Weekly News

This week in Math we will review Investigation 4 concepts (finding the scale factor to help us find the length of missing sides and angles within polygons and using ratios to determine if shapes are similar) on Monday for a quiz on Tuesday. From Wednesday-Friday, we will start looking at real-life situations where we can use the idea of similar triangles to determine how tall an object is.

In Science we will look at what happens when we mix polyvinyl alcohol with sodium borate. We will then study the idea of synthetic plastics and the types of chemical reactions that are used to develop these plastics. At the end of the week, we'll study the types of materials used in making computers and the amount of waste produced from manufacturing them.

In Advisory students will be able to work on their career topics. On Friday, I will be checking in their math projects. Remember, all projects must be on powerpoint (no poster boards this time around) and if anything has to be read from directly, there should be some sort of visual aid on the powerpoint and your paper must be typed out. Please refer to the checklist given out last week for the options that you have for math (you must choose 3).

Only 10 more school days before holiday break. So far, many of you have started out this trimester very well -- keep it up!