http://avoca37.org/13josephl Avoca School District 37 Student Blog Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:17:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reflections When I see a reflection I see things behind me. When I see things behind me I can see the world. When I see the world I see reflections. 1. A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, ... http://avoca37.org/13josephl/2011/12/15/reflections-by-joe-l/ Idioms All that glitters is not gold: Something that seems attractive and value at first, might turn out to be worthless. Origin- Approx. 1400’s. Asleep at the switch: Not attending to one’s job or failing to react quickly; not being alert. Origin: Approx. 1800’s. Break A Leg: ... http://avoca37.org/13josephl/2011/10/05/idiom-and-compound-words/ Back and Forth My composition name is called "Back and Forth". I chose this title because the song makes me feel like it's moving me back and forth. Like the song notes sound like when they are moving back and forth. Also, I love the way it sounds to make a sound ... http://avoca37.org/13josephl/2011/05/27/joes-music-composition/ When we got to outdoor ed., we were at Snake River Adventure Center. It was a big place with lots of things to do. Because the bus ride was so long and tiring, I was happy to finally get out of the bus and enjoy the fresh air of Lake ... http://avoca37.org/13josephl/2011/05/13/snake-river-adventure-center-3-days-in-may/ This project was about proportions, ratios, and rates. The three problems I did was building a model, "Is buying bigger better?", and a poem about being 100 foot tall. This was a fun project because I got to build a model car, I got to write a poem, and I ... http://avoca37.org/13josephl/2011/03/03/rates-ratios-and-proportion-project/ This histogram shows the amount of states visited by mod 9 students. This histogram is a J-shaped graph. I made this graph in Excel. In this graph most people visited 4-9 states probably because they don't like wasting money and they don't have much time to go on long vacations ... http://avoca37.org/13josephl/2010/10/27/amount-of-states-visited-by-mod-9-students/ As a concluding activity for our study of the Scientific Method, students worked through a variety of bacteria investigations. Students were provided a lab template which provided them with a six-step outline of the scientific method for problem solving. Using those steps and ... http://avoca37.org/13josephl/2010/10/25/science-bacteria-lab/ *This is my first writing piece of the 2010-2011 school year.  It has not been edited. Dear Parents, What I am looking forward to in sixth grade are the laptops. I like the new laptops better because they are bigger. Also, the new laptops are faster. The laptops we are going to ... http://avoca37.org/13josephl/2010/10/19/back-to-school-6th-grade/ As a concluding activity for our study of the Scientific Method, students worked through a variety of bacteria investigations. Students were provided a lab template which provided them with a six-step outline of the scientific method for problem solving. Using those steps and sterile nutrient agar ... http://avoca37.org/13josephl/2010/10/19/bacteria-growth-lab/ Scorpia Author: Anthony Horowitz Review by: Joe L Review: Alex Rider is on a mission. But this time he is not working for MI6. This time there is a job that he has to do for himself. Just a short time ago, Alex was presented when his old nemesis, Yassen Gregorovich died. Before ... http://avoca37.org/13josephl/2010/05/28/scorpia/