Geometry Review -- Points, Lines & Planes

This is a great review video of several concepts that we have already learned.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

While you are at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, your job will be to find one sea creature that you find fascinating.  Please research that creature and write a one paragraph summary of what you learned about that creature on Kidblog.  I will be looking for well-researched paragraphs.  (You can do this research at the aquarium or on the internet.)  You must pick a creature that is currently at the aquarium for this assignment.

You can visit the aquarium's website for more information.
Have fun!

American Revolution -- PBL Unit

How did the major battles and events of the American Revolution affect the outcome of the war?

This will be our driving question for this project.  All of your work should be based on this question.
As the culminating task of this unit, you will be creating a slideshow with your Google account.

Your slideshow should include:

1. A cover slide that includes the driving question.
2. Five to seven slides with information about the battle or event.
• What happened?  Why?
• Who won?  How?
• How did this victory or defeat affect the outcome of the war? or How did this event affect the outcome of the war?
• How did this battle/event change history?
• How did the war change because of this?
3. A bibliography slide with links to resources that you found useful.
4. Relevant pictures and images that support your information.

Your group for this project can be found on this page.  I have assigned battles on a preliminary basis.  Your group will be able to trade with another group prior to beginning this slideshow.

Useful resources:
Battles & Events of the Revolutionary War
Kid Info -- Revolutionary War
Land of the Brave -- Rev Battles
American Revolution -- Ducksters

Thomas Jefferson and The Declaration of Independence

We have been learning about Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence.  Learn more about this Founding Father:

Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence

Jefferson and Slavery

Brief Biography of Thomas Jefferson

You can read the complete text of the Declaration of Independence, one of our country's most important historical documents.

Coordinate Plane -- All Four Quadrants

Points on the coordinate plane examples: Let's get familiar with the x/y coordinate plane, both from the perspective of plotting points and interpreting the placement of points on a plane.
Please watch the video above and this one from Learnzillion.

Play a game on a coordinate plane.

Coordinate Plane

Coordinate plane: graphing points

Watch the video above for the basics of the coordinate plane.  Please practice with these three activities on Khan Academy's website.  Now try out these word problems and videos.

American Revolution Introduction -- Just for Fun!

This Schoolhouse Rock video will serve as a fun way to introduce the American Revolution that we will be studying this week.  Read about the Shot Heard Round the World and the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

Practice Measuring Angles with a Virtual Protractor

Measuring angles using a protractor: Sal uses a virtual protractor to measure some angles.

Once you have watched the video above, use the Khan Academy virtual protractor.

Quadrilateral Overview

Quadrilateral properties: Sal discusses the properties of quadrilaterals, parallelograms, trapezoids, rhombuses, rectangles, and squares.
As you watch this video, think about how it relates to what we have been learning in class.  Watch more on the Khan Academy website.

Quadrilateral Introduction

Our class will be studying quadrilaterals this week. Please watch the video above as an introduction to this topic.

Area of a Rectangle -- Fractional Side Lengths