This day was short, as we were dismissed at 12:40. I held on to my pipe dream of still teaching science until 7th period today, right after lunch, with the O section. I tried to teach science, my intention being to show an old superman cartoon and have everyone comment on the parts that obviously defied scientific law (with OWLSbucks rewards), but because the DVD was fautly, I resorted to a game. We were close to playing heads up seven up, but I borrowed a game from Mr. Wieand called Worst Case Scenario, and we played for the last 15 minutes. In the game a scenario is read (a car is trying to ambush you, what do you do?) and three answers are given. Students who got the right answer got an OWLSbuck.
The S section did a complete lab--the acid and base titration lab I described in Day 76. They did great, mostly got the graph done, and did not hurt themselves. Reed Fry brought in a panasonic camera for me to use in class--thank you very much, Mr. and Mrs. Fry for sharing with the science department. As I mentioned before, my camera at school is starting to go. I have asked for a webcam, which will allow my blogs to be even that much better, but for now, this is great to have.
The W section graphed their results from yesterday and found out that the base was stronger than the acid, as it took on average 18 mL of base to neutralize 20 mL of acid. I was impressed with their effort. We spent the next few minutes building molecular models--I was proud that they worked so hard on the last day before the longest break of the year. They are a fun group to teach.
Well, I'll miss you all for the next two weeks. I hope you enjoy the holidays. See you next year!
Sweet justice.
