Tenth-Grade Academics, Fifth Six Weeks
March 19 - April 27, 2001
English
Writing: Letter to magazine editor, comic strip, radio drama, web page
American Literature: a Booker T. Washington biography, first part of Les Miserables (Hugo), Uncle Tom's Cabin (Young Folks' Edition)
Algebra - Polynomials, factoring, fractions
Math Computation - Mental computation of cube roots of 4-, 5-, and 6-digit cubes, square roots of 4 and 5-digit numbers, squares and cubes of 1 - 9 memorized, Pascal's triangle to expand powers of binomials or give quick answers in probability problems
American Government - Article III, Sections 2 and 3, Articles IV - VII, Amendments I - VI (Understanding U.S. Constitution, Mark Twain Media Publishers)
Philosophy - Read The Cartoon History of Time, by Charlesworth and Gribben, started The Cosmic Code, by Heinz Pagels, read about string theory, anti-particles
Chemistry - Heat and changes of state, entropy, the nature of light
Lab – Demonstration of Charles's Law, tests for household chemicals, and finding the specific heat of a metal
German - Listened to tapes
P.E. (Basketball) - Offensive and defensive skills