grades 7-8

Instructors:

Tina White, Social Studies
Eleanor F. Jacobs, Religion
Joanne Davis, English Literature
K.C. Kramp, Math, Science, LEGO League

Homework, Wednesday, March 10, 2010 

  • Social Studies:   
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  • Vietnam Projects Due Monday, March 8 
  • We will be presenting Vietnam projects Monday and Tuesday in class. You may turn in your Cracker assignments by Friday, March 12. There will be a Today in History Quiz on Friday, March 12.  If we finish the Vietnam projects on Tuesday, we will watch the Autobiography of Malcolm X in class Wednesday-Friday. You will not have any other written homework this week. BE SURE TO TURN YOUR CRACKER SHEETS BY FRIDAY. IT COUNTS AS A TEST GRADE AND IT IS NEARLY THE END OF THE QUARTER!!!!!
  • Today in History:

MArch 8, 1965: 3500 US Marines landed at Da Nang airbase in South Vietnam.

March 9, 1842: The US Supreme Court ruled that the slaves who seized the ship Amistad had been kidnapped ahd should be free.

March 10, 1970: Five American soldiers were accused of crimes against humanity for their part in the My Lai Massacre in South Vietnam in 1968.

March 11, 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the Lend Lease program, which provided materials and weapons to the Allies.

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science vocabulary

Atom:    tiny building block of matter, made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons       Atomic number: the number of protons in an atome                                                Compound: atoms of more thatn one type of element that are chemically bonded together Density: measurement of the mass of an object divided by its volume                         Electron: particle with a negative charge                                                                                Element: substance that is made on only one type of atom                                            Group: elements listed in a vertical column on the periodic table that all have the same number of valence electrons                                                                                  Heterogeneous mixture: a mixture which is not mixed evenly and each component retains its own properties                                                                                                    Homogeneous mixture: a mixture which is evenly mixed throughout                                    Ion: electrically charged atom whose charge results from an atom losing or gaing electrons. Isotope: atoms of the same element that have a different numer of neutrons                      Mass number: the number of protons plus the number of neutrons in an atom.                 Matter: anything that has mass and takes up space                                                     Mixture: composed of two or more substances that are not chemically combined       Molecule: a group of   atoms connected by covalent bonds                                         Neutron: particle without an electrical charge.                                                               Period: Elements listed in a horizontal row on the periodic table that all have the same number of energy levels                                                                                             Proton:particle that has a positive electric charge                                                          Solution: A mixture which is evenly mixed throughout. Also know as a homogeneous mixture


 

Math: Accelerated Math Exercise

 

    

 

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