Monday, September 26, 2011

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

Humanities:

• Due Wed., 9/28:Finish "Write Your Own Constitution" worksheet
• Due Fri., 9/30: Start writing rough draft of constitution. Be sure to address all six categories from "Comparing Constitutions" worksheet.

Math:

Gr. 8
• Due Tues., 9/27: On p. 378 (photocopy), do #15-19, and #30 on p. 379. Find IQR and determine if there are any outliers!

Gr. 7
• Nothing...for now

Science:

• Due Tues., 9/27: Make a thank you card for Anne Griffin for showing us her beehive.
• Due Tues., 9/27: Finish histogram of das 12 data for your group's plants.

Tech:

• Due Tues., 9/27: Pick a simple room (no crazy angles!), sketch its floorplan, and measure and label length of all sides in imperial measurments (feet, inches). We will be using this data in class to model the room in SketchUp.

Moment of Zen:

The Arctic Hothouse

From National Geographic:
"Inuit Johnny Issaluk holds a recent photo of a South Carolina swamp. That’s what his home, near the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island, would have looked like 56 million years ago, when summer water temperatures at the North Pole hit 74°F."