Weekly Vocabulary Words 3/1/10

1. isthmus - a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses.

2. griot - an oral historian and musician who became important in western Africa in the 1500s and still carries on oral traditions today.

3. emancipee - a person who has been freed, or emancipated, from a sentence of punishment given to him or her by the government.

4. intifada - The Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule that began in 1987.

5. quipu - a knotted cord used for record-keeping by the Inca.

5th Social Studies - 3/1/10

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HOMEWORK:

3/1-3/3 - On LL - How did the Sons and Daughters of Liberty oppose the Stamp Act and the Townshend Act?

3/3 -3/4 - On LL - Describe the Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts.

6th Science - Week 3/1/10

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HOMEWORK:

3/1 -3/3 -Draw and compare energy pyramids from different biomes. Describe how regional

weather conditions affect different levels of the pyramid.

3/3 -Vocabulary in NB - producers, chlorophyll, consumers, decomposers, competition, scavengers,

mutualism, parasites, metabolism, energy pyramid

5th Science - Week of 3/1/10

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_172d7rq94fh

HOMEWORK:

3/1-3/4 - Design a Powerpoint Presentation onthe differences between monocots and dicots.

6th Social Studies - Week of 3/1/10

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_171hj89vvfg

HOMEWORK:

3/1-3/3 - Based on Lesson 2 - What was the main cause of Muhammad's hija, or migration?

3/3 -3/5 -p. 282 - On LL Thinking vocabulary 1-10 answers only.

WEEKLY VOCABULARY WORDS FOR 2/22/10

1. postanal tail - muscular structure at the end of a developing chordate (animals having at some stage of development a notochord, gill slits, and a dorsal tubular nerve cord).
2. sessile - describes an organism that remains attached to one place during its lifetime.
3. radula - in gastropods, (mollusks having one-piece, straight or spiral shells, as snails) the tonguelike organ with rows of teeth used to scrape and tear food.
4. preening - process in which a bird rubs oil from an oil gland over its feathers to condition them and make them water repellent.
5. mycorrhizae - network of hyphae (a thread-like structure composed of cells attached end to end that forms the main tissue in many fungus) and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil.

8th Science - Week of 2/22/10

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HOMEWORK:
2/22- Due 2/24 - Use computer to formulate a circle graph. Textbook-page 368 - Using Math. Write out the entire question before creating the circle graph.
2/24-2/26 - Can be written or typed - 1 -2 pages long. What adaptations were needed for life to move onto the land?

7th Science - Week of 2/22/10

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HOMEWORK:
2/22-Due 2/24 - Chapter 18 vocabulary words in NB
2/24-2/26 -#4 Section Assessment p. 499 in textbook - On LL - A thick band of bone forms around a healing broken bone. Explain how this extra bone can disappear.

6th Science - Week of 2/22/10

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_166d83qz497
HOMEWORK:
2/22-2/24 - On LL - 1. What are the characteristics of fungi? protists? bacteria
2/24-2/26 - On LL - Would you classify viruses as living things or nonliving things. Explain. 2 paragraphs.

5th Science - Week of 2/22/10

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_165fbkxtsc4
HOMEWORK:
2/22 - 2/25 - Write a short story: Use your imagination to write a story about a special plant. Classify the plant as an angiosperm or a gymnosperm and as a monocot or dicot. Describe the setting, characters, and problem at the beginning of your story. Solve the problem at the end. LL
2/25 -2/26 - How are the life cycles of gymnosperms and angiosperms different on LL.

6 Social Studies - Week of 2/22/10

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HOMEWORK:
2/22 - Due 2/24 - Chapter 10 - Vocabulary words, places, and people in notebook.
2/24-Due 2/26 - Write a short article for your school newspaper about Islam. Describe its main beliefs and practices.

5th Social Studies - 2/22/10

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_1633tv49ddh
HOMEWORK:
2/23 -Due 2/24 - Chapter 11 - People and Place vocabulary in notebook.
2/24- Due 2/26 - Chapter 11 - Write a short speech that a British colonist might have written in support of self-government,

WEEKLY VOCABULARY WORDS FOR 2/15/10

1. armistice - an agreement to stop fighting; a truce.
2. circa - a Latin word, often abbreviated "c" that means "about" or "around."
3. codex - a manuscript page such as the kind that used by the Aztec to record historical, religious, governmental and scientific knowledge.
4. indulgence - a pardon or forgiveness given by the Roman Catholic Church to people who act against Christian teachings.
5. vermiculite - any of a group of minerals that expand on being heated. used especially for insulation.

8th Science - Week of 2/15/10

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_162jwhx5vfn
HOMEWORK:
2/16-2/19 - research the Tennessee Valley Authority which was
established in 1933 to help farmers in the Tennessee River Valley. 2 pages.

7th Science - Week of 2/15/10

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_161c26469cp
HOMEWORK:
2/16-2/19 - Crackers contain starch. Explain why a cracker held in your mouth for five minutes begins to taste sweet. What would happen to food if the pancreas did not secrete its juices into the small intestine?