{"id":329611,"date":"2026-04-30T15:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=329611"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:51:35","slug":"grade-8-science-update-biomolecules-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2026\/04\/30\/grade-8-science-update-biomolecules-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade 8 Science Update: Biomolecules and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Our Grade 8 scientists have officially wrapped up their <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"72\">Biomolecules<\/b> unit this week with a summative Criterion A assessment. It has been a pleasure watching them do a lot of inquiry into proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids. This marks a major milestone in our curriculum as we have now completed four comprehensive units this academic year: <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"378\">Ecology and Ecosystems<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"402\">Introduction to the Periodic Table<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"438\">Light and Sound Waves<\/b>, and finally, <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"474\">Biomolecules<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Early next week, students will receive detailed feedback on both their recent lab reports and their summative assessments. This feedback will be a vital stepping stone as we transition into our fifth and final unit of the year: <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"228\">Chemical Formulae, Types of Reactions, and Balancing Equations<\/b>. We are excited to finish the year strong by applying their knowledge of elements to the dynamic world of chemical interactions!<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/IMG_0328-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-329612 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/IMG_0328-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Grade 8 scientists have officially wrapped up their Biomolecules unit this week with a summative Criterion A assessment. It has been a pleasure watching them do a lot of inquiry into proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids. This marks a major milestone in our curriculum as we have now completed four comprehensive units this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1117,"featured_media":329612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,192,31,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page","category-myp","category-grade-8","category-secondary-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}