1130WarmUp

Can you count to ten?

That's right. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten.

That's how many things you'll learn when you read about:

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-endangered-trees.php

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-plants.php

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-hard-to-kill-house-plants.php

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dmac

1129WarmUp

Interesting article in yesterday's New York Times: War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat

Read about it @

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/science/28robot.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=robots%20war&st=cse

Check out the new generation of robotic weapons @

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/27/us/ROBOT.html?ref=science

What are the problems? Any ethical issues?

What do you think?

dmac

1124WarmUp

Tommorow is Thanksgiving. Thank you, Pilgrims!

Look up the history of Thanksgiving @

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=872&display_order=1&mini_id=1083

and http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=61038&display_order=2&mini_id=1083&bcpid=1902518783&bclid=1672079702&bctid=1586348651
and http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/.

Is the US the only country that celebrates? Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

What's a turduken? http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=61038&display_order=2&mini_id=1083&bcpid=1902518783&bclid=1672079702&bctid=1556110076
Take a Thanksgiving quiz @ http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=61024&display_order=6&mini_id=1083

Go on a Thanksgiving webquest @ http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/feast/webquest.htm.

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dmac

1123WarmUp

Well, i'll bet you wouldn't mind living in this house:

http://www.etereaestudios.com/docs_html/fallingwater_htm/fallingwater_movie_index.htm#

Now, design one of your own.

Check it out @:

http://architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/design_studio3d.html

http://30elm.com/

http://myabodo.com/

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dmac

1122WarmUp

Did you know that one of the world's most indecipherable puzzles is located--in the courtyard of the CIA.

Read about it @

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/us/21code.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=kryptos&st=cse

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/us/21codecharts.html?scp=2&sq=kryptos&st=cse

http://elonka.com/kryptos/mirrors/daw/steinarticle.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5356012

http://elonka.com/kryptos/

Can you guess what the last part says?

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dmac

1118WarmUp

We sit in computer class everyday, but how much do you really know about the tool that is sitting in front of you.

Read all about it @

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1956593_2029015,00.html

http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JE4qNpFW6Yk/TCDbRjpfXgI/AAAAAAAAAoM/hJDTlP7meyM/s1600/google_voice_inforgraphic_big.png

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dmac

1117WarmUp

There was an interesting article in the Boston Globe on Monday about new techniques to create bridges.

Read about it @

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/11/15/bridges_that_resist_the_rust/

Take a look at these crazy bridges:

http://gilygily.com/worlds-top-unique-bridges.html

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dmac