tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54883316067675635862024-03-05T00:38:29.406-05:00Stories and Celebrations from the LC 9A FamilyHere at Bloomfield Hills High School, we'd love to share what we've been up to in Learning Community 9A. We look forward to sharing our students' explorations in English, Math, Social Studies, and Science!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423418546924387050noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488331606767563586.post-65155209747818380232017-09-11T20:21:00.004-04:002017-09-11T20:38:44.987-04:00Kicking Off the 2017-2018 School Year<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">New to BHHS this year are our 9th and 10th grade Interdisciplinary Courses. We are so excited to have the opportunity to meet with ALL of our LC family every other day for 90 minutes. It'll be an awesome opportunity for curriculum refreshers, extensions of material learned in class, interdisciplinary inquiry projects, team building, and more. Speaking of team building, we kicked off this school year with some fantastic team-building activities on a beautiful, sunny morning last week. Students completed a scavenger hunt, set community norms, tried to set a jump-rope record for most people jumping the most times, attempted to get their teammates across the lava grass on wooden skis, figured out how to arrange the Zoom pictures in order, and a few groups even got to puzzle through the tarp flip. As you'll see from our montage, it's going to be a great year with the class of 2021!</span><br />
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Mrs. Teal recognized Lara Jonosz for her passion for writing, Mr. Drogosch recognized Jacob Banooni's skills in math, Mr. Laliberte noted Charlie Polito's dedicated investigation of history, and Mrs. Novak applauded Ramsha Saleem for her interest in Biology.</div>
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As we said to these students, we were lucky to have the "problem" of choosing just four students from our learning community. We will miss this group of students as they move on to 10th grade!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We had a fantastic day. Many students (and adults) came away seeing Detroit through different eyes and seeing the exciting business opportunities happening there. They also saw that the way they are learning at BHHS (in collaboration, with flexible spaces and seating) really may be the workplace they walk into down the road.</span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488331606767563586.post-7915096521893451092017-04-04T13:14:00.000-04:002017-04-05T08:49:56.159-04:00What Makes a Classic?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Why are those details important? That's what we've been asking ourselves this quarter in Writ Lit. Essentially, we have sought to find out <a href="http://bhhsteal.wixsite.com/writlit/quarter-3-drama" target="_blank"><b>what makes a classic</b></a>. Is it how long it has been around? Does it depend on the author/creator? What about the historical context or how much influence it had? </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Students studied the works of Sophocles and Shakespeare as a way to consider these and other questions. They considered what makes a classic character (archetype) and how artists, poets, and songwriters try to modernize classics, with varying success. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Several students chose classics connected to their own cultural backgrounds. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sophie (above) has her ancestry rooted in England, and she wanted to share an exhibit about why British Tea is a classic cultural practice. Donna (right) built an exhibit about the Western Wall, a religious and architectural classic connected to her Jewish heritage. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anna created her exhibit to teach museum visitors about Carnivale, an annual Italian Celebration, and</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Antigone taught guests all about the classic Albanian Plis, worn by men in Albania, where her family is from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Over the course of two days, each student had a chance to act as a museum docent as well as a museum guest. We enjoyed learning about a variety of classics, from classic musicals to classic shoes, as a way to tie this unit together. Thanks to all the students for sharing their classics!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Learning Community 9A had a wonderful field trip to the </span><a href="http://www.dia.org/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Detroit Institute of the Arts</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> on February 1st. 89 students and 10 chaperones had an opportunity to see six galleries, focusing on an investigation of several themes related to World History and English Language Arts. And thanks to the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">DIA's extensive digital exhibits, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">students who were unable to accompany us downtown enjoyed a day of virtual art exploration from the classroom.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">One of the highlights of the visit was seeing </span><a href="http://www.dia.org/diego/walls.html" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Rivera Court</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">, Diego Rivera's mural depicting the advances and costs associated with the Industrial Revolution, which students will be studying this quarter in World History. Students learned a great deal from the docents on hand in this exhibit. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">Another impressive piece was a brilliantly colored Iranian Qur'an dated from 1450. Students were asked to consider what they felt makes this a classic piece of art as a segue into their Writ Lit topic for 3rd quarter about classic literature.</span></div>
