Staying Warm and Toasty!

In Science, we learned that there are two ways to heat a room, through steam heat and forced-air heat. Conduction means that the air in the room comes into contact with the hot pipes of the radiator. Radiation means that waves of energy spread throughout the room. In forced-air heating, it does not involve change of state, like steam heating. Why do we use more of forced-air type of heating today?

Math classes converted improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice-versa. We enjoyed using the mini-white boards to practice our math skills. Tomorrow we will be converting decimals into fractions.

We continued our study of Renaissance and Revolution today by looking at how the Age of Revolution impacted science and government. We discussed reasons why people began to question the power of monarchs, as well as questioning science that was based on religious beliefs. Notes were taken in class, and those notes should be studied.

In Language Arts, we took a closer look at language used in Saving the Sound. At one point in the story, the author writes that Prince William Sound is coming to life. We were asked to think about this statement and what it means. We responded to the prompt in writing; supporting our thinking with details and information from the story.

Our Writing class today was about staying focused on a particular topic. We continued our practice of this skill by studying a poster with information about a summer camp. Since the poster was designed to entice children to go to camp, any details that did not support the thought were eliminated. We also practiced responding to questions with focused answers. We will use our answers to these questions to write a letter with well organized paragraphs tomorrow.

Tomorrow we will be decorating our doors in support of our awesome Black and Gold!

Homework:
Science: How Can Gases Drive a Car worksheet; (204 only: Page E 77 Questions, graded with a rubric)
Math: Worksheet 3-5 Reteaching
Social Studies - Study your notes. Quiz next Monday on pgs. 40 - 45 (section 2)
Language Arts - Read pages 103-140 in The Westing Game. Complete your roles. We will work on our skits in exploratory this week.