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), 6-7:30 PM
Humanities:
- Due Tues., 10/24:
- Finish reflection on progress in preparation for your conference on Monday.
- Finish your children's book on the Constitution, including a brief description and dates/timespans for the following events:
- 13 colonies are set up in North America and are controlled by European countries.
- Colonies don't want taxation without representation
- Revolutionary War
- The Declaration of Independence
- Articles of Confederation
- Many people don't have money to pay their taxes and are thrown in jail.
- Shays's Rebellion
- Constitution is written
- Federalists and Anti-federalists debate ratification of Constitution
- Constitution is ratified after Bill of Rights
Math:
- Graph paper link on the sidebar →
Grade 7
- Due Tues., 10/25: Do 2.2 and follow-up on p. 20-21 and #3 on p. 11 of Variables and Patterns.
Grade 8
- Due Tues., 10/25: Complete 5.3 and do #14-17 on p. 72.
Algebra B:
- Due Wed., 10/26: p. 169 #33-39 odd, p. 171 #56-59
Science:
- Finish your Vanishing of the Bees summary piece.
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Moment of Zen:
The first digital camera
Most of us didn't really see digital cameras popping up until about 10 years ago, but Kodak digital engineer Steve Sasson developed the first digital camera in 1975. It took 23 seconds to record a single picture, which it stored on a cassette tape. “You could see the silhouette of her hair,” Sasson said. But her face was a blur of static. She was less than happy with the photograph and left, saying “You need work,” he said.
Sasson still works for Kodak.