Thursday, January 7, 2010

General Announcements:

• Friday, 1/8: 6-7-8 Dance, 8-11 PM!
  • Decoration committee meets 3-4 and must arrange own pickup at 4
  • Food committee meets at 7:45 in All-School space.
  Last day to comment with music requests!
• You must have an independent reading book every day. If you are getting close to the end of one, have the next one at school and ready to go.

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • Due Fri., 1/8: Complete #10 and #11 of p. 15 of CMP book. Be sure to answer the questions — or do explanations — by restating the question in the answer. You will need graph paper and your cut-out tiles to model the designs.
• 8th Grade:
  • Due Fri., 1/8: Connections Problems on pgs. 74-75: Finish # 28 and do #29. You will need graph paper.

Social Studies:

• None assigned

Science:

• Due Fri., 1/8: Read in Physical Science textbook:
  1. pgs. 327-329 (Chap. 15)
  2. pgs. 356-362 (Chap. 17)

Language Arts:

• Due Fri., 1/8: Complete Lesson 2 in Grammar (singular, plural and collective nouns).

Moment of Zen:

The Ferrari of Toilets?

A friend of mine who studied in Japan for a year of college came back talking about the remarkable high-end toilet showrooms in the country. The toilets came with such features as seat heaters, water sounds and deodorizing misters, to name a few. This article from the excellent urban design blog Design Linguist, describes further and puts in context the supertoilets of Japan.