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The students also thoroughly enjoyed the chance to sample two hot chocolates (one with cinnamon and cloves and the other with a hint of chili), thanks to the special exhibit "Bitter|Sweet: Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate." <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If we can count on their reflections, each student saw an exhibit with which they connected. We hope that for students who have been to the DIA before, this field trip gave them an opportunity to see some of the pieces they might have overlooked in the past, and for those who have never been, we hope this gave them reason to go back. For residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties, admission is free!</span><br />
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November was the kick-off for our historical fiction unit in Writ Lit and World History, which began in English class with the delivery of students' novel baggies! Each bag contains one of the <a href="http://bhhsteal.wix.com/writlit#!historical-fiction-novel-choices/c1iz0" target="_blank">6 novels</a> we are reading (all centered around globalization in the 16th and 17th centuries), 2 packs of sticky notes, and the reading schedule along with reminders for how to sticky note during reading time.<br />
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On any given day, students can be found reading in various spots around the room. On the left, Antigona decided she was most comfortable at the high top table, whereas Noah wanted to read on the floor. There is great energy in a room full of readers (even if no one is speaking)!<br />
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The second part of each class period is giving students time to build a warehouse of resources that help them understand the historical context of their novels, events they are also studying in World History. So far, we have studied how the migration of the Germanic Tribes affected the evolution of the English language and how the Edict of Expulsion explains the beginnings of the Reconquista in Spain. Next? The Bubonic Plague!<br />
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We also used our very own BHHS statues of the Knight and the Baron to give us insight into creating historical fiction. Below, York and Amari decide on the best angle from which to photograph the Knight for their story, and to the right you can see part of Georgia's story about the Baron.<br />
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While learning about these historical topics, students have also learned how to apply the C.R.A.A.P. test to assess a source's Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose. And of course, they are quick to share that they're learning "CRAAP" in English. (As a side note, they are also using this CRAAP in World History and Biology!)<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488331606767563586.post-44838788013690782562016-11-28T08:40:00.001-05:002016-11-29T05:50:31.161-05:00Mathematics on LC Team 9A is on full throttle! Algebra classes have studied linear functions and their graphs and equations this semester. Most recently we have been solving systems of equations in many different ways including on the graphing calculator. we have also used systems of equations in many applications. Geometry has been getting introduced to proofs along with their study of triangles. Crazy angle problems have been challenging. Coordinate proofs have also been very interesting. Both classes are ready for their unit assessment this week. Remember this: Mathematics is Logic, and Logic is the stepping stone into adulthood.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09405674081643512851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488331606767563586.post-54099546859314402932016-11-23T06:28:00.000-05:002016-11-23T06:28:02.937-05:00Goodbye, Invasive Species. Hello, Biodiversity!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBXcRY8fHf644RtfbcP2r1mKHXL7hb6ZKlrUxCTYohk03-4poKd8Y-3Y2VCOqQUYGSk1zVhhuSWIBFUT9LDgNEyWMeTtDBQHsrDMy6qlFTdVZTAPfsmiP8R4mqfOQTTphkq_VhkG9BsE/s1600/IMG_2824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBXcRY8fHf644RtfbcP2r1mKHXL7hb6ZKlrUxCTYohk03-4poKd8Y-3Y2VCOqQUYGSk1zVhhuSWIBFUT9LDgNEyWMeTtDBQHsrDMy6qlFTdVZTAPfsmiP8R4mqfOQTTphkq_VhkG9BsE/s200/IMG_2824.JPG" width="150" /></a>Students are nearing the end of Unit 3 focused on biodiversity. We started the unit by learning about what biodiversity looks like and how to quantify it by calculating the diversity index. This was modeled through an activity called "Bird Island", which also helped to build our vocabulary with terms such as species, abundance, and endemic species. Students first calculated bird populations, graphed the population data, and then analyzed their data to use as evidence when discussing questions related to biodiversity.<br />
