McQ Gr.7

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

King Lear Characters

Read the story, get to know the characters, then........tell us which characters you find most interesting.
Who is 'good' and who are the villians?
Do any of them change in your opinion?
Why or why not?

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

What is a Paradox??

The link below takes you a very interesting site that explains paradoxes and gives several examples of these logic conundrums. I think you will find these fascinating!!! Visit the site - read some of the paradoxes and tell us what you think. Are you perplexed? Do you understand? What is your favorite? Which one drives you insane?????

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

9 Dots was just the beginning!!

The math forum site linked below contains the 9 dots puzzle and a few others to challenge your problem solving skills! Share your favorites, your frustrations and if you have any others to suggest, here is the place! Good Luck!

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Peace Leaders

After reading the website projects on Peace Leaders (linked to the Grade 7 website below), please share your comments here.....both students AND parents! Who amazed you, what story inspired you, what did you learn???? I hope you'll enjoy reading about and sharing the stories of these incredible people!

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

More Riddles!

After the Root Beer Challenge, the Thursday Area Class this week decided that we LOVE solving riddles and would enjoy doing MORE!!! If you check out the link below, I found a site with lots of riddles to try (and answers, if you really need them!). In your comments, please share your favorites, ask questions, or make suggestions of riddles you know.
Go Riddlers!!

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Friday, February 23, 2007

A riddle for you!

Here is a riddle to solve!!! If you share your ideas and questions here, maybe you can come up with a solution together! Good luck!

A girl has a 12 litre jug of rootbeer, and wants to split it in half, but only has an 8 litre and a 5 litre jug. How can she do it?

Happy Solving!

Saturday, February 10, 2007

"Our World, Our Home" Conference

Thank you everyone for making the necessary arrangements to be able to attend the conference last week! It was a wonderful day! In your comments to this post, please share your conference highlights, favorite activities, or particularly important things you learned. Also, check the link below this post to view conference photos!

See you this week, ready for trip #2 to Laurel Creek!

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