Friday, January 27, 2012

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
• Fri., 3/2 - Prisms Coffeehouse!
• Yoga Unit in PE on Fridays - Please wear or bring comfortable clothes to move in on Fridays during this unit.
• Student Art Exhibit at Meekins Library: This is an encore exhibit of last year's Prisms artwork currently on display at the Meekins Library in Williamsburg Center. Throughout the month of January, their 3-tiered drawings illustrating the history of the Connecticut River are on display.

Humanities:

• Due Fri., 1/27: Read and annotate "A Shoeful of Cottonseeds" (at least 3 annotations per page)
• Ongoing Continue taking notes on your historical figure, using research materials you got at Forbes Library today. If you go back on your own, remember to tell the librarian on duty that you're working on this project to get free copies/microfilm printouts.

Math:

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• Due Mon., 1/30: Math's Mates 2.7, including any attached N/A problems, according to usual protocol (independent, no calculator, work for * problems shown on separate paper).
Grade 7
• Test Mon., 1/30: Complete report on your scaled figure, according to questions on the project checklist.
Grade 8
• Algebra B: Due Mon., 1/30: p. 422-423, #31, 37, 43, 51, 58-60

Science:

• Test Next Thurs., 2/2: On parts/function of a cell.
• Due Mon., 1/30: Cell Study Guide

8th Grade Project:

• Due Fri., 2/3: 15 notes from another 2 resources
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen:

Found Cows

Finnish sculptor Miina Äkkiijyrkkä specializes in two things: scrap metal and cows. She stocks cow pastures with large-scale sculptures of cows made out of old metal parts, often from old cars. Click to see more of her cows, now in classic and metal.