This past week in Mr. Ray’s science class, the 8th graders assembled straw rockets and competed to see who had the best distance and who got the closest to hitting the middle of the target. Also, this coming Monday the 8th graders will be building containers to hold an egg that will be dropped from various heights. The competition for the egg drop project will take place Tuesday. In the Chemistry and Physical Science classes, the students are doing a lab on periodic trends. In the Biology class, they are doing a lab titled "An Introduction to Carbohydrates.