Tuesday stuff...

General:

If you came by to see me this morning and I wasn't there, I apologize. I had a meeting at 8:00 and it didn't get going until later...you get the idea. This part of the year is hectic for teachers, so patience on your part is appreiciated.

If you show up for something and I'm not there, please wait or come back 10 minutes later. It helps if you leave me a note, also. I am always available in the mornings, but I do step out occasionally.

Chemistry ( Hwk p. 163, #1-4):

Spectrum lab is postponed. I hope we can get to it this week (Friday?), but if not we will do it. Its a pretty cool lab, and I think everyone should get a chance to do it. Just remember to BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ELEMENTS IN THEIR EXCITED STATES!

To day is a conglomeration of assorted bookwork. I hand-picked these problems so we could go over them in class, and you could take them home and work on them. Think of it as a supplement for the Test review sheet.

We are also going to delve a little deeper into chemical bonding today. Pay attention to how electronegativity is used to determine the polarity of a bond. Electronegativity is one of the traits that has a trend on the periodic table. If you understand both concepts, it will make it a whole lot easier when we start predicting bond types.

Physical Science

ONE MORE DAY OF TESTING. I hope you did your homework because I am sure as heck gonna check it today.

Once we get done with testing, we're gonna do something cool. I promise. You have all handled yourselves very maturely and I really apprieciate it. Thank you for taking the test seriously, it will make it better for yourself in the long run.

Test Make-ups are still going on, and if you have not taken it DO IT. Please, the longer you wait the less material you remember. TRUST ME, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STUDY FOR IT LATER. YOU SAY YOU WILL BUT YOU WON'T!

If you were unhappy with your test grade (you probably are, and thats good. Its not students that do badly that worry me, its the ones that do bad and don't care later) make arrangements with me to do a correction. I mean, seriously, there is no reason to not do it. Also, I am extending the deadline one day, as I did not annouce it yesterday.

Random:

#4 in the countdown is not necessarily scary, so much as totally creepy. Its a Guitar Fish. A deep sea fish related to sharks, skates and rays. Its pretty harmless, and is reportedly delicious, but just imagine this thing brushing your feet while you swim on spring break.

Ok, actually this picture is of a guitarfish laying on its back, or dorsal surface. Those spots are not its eyes, but nostrils or nares. They are sensitive organs that allows it to hunt for food. The fishermen that caught it tried to pass it off as an alien. Then they ate it, and claimed they had eaten alien. Which means if extraterrestrials ever do make contact with the human race, and that contact happens to be russian fishermen, intergalactic war is inevitable.

Still, IT LOOKS FREAKY!

#3 stays in the same vein of creepy deep-sea fish. Once again let me set the stage: You're swimming in the ocean on spring break...something brushes your foot....

AAAHHHHHHHH!!!

Actually the blobfish only lives in the deeper parts of the ocean, so brushing against your feet is not really possible. But still, dang... it looks like Ziggy. I suspect its frowning in this picture because its just been pulled from the chilly depths and flopped in front of a camera. That and its dead.