Thursday, April 5, 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 Wed., 4/4: Gr. 7: Final draft of monologue.
• Due Fri., 4/6: Gr. 8: 1500 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 →
  Gr. 7
• Due Fri., 4/6: p. 57, 4.3, part C. Be sure to show all steps used to solve.
Grade 8
Algebra A
• Due Fri., 4/6: #9-30 on handout
Algebra B
• Due Fri., 4/6: p. 560, #19, 21, 25, 26; #47-55 odd
• Math's Mates Test TBA

Science:

• Due Fri., 4/6: Complete "Personal Power" worksheet using your or John's weight and stair-climbing times.

8th Grade Project:

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

Moment of Zen

Denmark's Annual Bike Report

Many economists, particularly in the US, take it as an article of faith that cars are good for the economy. It makes sense: people pour money into the care and feeding of their automobiles at a strong rate, and keeping up the roads structures that support them also creates jobs and revenue. This is often used as reason not to support alternatives like public transport and bikes.

Denmark is demonstrating that this may not be entirely true. In the Danish capital, Copenhagen, nearly 80% of the population commutes by bike, many of whom bike year round (a few enterprising Danes have even developed pedal-powered snow plows). However, in the most recent annual bike report in the city, they estimate that if health care costs are included in the calculations, biking's better for the economy by a fair sight. Click above to see a summary or click here to read the full annual report (in English).