Japan's solution to driving in the snow...

How much fuel does it take to power a lightbulb for a year?

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Lunar Eclipse

Did you get a peak of the eclipse last night/this morning? I stayed up til 1am waiting for the clouds to clear, I only managed a glimpse and then fell asleep... If you fell asleep or missed it, check out this video:


Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo.

Google Earth Skydiving

History of the Ipod...an Infographic

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The Year in Rap...

The Year in Rap: 2010 from Week in Rap on Vimeo.

Chapter 5 Test is FRIDAY!

Here is the study guide(click to enlarge):

Google Docs can be AMAZING!!!

These Vampires are NOT good...

Vampire Energy Video


Vampire Energy Infographic (click to enlarge)

Tis the Season...to read a good book!

Novel Questions

Please complete the following questions about your Historical Fiction or Classic novel.

Answers must be complete sentences to be counted.

CLICK HERE

Miss B.

Winter Words Activities: Day One

Winter words

If you view this at Slideshare, you can make it full screen/zoom in further. Click "view at slideshare" OR "menu" to do that, if can also be downloaded.

LIfespan of a Dollar Bill

 Click to enlarge. Infographic from www.creditloan.com

Simlie and Metaphor

Now that we've had a quick review, check out this cool video project from a 9th grade student somewhere in the US.

There/Their/They're

CLICK HERE  to open the PowerPoint presentation that we viewed in class today. 

Test yourself!
Online Test #1
Online Test #2
Online Test #3
Online Test #4

Here is a short video (I didn't show this in class, but if you were gone it might help you) 

Spelling Words for this week

Required Words:

similar

decide

received

recognize

efficient

measure

argument

grapefruit

breakfast

forecast

Challenge words:

archaeology

entomology

astronomy

Spelling Sort -it is due on DECEMBER 9th

Test is DECEMBER 10th

Practice Sheet is due DECEMBER 10th

Excited about email!

I have recieved numerous emails from students since Thursday when we learned how to use our school email system. I have enjoyed every single one.  Thank you for all of your kind words, thoughtful ideas and downright hilarious use of emoticons. Keep em coming! :) or is it (:  

Our excitement over email looks a lot like this:

Videos used in lessons this week...

These are a few of the short videos we used in class this week.

Sprawl:

Lilium Urbanus - Short Animation Film @ Yahoo! Video

Emotions:

Chapter 5 Slides

Chapter 5

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Assignment

1. Log in to Google Docs

2. Select "Mail"

3. Send Miss Bryant an email

4. Select "documents"

5. Start work on How to Paragraph

6. Proper heading

7. After you put the title on, "share" your paper with Miss Bryant

Using Google Docs

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