I am really excited about the start of the 2025-2026 school year. I hope all of you had a relaxing and fun summer vacation. I have posted a course outline (syllabus) for Math 6, Math6/7A, and 6th grade science under announcements (recent posts). I look forward to meeting all of you, and I wish all […]
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6/7A Math Syllabus
Please click on this link to view the course outline (syllabus) for 6/7A Math.
Masks and Covid-19
University of Minnesota study on how certain types of masks help prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Garden Salsa
Ingredients: 5-8 whole tomatoes 1-4 serrano peppers* * You can take out the seeds if desired but use gloves. I just leave the seeds in when I make salsa, but I remove them when I eat chiles by themselves. Don’t touch the seeds or chiles with your bare hands, if possible. Definitely don’t touch your eyes after […]
Microscope Notes
Click on the following link to access the notes from today’s lecture on using a microscope and making a wet mount slide.
EPA Carbon Footprint Calculator
Please check out this carbon footprint calculator from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to calculate your family’s carbon footprint. Find out what your family is already doing to lower their carbon footprint and learn 14 Easy Ways to Lower Your Carbon Footprint from National Geographic.
Can We Live Forever?
Check out this TED video featuring Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn on Telomeres and Aging. Reducing chronic stress could be key to giving us a chance of living a healthy long life.
EPA – Environmental Protection?
There have been some changes to EPA.gov. Unfortunately, the changes don’t seem to be interested in protecting our environment. Some of the changes involve considering the withdrawal of Clean Water Act Restrictions for the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and a proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan. The Most Polluted Cities in […]
Pebble Mine Location
Where is the Pebble deposit located? The mineral deposit is located in the Bristol Bay region in Southwest Alaska, near Iliana Lake and Lake Clark. It is in a remote area, near the headwaters to tributaries of both the Nushagak and Kvichak rivers.
Lack of Sleep is Killing us.
Professor Matthew Walker, director of the Centre for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley, said that sleep deprivation affected “every aspect of our biology” and was widespread in modern society. ‘Catastrophic’ lack of sleep in modern society is killing us, warns leading sleep scientist.