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.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

LA 8 ABCDE

Students should be finished writing all questions from page 27 and have up to C completed if possible. A reminder that your test is Tuesday and there is homework for your "Slang Dictionary" due on Monday.

Enrichment Ms. Mitchell

Please be prepared to finish presentations tomorrow. All students should have their mark sheets present.