Thursday, November 3, 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
• Fri., 11/4: Your main "checked" luggage needs to come to school. Anything you need over the weekend or on the train should go in the backpack you will bring on Sunday.
  • DC Packing List/Tentative Itinerary (public Google Docs file - no login required)
• Sunday, November 6, 2011: We meet at the Springfield Amtrak station at 8:30 AM. Carpool details to follow.

Humanities:

• Due Fri., 11/4: If not completed, finish your brief paragraph describing which Department of the Executive branch you would like to work for and the qualities that make you particularly qualified for this. Share with Beth when ready for review.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  All:
• Nada

Science:

• Due Fri., 11/4: Interview one more person using trait survey.

Español:

• Bring home Day of the Dead materials! Thanks for another beautiful Día de los muertos celebration!

Moment of Zen:

Vampire Stars?

"Scattered across our Milky Way galaxy are vampires that truly sparkle—so-called blue straggler stars that maintain the appearance of youth by sucking the life from other stars.

Blue stragglers are often found in dense star clusters. These tight bundles are thought to contain stars that all formed around the same time, and the majority of the stars in such clusters are among the oldest in the galaxy.

But the stragglers have a blue tinge to their light that suggests youth among stellar populations. Scientists think the vampires are stealing gases from their neighbors, allowing the small, aging stars to swell in mass and extend their lives by hundreds of millions of years."

- from National Geographic's "Halloween Pictures: Ten Spooky Objects in Outer Space".