Tuesday, January 24, 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
• Wed., 1/25 - Forbes Library Research Day - Bring your library card!
• Wed., 1/25 - Coffeehouse Planning Meeting, 3rd Floor Classroom, 6:30-7:30
• 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 Wed., 1/25: Finish "To Be a Slave" and fill out homemade worksheet tracking Lester's explanations of slavery (italicized writing), his evidence (the accounts in normal type that he's reflecting on), and your own comments.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  
  Grade 7
• Due Thurs., 1/26: Complete both images, connecting all coordinate points (up to #3, part 1).
Grade 8
• Due Wed., 1/25: Correct/redo 4.2 Follow Up, #2; 4.3; p. 46-47, #2-4

Science:

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

8th Grade Project:

• Due Wed., 2/15: Note-taking & mentor check-in.

Moment of Zen:

Happy Year of the Plastic Dragon

Lunar New Year is this week and these folks are celebrating the year of the Dragon by maing a Chinese-style dragon entirely out of plastic silverware, aided by a little hot glue. It took the artist 80 hours to build, but, since all the materials came from the dollar store, it took far fewer dollars than hours to build. Click to read more from the Craft magazine blog, which has some fun, gonzo craft project ideas.