Another week has flown by... amazing how fast time goes by when your exploring the jungles of learning! Ha ..!! get it...
Keep up the good work on getting your homework turned in.. Great job! Also, if your looking for something to do you can always check out what is under the Class Activities tab at the top of the blog.
Math A, 2nd and 4th Period:
We continue to work on rounding decimals and also will start comparing decimals... it’s a decimal world for us!
Math B, 5th period
We will wrap up order of operations next week and then move more into evaluating expressions... and working with variables.
Blog Jungle Fact for the Week: Jungle Facts
Jungles are overgrown with wild tangles of vegetation and dense forest.
Jungles and rainforests are similar, but while rainforests have thick canopies of tall trees that block out light, jungles allow more light in, making it easier for plants to grow.
The extra light creates dense areas of plants and vegetation that can be difficult to navigate.
Jungles are often found surrounding rainforests.
Jungles are home to a wide range of plants and animals.
Over half of the world's species live in a jungle environment.
Jungles are usually in warm places with high rainfall.
The word ‘jungle’ comes from a Sanskrit word meaning ‘uncultivated land’.
The saying “The Law of the Jungle” comes from Rudyard Kipling’s collection of stories called The Jungle Book, published in 1894.
While lions have the nickname “The King of the Jungle” they typically live in savannah and grassland.
Tarzan is a famous fictional character who is raised by apes in African jungles
More than 2000mm of rain falls in the rainforests every year.
The bird-eating spiders of the Amazon rainforest can grow as big as a dinner plate.
In a patch the size of a tennis court there may be as many as 60,000 seedlings waiting for their chance to stand in the sunshine.
Jungle vines can grow to 200m long and can be as thick as your leg.
Some trees stick out above the canopy, and each can stretch as wide as a
football field. As little as 1% of sunlight reaches the forest floor.
Scientists from the Museum explore the rainforest for undiscovered species. They think there are millions out there but 100 species of rainforest animals and plants are being wiped out every single week.
Scientists studying the rainforest sometimes use hot air balloons to reach the very top of the canopy.
BLOG QUESTION: SEE THE Jungle Fact for the Week
1) Go to CONVERTER (click on the word converter) and find out how many inches 2000mm equal... then write down about how much rain the jungle gets every year.
2) How many animals and plants are destroyed in a month?
3) If you shake 3 trees how many bugs might fall out? How would you write that number in standard form and expanded form?
4) How long has it been since the saying, “Law of the Jungle” been used?
FEEL THE SPIRIT!!! Well we have a start to a schedule... either way the seasons is just around the corner!
SCHEDULE:
October 27 vs. Northwest Nazarene University (Exh)
November 09 vs. Southern Utah University
November 12 vs. West Virginia University - 9:00 p.m.TV: ESPN
November 18 vs. University of South Dakota
November 22 vs. Clemson University - 6:00 p.m. TV: ESPN2
Even though life can seem to be wild and crazy... or that your lost in a jungle.. Keep pressing forward! And always remember, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!
Mr. Rott
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