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The last piece to our biodiversity unit is presenting on how human actions such as deforestation, urbanization, pollution, and agriculture (just to name a few) affect our global biodiversity. Possibly even more importantly is how science, technology, government and non-profit organizations are developing solutions to reduce the impact humans have on our plant and animal species. I am looking forward to hearing the students' presentations in early December!<br />
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<span style="color: #0000ee;">Th</span>roughout the year in World History, our class will be keeping up to date on current events. Earlier in the year, I encouraged students to download a variety of news apps onto their phones. They were encouraged to download a local, national, and international news app. If they wanted to take it a step further, I encouraged them to allow one of the apps to accept push notifications so that breaking news would appear across the home screens of their phones! It has been fun to see students excited to ask me about breaking news to see if I had already seen it yet or not during our current events discussion that usually occurs on Monday or Tuesday at the beginning of class.<br />
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To go along with our continued investigation of current events, we discussed the role that editorial cartoons play in allowing writers / cartoonists to make statements concerning events that are happening in the World. It was stressed that cartoons should really go beyond the descriptive and should reach for the analytical. In other words, they need to attempt to say something with their cartoon.<br />
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I gave the class the chance to test out their editorial cartoon making skills by creating a cartoon that was related to any New York Times article they could find. Students were allowed to pick any topic found in the NYT that they thought was interesting and most importantly had something to say about it. Finally, I chose some of the very best to compete in the NYT Learning Network's Second Annual Editorial Cartoon Contest. We are currently awaiting the results of the contest and are hoping to have a winner or two from among the thousands of entries that they receive from across the nation. Last year, BHHS had two cartoons that were chosen for recognition!<br />
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Memoirs written by Brett Almany, Evan Saroken, Jenny She, and Eli Rubin have been published on <i>Teen Ink</i>'s website. In addition, Darby Krugel received an editor’s choice award, Sophie Henderson earned a front page feature, and Leen Rass earned a reader’s top pick recognition. Congratulations to these students!</div>
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September has been a month of exploring why and how people tell their stories. On one of the first days of class this year, students watched Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie's TedTalk entitled, "The Danger of a Single Story," in which she warns us against seeing others from only one perspective, of having only one story of a person or a people. After discussing her message, the students began to understand that the only way for people to truly understand one another is for us all to tell our own stories, to give one another a glimpse into what the world looks like through our eyes.</div>
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In order to tell their own stories in the best way possible, students realized that they needed to better understand the techniques that other authors use when they write personal narratives.</div>
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Consequently, we have been reading and listening to a series of personal narratives, each with a different focus. For example, we studied "The Scolding" by Nabeela Rehman to consider how dialogue can bring a story to life, while Dara Horn's "Walking With Living Feet" drove home the impact of vivid imagery. If you would like to listen to or read the narratives we've been enjoying, they can be found <a href="http://bhhsteal.wixsite.com/writlit/narratives" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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During one class, students looked for various literary elements in Amy Tan's famous personal narrative "Fish Cheeks." Each group focused on annotating for a new technique as they came to each new part of the story. By the end, we had uncovered a wealth of techniques used by Amy Tan to convey the maturity that it takes to recognize and accept one's identity.<br />
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After we study a story, students apply the technique we've focused on to their own memoirs. For example, after listening to/reading and discussing Kamaal Majeed's "Being Content With Myself" to recognize the importance of a story's hook, students rewrote the first line of their own memoirs for maximum reader impact and connection to their memoirs' themes. Students wrote these on large sheets of poster paper so that they could be inspired by one another's writing.<br />
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Students are looking forward to sharing their stories near the end of October. Their memoirs cover just about every topic imaginable, but more that that, they add important stories to our collective understanding of our community. And for that, I am so grateful!<br />
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We have had a great start to the new year in Biology! Our first unit focused on practicing skills
