Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled for the half-day on Thursday (2 pm-6 pm) and Friday morning 9 am- 12 pm. As instruction was canceled last Friday due to the Dance-a-thon, that homework is due Monday morning. So the homework and DUE dates for this week are
Monday, April 6: The ancients made great use of simple machines. This will be a short research homework that we will begin in class on Thursday, April 3 using laptops. Your assignment is to pick one of the following ancient structures: Great Pyramid of Giza (the only surviving member of seven ancient wonders of the world), Stonehenge, or the Theater at Epidaurus, Greece and research the likely simple machines that went into their construction. Details:
- Paragraph 1: Desribe the physical characteristics of the ancient structure. What culture built it? What was its purpose? How many people worked on it and for how long?
- Paragraph 2: What simple machines were used in its construction? Include at least 2 color hand-made drawings of the structure and involved simple machines.
Have a great week,
-Mr. Pfiester
PS. I am inviting you to the event below:
| Bill Akersten, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Idaho Museum of Natural History in |
