Tuesday, November 6, 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).
• Tues., Nov. 6: Field trip to Springfield Renaissance School. We will be leaving before hot lunches arrive, so please send a bag lunch.

Humanities:

• Test Tues., 11/13 on Countries of Europe
• Due Wed., 11/7: Read pp. 147-171 of Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl and complete Reading Log
• Interviews should be done by Nov. 7th

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
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Grade 8
• Test Wed., 11/7: on material in Chapter 1. The end of unit test will look a lot like the pretest, so the best way to study is to review the questions on the prestest

Science:

• Due Wed., 11/7: Finish Physics of Heat Worksheet 1 that you began in class today.

Atelier:

• Due Wed., 11/7 Self Portraits, if not done

Moment of Zen

512 Paths to the White House

This New York Times interactive feature shows a tree diagram of election outcomes. It leaves nine states (FL, NC, OH, WI, CO, IA, NH, NV, VA), those where the polls suggest a less than 99% certain outcome, up to you. Assigning a Dem/Rep outcome to any of those states updates the tree diagram, shows how many paths to victory each candidate has given those circumstances, and also shows what percentage of the outcomes lead to a victory for each. Use in conjunction with your predictions of choice, and see what might happen! There are, given those nine states up for grabs, 5 possible outcomes where Obama and Romney each receive 269 electoral votes, thus tying and sending the matter to the Congress. The House decides the president, the Senate the VP in these cases, which could lead to a puzzling Romney/Biden or Obama/Ryan ticket.