Thursday, May 10, 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
• Thursday, May 31 - Prism Tempest performances, 1:30 PM. Come see us perform scenes from two versions of Shakespeare's classic desert-island play and read scenes reinterpreted in different historical contexts.

Humanities:

• Wednesdays (Gr. 7) or Fridays (Gr. 8): Read your novel, bring questions to discuss.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Due Fri., 5/11: All do p. 16 #9 and 12, AND do either 1.4 or the baby problem handed out in class today.
Grade 8

Algebra A
• ничего
Algebra B
• Due Tues., 5/15: p. 622-623, #31-37 odd, 63, #51-61, 67

Science:

• Nada

8th Grade Project:

• Friday, May 11: key facts you want the audience to learn, shared on googledocs
• Monday, May 14: description and picture of your mentor, shared on googledocs
• Tuesday, May 15: reflective paragraph of your project, shared on googledocs
• Wednesday, May 16: interactive element directions, shared on googledocs
• Thursday, May 17: all pictures printed out
• Friday, May 18: all written elements edited and printed out
• Monday, May 21: be ready for presentation to panel, rehearsed and professional
• Any day before Wednesday, May 23: bring trifold display board to 3^rd Floor.
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen

The Geothermal Ramifications of Dinosaur Farts

A team of British biologists theorize that giant, herbivorous dinosaurs like Apatosaurus, pictured above, could have created, by farting alone, 250% of the greenhouse gasses currently being produced by humans over the course of a year. This quantity of methane could have had a significant effect on the global climate. Click to read more about how the researchers made this projection and what it could have meant.