Homework -- 3/12

Reminder: There is no school tomorrow, Friday 3/13, due to parent-student-teacher conferences. Language Arts Assigned today: Due Monday, 3/16, complete writing your short story up to the climax. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Reminder: Everyone must have their own calculator at school. Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Monday, 3/16, do #8 through #17 on pp. 61-63. (Use a cm. ruler.) (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: Due Monday, 3/16, do 2.3 on p. 21. There are 14 possibilities. (Looking for Pythagoras). Previously Assigned/still due: 7th and 8th Grades: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: Due Monday, 3/16, complete questions on back of "Population Pyramid" handout. Also, show World Religions folder to parents; bring back Monday, 3/16. Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Monday, March 16: Option A folks: A draft of your description of this part is due. Option B folks: A draft of your description in number 2 (see "Project Guidelines" handout) is due. Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: none 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None

8th Grade Project

• Write something everyday in your journal - except weekends - (it could be a thought, a challenge, a sentence or two, etc.).

Tech

• Due Wednesday, March 18, complete Global Warming Assignment worksheet.

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Science handout: Mechanics of the Human Skeleton, "Individual Project Guidelines and Timetable"
• World Religions folder
• 8th grade - L.A. journal (for project entry)
• Math book and binder
• Math 8: "Enclosed 5-Dot by 5-Dot Grids" handout
• Math 7: copies of pp. 61-63 (Covering and Surrounding)

Homework -- 3/11

Language Arts Assigned today: None Previously assigned/still due: None Math Reminder: Everyone must have their own calculator at school. Assigned today: 7th Grade: None (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: None (Looking for Pythagoras). Previously Assigned/still due: 7th and 8th Grades: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: Due Thursday, 3/12, do Leg Lever Activity - a, b, & c (see handout, "Leg Levers - Digger or Runner?). Also due Thursday, 3/12, your source for you "Mechanics of the Human Skeleton" project (see handout). Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: none 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: For this week (w/o 3/9-3/12) keep reading ch. 9 and practicing pronunciation. 8th Grade: None

8th Grade Project

• Write something everyday in your journal - except weekends - (it could be a thought, a challenge, a sentence or two, etc.).

Tech

• Due Wednesday, March 3/18, complete Global Warming Assignment worksheet.

Other (Integration: Science/Language Arts)

• Due Thursday, 3/12, complete illustration for science poem on 8 1/2" x 11" white paper. Use pencil or colored pencil only.

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Science handout: Mechanics of the Human Skeleton, "Individual Project Guidelines and Timetable"
• Science handout: "Leg Levers - Digger or Runner?"
• 8th grade - L.A. journal (for project entry)

Homework -- 3/10

Language Arts Assigned today: Due Wednesday, 3/11, complete the opening of your short story through the exposition - time, place, intro. to the main character, establishing of mood/atmosphere. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Reminder: Everyone must have their own calculator at school, as you cannot borrow one from Jane. Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Wednesday, 3/11, do 6.3 on p. 59 and #1, 4, & 6 on p. 60 (follow the model shown in class today) (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: Due Wednesday, 3/11, do #1 on pp. 24-25 (you will need dot grid paper, protractor, and ruler) (Looking for Pythagoras). Previously Assigned/still due: 7th and 8th Grades: Due Wednesday, 3/11, Math's Mate (7th - Term 3, Sheet 1; 8th - Term 2, Sheet 1). Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Thursday, 3/12, do Leg Lever Activity - a, b, & c (see handout, "Leg Levers - Digger or Runner?). Also due Thursday, 3/12, your source for you "Mechanics of the Human Skeleton" project (see handout). Previously Assigned/still due: Due Wednesday, 3/11, answer all Vocabulary questions (1-14), and Concepts questions 1,2,3,5,6, & 9, on p. 425 of handout. Answer on separate lined paper. Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: none 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: For this week (w/o 3/9-3/12) keep reading ch. 9 and practicing pronunciation. 8th Grade: None

8th Grade Project

• Write something everyday in your journal - except weekends - (it could be a thought, a challenge, a sentence or two, etc.).

