Tuesday, November 30, 2010

General Announcements:

• If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
• Friday PE: For the next few weeks, PE on Friday afternoons will be tied into our study of Hinduism by yoga practice with John. Bring a mat if you have one and loose clothes.
• We need tissues! Cold season is upon us and we need nice tissues for sore noses. If every Prism family donated one box of tissues, that would almost certainly get us through the worst of tissue season.

Math:

• Due Wed., 12/1:
  • Grade 7: #2 on p. 55
  • Grade 8: #27b on p. 50
    • In the table for each of the equations, use the x-values:
      -1, 0, +1.
    • Make tables on lined paper.
    • Use a ruler to make tables & draw straight lines.
    • Show all calculations

Language Arts:

• All:
  Due Wed., 12/1: The homestudy needed for Tech - due to Jane by 8:30 am.

Social Studies:

• Due Wed., 12/1: 3¶ write-up about your god/goddess, following structure on project sheet.

Science:

• Test Fri., 12/3: This test will cover our study of river ecology.
• Due Fri., 12/3: Final version of cover for your science notes featuring an image from some part of our River Ecology study, colored with colored pencil. The cover must also include the title "The Ecosystem of our River"

Spanish:

• Nada

Moment of Zen:

Rocket Week Continues

While the US Government documented its nuclear experiments in excruciating detail, most of those images are still highly classified. German newspaper Der Spiegel recently ran a story about some of the military photographers who worked on this during its heyday in the mid-late 20th century, including a slideshow of some of those images that have been released. Images of the blasts themselves, like the one above, were shot on special XR (extended range) redscale film, which makes them look like something surreal.