In my absence, we looked at a certain science career that happens to be one of my favorites. Nursing! (I very nearly became a nurse myself, and have much admiration and affection for the job.) We were to read about nursing as a career, and then respond to the usual prompt in the CAR format: Explain the positives and negatives (or advantages and disadvantages) of this career. Explain whether this career is desirable in your opinion, and why. You can find the same info about the career here: science buddies nursing career.
In social studies, we read an article about the recent elections. Based on the article, we then responded to a set of questions (check out the link to find them,) using short answers. Then, we were supposed to pick one of the "higher order" prompts and respond to it in CAR format.
I'll be back in the room tomorrow, and we'll resume our science fair presentations.
Hope the day went well!