1. Reading
2. Parts of a leaf
Parts of a leaf
Then read about photosynthesis in leaves
3. History: Continue reading At Dawn We Slept
4. Art
5. Chinese
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
May 22, 2007
1. Reading
2. History:
Pearl Harbor: Read At Dawn We Slept, by Gordon Prange the large Pearl Harbor Book on my bookshelf.
3. Math
Finish the blackjack and poker problems from yesterday.
4. Science
Flower anatomy
View this sheet from enchanted learning carefully. Next, go outside, collect several different kinds of flowers. Take them apart. Glue the parts to a piece of paper and label each part. See how many of the parts you can find.
5. Chinese
6. Five words
7. Art
2. History:
Pearl Harbor: Read At Dawn We Slept, by Gordon Prange the large Pearl Harbor Book on my bookshelf.
3. Math
Finish the blackjack and poker problems from yesterday.
4. Science
Flower anatomy
View this sheet from enchanted learning carefully. Next, go outside, collect several different kinds of flowers. Take them apart. Glue the parts to a piece of paper and label each part. See how many of the parts you can find.
5. Chinese
6. Five words
7. Art
Sunday, May 20, 2007
May 21
1. Reading
2. Math
A. Do the problems from last week on blackjack and probability. EMAIL THE ANSWERS TO ME.
Cards...
1. What is the probability of getting a 2? Express as a decimal.
2. What is the probability of getting a 2 of spades. Express as a decimal.
3. You are holding four cards and all four are hearts. What is the probability of getting a heart with the next card? (how many cards are left in the deck? How many are hearts?) Express as a decimal.
4. In blackjack, you are holding a Jack. What are the odds of being dealt --
a) an ace? Express as a decimal.
b) another card worth 10 points? Express as a decimal.
c) a card worth 3 points or less? Express as a decimal.
5. In poker, you are trying to get a straight. You have 5,6, and 8,9, but you need a seven with your last card. You already have 6 cards in your hand. What are the odds of getting a seven?
6. What are odds of getting a royal flush (10-J-Q-K-A all of one suit)? Express as a decimal.
7. Assume you hold the 10-J-Q-K of Hearts. What are the odds of getting the Ace with your fifth card?
8. In blackjack, the dealer has 14. What are the odds that he'll go bust and have to pay all the players?
WORD PROBLEMS:
1. A swimming pool is 2 meters deep, 100 meters long, and 25 meters wide. If it fills with water at 2m3 per minute, how many minutes will it take to fill the pool.
2. In (1) if the city builds a fence around the pool, and 10 meters distant from the pool on each side, how long will the fence be?
3. A hand grenade kills all soldiers within a 3 meter radius. What is the size of the area where everyone is killed?
3. History: Japan in China 1937-41
Japan's War in China Wikipedia.
See also the key: Battle of Shanghai
Nanjing Massacre
4.
2. Math
A. Do the problems from last week on blackjack and probability. EMAIL THE ANSWERS TO ME.
Cards...
1. What is the probability of getting a 2? Express as a decimal.
2. What is the probability of getting a 2 of spades. Express as a decimal.
3. You are holding four cards and all four are hearts. What is the probability of getting a heart with the next card? (how many cards are left in the deck? How many are hearts?) Express as a decimal.
4. In blackjack, you are holding a Jack. What are the odds of being dealt --
a) an ace? Express as a decimal.
b) another card worth 10 points? Express as a decimal.
c) a card worth 3 points or less? Express as a decimal.
5. In poker, you are trying to get a straight. You have 5,6, and 8,9, but you need a seven with your last card. You already have 6 cards in your hand. What are the odds of getting a seven?
6. What are odds of getting a royal flush (10-J-Q-K-A all of one suit)? Express as a decimal.
7. Assume you hold the 10-J-Q-K of Hearts. What are the odds of getting the Ace with your fifth card?
8. In blackjack, the dealer has 14. What are the odds that he'll go bust and have to pay all the players?
WORD PROBLEMS:
1. A swimming pool is 2 meters deep, 100 meters long, and 25 meters wide. If it fills with water at 2m3 per minute, how many minutes will it take to fill the pool.
2. In (1) if the city builds a fence around the pool, and 10 meters distant from the pool on each side, how long will the fence be?
3. A hand grenade kills all soldiers within a 3 meter radius. What is the size of the area where everyone is killed?
3. History: Japan in China 1937-41
Japan's War in China Wikipedia.
See also the key: Battle of Shanghai
Nanjing Massacre
4.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
May 17
1. Reading
2. Math
Cards...
