Interesting game to Study Populations.

I was introduced to this game through my college computer science professors. Please play around with it a little to see if it can help you better understand how populations grow and shrink based on limiting factors.

The Game of Life is not your typical computer game. It is a 'cellular automaton', and was invented by Cambridge mathematician John Conway.

This game became widely known when it was mentioned in an article published by Scientific American in 1970. It consists of a collection of cells which, based on a few mathematical rules, can live, die or multiply. Depending on the initial conditions, the cells form various patterns throughout the course of the game.

Quoted from www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife

Bible:
6-8: Read L26
9-10: 2L5 ItB

Math:
3rd: 9.1 PW
4th: 9.5 PW
5th: 12.1 PW
6th: 9 STP
7th: 6.8b
8th: 6T

Science:
9.1 Objectives & Review It
9.1 Mind-map
9.2 Objectives & Review It
9.2 Smart Notes

9-10 Physical Science:
Review & Video

9-10 Computers:
Newsletter

Language Arts:
Spelling dictionary 26

9-10 Geography:
11 Word Wall
11.1 Guided Reading Worksheet

Social Studies:
20.4 Section Assessment

Yearbook
Place students on their respective pages.

Aero Garden Results

I probably should have posted these results earlier but here they are.

Results	Weight (g)
Basil	164.66
Mint	32.68
Thyme	11.70
Oregano	5.90
Dill	108.29
Total	323.23

The results given are after using two of the nutrient tablets from the other seed kit. You should be able to expect about 300 grams of herbs from a single winter season. I would assume that if you did this over the summer you would get better results since our results are for an Alaskan winter. Now that the days are getting longer we have seen a significant increase in the yield.

I decided to put this post up because the next time we change out the water we will be experimenting with an non-AeroGarden brand of nutrients. Expense wise it is only slightly cheaper because I only purchased a small amount of the nutrient solution. I wanted to do this because the herbs have been producing so nicely now, that I hated to let them just die.

We will also be experimenting with making our own hydroponics container from scratch.

Fish Tank in the Works.

This past Sunday the 9th grade class and myself went on a little field trip to PetCo to see what we could find to put in the fish tank in the classroom.

They came up with a list of fish that they liked. Now we just need to test the tank to make sure that it survived the trip from Idaho to Alaska. Next we will work on decorating the tank and stabilizing it and go get some fish for the tank.

9-10 Computers 8/28/2008

Work on organizing and building your "Presentation Tips" powerpoint.

5-10 PE 8/19/2008

Took our heart rate. briefly discussed the Presidential fitness award.
Did some stretches, ran 2 laps, and worked on pull-ups.

5-10 PE for 8/18/2008

Running 2 laps around the ball field
Human foosball.

9-10 Biology & Geometry for 9/18/2008

Biology:
Read section 1.1

Geometry:
1.1 pg 6-9 #12-26 even, 27, 28-46 even, 47, 48, 52-70 even