Monday, September 19, 2011

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., 9/21: Field trip to visit Anne Griffin's beehive in Florence and scout examples of Roman architecture along the way. We are leaving around 10:30 am and should be back by 2:30 pm. We will make arrangements for Blue House lunches, but otherwise make sure that you have food that doesn't require heating up.

Humanities:

• Due Tues., 9/20: Review and memorize key facts for your essay.
• Due Wed., 9/21:
  • All: Review and memorize key facts for your essay.
  • Lord of the Flies: Read Ch. 8 and complete reading log.
  • Girl Who Owned a City: Read Ch. 12 & 13 and complete reading log.
  • Come prepared to discuss.

Math:

Gr. 8
• In Samples and Populations, do 1.1 and follow-up. Use the following three statistical techniques to analyze the data:
  1. The mean for natural/regular peanut butter
  2. The median for each type
  3. A stem-and-leaf OR histogram

Gr. 7
• In Data About Us, do Problem 2.2 and follow-up on p. 25 and #11-13 on p. 27.

Math:

• Due Wed., 9/21: Bring in paper grocery bag for field trip.

Music:

• Due Tuesday, 9/20:Write a prose and a verse for the words "Community" and "Individuality". They should be about the relationship between the words.

Moment of Zen:

Möbius Cake

The project of self-described evil mad scientists, the above möbius is made entirely of sugar using a 3D Printer called the Candyfab 4000. The Candyfab is EMSL's whack at making a low-cost 3D printer. Where most 3D printers use expensive lasers, the Candyfab uses cheap heating elements and sugar.

Science. It works.

Click the picture to read more about this particular project.