homework for the weekend

Remember that the Grey Cup is being played in Toronto this weekend.

We briefly discussed the trophy. Andrew mentioned he thought that the Stanley Cup was the oldest trophy given out in Canada. He was right.

Please see my previous post for some more information on Canadian Sports trophies.


Math - remember to experiment writing letters of your name using the isometric dot paper.

Want to print out more paper? Try: http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/isometricdots/

But first, check out this link for the on-line (interactive version) you can convert from 2D to 3D, rotate and experiment even more.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=125


Math 2 - create an example of wrapping paper using the pattern blocks.
This is also known as tessellation. You can tessellate (slide (translate), turn (rotate) or flip (reflect) a design you create.

Online version http://www.arcytech.org/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml

or this one: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=27

L.A.
The Heaven Shop - character table and cover page (work on)
Want to know some more about the country of Malawi? Click here CIA Factbook

Should we make some food from Malawi?...mmm banana and sweet potatoes...here

If you looked around the last web site you'll see a lot of information about Malawi.
For fun, some people play a game called Bao. It is one of the oldest games known to humans.
Are you interested in how it works? Here are some instructions for the beginner, intermediate and advanced. Bao looks like fun!

Here's a similar African game called Mancala. It only has two rows so may be easier to play at first. On-line Mancala

Reading log AND I need to collect the Mad Hot Ballroom reflection questions on Monday.

History - have all of your information for your "Trading card" ready.