Tuesday, March 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
• Fri., 3/2 - Prisms Coffeehouse!

Humanities:

• Due Tues., 3/6: Finish annotating the timeline of the Civil War.
• Due Mon., 3/12: Read Lyddie, ch. 10-19 and complete reading log.
7th Grade Research Paper
• Due Mon., 3/5: 500 words of rough draft
• Deadlines for 7th Grade Abolitionist Research Paper (updated 1/31)

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Due Tues., 3/6: Complete 1.1B and 1.1B Follow-up, and on #2 on p. 9 in Moving Straight Ahead
Grade 8
• Due Wed., 3/7: Complete 4.2 and follow up.
Algebra B
• Due Wed., 3/7: p. 89-90, #7-19 odd
• Math's Mates Test TBA

Science:

• Due Wed., 3/7: Read Ch. 13.1, p. 263-268. Answer questions on p. 273, #1-6.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Wed., 3/14: Final outline due with details from notes
• Meeting with mentor
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

There's a Big Meteor in the Picture, Too

A large fireball was spotted streaking across the skies of Europe last weekend. Scientists speculate that it was a large meteor that skimmed the Earth's atmosphere, and though they suspect it was large enough that it may have landed, not totally burning up in Earth's atmosphere.

Here it is pictured flying over the Global Rainbow installation currently on the northeastern British coast. The installation, which is produced by an array of colored lasers and shines up to five miles offshore, was set up in honor of the coming 2012 Olympic Games in London. It will be traveling to different locations in the UK leading up to the beginning of the Olympics in July. It was originally installed in New York City in 2009.