Go to the
Israel Trip Blog for more pictures (or directly at
my picasa home
page) from the last few days of the trip. I will also
be putting up the rest of the videos eventually, but they take a
little more time. You can go to
my youtube
page to see what I have so far (viewable in HD).
UPDATE: As of March 23, we are at about
$15,111 raised for
our 8th grade Israel trip in total, putting us over our goal
of $15,000! This includes
money raised through the walkathon, community fundraisers
(bake sales, babysitting, etc.), leftover funds raised in
previous years through TPO and various events, and donation
by individuals made to the general fund for the trip.
Donations are still rolling in, so this number is
continuing to go up. The active.com
webpage will still be open for donations all the way up
until the trip starts (and maybe even after).
I'm still looking for information on who participated in
the community fundraisers: Car wash, bake sales, and baby
sitting. I'm setting Friday, March 19, as the
deadline for getting me (jdefauw@tehiyah.org)
this info so you can be credited accordingly for your hard
work. If I'm going to see you at conferences this
week, we can figure it out then.
Cool Demonstration of
the Law of Inertia Newton's Law of Inertia:
Every object continues in a state of rest or of uniform speed in
a straight line unless acted on by a nonzero net force.
Batteries Made From
Paper and Nanomaterials
This is pretty amazing stuff: Using nanomaterials
painted onto regular copier paper, a scientist at Stanford has
created a new type of battery/capacitor. Watch the video
below, and go
here to read about it.
Washington, D.C.
Trip--Last pics and Videos
Check out some
high quality group pics from our trip at the official DC
blog--nice enough to print. Also, some videos of us
rolling down the hill at Mt. Vernon and the changing of the
guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier.
Kanye West-ify your
blog/website:
Click
here to see how. Too funny. Google "vma Kanye
West" if you want a little background.
ALGEBRA ONLINE HELP:
Be sure to check out some of the websites on my
"Web Links" page, which can be
accessed by clicking the link in the menu on the left.
I've added a few new websites that have some great algebra help.
GUESS WHAT THIS IS:
Click on the picture above to find the answer.
Explain the Physics Behind This!
How was Stonehenge Made?
Watch this fellow Michigander to find out
how it might have happened.
