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

Inspiring video

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.

Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge

Check out http://www.youngscientistchallenge.com/

Mindmap Software

Yesterday we learned about the concept of Mindmap or concept mapping to help you study information. Below are several different free programs that can be used to make concept maps on the computer.

• Freemind
• XMind
• Dia

Freemind was the program that was used today in the lab. I was pleased with how quickly they learned how to use it.

Solar Prominence in stereo

I just stumbled upon this pretty cool footage of a solar prominence at APOD. Make sure to check out the YouTube clip.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091020.html