Let the tournament begin

Hello,

The Amur Leopard took down the Bison 12-7 and the Black Jaguar narrowly defeated the Penguin 10-8 in the first round of WWF adoption voting.  No one did any outside research to be able to earn the chance to stand up and speak on behalf of their animals.  In the past two years, every animal that has been vouched for by a student has won their competition.  It pays to try to sway the voters.  We'll see if anyone feels strong enough about the Zebra, Tiger, Snowy Owl, or Tasmanian Devil to find out info that might convince some classmates to vote their way.

Class presentations on caves, rocks and minerals, fossils, volcanoes, crystals, and earthquakes brought out some interesting questions and discussions.  Students saw pictures of the giant crystals of Mexico (worth looking up), Carlesbad Caverns, and Luray Caverns.  We saw a youtube clip of bats coming out of Carlesbad.  We talked a bit about echolocation and then got into a little bit about how we see.  The kids liked the changing size of a pupil under bright light. 

Just a reminder: Tomorrow night is the chorus concert.  6:30 until 7:00 in the gym. 

I'm really feeling run down right now and am calling it the earliest night of the year.  I need a nap.

See you tomorrow.

Mr. Shea