1. What is the probability of getting a 2? Express as a decimal.
2. What is the probability of getting a 2 of spades. Express as a decimal.
3. You are holding four cards and all four are hearts. What is the probability of getting a heart with the next card? (how many cards are left in the deck? How many are hearts?) Express as a decimal.
4. In blackjack, you are holding a Jack. What are the odds of being dealt --
a) an ace? Express as a decimal.
b) another card worth 10 points? Express as a decimal.
c) a card worth 3 points or less? Express as a decimal.
5. In poker, you are trying to get a straight. You have 5,6, and 8,9, but you need a seven with your last card. You already have 6 cards in your hand. What are the odds of getting a seven?
6. What are odds of getting a royal flush (10-J-Q-K-A all of one suit)? Express as a decimal.
7. Assume you hold the 10-J-Q-K of Hearts. What are the odds of getting the Ace with your fifth card?
8. In blackjack, the dealer has 14. What are the odds that he'll go bust and have to pay all the players?
3. History:
2. Math
Cards...
1. What is the probability of getting a 2? Express as a decimal.
2. What is the probability of getting a 2 of spades. Express as a decimal.
3. You are holding four cards and all four are hearts. What is the probability of getting a heart with the next card? (how many cards are left in the deck? How many are hearts?) Express as a decimal.
4. In blackjack, you are holding a Jack. What are the odds of being dealt --
a) an ace? Express as a decimal.
b) another card worth 10 points? Express as a decimal.
c) a card worth 3 points or less? Express as a decimal.
5. In poker, you are trying to get a straight. You have 5,6, and 8,9, but you need a seven with your last card. You already have 6 cards in your hand. What are the odds of getting a seven?
6. What are odds of getting a royal flush (10-J-Q-K-A all of one suit)? Express as a decimal.
7. Assume you hold the 10-J-Q-K of Hearts. What are the odds of getting the Ace with your fifth card?
8. In blackjack, the dealer has 14. What are the odds that he'll go bust and have to pay all the players?
3. History:
Monday, May 14, 2007
May 15, 2007
1. Reading. Something for your pleasure!
2. Taiwan: 30 more pages of Jerome Keating's book!
3. Science. Bee language. Read about the Bee Dance at Wiki, then see this picture and graph site about it. Neat! Bees talk to each other. Sadly, the bees are dying. Read about the problem. "Pathogen" is a word that means "disease causing organism." A pathogen is a living thing that makes other living things sick.
4. History. We're going to be looking at the emergence of the war in the Pacific and return to Europe later. First, Japan invades Manchuria. Read the first two pages of this site on the Japan China War, or more if you want to.
5. Math:
Convert the following to decimals:
5/12
1/2
2/5
5/4
6/8
21/35
3/8
Probability (express all your answers as decimals)
1. A man deals four cards. What is the probability that all four are sevens?
2. In blackjack, 10,J,Q, and K are all worth ten. What is the probability that you will be dealt a card worth 10 points for the first card you get? (hint: there are 52 cards)
3. In blackjack, what is the probability of getting 21 with two cards (probability of getting dealt an ace multiplied by the probability of getting a card worth ten points)
4. In blackjack, what is the probability of getting 20 points with just two cards? First, what combinations make twenty? (11 + 9 or 10 + 10). Add the two probabilities to get the total probability.
5. In blackjack, if you are holding 16 (assume a 10 and a 6), what is the probability of getting a card that will give you 21 or less with your next card?
2. Taiwan: 30 more pages of Jerome Keating's book!
3. Science. Bee language. Read about the Bee Dance at Wiki, then see this picture and graph site about it. Neat! Bees talk to each other. Sadly, the bees are dying. Read about the problem. "Pathogen" is a word that means "disease causing organism." A pathogen is a living thing that makes other living things sick.
4. History. We're going to be looking at the emergence of the war in the Pacific and return to Europe later. First, Japan invades Manchuria. Read the first two pages of this site on the Japan China War, or more if you want to.
5. Math:
Convert the following to decimals:
5/12
1/2
2/5
5/4
6/8
21/35
3/8
Probability (express all your answers as decimals)
1. A man deals four cards. What is the probability that all four are sevens?
2. In blackjack, 10,J,Q, and K are all worth ten. What is the probability that you will be dealt a card worth 10 points for the first card you get? (hint: there are 52 cards)
3. In blackjack, what is the probability of getting 21 with two cards (probability of getting dealt an ace multiplied by the probability of getting a card worth ten points)
4. In blackjack, what is the probability of getting 20 points with just two cards? First, what combinations make twenty? (11 + 9 or 10 + 10). Add the two probabilities to get the total probability.
