Friday, January 6, 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
• 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., 1/6: Read Howard Zinn article and annotate.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
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• Due Mon., 1/9: Math's Mate 2.4, including any attached N/A problems, according to usual protocol:
  • no calculators
  • you must show work for problems marked with * on an attached sheet of paper

Science:

• Nada

8th Grade Project:

• Watch this space!

Moment of Zen:

A Working Origami Camera

Continuing from the post about long-exposure pinhole photography the other day, here's one that can be built out of paper. Click to see 22 other models of pinhole camera that can be made at home.