Monday, August 31, 2009

More documents!

Week 2 Syllabus.

The rubric for Assignment A (for if you lost it). This is due Tuesday: W2D2

The rubric for KQ part 2. This is due Thursday: W2D4



Friday, August 28, 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Directions and QUESTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT A

Here is a slightly revised version of today's handout with directions on how to make the scatter plot.

THE QUESTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT A ARE AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT!

Monday, August 24, 2009

The science calendar is online!

The first bunch of documents!

Here's where you can find copies of the first week handouts.


Here is the Week I Syllabus.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Welcome Back, Me (and you)

Greetings, oh students! (And parents!)

The new year is almost upon us, and so I'm blowing the dust of this blog, clearing out the cobwebs, and shooing away the summer spiders. Please, 8th graders, do your best to let your 7th-grade friends, associates, and mentees know about the existence of this blog, since, just like last year, I'll be posting links to notes and info up here.

Rather than have this come incompletely through the grapevine, I thought I'd go ahead and let you know some very sad personal news from me. My father, Edward Twining, died very suddenly and unexpectedly this summer. I've spent most of the summer in Denver, trying to be as much of a comfort and help to my mom as I can. I'm doing OK, but this is obviously a very hard thing to go through; I loved my dad a lot, and we kept in close touch. So I may get a little weepy from time to time this fall.

I am very much looking forward to seeing all of you people, though; you are, as I have had opportunity to say to a lot of friends this summer, an amazing bunch of students, and I mean that in a good way. Just being around you-all is going to cheer me up. Especially if you do your homework ;)

See you soon!

--Matthew