1031WarmUp

Boo! Did I scare ya? It's Halloween!

Discover the origin of Halloween @ http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/viewPage?pageId=713.

Do a creepy crossword @ http://www.apples4theteacher.com/crossword-puzzles/halloween/creepycrossword.html.

Trick or treat.

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1030WarmUp

Happy Birthday! How old are you? Really? Are you sure?

Check out these age calculators
@ http://www.mathcats.com/explore/agecalculator.html
and http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/VirtualAge.php
and http://www.obfocus.com/calculators/gender.htm
and http://www.growyouthful.com/quiz.php.

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1029WarmUp

In life, what you see is not necessarily what you get!

Check out these optical illusions @ http://www.optillusions.com/.

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1028WarmUp

Read what some high school kids are doing for science projects this year @ http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/news.html .

Check out the InvenTeam website @ http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/ .

Leave a comment with your idea about what you'd like to do for a tech/science project.

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1024WarmUp

Know how to change a tire, throw a spiral or survive a flood?

Check out the 100 skills everyone should know @ http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4284709.html?page=1

Browse the 100 essential skills then take the quiz @ http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4279507.html.

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1023WarmUp

M. C. Escher is one of the first "graphic" artists known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints featuring impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture and tessellations.

Sound interesting?

Check out his bio @ http://www.mcescher.com/.

Check out his gallery @http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/gallery-recogn.htm.

Take a virtual ride through 3 of his works @ http://www.mcescher.com/Downloads/downloads.htm.

Check out his official website @ http://www.mcescher.com/.

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1022WarmUp

Ever wonder what happens when you donate your body to science? Meet 39-year-old Joseph Paul Jernigan. In life he was a convicted murderer. In death he's the ultimate anatomical specimen.

Take a look at Joe @ http://www.exploratorium.edu/bodies/vhuman.html or try http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/visible_human.html or http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_gallery.html.

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