Tech

• Due March 3/18, complete Global Warming Assignment worksheet.

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Science handout, 2-sided (pp 412 & 425)
• Science reading handouts, ch. 19
• Science handout: Mechanics of the Human Skeleton, "Individual Project Guidelines and Timetable"
• Science handout: "Leg Levers - Digger or Runner?"
• Math's Mate (7th: 3-1; 8th: 2-1)
• Math book and binder
• Math 7: copy of p. 60 and grid paper
• Math 8: dot paper, protractor, ruler
• L.A. journal

Mechanics of the Human Skeleton: "Individual Project Guidelines and Timetable"

Mechanics of the Human Skeleton "Individual Project Guidelines and Timetable" March 10, 2009 Option A: Project on one moving part of the skeleton

1. Introduction: Tell what part you chose/why (1 paragraph)
2. Describe how this particular moving part is designed (tendons, muscles, ligament, bone structure) = 1 paragraph
3. Using an example of the part in motion (dancing, swinging a bat, etc., explain or describe this part in action (what is contracting, relaxing, tightening, flexing, etc.) (1 paragraph)
4. Make a sketch in pencil/colored pencil, and identify the key parts of the diagram OR make a model of the part and identify the key parts some way (one full page)
5. Include a bibliography of sources used (you need a minimum of two)

Option B: Make a mobile demonstrating law of levers, using different levers in equilibrium

1. Write a description of your mobile and what principle(s) it demonstrates about the Law of Levers, and the class of levers you used in this mobile (1 paragraph).
2. Describe one part in the human skeleton that uses a first class lever (1 paragraph).
3. Create a mobile, using at least three different levers at equilibrium (show different mechanical advantages by varying distances if input/output arms and input/output forces).

Timetable

• Thursday, March 12: Bring to school at least one source for your project. This can be a diagram, a description of the joint, etc., from an encyclopedia article, textbook, book on human anatomy. Option B folks submit a basic sketch of a mobile design you are thinking about.
• Monday, March 16: Option A folks: A draft of your description of this part is due. Option B folks: A draft of your description in number 2 (above) is due.
• Wednesday, March 18: Option A folks: draft description of this part in motion (number 3 above) is due. Option B folks: revised drawing of your model is due, with specific measurements you will be using for your mobile.

More dates to follow....

Homework -- 3/9

Language Arts Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 3/10, in L.A. journal, record what you learned about your main character when role-playing him/her. Also, write questions you want answers to regarding your character. (Have ind. rdg. book with you.) Previously assigned/still due: None Math Reminder: Everyone must have their own calculator at school, as you cannot borrow one from Jane. Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due tomorrow, Tuesday 3/10, complete 6.2 on p. 58 and #7 on pp. 60-61 (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: Due tomorrow, Tuesday 3/10, complete complete 2.2 on p. 18 and 2.2 Follow-Up (1, 2, & 3 only) on p. 19 according to directions (Looking for Pythagoras). Previously Assigned/still due: 7th and 8th Grades: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: Due Wednesday, 3/11, answer all Vocabulary questions (1-14), and Concepts questions 1,2,3,5,6, & 9, on p. 425 of handout. Answer on separate lined paper. Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Tuesday, 3/10, read ch. 9. 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None

8th Grade Project

• Write something everyday in your journal - except weekends - (it could be a thought, a challenge, a sentence or two, etc.).

Tech

• Due March 3/18, complete Global Warming Assignment worksheet.

Other

• Make thank-you card per instructions.

Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• Science handout, 2-sided (pp 412 & 425)
• Science reading handouts, ch. 19
• Math binder and book
• Math 7: handout copy of p. 61 and cm. grid paper
• Math 8: dot grid paper
• L.A. journal