I can't believe this is the last day of school. We'll be finishing up exams. I hope that everyone has a safe and happy summer.
This was a challenging year in EXCEL. To quote some students this morning, "We learned about a LOT of different things and it went FAST."
Any student who maintained an extremely high average all year is to be commended.
Here is a list of highest final averages for EXCEL this year:
Highest overall average and highest average for a 6th grade boy: Ryan Steil
Highest average for a 6th grade girl: Keeley Brewer
Highest average for a 7th grade boy: Zeby Poycattle
Highest average for a 7th grade girl: Alexa Duysak, Amanda Edwards, and Ana Rodriguez (three-way tie)
Other extremely high averages: Megan Cromis, Kayla Elder, Charlie Snider, Forrest Wilson
Thank you for a wonderful year!
See you all next year! ;-)
Destructions for "Dudes and Dudettes"
Rite doun thu naims uv thu peeps awn u peese uv paipr.
Necst tu thu naim, rite doun wut thai ar faimus four.
)Its iz kinder liek machking.(
DUDES
Ramon y Cajal
Tycho Brahe
Archimedes
Ibn al-Haytham
Rene Descartes
Joseph Fourier
Louis Pasteur
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Peter Debye
Paul Dirac
Johannes Kepler
Claude Shannon
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johann Gutenberg
FAMOUSNESS of Dudes
Stepfather of the Laws of Planetary Motion
Founder of Neuroscience
Grandson of Information Theory
Father of Heliocentric Cosmology
Grand-uncle of the Scientific Method
Physicist and possible Nazi sympathizer
Babysitter/observer/cataloger of stars/planets
Poet who taught us to "Wash your hands!"
Single Parent of Coordinate Plane
Grandfather of the Lever
Neighbor of famous number series and heat flow
Friend of Germ Theory
Stepson of Quantum Mechanics
Librarian's Husband of letting poor people read
Dudettes
Sara Josephine Baker
Juliana Berners
Sophia Brahe
Maria Cunitz
Maria Sklodowska Curie
Gertrude Elion
Alessandra Giliani
Caroline Herschel
Florence Nightengale
Helen Beatrix Potter
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Hypatia of Alexandria
Hildegard of Bingen
Empress Theodora
FAMOUSNESS of Dudettes
Pioneer of public health, nursing, and statistics
Matriarch of mathemetics, astronomy, philosophy (North Africa)
Stepdaughter of biochemistry
Godmother of astronomy (simplified the Rudolphine Tables)
Greatmother of philosophy, mathmatics (Turkey)
Father's sister of polymaths
Auntie of astronomy and chemistry
Niece of medical physics
Close associate of mycology
Adopted daughter of medicine and public health (she caught Typhoid Mary)
Stepmother of anatomy
Kind Neighbor of authoring
Friend of astronomy (discovered comets)
Cousin of physics and chemistry
"Misplaced"
The aliens are at it again:traveling through time, abducting humans, experimenting on them, and doing other scientific but not-very-nice things. For their latest project, the aliens have decided to kidnap some of the brightest minds in human history. Since Mr. Cole's students are specially protected (a personal treaty between Mr. Cole and the alien leader), they were forced to settle for other humans snatched from the twisted paths of time... and space... time and space... time and space...
Only the aliens and the aforementioned being know the truth (it's out there). The aliens called their captives "subjects". The few earthlings in the know refer to them as "Dudes and Dudettes".
After the aliens kidnapped the dudes and dudettes, the experiments lasted quite a while. When the experiments were over, one of the aliens prepared to dump the subjects into space through an airlock.
But the alien leader stopped him.
"I thought you didn't care what happened to these primitive creatures once we were done with them," the crewmember said.
"I don't," the leader replied, "but I am tired of these PETA representatives hassling me."
So, the aliens dumped the "subjects" on the nearest planet with a breathable atmosphere, then got back to their busy kidnapping schedule.
The 28 humans, on the other hand, were stuck on a dangerous jungle planet full of monsters. They lived in a cave and struggled to survive.
