Chemistry- Thursday and Friday are most likely to be consumed by our new project, "The Straw Lab". Doing the straw lab in a chemistry class brings a mixture of good news and bad news. Lets start with the bad:
1. THIS THING IS CONFUSING! But I have full confidence we can figure it out.
2. You have to use SCISSORS!
3. You have to MEASURE STUFF! GAHHH!
The Good News!
1. It's a really good visual representation of trends on the periodic table.
2. It takes 2 days, and I generally don't assign homework on lab days!
3. TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!
So as you can see, its a lab well worth doing. In fact I would give it a Total Awesomeness Factor of a solid 5.
-Quizzes: These are in the process of being graded. It shouldn't take too long, as most appear to be very, very good grades. Congratulations!
Physical Science- HWK: p. 52, #1-8
Checkpoint tests are MONDAY and TUESDAY! I'll be explaining more in class, but the general idea is that we assess your general science knowledge with a standardized test. 2 main points:
1. They do not count for a grade.
2. You should still do your best even though they do not count for a grade. The grades for the Checkpoint tests will be entered in to Fulton County's shiny new computer systems called "S.A.M.S". SAMS is a huge database that contains a lot of grade info about you in a Big Brother-esque fashion (Read: 1984). Eventually, SAMS will evolve and attain conciousness and use this information to enslave all humanity. Until then, teachers will use this data to determine who needs extra help before the EOCT.
If you randomly fill in blanks and then take a nap, you'd best believe that you'll fall into that "needs extra help" category. This means I'm personally going to come after you with a bunch of worksheets, hounding you until I'm sure that you're going to passt the EOCT.
Ask yourself if that's what you really want? Is it?
Of course, once SAMS takes over, we'll all be turned into human batteries (See: "The Matrix") to power an army of robotic drones (See: "Terminator"). But until that day comes, its my job to make sure you do good on the EOCT. Unless SAMS shoots me into space first (See: "2001: A Space Odyssey").
Anyway, you should always do your best, period.
1. THIS THING IS CONFUSING! But I have full confidence we can figure it out.
2. You have to use SCISSORS!
3. You have to MEASURE STUFF! GAHHH!
The Good News!
1. It's a really good visual representation of trends on the periodic table.
2. It takes 2 days, and I generally don't assign homework on lab days!
3. TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!
So as you can see, its a lab well worth doing. In fact I would give it a Total Awesomeness Factor of a solid 5.
-Quizzes: These are in the process of being graded. It shouldn't take too long, as most appear to be very, very good grades. Congratulations!
Physical Science- HWK: p. 52, #1-8
Checkpoint tests are MONDAY and TUESDAY! I'll be explaining more in class, but the general idea is that we assess your general science knowledge with a standardized test. 2 main points:
1. They do not count for a grade.
2. You should still do your best even though they do not count for a grade. The grades for the Checkpoint tests will be entered in to Fulton County's shiny new computer systems called "S.A.M.S". SAMS is a huge database that contains a lot of grade info about you in a Big Brother-esque fashion (Read: 1984). Eventually, SAMS will evolve and attain conciousness and use this information to enslave all humanity. Until then, teachers will use this data to determine who needs extra help before the EOCT.
If you randomly fill in blanks and then take a nap, you'd best believe that you'll fall into that "needs extra help" category. This means I'm personally going to come after you with a bunch of worksheets, hounding you until I'm sure that you're going to passt the EOCT.
Ask yourself if that's what you really want? Is it?
Of course, once SAMS takes over, we'll all be turned into human batteries (See: "The Matrix") to power an army of robotic drones (See: "Terminator"). But until that day comes, its my job to make sure you do good on the EOCT. Unless SAMS shoots me into space first (See: "2001: A Space Odyssey").
Anyway, you should always do your best, period.
(Will be using SAMS to find YOU!)
Random:
In honor of our French vistors, and since its so close to Halloween, I thought I'd include this, the scariest frenchman alive:
This is Sebastien Chabal, a lock forward for the France national rugby team. The 2007 world cup was held in France this year, and the French had a very good showing, defeating the New Zealand All Blacks in the quarter-finals!
Anyway, everybody goes nuts when this guy takes the field. Mainly because its like watching people try and tackle a moving bus.
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