PERCY JACKSON LIGHTNING THIEF -- REad chapter 19 and answer questions -- see file below
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Read chapter 16 -- IN CLASS open book quiz tomorrow Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief
ELA -- answer question for ch 12 and 13 -- see attached -- read Lightning Thief through the end of chapter 14 SOCIAL STUDIES: Workbook pages 59,60, and 61
JUST FYI for FUN on Pi Day from:
https://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/history_of_pi/history_of_pi.pdf A Brief History of π Pi has been known for almost 4000 years—but even if we calculated the number of seconds in those 4000 years and calculated pi to that number of places, we would still only be approximating its actual value. Here’s a brief history of finding pi: The ancient Babylonians calculated the area of a circle by taking 3 times the square of its radius, which gave a value of pi = 3. One Babylonian tablet (ca. 1900–1680 BC) indicates a value of 3.125 for pi, which is a closer approximation. In the Egyptian Rhind Papyrus (ca.1650 BC), there is evidence that the Egyptians calculated the area of a circle by a formula that gave the approximate value of 3.1605 for pi. The ancient cultures mentioned above found their approximations by measurement. The first calculation of pi was done by Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC), one of the greatest mathematicians of the ancient world. Archimedes approximated the area of a circle by using the Pythagorean Theorem to find the areas of two regular polygons: the polygon inscribed within the circle and the polygon within which the circle was circumscribed. Since the actual area of the circle lies between the areas of the inscribed and circumscribed polygons, the areas of the polygons gave upper and lower bounds for the area of the circle. Archimedes knew that he had not found the value of pi but only an approximation within those limits. In this way, Archimedes showed that pi is between 3 1/7 and 3 10/71. A similar approach was used by Zu Chongzhi (429–501), a brilliant Chinese mathematician and astronomer. Zu Chongzhi would not have been familiar with Archimedes’ method—but because his book has been lost, little is known of his work. He calculated the value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter to be 355/113. To compute this accuracy for pi, he must have started with an inscribed regular 24,576-gon and performed lengthy calculations involving hundreds of square roots carried out to 9 decimal places. Mathematicians began using the Greek letter π in the 1700s. Introduced by William Jones in 1706, use of the symbol was popularized by Euler, who adopted it in 1737. An 18th century French mathematician named Georges Buffon devised a way to calculate pi based on probability. ELA: Read Percy Jackson book through end of chapter 6 and answer questions 1 - 8 in your blue journal. . Questions are on handout (see below). SOCIAL STUDIES: Continue with notebook entries on Ancient India Entries include India MAP, REligions Chart, Elephant Handout. Double Check list of work to include -- please note: I will give items 11 and 12 when we return to school.
ELA -- Evacuation Day Essay: COMPLETE ROUGH DRAFT –
4 – 5 paragraphs – 500 words (NOTE: We have been working on these in class.) PROMPT: Who was Henry Knox and why was he important to Dorchester Heights and American Revolution? See Class notes to review expository writing (cake diagram). Also review background if you need to by viewing video may be helpful (online): American Revolution 3(1d) Canon on Dorchester Heights by Jim Wyler Social studies : Workbook page 31 – NOTE: You need your textbook to complete – textbook pages 128 - 134 |
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