌱🌦️

Over the past six weeks, our students have explored, created, experimented, and discovered through engaging, hands-on STEM activities. It has been an exciting summer filled with curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving!

Throughout the program, students learned about:
🔧 How to be a Maker
💡 Developing a Maker Mindset
⚙️ Thinking Like an Engineer
💧 The Water Cycle
🌿 Plants & Insects
🌤️ Weather
🌙 Space & the Moon

Students brought these concepts to life by creating colorful windsocks, making a blooming flower, doing weather experiements, taking on a hurricane engineering challenge, and designing and building bridges using the engineering design process. Every project encouraged teamwork, perseverance, creativity, and critical thinking.

I am so proud of all our students for embracing challenges, asking great questions, and growing as young scientists, engineers, and innovators throughout these six weeks.

Thank you to our students and families for making Summer School such a wonderful experience. I hope everyone has a fantastic rest of the summer, and I can't wait to see what our future innovators accomplish next!

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After our chemistry unit, we updated and finished the periodic table that was in the science room!
06/04/2026

After our chemistry unit, we updated and finished the periodic table that was in the science room!

04/18/2026

A 17-year-old turned to beetroot juice to tackle a problem the medical world has struggled with for years: detecting infections in wounds without costly technology.

In 2021, Iowa high school student Dasia Taylor created surgical stitches that change color when a wound becomes infected. By coating thread with beetroot extract, a natural pH indicator, the sutures shift from bright red to dark purple as bacteria raise the wound’s pH levels. She designed the innovation to be low-cost and accessible for hospitals in developing countries that lack advanced monitoring tools. Taylor was named a Top 40 finalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, received the Seaborg Award, and has since filed for a patent.

04/17/2026

8C Wild Weather Report

04/16/2026

8B Wild Weather Report

04/14/2026

8A Wild Weather Report

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Aurelia, IA
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