Friday, October 21, 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
• Mon., 10/24: 6:30 pm - Parent meeting about DC trip, Prisms 3rd Floor
• Wed., 10/26: DC Medical Packet due.
• Fri., 10/28: Prisms Día de los muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration. Download Full-Color Flier! (.pdf)

Humanities:

• ничего

Math:

All
• Due Mon., 10/24: Math's Mate 1.7 according to usual protocol (work on attached separate paper, no calculators, finish any attached N/A problems).
Grade 7
• Due Mon., 10/24:
Grade 8
• Due Mon., 10/24: 5.2 on p. 68 of Moving Straight Ahead and #5-9 on p. 70.
Algebra B:
• Due Wed., 10/26: p. 169 #33-39 odd, p. 171 #56-59

Science:

• Finish your Vanishing of the Bees summary piece.

Español:

• Work on your Day of the Dead altars at home!
• 2011 Day of the Dead Calendar (.pdf)
• Day of the Dead Documents (2010 edition)

Moment of Zen:

Sweaters for Oily Penguins

New Zealand is currently going through one of its most significant environmental disasters ever, after an oil tanker hit the North Island of New Zealand last month, dumping hundreds of tons of oil into the water. Many varieties of marine life have been negatively impacted by the spill, but there is a rather unique relief effort going on around New Zealand's population of Blue and Fairy Penguins: knitters are making them sweaters.

The idea behind the penguin sweaters is that it will absorb the oil without them ingesting it during their normal grooming. Also, the sweaters will keep them warm, even while wet (yay, wool!), which their feathers are less able to do when oily. In the meantime, I give you penguins in sweaters.