Eventually they learned what to eat and what not to get eaten by. After they'd figured that out, they started to feel lonely.
"I could sure use a hug," thought Louis Pasteur.
"Me too," thought Gertrude Elion.
Months passed by. The dudes and dudettes ate many monsters and were eaten by none. After a completely school-appropriate and well-chaperoned length of time had gone by, several happy couples decided that they wanted to get married.
"Let's call Mr. Cole," suggested Hildegard of Bingen. "He's an ordained minister, and he can come see us in his tardis."
"Good idea," said Paul Dirac, so they called him.
"No problem," said Mr. Cole. "I'll fire up the tardis and be there a few minutes ago."
Shortly before that conversation, he arrived.
"You were about to call me..."
"Uh, yeah, you up for marrying a few couples?" Maria Cunitz asked.
"Always!" exclaimed Mr. Cole. "Who shall be marrying whom?"
Just then there was a disruption in the time stream, and the pre-implanted alien memory disruptor devices were discharged. The "subjects" lost all memory of the previous months, including their various romantic affiliations.
"I can't remember who I was going to marry!" said Claude Shannon.
"Me neither!" said Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.
"What a pain!" shouted Empress Theodora.
"You mean we have to sort out all of the sopa opera melodrama stuff all over again?" whined Joseph Fourier.
"It's light-hearted romantic comedy!" scolded Hypatia of Alexandria.
"I wish I just knew who to marry," sobbed Florence Nightengale. "What if I pick the wrong one this time?"
"Why didn't someone write it all down?" asked Juliana Berners.
"Ruh ro!" said Scooby, pointing at something.
"Jinkies, here's a clue!" said Velma, picking it up off the floor. Her short red hair brushed aginst her green sweater as she adjusted her glasses and handed the clue to Mr. Cole (secretly hating him).
Mr. Cole looked at the crumpled piece of paper. One of the geniuses had been trying to invent a wedding invitation in the form of a puzzle. Try to help Mr. Cole solve it.
1) The fake nose marries the falconry author.
2) The children's animal picture book author marries the milk purifier.
3) The murder victim marries the death ray creator.
4) "Had a lot of nerve" marries the radioactivity victim.
5) The red-nosed reindeer mesa marries the X&Y axis guy.
6) The computer expert marries the radioisotope tracing discoverer.
7) The saint marries the follower of Islam.
8) The composer, writer, and seer of visions (surprisingly) marries the printer.
9) The physician/author marries nurse/public sanitation expert.
10) Dirty ball of ice person marries Napolean's employee.
11) First treatment for Leukemia marries Brit who introduced the idea of vacuum polarization.
12) The assistant marries the sister of the boss.
13) The corpse dismemberer marries the "sun in the midde".
14) The possible Hitlerite is shunned by the physician/public health expert.
The Truth - It's Out There!
Now you are done with "Dudes and Dudettes" as well as "The Misplaced"!! Time to write down... dun dun dun... the answers!
This is what I will use to grade your work. Merely fill out the form below. Hopefully you will have enough time and space... time and space... time and space...
Peeps Title (dad, sister, neighbor, etc.) Name of Spouse
1) Ramon y Cajal
2) Tycho Brahe
3) Archimedes
4) Ibn al-Haytham
5) Rene Descartes
6) Joseph Fourier
7) Louis Pasteur
8) Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
9) Peter Debye
10) Paul Dirac
11) Johannes Kepler
12) Claude Shannon
13) Nicolaus Copernicus
14) Johann Gutenberg
15) Sara Josephine Baker
16) Juliana Berners
17) Sophia Brahe
18) Maria Cunitz
19) Maria Sklodowska-Curie
20) Gertrude Elion
21) Alessandra Giliani
22) Caroline Herschel
23) Florence Nightengale
24) Helen Beatrix Potter
25) Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
26) Hypatia of Alexandria
27) Hildegard of Bingen
28) Empress Theodora
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