Aim: What impact did the Berlin Conference have on Africa? Homework: Due 12/05 - Industrial Revolution Handout - Revolutions Project must be handed in as soon as possible. - 20 points for each day that it is late. - Quiz tomorrow, 12/05 on Industrial Revolution and Imperialism … [Read more...]
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Pre-Calculus — First Week of 3rd Marking Period
We've begun our exploration of exponential and logistic functions. Homework #1 for this unit is posted below -- please note the update to question #12!!!! Monday 12/1: How do we analyze the behavior of exponential functions? Tuesday 12/2: How do we graph exponential functions? Wednesday 12/3: When is an exponential growth function not the best option and what alternate methods can we use? Thursday 12/4: How do we use exponential models to show population growth and/or decay? [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Unit-3-HW-Packet-1.pdf"] … [Read more...]
Topic 6 (Secants)
Today we added a new circle definition to our lexicon. A secant is a line that intersects a circle at two points. We then looked at two theorems the Secant-Secant Rule and the Secant-Tangent Rule. Secant-Secant Rule: (Whole Secant)(External Part) = (Whole Secant)(External Part) Secant-Tangent Rule: (Whole Secant)(External Part) = Tangent^2 Check the diagrams for Theorems 2 and 3 on this page: http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/GP14/CircleSegments.htm Classwork and Homework: [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Lesson-6-Homework.docx"] [gview … [Read more...]
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Welcome to the third and final marking period for the first semester. CONGRATULATIONS FRESHMEN! You have almost survived your first semester of high school English. What this marking period will look like? A culmination of what we studied this semester. Grammar Main Ideas Punctuation Annotation Evidence Based Claims. Oh yes, and more reading of informational text. Make use of Evidence Based Claims to form and support an argument. … [Read more...]
Arthur Miller Discussing The Crucible Video Clip
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Digestive System Final Project
December 3, 2014 AIM: What is Johns medical condition? Can he improve his condition and decrease his symptoms? [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Lactose-Intolerance-DBQ.docx"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Lactose-Intolerance-DBQ-scoring-rubric.docx"] … [Read more...]
Valence Electrons
Today we covered valence electrons and Lewis Dot Structure. Writing Assignment and HW-03.04 [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Periodic-Table-Valence-Electrons.pptx"] … [Read more...]
Periods and Groups
We went over Periods and Groups and apply the knowledge by using the Periodic Table [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Periodic-Table-Periods-Groups.pptx"][gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Periodic-Table-Race.docx"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Periodic-Table-Basic2.docx"] … [Read more...]
Periodic Table – the basics
Getting to Know the Periodic Table [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Periodic-Table-basic.pptx"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Periodic-Table-Basic.docx"] … [Read more...]
Topic 5 (Multiple Tangents)
Today we tried to find lines that act as tangents to multiple circles. We broke this up into a few different cases. Check out these cases and their tangents below. Use these diagrams to help with the classwork where you have to solve a case of medieval intrigue with assassination attempts and other excitement! [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Lesson-5-Homework.docx"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Lesson-5-Activity-Sheet.docx"] … [Read more...]