What Can You Do For Others?

We have finished the first round of teaching in Thanlyn government school last Saturday. Today some of the grade 7 students presented what we have done there in the assembly.

I thank all my students for their effort in this project and wish them in the second round starting this weekend.

Homework Surprise

One of the homework books I checked last week had a surprise for me:

Grade 8 Geometry Project

Your first project of the term:

The poster that you will prepare must be at least A3 size. I can help printing colourful pictures. Due date for the project is DECEMBER 1, Monday, 2014. Group members will honestly and fairly evaluate each other’s performances. These votes will affect each student’s score. The project will be 10% of your Geometry score.

Grade 10 Exam 1

It is Exam time for the tenth graders.
Your first exam will be on Friday, November 28, 2014.
The list of the exam topics are shown below:

Geometry and Football

All the time students ask: Where will I use this math in my life? Here is the answer:

Unit Test Time and Comet Landing

Second Unit Tests for the grades 7 and 8 are ready. Grade 7 Unit 11 Test is on Thursday, Nov 13, 2014. Grade 8 Unit 13 Test will be on Tuesday Nov 18, 2014.

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Meanwhile enjoy Rosetta's landing on a comet. For the first time in history, a spacecraft from Earth has landed on the face of a comet speeding through deep space.

The European Space Agency's Philae lander on the Rosetta spacecraft made its nail-biting, history-making touchdown on the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko today (Nov. 12) and quickly fired its harpoons into the icy target to anchor itself on the strange landscape. The landing ended what some scientists had dubbed "seven hours of terror" - the time it took for Philae to descend from Rosetta as the spacecraft and comet flew through space about 317 million miles (510 million kilometers) from Earth. (from space.com)