Friday, September 28, 2007

Science

Assignment for Monday: finish questions on worksheet1-3, and worksheet 1-2, "Is a Candle Alive". Class time was given to work on these so they just need to be finished up for Monday.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

8ABCDE Math

1. Page 466 #2 (put into proper scientific notation)

2. Get quiz signed and have your corrections completed on a separate sheet of paper. Corrections and signed quizzes must be returned by Thursday.

3. There will be a short quiz on Friday - topic: Scientific Notation.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Math 8D and 8B

8D - Finish problems from the board

8B - Finish problems from the board and do #7 on page 491.

#7 page 491
Write in scientific notation
a) Speed of light: 300 000 km/s
b) Number of telephone poles in the world in 1989: 423 619 000
c) Mass of Earth: 5 980 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg
d) Mass of the ball in a ballpoint pen: 0.004 g
e) Time of fastest camera exposure: 0.000 000 1 s

Problems from the board:
Put into proper Scientific Notation

a) 731000000
b) 6400
c) 11500
d) 0.012
e) 0.000078
f) -0.0022

Math 8A, 8C, 8E

Page 491 Question #7

#7
Write in scientific notation
a) Speed of light: 300 000 km/s
b) Number of telephone poles in the world in 1989: 423 619 000
c) Mass of Earth: 5 980 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg
d) Mass of the ball in a ballpoint pen: 0.004 g
e) Time of fastest camera exposure: 0.000 000 1 s

Science

Test Wednesday covering all notes to date: 7 characteristics of Living Things, early microscopes, how can cells be alive, and organization of cells.
Tuesday will be a review for the test.