Thursday, March 29, 2012

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
• Hip Hop PE Thursdays from now until the beginning of May. Wear or bring clothes you can dance in and sneakers.
• Spirit Week, April 2-6!
  • Monday (4/2) is pajama day
  • Wednesday (4/4) is crazy hat day
  • Friday (4/6) is class color day.
• Friday, April 13: Dance!

Humanities:

• Due Mon., 4/2:
  • Gr. 7: Final drafts of biographies
  • Gr. 8: 1000 words of 8th grade project research paper.
7th Grade Research Paper
• Deadlines for 7th Grade Abolitionist Research Paper (updated 1/31)

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Due Fri., 3/30: Do 5.2 on p. 68, parts A, B, C for equations i, ii, iii (the ones on the tables handed out in class). Graph each on a separate pair of axes.
Grade 8
• Due Fri., 3/30: Inv. 7, #3, 4
Algebra B
• Due Fri., 3/30: p. 466, #3, 8, 13, 18, #27-45 leftmost column only
• Math's Mates Test TBA

Science:

• Due Mon., 4/2: Group 1 Based on the first 30 minutes of documentary we watched today, Carbon Nation, write a paragraph including the following:
  • List of new technologies discussed.
  • 3 things your learned from the presentation
  • A question you have about the presentation.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Wed., 3/28: Project Proposal
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen

Different Kind of Trash Art

Upon hearing that approximately one-third of all the world's food products go to waste, Austrian photographer Klaus Pilcher put together a series of photographs of spoiled food as a comment on this. Unlike most photography which addresses this topic, which tend to look at the food in context, Pilcher styles the food in interesting, unique ways. Some of the photos are of the kinds of styles in which you would see fresh food styled. Others only work with past-date ingredients. Click above to see more of Pilcher's high-style spoiled food photos.