5. In blackjack, if you are holding 16 (assume a 10 and a 6), what is the probability of getting a card that will give you 21 or less with your next card?
Sunday, May 13, 2007
May 14
1. Reading: For yourself.
2. Taiwan: Jerome Keating, Island in the Stream. Try another 30 pages.
3. WWII. The US gets involved.
The Panay Incident at Wiki and at this site and see photos here. Why didn't the Panay Incident cause the US to enter the war? (Email me the answer, give at least two reasons)
4. Writing
(Email me your essay from last week)
5. Science
pp19-25, 75-103 in Gould An Urchin in the Storm
Math tomorrow.
2. Taiwan: Jerome Keating, Island in the Stream. Try another 30 pages.
3. WWII. The US gets involved.
The Panay Incident at Wiki and at this site and see photos here. Why didn't the Panay Incident cause the US to enter the war? (Email me the answer, give at least two reasons)
4. Writing
(Email me your essay from last week)
5. Science
pp19-25, 75-103 in Gould An Urchin in the Storm
Math tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
May 10
1. Reading
2. Taiwan Reading: Taiwan, Struggles of a Democracy.
3. Finish essay
4. Science
5. Math
a. x + 4 = 2x + 3
b. 4x + 12 = 6x - 4
c. 8x = 48
d. 4x - 8 = 12
e. 4x - 8 = 12x - 4
f. 16x + 20 = 4x + 40
g. 5x - 40 = 10
h. 6x - 4 = 4x + 8
5. Science: Why do leaves turn brown?
2. Taiwan Reading: Taiwan, Struggles of a Democracy.
3. Finish essay
4. Science
5. Math
a. x + 4 = 2x + 3
b. 4x + 12 = 6x - 4
c. 8x = 48
d. 4x - 8 = 12
e. 4x - 8 = 12x - 4
f. 16x + 20 = 4x + 40
g. 5x - 40 = 10
h. 6x - 4 = 4x + 8
5. Science: Why do leaves turn brown?
Monday, May 07, 2007
May 8
1. Reading
2. Social studies: the World in the 1930s. The Rise of Mussolini.
I know you have read Hitler, but Mussolini was far more influential than Hitler was, until the late 1930s. His brilliant use of the color black, his rallies, and his successes in reforming the Italian economy and society made people think he was using the right methods. Actually he was a brutal dictator who was rejected by his people. Hitler modeled his own movement on Mussolini.
Read about Mussolini at Wikipedia.
3. Science: Learn how an experiment is done. Follow the links about malaria and read them carefully. Real life CSI! When I was in Kenya I had this disease.
4. Writing exercise.
Write a five paragraph essay explaining why the world was too weak to resist Hitler in the 1930s. Use these three big problems -- poor leadership, the Depression, and the weakness of the League of Nations -- to explain it.
Good luck!
2. Social studies: the World in the 1930s. The Rise of Mussolini.
I know you have read Hitler, but Mussolini was far more influential than Hitler was, until the late 1930s. His brilliant use of the color black, his rallies, and his successes in reforming the Italian economy and society made people think he was using the right methods. Actually he was a brutal dictator who was rejected by his people. Hitler modeled his own movement on Mussolini.
Read about Mussolini at Wikipedia.
3. Science: Learn how an experiment is done. Follow the links about malaria and read them carefully. Real life CSI! When I was in Kenya I had this disease.
4. Writing exercise.
Write a five paragraph essay explaining why the world was too weak to resist Hitler in the 1930s. Use these three big problems -- poor leadership, the Depression, and the weakness of the League of Nations -- to explain it.
Good luck!
Sunday, May 06, 2007
May 7 2007
1. Reading
2. Social Studies
World History in the 1930s.
Read this history of the League of Nations
1. What were some of the good things about the League of Nations?
2. What were some of the bad things?
3. History has said the League was a failure. Why did it fail?
3. Math
x + 7 = 7
2x + 7 = 7
5x -8 = 42
4x = 2x + 10
x + 3 = 2x + 1
5x - 12 = 9x - 16
6x + 5 - 2x = 20 + x + 6
20 - x = 10 + x
a) What is the probability of tossing a coin and getting 8 heads in a row?
b) 34 =
c) 25 =
d) 92 =
e) 123 =
f) 64 =
g) A book is 10 cm long, 1 cm high, and 6 cm wide. What is the volume of a stack of 20 books?
h) Enjoy this picture puzzle.
Science:
Understanding global warming
The carbon cycle.
Tomorrow; the Greenhouse effect.
2. Social Studies
World History in the 1930s.
