Agenda May 31

1 Family Life Presentation Last Day

Miniatures - I found Battle Cry.  If you have played Memoir 44, you will recognize the game mechanics.  For our proto computer science and engineering majors, we have Robo Rally.

"Then it happened...An archaic janitor robot's radio contact died.  Using its rudimentary programming, the robot accidentally wandered into a grid manufacturing center.  There it was spun by conveyor belts and fried by industrial lasers, and (as its lasts circuits blew trying to a bottomless heating shaft) the robot got crushed into a molecular wafer by a widget compressor.  The control computers were amused.  Twelve microseconds later, they held the first robo rally...."

Agenda May 29 and 30

1 Family Life Presentation Video, STD's, and Birth Control

Agenda May 28

1 Family Life Presentation - Parts is parts
Return your textbooks NOW

Agenda May 24

1 3rd Trimester Journal and Agenda Check
2 Review Family Life Ground Rules
3 Family Life Questions

Agenda May 23

1 Playing with Polymers due today
2 3rd Trimester Journal and Agenda Check tomorrow
3 Return Textbooks now

Happy Birthday to my oldest.  She is 26 today and is a teacher.  She has to be at her school's Open House tonight.

Agenda May 22

1 Straw Rocket Lab Day Final Draft due today
2 3rd Trimester Journal and Agenda Check Friday May 24
3 Return Textbooks

Agenda May 21

1 Straw Rocket Lab Day Experiment
2 J118 Rough Draft Straw Rocket
3 3rd Trimester Journal Agenda Check Friday, May 24

Miniatures - We will be learning and Playing Cowboys, Memoir 44, and maybe Hold the Line (American Revolution) and maybe Battle Cry (American Civil War).  These last three have similar game mechanics so it isn't aas tough as it sounds.

Agenda May 20

1 Straw Rocket Lab Day Written Work
2 J 118 Rough Draft Straw Rocket Lab
3 3rd Trimester Journal and Agenda Check on Friday, May 24

Miniatures Club - 12 folks attended the Saturday game day.  We got in 3 games of Aerodrome 3.  I shot down Ben (which someday will be looked upon with awe and reverence).

Agenda May 17

1 Building Rockets (last minute construction) and Launching

This was Periods 2, 4, and 6

Miniatures Club - We need some direction for the end of the year.  Please give me some ideas as to what you want to do to finish this school year.

Agenda May 16

1 Building Rockets (last minute construction) and Launching

This was Periods 3 and 5

Agenda May 15

1 Rocket Building Day 2

Many students still did not bring bottles and no one, so far, has brought a nose cone weight.  This means construction will continue on Thursday/Friday which may cut into launch time.

Miniatures Club - Aerodrome 3.0 on Saturday.  Please let me know if you are coming.  We may not have enough Pizza and Soft Drinks for you.  I am working on getting Mr. Duchman to come too.

Agenda May 14

1 Grade CH 14 Test Solar System
2 Rocket Demo
3 Rocket Instruction Video   http://www.tclauset.org/21_BtlRockets/BTL.html
4 Rocket Building Day 1

Period 2,4, and 6  Unfortunately Period 2 and 6  did not have enough bottles so they are now squished for time.  Make certain to bring in those bottles.
Every one needs a nose cone mass.

Agenda May 13

1 Grade CH 14 Test Solar System
2n Rocket Demo
3 Rocket Instruction Video   http://www.tclauset.org/21_BtlRockets/BTL.html
4 Rocket Building Day 1

Agenda May 10

1 Test Chapter 14 Standard 4 Earth and the Solar System
2 Still collecting 2 Liter bottles

Miniatures.  Passing out permission slips.  Of my non middle school members, only Mr. Goslinowski and David have RSVPed.  Get in touch SOON.

Agenda May 9

Lots of stuff due today.
Tomorrow's Chapter 14 Test will be open notes
1 Check J110 - J115  This is CH 13, 14 and 15 Vocabulary and Constructing Meaning
2 Check HW Directed Reading CH 13, 14, and 15
3 Still Need 2 Liter bottles

Agenda May 8

1 Practice STAR Test - Final Post Test.  This was the same one you took in September.  Remember, we were on the other side of the Sun then.

We need 2 Liter bottles for our water bottle rocket project.

Agenda May 7

1 Galaxy Review
2 Activity Hertzsprung Russell Diagram Day 2
3 Bring 2 liter soft drink bottles this week.  Each group needs 2.  +2 EC for each bottle.  Maximum 10 points EC per person.

Agenda May 6

1 J 116 Standard Practice Review Standard 5 Reactions and 6 Organic Chemistry
2 Activity Hertzsprung Russell Diagram Day 1
3 Bring 2 liter soft drink bottles this week.  Each group needs 2.  +2 EC for each bottle.  Maximum 10 points EC per person.

Agenda May 3

1 J116 Standard Practice Review Standard 7 Periodic Table
2 Activity How Far are Stars - Parallax Shift Activity

Miniatures Club started playing the Cowboy game.  We ironed out a few problems and we should be able to get some good games in next Friday.  I will also demonstrate how to apply a wash on the painted figures.

Aerodrome 3 on Saturday, May 18.  Please email if you are planning on coming.  Mr. Realini cannot come so I will need some help with the food coordination.

Agenda May 2

1 J116 Standard Practice Review Standard 3 Structure of Matter
2 Activity Planet Speed Around the Sun

Agenda May 1

1 J116 Standard Practice Review Standard 2 Force
2 Activity: The Expanding Universe Model