Science: Due Friday March 1

                  Experiment Report on Heat Transfer, following the Format given in class. See below for the data,

Math - Due Friday March 1st

7th Grade: ( for Grace)  complete your "bubble wrapping a  pyramid" worksheet

                   (for John)  p. 280-1 (text), # 1-3, 8, 12, 18


8th Grade:  Complete either of the the two worksheets handed out in class (6.2 )
                   "6.2 Practice", or "6.2 Bermuda Triangle" problem

Science:  
                                       "Heat Transfer" Experiment Report Data for Feb 28, 2012

                                      Cold Cup temp. (degrees C)                   Hot Cup temp. (degrees C)

after 30 minutes            Gr. A:   18 C                                              Gr. A:    64 C
                                    Gr. B:   15 C                                              Gr. B :   60 C
                                    Gr. C :  17 C                                              Gr. C:    63 C
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after app. 16 hrs            Gr. A:  20 C                                              Gr. A:    20 C

Wednesday, February 27, 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:

• Test Fri., 3/1 on Christianity
• Complete test review packet

Math:

• Big Ideas Math Website: choose your color/name of book.
• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
Grade 7

Grade 8

Science:

• Due Tues., 2/26: Complete pre-assessment handed out today in class and finish coloring your Chemistry Studies cover if not already done.

Coffeehouse:

• Due Fri., 3/1: Screen your Coffeehouse Act!
• Keep working on Dr. Seuss acts!

Spanish:

Grade 7
Grade 8

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 3/4: Complete project research.

Moment of Zen

Gardens in Unexpected Places

Yep, there's a whole tumble log full of them.

Wednesday, February 13, 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 Wed., 2/13: Finish your novel about South Africa (Cry, The Beloved Country or Chain of Fire), complete reading log and come ready to discuss.

Math:

• Big Ideas Math Website: choose your color/name of book.
• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
Grade 7
• Due Wed., 2/13:
  • Level 1:
  • Finish finding the surface area of both cylinders that can be made from an 8½ by 11 sheet of paper.
  • Quiz tomorrow on surface area of prisms/cylinders
  • Level 2: Make a net to scale for your assigned pyramid and do textbook, p. 274, #7, 9. 14
Grade 8
• Due Wed., 2/13: textbook, p. 234, #18-23 odd, 27-32.
  Challenge: 34

Science:

• Due Thurs., 2/14: 2 page reading on salt, p. 172-173
• Test Fri., 2/15 on limestone cycle. Use study guide handed out today to prepare.

Coffeehouse:

• Due Fri., 2/15: Script for your Dr. Seuss skit due to your group members and room leader (Grace, Beth, John) via Google Docs

Spanish:

Grade 7
Grade 8

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 2/25: 100 notecards (total) on topic due.

Moment of Zen

Now You've Seen a Giraffe Sweater

Japanese artists Mai Yamashita and Naoto Kobayashi knit this sweater as a gift for a 4 meter tall giraffe in a zoo. The giraffe has, as of yet, declined to wear it.

See also: Penguin Sweaters.

Tuesday, February 12, 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 Wed., 2/13: Finish your novel about South Africa (Cry, The Beloved Country or Chain of Fire), complete reading log and come ready to discuss.

Math:

• Big Ideas Math Website: choose your color/name of book.
• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
Grade 7
• Due Wed., 2/13:
  • Level 1: textbook, p. 266, #5-13 odd
  • Level 2: Finish Ant & Caterpillar. If done, start "Squaring a Greek Cross"
Grade 8
• Due Wed., 2/13: textbook, p. 234, #1-6, 11-17

Science:

• Nada

Coffeehouse:

• Due Fri., 2/15: Script for your Dr. Seuss skit due to your group members and room leader (Grace, Beth, John) via Google Docs

Spanish:

Grade 7
Grade 8

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 2/25: 100 notecards (total) on topic due.

Moment of Zen

Elementals for the Whole Periodic Table?

Cartoonist Kaycie D. has been comping up with characters to represent each of the elements of the periodic table since her high school Chemistry class. Many years later, she's come up with characters personifying each of the 112 elements of the periodic table. She's illustrated each with a brief description of the element, which usually explains why she chose to draw the character the way she did.

Thursday, February 7, 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., 2/8: Finish draft of essay on Music and Apartheid in South Africa and share with Beth on Google Docs.

Math:

• Big Ideas Math Website: choose your color/name of book.
• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
Grade 7
• Due Fri., 2/8:
  • Level 1: textbook, p. 260, #6-14; R & P journal, p. 144 A-B
  • Level 2: Look over examples in 6.3, p. 266, #1-7, 10, 12, and either 15-24 OR 15-19 and challenge problem on handout.
Grade 8
• Due Fri., 2/8: textbook, second page of Chapter 6, "What You Learned Before"

Science:

• Due Fri., 2/8: Read Discovery Kids magazine about atoms and do exercises on separate paper.

Music:

• Due Thurs., 2/7: Those who have still not had their recorder song approved need to be ready to perform tomorrow. Everyone needs to bring their recorder and music folder.

Spanish:

Grade 7
Grade 8

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 2/11: 80 notecards (total) on topic due.

Moment of Zen

Death Star Lollipops!

Not sure what flavor they are, though. What do you think?