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Notes on Factoring Quadratics
Here are the notes from in class on factoring trinomials. Factoring Quadratics … [Read more...]
Unit 1 TriangulART Project
Greetings Students and Designers, Today my students were assigned the TriangulART project. The instructions and rubric are attached below. Project is due 10/1 Wednesday. This project gives you the opportunity to create nearly any piece of art that you want as long as its made out of triangles! If you're having trouble thinking of a place to start do a quick Google image search for triangle art. There are a ton of amazing pieces out there and there's nothing wrong with taking a little inspiration or kick start from someone else's ideas. This is your chance to take your understanding of triangles and use it to express yourself. I can't wait to post your art around the room and in the … [Read more...]
How does the Constitution work?
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Card Board Structures
Week 3 Unit Structure: This week we are finishing our card board structures. The main points of our investigation during this unit were related to the following questions: 1. How do structures stand up? 2. What methods can be used to stabilize a structure? 3. How can a fibrous material be protected from environmental affects? 4. What are the different purposes for giving a building a color? 5. How is constructive criticism used in a studio environment? … [Read more...]
Monomers and Polymers
September 23, 2014 AIM: What are monomers, and how can they join together to form polymers? Assignments that were turned in: ACTIVE READING (attached below) Today we talked about our next set of building materials; monomers. Monomers are small, simple molecules that can join together to form the large, complex molecules that make up living things. These large molecules are called polymers. The 3 monomers, or building blocks, that we talked about were SIMPLE SUGARS, GLUCOSE, and AMINO ACIDS. The 3 polymers, or large molecules that we talked about were CARBOHYDRATES, STARCH, and PROTEIN. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT ..... Simple Sugars are synthesized into Carbohydrates. Carbohydrates can be digested into Simple … [Read more...]
What is cholesterol?
objective Define cholesterol Give function Identify the 2 types Identify healthy zone for cholesterol … [Read more...]
Reminder: Quiz tomorrow Wed. (9/24/14)
Aim: How do we use adjectives to describe people? Study for the adjectives quiz! Wed. (9/24/14) Remember: Adjectives are used to describe nouns (people, places, things). Adjectives have masculine, feminine, plural and singular forms. a. She is short. Ella es baja. b. He is short. El es bajo c. They are short. Ellos son bajos. d. We (f.) are short. Nosotras somos bajas. … [Read more...]
Figures of Speech Video – Review for Q27 Short Response
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDr7tGr-7wY … [Read more...]
The Uniqueness of Liquid
Today, we went over the uniqueness of liquid, especially about cohesion, adhesion, and surface tension. We did 2 demonstrations to demonstrate these properties. Reminder: Lab Safety Awareness Poster is due tomorrow. [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/State-of-Matter-Surface-Tension.pptx"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/In-Class-Surface-Tension.docx"] … [Read more...]