Back from Break

Hello everyone,
First of all, I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers while I was out on paternity leave. John Travis is a beautiful boy and while we aren't getting a lot of sleep, we are loving being parents again. Leland has also been a great big sister. I can't believe we are into the final quarter of school. This year has been a whirlwind. Here are some things we will be working on in the coming weeks:

Math:
* Division (remainders, large dividends, two-digit divisors)
* Multi-step/multi-operation word problems

Science:
*Latitude/Longitude
* Climate Zones
* Rainforest

Leland Singing to Baby John

John Travis Champion

Polygon Helper Video

4E Basketball Math Rankings

Rankings after 11 games.

1. Kansas (10-1)
2. Syracuse (10-1)
3. North Carolina (9-2)
4. Duke (9-2)
5. Villanova (8-3)
6. Kentucky (7-4)
7. Mississippi (7-4)
8. Georgetown (5-6)
9. Temple (5-6)
10. Tennessee (4-7)
11. Michigan State (4-7)
12. Purdue (4-7)
13. Vanderbilt (4-7)
14. Gonzaga (3-8)
15. Northwestern (3-8)
16. Texas (3-8)
17. Connecticut (3-8)
18. West Virginia (2-9)

4C Basketball Math Rankings

Rankings after 10 games:
1. Kentucky (9-1)
2. Syracuse (8-2)
3. Duke (8-2)
4. Villanova (8-2)
5. North Carolina (7-3)
6. Mississippi State (7-3)
7. Kansas State (6-4)
8. Kansas (6-4)
9. Tennessee (6-4)
10. Michigan State (6-4)
11. Vanderbilt (4-6)
12. Gonzaga (4-6)
13. Texas (4-6)
14. Davidson (3-7)
15. West Virginia (2-8)
16. Ohio State (2-8)
17. Purdue (1-9)
18. Connecticut (0-10)

Dupont Scientists Put on a Show

4C Basketball Math Rankings - January 15th

These rankings were based on two criteria - winning percentage and points per game. These stats are based on the results of the simulations the students conducted in class. The teams were placed into four categories based on winning percentage (100%, 67%, 33%, and 0%). The teams in each category were then ordered greatest to least based on each team's points per game average (The students calculated this by finding the sum of their points and dividing by the number of games played). Here are the rankings we compiled:

1. North Carolina (3-0)
1. Duke (3-0)
2. Mississippi State (3-0)
3. Kansas (3-0)
4. Tennessee (3-0)
5. Syracuse (2-1)
6. Gonzaga (2-1)
7. Kentucky (2-1)
8. Michigan State (2-1)
9. Texas (1-2)
10. Vanderbilt (1-2)
11. Kansas State (1-2)
12. Villanova (1-2)
13. Davidson (0-3)
14. West Virginia (0-3)
15. Ohio State (0-3)
16. Purdue (0-3)
17. Connecticut (0-3)

4E Basketball Math Rankings - January 15th

These rankings were based on two criteria - winning percentage and points per game. These stats are based on the results of the simulations the students conducted in class. The teams were placed into four categories based on winning percentage (100%, 67%, 33%, and 0%). The teams in each category were then ordered greatest to least based on each team's points per game average (The students calculated this by finding the sum of their points and dividing by the number of games played). Here are the rankings we compiled:

1. Kansas (3-0)
2. North Carolina (2-1)
3. Syracuse (2-1)
4. Tennessee (2-1)
5. Michigan State (2-1)
6. Duke (2-1)
6. Kentucky (2-1)
7. Gonzaga (2-1)
8. Connecticut (2-1)
9. Villanova (1-2)
10. Texas (1-2)
11. Vanderbilt (1-2)
12. Mississippi (1-2)
13. Northwestern (1-2)
14. West Virginia (1-2)
15. Purdue (1-2)
16 .Temple (1-2)
17. Georgetown (1-2)

4E's College Basketball Today for January 15, 2010

4C's College Basketball Today for January 15, 2010

4C's College Basketball Today for January 14, 2010

4C's College Basketball Today for January 11, 2010

Houston Hartle reports the scores form Monday's basketball math games.

4E's College Basketball Today for January 11, 2010

Johnston Crow reports on the scores from Monday's games.