Thursday, October 20, 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:

• Due Fri., 10/21: Read the newspaper or research online one current event that you care about that involves the government. Summarize & analyze the government's involvement.

Math:

Grade 7
• Due Fri., 10/21: Complete 1.1 Follow-up on p.7 of Variables and Patterns using your jumping jack data.
Grade 8
• Due Fri., 10/21: Complete 5.1 Follow-up on p. 66 of Moving Straight Ahead using your stair measurements.
Algebra B:
• Due Fri., 10/21: Do p. 163 #3-5; p. 164 #14-16; p. 165 #31-39 odd

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:

Give me a little smile...

Believe it or not, this is actually a cross section of a piece of dune grass, put under a microscope. It's funny what turns up when you look very, very closely at things. In fact, this comes from a whole blog dedicated to microscope images, Beyond the Human Eye/