Friday, March 30, 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
• Hip Hop PE Thursdays from now until the beginning of May. Wear or bring clothes you can dance in and sneakers.
• Spirit Week, April 2-6!
  • Monday (4/2) is pajama day
  • Wednesday (4/4) is crazy hat day
  • Friday (4/6) is class color day.
• Friday, April 13: Dance!

Humanities:

• Due Mon., 4/2:
  • Gr. 7: Final drafts of biographies
  • Gr. 8: 1000 words of 8th grade project research paper.
7th Grade Research Paper
• Deadlines for 7th Grade Abolitionist Research Paper (updated 1/31)

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  All
• Due Mon., 4/2: Math's Mates 3.3, according to usual protocol
Grade 8
• :
Algebra B
• Due Tues., 4/3: p. 467-468, #54-56, #62-64
• Math's Mates Test TBA

Science:

• Due Mon., 4/2: Group 1 Based on the first 30 minutes of documentary we watched today, Carbon Nation, write a paragraph including the following:
  • List of new technologies discussed.
  • 3 things your learned from the presentation
  • A question you have about the presentation.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Wed., 3/28: Project Proposal
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen

World's Largest Raft

Up in the Adirondack Mountain town of Inlet, NY (Pop. 320), boaters gathered last fall in an attempt to break the world record for largest raft. In this case, "raft" entails that the whole deal must float freely for at least 30 seconds and be held together only with hands. This attempt contained over 1900 kayaks and canoes, breaking the previous record set in Pittsburgh, PA by over 300 boats.