November 13, 2006

November 10, 2006

November 9, 2006

This is a map a 2 towns. Luluville and Louberg. Note the 2 roads conecting the towns. Which road is the shortest to travel? You can't really tell because the map doesn't show elevation.



This map below shows the terrain of the map. Note the mountains between the two towns make it more difficult to build a road. Therfore the road was built around the base of the mountains.

Of Mice and Men - By John Steinbeck

Click here for Of Mice and Men info --->http://www.bookrags.com/notes/omam/SUM.html

Three central themes of this novel are:

1. Lonliness: Lennie and George are migrant workors who travel together working on different ranches throughout the Salinas area.

2. Friendship: Lennie and George have a friendship, which is unusual for migrant workers of the 1930's.

3. Like most Americans, Lennie and George dreamed of a better life for themselves. They worked the ranches in hopes of saving their monies and buying a little place to live of the "fatta the land"

November 6, 2006

Latitude and Longitude

www.lakelandsd.com/tutorial/practice.html <---Click here

Longitude lines are like telephone ploes.

Latitude lines are like the rungs of a ladder.

More Earth's Shape information

Study for 10 week test

Earth's Shape

Extremely oblate spheriod - NO WAY

Slighlty Oblate spheriod - Yes Way

You should be able to tell us the following:

1. temp

2. dew point

3. wind speed/wind direction

4. barometric pressure

5. barometric tendancy

6. cloud coverage

7. previous weather

Happy Halloween

October 30, 2006

October 26, 2006

The pyramids built by the Egyptians along the Nile River Valley.

October 26, 2006

Alg: finish inequalities worksheet.
Es: study notes
Eng: Make sure you finished Speak.
Global: We begin studying the Middle East today.

inequalities

Inequalities can be represented on a number line like the 3 examples below.
Can you write down what the inequality was for the 3 examples?