Read this history of the League of Nations
1. What were some of the good things about the League of Nations?
2. What were some of the bad things?
3. History has said the League was a failure. Why did it fail?
3. Math
x + 7 = 7
2x + 7 = 7
5x -8 = 42
4x = 2x + 10
x + 3 = 2x + 1
5x - 12 = 9x - 16
6x + 5 - 2x = 20 + x + 6
20 - x = 10 + x
a) What is the probability of tossing a coin and getting 8 heads in a row?
b) 34 =
c) 25 =
d) 92 =
e) 123 =
f) 64 =
g) A book is 10 cm long, 1 cm high, and 6 cm wide. What is the volume of a stack of 20 books?
h) Enjoy this picture puzzle.
Science:
Understanding global warming
The carbon cycle.
Tomorrow; the Greenhouse effect.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
May 3, 2007
1. Reading Fires of the Dragon
2. Math
4x = 1
x -3 = 7
3/2x = 36
1/x = 36
2/x = 36
3/x = 36
4/x = 36
10x = 3x + 35
4 + x = 2 + 2x
10x + 4 = 4x + 16
4x -8 = 2x + 4
3x + 14 = 6x - 4
6x + 12 + x - 2 = 4x +65 - x - 15
2. Math
4x = 1
x -3 = 7
3/2x = 36
1/x = 36
2/x = 36
3/x = 36
4/x = 36
10x = 3x + 35
4 + x = 2 + 2x
10x + 4 = 4x + 16
4x -8 = 2x + 4
3x + 14 = 6x - 4
6x + 12 + x - 2 = 4x +65 - x - 15
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
May 2
Sorry about yesterday! I got too busy.
1. Reading
2. Math.
x - 3 = 0
x + 2 = 5
2x -5 = -15
x/2 = 1
5/x = 2
2x = 2
2x/2 = 2
2x/3 = 2
2x/10 = 2
3x/4 = 6
x/3 = 12
x/3 = -4
Zeb, for the ones below, get X on one side, and the numbers on the other. then you can solve it. For example:
3x = 2 + x
First, we substract X from each side:
2x = 2
Now you can see that X = 1!
Try these:
5 + 2x = 8 + x
8x + x + 2 = 12 + 10x
x - 6 = 4x - 10
4x + 12 = 2x + 20
6x + 5 – 2x = 4 + 4x + 1
Word problems
A. A man has a car that travels 200 km on eight liters of gas. How many km per liter of gas?
B. A man has a large box filled with clay. The box is 50 cm long, 20 cm high, and 10 cm wide. If the clay has a density of 4g per cubic centimeter, how many kilograms does the box weigh? (how many grams in a kilogram!)
C. A man has four children, all boys. What are odds, in percent, of this happening?
D. Twins occur in 3.1% of all births. What are the odds of having twins three births in a row? Express as a percent.
E. A woman can see 1500 meters in any direction. What is the area she can see?
F. A man draws a 3 from a deck of cards. What are the odds of picking another 3 with the next card?
3. 1930s reading: To Kill A Mockingbird
4. History: read some more from WWII: Roots and Causes.
5. Science. We'll talk about it for thursday. I think we need to shift to the 7th grade stuff.
Dad
1. Reading
2. Math.
x - 3 = 0
x + 2 = 5
2x -5 = -15
x/2 = 1
5/x = 2
2x = 2
2x/2 = 2
2x/3 = 2
2x/10 = 2
3x/4 = 6
x/3 = 12
x/3 = -4
Zeb, for the ones below, get X on one side, and the numbers on the other. then you can solve it. For example:
3x = 2 + x
First, we substract X from each side:
2x = 2
Now you can see that X = 1!
Try these:
5 + 2x = 8 + x
8x + x + 2 = 12 + 10x
x - 6 = 4x - 10
4x + 12 = 2x + 20
6x + 5 – 2x = 4 + 4x + 1
Word problems
A. A man has a car that travels 200 km on eight liters of gas. How many km per liter of gas?
B. A man has a large box filled with clay. The box is 50 cm long, 20 cm high, and 10 cm wide. If the clay has a density of 4g per cubic centimeter, how many kilograms does the box weigh? (how many grams in a kilogram!)
C. A man has four children, all boys. What are odds, in percent, of this happening?
D. Twins occur in 3.1% of all births. What are the odds of having twins three births in a row? Express as a percent.
E. A woman can see 1500 meters in any direction. What is the area she can see?
F. A man draws a 3 from a deck of cards. What are the odds of picking another 3 with the next card?
3. 1930s reading: To Kill A Mockingbird
4. History: read some more from WWII: Roots and Causes.
5. Science. We'll talk about it for thursday. I think we need to shift to the 7th grade stuff.
Dad
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