3.6: March 7-11
MATH ALIVE! Thursday, March 10, 5:30-7:00.
Join the fun and educational student designed and student led activities.
OAKS BOTTOM Walking Field Trip cancelled due to slides
This week in…
MATH
Math Alive! Group Projects-
- Algebra board games and number tricks
- Backtracking in algebra
- Quadratic formula game
- Fraction operations
- Geometry: pi, area, circumference etc.
- Probability: dice and playing card games
SCIENCE:
- Plant community selection for 4 X 4 garden
- Garden Goals:
- year round ground cover to protect soil life
- year round seasonal yields (for us and nature)
- attract beneficial insects, bugs and animals
- conserve water
- proper nitrogen to carbon ratio
- perform soil quality experiments and measurements (both chemically and biologically)
- Mysteries of Nature connection circle and causal loop and activity
HUMANITIES:
- Reading
- Johnny Tremain, chapters 6-8
- Writing
- Plant research paper: lead, thesis, overview
- review guiding questions of body paragraph
- citing sources, at least two quotations from outside sources required
- Speech
- Loud and Clear: hook and body for one minute speech rehearsed and on notecards
JAPANESE:
- practice for March 11th kanji test
一 右雨円王音下火花貝
学 気 休玉金九空月犬見
五口校 左三山 子四 糸字
- practice for March 18 oral test (see independent practice page)