Homework for the week of 2/27/2012

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday	Kym's Class: Lyrics to story song 1)Character/problem 2)Rhyme 3)Lyric and Chorus	Kym's Class: Lyrics to story song 1)Character/problem 2)Rhyme 3)Lyric and Chorus	8.6: 12-30 even, 35, 36, 41-43, 46, 47, 50, 51, 56-58 Kym's Class: Lyrics to story song (or lyrical verse) 1)Character/problem 2)Rhyme 3)Lyric and Chorus
Tuesday
Wednesday	Lesson 90	Investigation 6 Fractions Test	Quiz 3. Chapter review and summary, odd problems.
Thursday			TEST 8
Next Week	Kym's Class: Due Monday. 10 comments on blogs. 2 to 3 sentence minimum for each.	Kym's Class: Due Monday. 10 comments on blogs. 2 to 3 sentence minimum for each.	Kym's Class: Due Monday. 10 comments on blogs. 3 to 4 sentence minimum for each.

Homework for the Week of Feb. 20, 2012

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday
Tuesday	Test 16	Lesson 57	8.4: 20-48 Even, 52-57, 60, 61, 65-68, 76-78
Wednesday	Turn in NOVA questions Ancient Civ: create a figure for painting on a vase; practice ball throwing and broad jump Kym's Class: Business letter 200 words handwritten plus envelope Lesson 86	Turn in NOVA questions Ancient Civ: create a figure for painting on a vase; practice ball throwing and broad jump Kym's Class: Business letter 250 words handwritten plus envelope Lesson 58	US History: write Congress speech/ radio ditty/ labor union speech per your selection in class Kym's Class: cursive copy of a story song. Plus, phrase for title and chorus as well as idea for story 8.5: 26-31, 41-46, 50-55, 72-77
Thursday
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Questions for sick sixth and fourth grade

Answer as many of these as you can, from the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJg44jetRVg

This can be a family exercise. I do not expect all questions to be 100 percent accurate, I do expect some sort of effort. Do this to the best of your ability.

Name____________________________Date______________________

NOVA

LOST AT SEA: THE SEARCH FOR LONGITUDE

BEFORE VIEWING THE VIDEO, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

a. What is longitude? What is the reference line associated with longitude?

b. What is latitude? What is the reference line associated with latitude?

WHILE VIEWING THE VIDEO, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

How long ago was longitude invented?

Why was it important for nations to be able to pinpoint positions in the oceans?

Why is John Harrison important? What did he do for a living?

How was the speed of the ship measured? What is a knot?

What is dead reckoning? What were some problems using knots to measure

distance?

What is latitude? What is 0 degrees latitude?

What is longitude? What are lines of longitude called?

How was latitude calculated on a ship?

Why was it easy for pirates to capture cargo ships?

What happened in 1707? Why was this important to longitude?

What was offered in 1714? What was the prize?

What was John Harrison’s educational background?

What was his idea for finding longitude?

How many degrees does the earth turn for each degree of longitude?

What was the challenge in knowing for the people on ships?

What type of clocks were Harrison’s early clocks? Were they accurate?

In clock making, what was the enemy to accuracy? How did he get around this?

What are the problems associated with using a clock on a ship?

What was the idea of Whifton and Ditton? Was it practical?

Was Cassini’s method of using Jupiter’s moons to tell time helpful? What were the

consequences of his idea?

How did Newton influence the board on the solution to longitude?

How did Harrison get around the temperature problem?

Was the interview with George Graham a good thing for Harrison?

What was the outcome of Harrison’s first sea trial with his sea clock?

Was H2 successful? Did it have problems?

Were Masculine’s celestial tables the answer to the longitude question? What might

be the problems associated with this method?

What was different with H3? Was it the answer to his problems?

What was the different direction that Harrison took to develop H4?

Why was it such a blow to Harrison that Masculine be appointed the Astronomer

Royal?

Did Harrison get the money? How much time had passed?

What do modern navigators use to pinpoint positions now?

AFTER VIEWING THE VIDEO, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Explain how time was used to pinpoint longitudinal positions.

Why did the Longitude Board not accept or welcome Harrison’s ideas or solutions?

Homework for the week of 2/13/12

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday	Ancient Civ.see 6th... remember to return your monthly grade report, signed by parent	Ancient Civ. Read p.339-342, define monarchy, oligarchy, tyrant, democracy in cursive; return your monthly grade report, signed	US History read 804-807, as a war correspondent in one of these areas, describe the battle for the readers in the USA in cursive
Tuesday	Lesson 82	Lenin- Pages in Decimal book.	Test 7
Wednesday	Answer science questions on page 176 Kym's: 200 word letter. Bring an envelope to class.	Answer science questions on page 176 Lenin fix lesson 53 Kym's: 300 word letter. Write a cursive copy. Bring an envelope to class.	For Gail: Pages 808-813 Answer Questions 1 and 2 8.1 14-36 even, 43-45, 50, 51, 61, 62, 65-73, 74-79, 89-91 Kym's:350 word letter printed. Write a cursive copy. Bring an envelope to class.
Thursday	Kym's: 200 word letter handwritten. Bring an envelope to class. Lesson 84	Kym's: 300 word letter handwritten. Bring an envelope to class. Lenin work on Fractions	Kym's:350 word business letter printed. Bring an envelope to class. 8.2- 20-40 even, 59-71
Next Week	Kym's:Write a business letter 200/250 words. Sick sixth and fourth grade should watch this movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJg44jetRVg And answer as many of the questions as they are able. The questions are on a separate blog post.	Kym's:Write a business letter 300 words Sick sixth and fourth grade should watch this movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJg44jetRVg And answer as many of the questions as they are able. The questions are on a separate blog post.	Kym's:Write a cursive copy.

Homework for the Week of 2/6/12

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday	Kym's class: Entire science essay edited to the best of your ability Lesson 79	Kym's class: Entire science essay edited to the best of your ability Lesson 55	Emi Chart Maddy Chart Kaliana Chart 7.4 11, 21-26, 31-35, 35-40, 47, 51 Kym's class: Entire Science essay edited to the best of your ability US Hist. 6 ?'s and answers about lead-up to WWII, Hitler and Stalin.
Tuesday		Test 10	7.5: 20-23, 26-29, 32-35, 36, 37, 43-45, 46-49
Wednesday	Kym's Class: Fix one post and do grammar homework. Test 15	Kym's Class: Fix one post and do grammar homework.	7.6: 10, 15-23, 34-39, 45-63 odd. Kym's Class: All Posts fixed and creative writing piece.
Thursday	Reading Journal	Jonathan: Read. Reading Journal Lenin: Decimal Book.	7.6.1: 26-30, 40-44, quiz 2
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