Thursday, January 31, 2013

General Announcements:

• Friday PE: Wear or bring clothes/shoes to move in indoors.
• 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

Humanities:

• Due Fri., 2/1:
  • Chain of Fire: Read Ch. 19-21, Reading Log.
  • Cry, The Beloved Country: Read Ch. 22-25, Reading Log.

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 Fri., 2/1: Finish Record & Practice Journal, page 135-136
Grade 8
• Nada

Science:

• Due Fri., 2/1: Answer questions from "Modeling Molecule" activity packet, #1-6

Spanish:

Grade 7
• Due Fri., 2/1: Pobre Ana chapter 4 sheets
Grade 8
• Due Mon., 2/4: Chap. 7 translation due.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 2/4: 60 notecards on topic due.

Moment of Zen

I Speak for the Trees...

Statement from the artists, a couple who work together as the Zonenkinder Collective: "The Tree Project" is an ongoing art project since 2006 inspired by the beauty and the decay of nature. We are constantly in search of new forms of expressions and we love to play with unusual surfaces and locations. In the Tree Project we visualize the atmosphere of the moment, the usually hidden spirit and dreams of the trees and the the living nature which surrounds us. By painting eyes, faces and grimaces on the trees, by ornamenting and dressing them we emphasize our close and unique connection with nature. Thereby reflecting that trees are exceptional and beautiful living individuals. This stands in contrast to the often destructive and indifferent interaction with the environment of mankind. Please note that we take environmental issues serious: for all tree-paintings shown here we use natural and biodegradable colors that will fade away after a while.

Here are some impression from Denmark, Germany, France.