Wednesday, October 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
• PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE).
• Citrus Sale open until Fri., 10/12
  

Humanities:

• Due Fri., 10/12:
  
  • Finish annotating article, "Why Do We Need Religion?"
  • Write down who you would like to interview, their age and religion. Must be someone who lives in the Valley
  • Finish revising personal essay

Math:

• NEWS FOR YOU!  You now have a link to your textbook!  This  link will bring you to the Big Ideas Math Website, where you will choose your color/name of book.  Then you can search the entire textbook - like today's sample problems done together in class.  Check it out - you can search without a username and password in the "Home Edition".
• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
Grade 7
• Due Thurs., 10/11: finish p. 29, if not done in class, do p. 31 in R&P journal.
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 10/11: on p. 16 of R&P journal, D, E and A

Science:

• Due Wed., 10/10: Bring in all materials needed to work on river project

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Moment of Zen

Walking Across the Sea?

English engineer Chris Todd tried to walk to Ireland over the weekend. It's about 66 miles - a pretty good trek for a few days walking. The catch: all of them are across the Irish Sea.


Todd designed a vehicle, which he calls a "tredalo," that looks like a giant hamster wheel but works like a paddleboat's paddle, turned by human power rather than steam. Todd built the tredalo in his backyard. Todd made it 9 hours into the journey and nearly halfway before the vehicle developed rudder problems and had to be towed back to shore. He plans to attempt the journey again later in the month.