Monday, 16 February 2009

taking a breather

Hello everyone!

I'm taking a break from marking the compos. Looks like it's going to be a long night ahead!
Anyway, Nathan, you can check out the foxtrot comics online at this website: www.gocomics.com/foxtrotclassics. I'm glad you like it. I like reading Chew On It too! 

I went to Gramophone over the weekend and spotted this movie which Ms Azean lent me during the holidays last year. I've mentioned it to you in class before and I'm really excited about showing it to you after the exams! I was really inspired by it after I watched it. Please don't hurry to the nearest video store to rent it! I'm going to keep you in suspense about the title for now. :P 

Meanwhile, there was one unexpected surprise that made me very happy today. I saw Cheah Yan reading 'The Graveyard Book' in the courtyard! I hope you'd enjoy reading it! :) 

Also, did anyone read the news on Sunday Lifestyle? There was an article on the ukulele and how the music makes one feel as though he's in Hawaii. I can't wait to learn how to play it! 

Today some of you have asked some important questions about the scientific concepts of Matter. I'm glad you wrote it down because it lets me know whether you understand what I've been trying to teach. I'm going to post some of the questions in the Science forum for our class and I hope you'd try and provide some answers to help your classmates. 

One very important question in particular was about the difference between mass and volume. 
Mass
Mass is the amount of substance in an object. Mass tells us how heavy or light something is. 

Volume
Volume is the amount of space an object occupies. 



Sunday, 8 February 2009

Fibonacci Numbers


I was reading the Sunday papers and made a beeline for the comics section. 
My favourite comic strip is Foxtrot (Baby Blues comes a very very close second) and today's Foxtrot comic was sooo funny!

Let me upload it here ..


We've done trying to figure out why a riddle is funny.... so let me know why this comic strip is funny. (Yes it IS funny :p) In order to understand it better though, you'd need to know Fibonacci numbers.... and that's the only clue I'm giving you! 

Good luck fellow Math geeks!