Term 1, Week 2: Sept. 9-13

•  Don't forget the SAT Question of the Day!

• Latin class starts this Tuesday!

•  Your one word essay topic this week is... pernicious.  (If you don't know what it means, look it up!)

Geography:   

You can file any geography papers in your history/lit notebook, or you can start a new notebook.

1. Tell me what you learned about Syria and find it again on a map.
2.  Read ch. 3, pp. 34-37 (stopping at "The Romance of the Rivers") in Why Greenland is an Island.
3. Read "How to Color and Use This Book" in The Geography Coloring Book.  Then color the "Glossary of Geographical Terminology" on the next two pages.
4. Find all the places mentioned in the chapter and the glossary on a map, at least to country and state. (The level of detail may not be such that you can pinpoint an ocean inlet, but you can find the country it's in.)
5. On a blank map of the world, color and label the continents and oceans.  (We can either find one to print online or copy the included blank world map in Uncle Josh's Outline Maps.)




Zoology:

You're going to need a zoology notebook, too.  Fortunately, I bought extra binders.

1.  Read ch. 2  of How to Use a Microscope.

2.  Use the microscope to view the prepared slides we own.  Then you can check out the cool virtual microscope images at Microbe Hunter.  If you have time, you can also see some electron microscope images at the MicroAngela Electron Microscope Image Gallery and the SEM Gallery at the Museum of Science in Boston.

3. Read ch. 3 of How to Use a Microscope and follow the directions for making simple preparations to view. (You can do table salt, potato starch, cotton, cheek cells, and human hair easily.)  Print out some copies of the Microscope Observation Worksheet to record your findings. We have a package coming with some stuff to play with for making slides, as well as a large set of prepared biology slides.  There is also a big surprise in the package that I think everyone will find interesting.

(You can also use these slide-making ideas at Home Science Tools.  The important thing is to get comfortable using the microscope.)

4.  Color the Animal Kingdom page in your Zoology Coloring Book and know the major divisions of the animal kingdom.

5. Keep reading The Aye-Aye and I and let's watch another episode of Last Chance to See.

History/Lit:
Set up your notebook and write it in it.  Remember that you're not just reading Gilgamesh; there are history readings and audio lectures, too.  (You need to listen to 3 lectures and you only have this week and next week to finish Mesopotamia.)

Religion:
Chapter 2 of Understanding Scripture.  Remember to read the Bible verses at the beginning and write about your reading in your notebook. 

Math:
Keep up with your class.