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.

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/

Wednesday, October 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
• 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 Thurs., 10/20: Rough draft of essay due. Share with Beth in Google Docs if possible.

Math:

Algebra B:
• Due Fri., 10/21: Do p. 163 #3-5; p. 164 #14-16; p. 165#31-39 odd

Science:

• Nichts

Español:

• 2011 Day of the Dead Calendar (.pdf)
• Day of the Dead Documents (2010 edition)

Moment of Zen:

For those complaining about it being cold and wet

"Detroit circa 1917. "Ice fountain, Washington Boulevard." The big icicle with a small request, discreetly stated on that unobtrusive little sign near the man: PLEASE. The rest of the message is up to your imagination." From Shorpy, a blog of high-res images from before 1950 and from as far back as 1850.

Tuesday, October 18, 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
• Fri., 10/28: Prisms Día de los muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration. Download Full-Color Flier! (.pdf)

Humanities:

• Due Wed., 10/19: Finish Federalist & Anti-Federalist worksheet (first side: primary sources; second side: textbook pages as indicated) to prepare for debate tomorrow.
• Due Wed., 10/19: Finish packet, "What Really Happened at the Constitutional Convention?"

Math:

All:
• Nada

Science:

• Nichts

Español:

• 2011 Day of the Dead Calendar (.pdf)
• Day of the Dead Documents (2010 edition)

Moment of Zen:

Mario de los Muertos

Monday, October 17, 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
• Thurs., 10/13: Philadelphia Convention role play.
• Fri., 10/28: Prisms Día de los muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration. Download Full-Color Flier! (.pdf)

Humanities:

• Due Tues., 10/18: Complete first sheet (both sides) looking at what was actually concluded at the actual Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Math:

All:
• Due Tues., 10/18: Finish all parts of "Bad Statistics" not completed during class:
  • Graph based on data given which supports your claim.
  • One short paragraph describing how your graph supports the claim.
  • One short paragraph describing why the relationship suggested by the graph is a load of flapdoodle (i.e. why it doesn't actually work, what other factors may be interfering).

Science:

• Nichts

Español:

• 2011 Day of the Dead Calendar (.pdf)
• Day of the Dead Documents (2010 edition)

Moment of Zen:

You're Welcome.