needed in the laboratory, such as measuring mass, volume and length using
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behavior was a success! “Isopods” are
the scientific name for the backyard critters many of us call “pill bugs” or “roly-polies”. The students set up a choice chamber to test
the preferences of isopods. For example,
some students thought it would be interesting to test whether isopods preferred
dark or lighted environments, hot or cold temperatures, and sand or soil ground
cover. We will be discussing their
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbASh7ZLaYvf70wB7PjSjFa-8ktOLUrVBsdE1n42UT9pauVtFvwZX7dv26t6sIzIyUz8AMxwEnYb4z3nbGAOQM6fDxSrwBMYwkXDX9QKATe73HBecQRaY_z4AOI5md_IiRCexwFpJjqS0o/s1600/Possessions+Pic+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbASh7ZLaYvf70wB7PjSjFa-8ktOLUrVBsdE1n42UT9pauVtFvwZX7dv26t6sIzIyUz8AMxwEnYb4z3nbGAOQM6fDxSrwBMYwkXDX9QKATe73HBecQRaY_z4AOI5md_IiRCexwFpJjqS0o/s320/Possessions+Pic+3.jpg" width="221" /></a>Freshman World History begins with a review unit on Geography and Culture. Topics of discussion include the 5 Themes of Geography, 7 Elements of Culture, and Rise of Civilization. Students have previously been exposed to most of these topics in some fashion during their sixth or seventh grades, however, I find it extremely beneficial to touch on them again this year. It is my belief that a strong understanding of Geography and Culture are perhaps the best tools a student can possess while developing an appreciation and comprehension of World History.<br />
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This past week, students participated in an activity that used Peter Menzel's, Material World: A Global Family Portrait. In 1994, Menzel traveled the World and took portraits of the "average family" in terms of income, size, religious affiliation, etc. from 30 different countries. Before shooting the photo, he had the family move all of their personal possessions outside of their home and then took the family portrait in front of the home with all of the possessions surrounding them. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvS6qB5FZefQnPzKibjfIr_8idxuV9-OgjyOltUOhgAZ28yr3xCvssgj0PThfqCprjCFzIOrxFEvdEbgjBIo3TjC0Z6lZxFTwOLaRDgHXfOIBO6KkU834-X7IWcMrevc48DgehFZySc9U/s1600/Possessions+Pic+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvS6qB5FZefQnPzKibjfIr_8idxuV9-OgjyOltUOhgAZ28yr3xCvssgj0PThfqCprjCFzIOrxFEvdEbgjBIo3TjC0Z6lZxFTwOLaRDgHXfOIBO6KkU834-X7IWcMrevc48DgehFZySc9U/s320/Possessions+Pic+2.jpg" width="320" /></a>Currently, in Mrs. Teal's English class, our students are learning about both the telling and listening of stories and the variety of ways that stories can be told. To connect our studies in World History with the learning that is occurring in English, I asked the students to pick one of the family portraits that they viewed and to attempt to write that family's story. They then shared these stories in Mrs. Teal's class. An interesting discussion that occurred out of this activity was a student question concerning the fact that they were writing the family's story with incomplete information. Which led to a discussion about what other information would they like to have and how would they obtain it?<br />
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We are excited to start the new school year! Exploring our cultures is a beginning theme on our team this year. In math, the students' first project was to explore symmetry in their culture. Students reported on things that had line and rotational symmetry and told about them. Very many interesting facts were shared and we discovered that there is symmetry all around us! The projects were awesome! Here is just one example:</div>
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It's hard to believe that it's June 13 and the year is almost over. We have had an incredible journey with our LC 9A students, and this has been a week full of fun and celebrations all around.<br />
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Last Tuesday was our final Tune-Up Tuesday lunch hour. We had record attendance! We are so glad that students have taken advantage of this extra time with us each week.<br />
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Students were editing advocacy letters, working on science labs, reviewing world history, and practicing math problems. Students have been eager to get ready for final exams and are studying hard.<br />
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At the end of the week, we set aside a bit of time for each teacher to surprise a student who has performed exceptionally well in each of our subject areas. Mrs. Teal recognized Malik Salman for his passion and gift for languages, Mr. Drogosch recognized Jenna Hart's impressive skills in Geometry, Mrs. Fellin gave her recognition to Nikki Ratapanichkich for her humble but exceptional work in Honors Algebra II, Mr. Laliberte noted Izzy Bonito's dedicated investigation of culture and history, and Mrs. Novak applauded Riya Doshi for her commitment and interest in Biology.<br />
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As we said to these students, we were lucky to have the "problem" of choosing just five students from our learning community. We have been so impressed by all of our students' work and will miss this group of students as they move on to 10th grade!<br />
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Friday brought our final celebration of the week, a time for us to spend time together and reflect on a successful year. We gathered outside during Advisory to enjoy one another's company!<br />
