homework Feb. 22

Math - We continue to work on Data Management and graphing.

African elephant student activity 1 (complete) - calculating mean
African elephant student activity 2 (complete) - doublebar graph
African elephant student activity 3 - due Monday - stem-and-leaf plot

L.A. - Read and reread group script.
Bring props and memorize lines (where appropriate).
Read 20 minutes every night


History/Geography - Infocards 1-4 were due Feb. 22
Black presence in New France, Slavery as an Institution and Abolitionism
Any incomplete packages hand in Monday

new: Complete 5 comprehension questions on George Bonga (due Tuesday)

Note: Math
Activity 4 questions: (due in paragraph form, with references Thursday, March 1)
1. Why is the elephant threatened with extinction?
2. What measure have been taken to preserve the African elephant population?
3. To what extent have these measure been effective?
4. Why do some people want a ban on the sale of ivory? Why do others oppose such a ban?
5. Do you think the African elephant will become extinct in your lifetime?
Support you argument with reasons.
Use graphs to support your answer.
some related websites (for use on activity 4 too - miniresearch project are:

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/elephant.htm
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/species/data/species_sheets/afrielep.htm
http://wildnetafrica.com/wildlifearticles/refjournal/1996/database.html


please feel free to post any new web site suggestions as comments...

Have a great weekend!!