Welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed a lovely spring break. We've hit the ground running this morning and have begun the peer editing process for the Engineering Grand Challenge Essay. The ideas are really fantastic - from feeding garbage to black holes to building energy "smart" houses to talking to animals! The first peer editing guide is due Wednesday, April 18th.
In other news, we've finished Chapter 9 in our study of Algebra and will be beginning Chapter 10 which focuses on Simplifying and Solving Rational Expressions. Thinking ahead, we're projecting our Chapter 10 test to be May 8th. After that, we'll be moving on to an intensive study of Geometry which will assist with the high school math transition. As part of this study, students will need to obtain a copy of Painless Geometry by Lynette Long. I checked online and Amazon.com offers new copies of the text for $9 and tons of good-condition, used copies for around $5. Alterately, the library also has copies which students might want to reserve if they would rather not purchase a book. Painless Geometry offers a very readable text with practice problems and exposure to basic concepts and key postulates. I anticipate this unit will be a fast paced, fun and interesting way to finish up math for the year!
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