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We wish all of our LC 9A students a restful summer and hope you will come back and visit next year!<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488331606767563586.post-8305258118517071952016-06-13T10:56:00.000-04:002016-06-14T10:56:43.361-04:00Advocacy in Writ Lit I<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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One of the highlights was extracting DNA from a strawberry, as shown by a lab group (left). The DNA is the white stringy stuff suspended in the rubbing alcohol. The red layer at the bottom was the strawberry slurry.<br />
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Another interesting aspect of the genetics unit was that a portion of it was integrated into the English classes. The focus of the content was on how foods are genetically modified, but also covered examples of genetically modified animals (such as mosquitoes) and a bit of the ethics behind genetic modification in humans.<br />
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Students were engaged in thinking about the different viewpoints of people who are impacted through genetic modification, such as farmers, consumers and environmentalists.<br />
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Students had the option to choose to complete the project on either a poster board or Prezi. Below are a few examples of Prezi's that were created for this project.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423418546924387050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488331606767563586.post-69421559089564750402016-04-18T13:49:00.003-04:002016-04-18T13:49:25.231-04:00<b id="docs-internal-guid-b5b7c66b-2a7c-1d7d-d74a-a9481a639cde" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488331606767563586.post-29371070464341136692016-03-15T17:52:00.001-04:002016-04-01T22:14:04.249-04:00Team 9A Math explores end behavior with their arms!3-14-16 Pi Day<br />
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Team 9A at BHHS explored polynomials this month. All of the operations with the polynomials were mastered. Students had to classify polynomials as well by number of terms and degree while naming the leading coefficient. Then students explored end behavior by standing and using their arms to show end behavior going to infinity and negative infinity. It was a blast!! Then graphed the polynomials. These 2 students made a video describing the process.<br />
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Geometry students are immersed in trigonometry. SOH CAH TOA, law of sines, law of cosines, new area formulas, applications, are all being explored!! It's uses seem endless!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09405674081643512851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488331606767563586.post-37935629874425494902016-02-29T08:00:00.000-05:002016-02-29T20:46:54.490-05:00What Makes a Classic?This quarter, students in Writ Lit I are investigating what makes a classic. Is it timelessness? Influence? Universal appeal? We spent the month of February studying Sophocles' Ancient Greek tragedy <i>Antigone</i>, puzzling about why this 2,500 year old play still resonates with audiences today. As part of their study, students learned and wrote about classic archetypes and had some fun trying to figure out which archetypes best describe them and which archetypes best describe their LC 9A teachers; we'll let you imagine what they thought!<br />
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Now, students have selected their "classics," and, as usual, I am SO IMPRESSED by their creativity and individuality. Here are a few examples to showcase the students' thinking:<br />
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<li>Jade is interested in the bell-bottom jean as a classic shift in fashion.</li>
<li>Nick P thinks the BMW e46 m3 should qualify as a classic car. </li>
<li>Annaliese is investigating DC Comics as a classic comic book creator.</li>
<li>Seth wants to prove that "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown is a classic song.</li>
<li>Tia is looking into Starbucks as a classic coffee shop chain.</li>
<li>Abby S is defending a specific classic heart surgery technique.</li>
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I can't wait to see what they discover! In the meantime, we'll be digging into two of Shakespeare's classic texts next: <i>Romeo and Juliet</i> and <i>Macbeth</i>. </div>
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What will the students think--should they be considered classics or not? Is the impact of Shakespearean language still felt today? Check out <a href="http://ed.ted.com/on/kg3xD9lP" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">one hip hop artist </span></a>who says yes!</div>
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The most common factors chosen by students included intensity of light, amount of carbon dioxide present, temperature of water and the color of the light. Each lab group decided how they would collect data, planned out their procedure, wrote a hypothesis, and began conducting their tests. Just this week, students turned in a formal lab report that included an analysis of errors in their data, a conclusion explaining the scientific reasoning behind their results and improvements for next time.<br />
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