Thursday, April 25, 2013

General Announcent:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Fridays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.

Humanities:

• Grade 7: Final hero essay due Fri., 4/26. Email to Anna at alogowitz@smith.edu when complete.
• Grade 8: Eighth grade project due Mon., 5/6
• Due ASAP: Action plan worksheet.
• All: Read "One Hundred Eggs" and make inferences.

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: Choose your level/color

Grade 7:

Due Fri., 4/26
• Level 1: textbook, p. 410, #10-18 evens, 27
• Level 2: textbook, p. 409-411, #3-6, 14, 18, 23-25, 29, 31

Grade 8

• Due Fri., 4/26: Handout, Ch. 7 Test A, all problems

Science:

• Great job on your Fair presentations!

Español:

Grade 7:
Grade 8

Music:

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 5/6: Project due.

Moment of Zen

Lunar Eclipse Collage

Explanation: The dark, inner shadow of planet Earth is called the umbra. Shaped like a cone extending into space, it has a circular cross section and is most easily seen during a lunar eclipse. But the complete cross section is larger than the Moon's angular size in the stages of an eclipse. Still, this thoughtful composite illustrates the full extent of the circular shadow by utilizing images from both partial and total eclipses passing through different parts of the umbra. The images span the years 1997 to 2011, diligently captured with the same optics, from Voronezh, Russia. Along the bottom and top are stages of the partial lunar eclipses from September 2006 and August 2008 respectively. In the rightside bottom image, the Moon is entering the umbra for the total eclipse of September 1997. At left bottom, the Moon leaves the umbra after totality in May 2004. Middle right, center, and left, are stages of the total eclipse of June 2011, including the central, deep red total phase. During today's brief partial lunar eclipse seen only from the eastern hemisphere, the Moon will just slightly graze the umbra's lower edge. - Astronomy Picture of the Day, NASA
Image Credit & Copyright: Igor Vin'yaminov