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It’s a good time of the year to review the Milton Honor Code:

Honesty is expected of all students at Milton. All students and their parents will sign a copy of the Eagle Honor Code at the beginning of the year. Cheating in any one of the following areas (Test taking, homework, or plagiarism) will result in a grade of zero on the assignment and an Honor Violation Form being placed in the discipline folder. Several clubs, organizations, and prospective colleges and universities consider honesty and integrity as a characteristic required for acceptance. Any Honor Code Violation may result in ineligibility for some clubs and organizations. The possibility exists that colleges will request honor code violations and, if requested, this information will be provided by the school.

You’ll find this on page 6 of the Milton Student Handbook.

Of course, the time of the year and location are not truly relevant… Planning on attending UGA or anywhere else for college? You’ll find that the rules at Milton aren’t so tough. (click those links and you’ll see)

The EOCT is coming!

The EOCT is coming!

The Physical Science EOCT (End Of Course Test) is scheduled for Thursday, April 29th. Remember – it is 15% of your total grade this semester and covers both semesters!

Mrs. Mathiak (a teacher here at Milton) was nice enough to make and share a review for you! Put it on your iPod/iPhone/iPad/Blackberry/Palm/Android for convenient studying! (or just print the thing)

Just click here! — PhysicalScience_EOCT_Review_Semesters1and2.pdf (just be sure to thank Mrs. Mathiak when you see her!)

Yes! I have an App for that!

If you have an Android phone, you can download an app for my class now! It’s the same content as my webpage (blogposts, calendars, links, etc), but it puts everything in one handy spot. (Besides, it was fun to make.)

Lanham 411 for Android | Open on handset

iPhone/iPod Touch App should be in App Store in 2-3 weeks!

Note: I used a company that makes an app for you for a small fee. Unfortunately there are claims that spammers are taking advantage of this. Programmers on the Android Marketplace forums claim that most of the apps by this company are spam. I couldn’t find any. These unhappy programmers are now starting a campaign to rate down and/or leave negative comments for any app made by this company without bothering to read the description.  It’s legit. It’s my stuff. It’ll help. It’s not required. I’m open for suggestions!

- Lanham

I didn’t get very many people turn in last night’s homework! There is still hope though – the day isn’t over yet.

Can’t stay organized? Are papers falling out of your book? Do you know where your homework is? Do you know what you’re doing in each class today? Tomorrow?

Staying organized is a Life Skill – not just science class! As of now, there are over 20 million hits when you use Google to search “get organzied in school“!

Use your Calendar: I hand out a printed calendar for each unit. (it’s also tacked up on the bulletin board and online) This is something that you should use, not just stick in your notebook. Whether you write stuff all over it or transfer the information to something else, it really doesn’t matter. Personal organization can take as much (or as little) effort as you are comfortable with doing. Doing anything is far better than nothing.

Read on for some tips and tricks at staying organized!

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From today’s announcements:

Students – the PSAT is Wednesday, October 14, for all freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.  The College Board has helpful hints and practice tests – http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about/bulletin.html .  (This link is posted on all the administrative/counseling offices and Em2).  We also have official student guides available in suite 1380 for any student who would like to pick one up!

Pst! Here’s a fun game you can play at school and not break any rules! It’s not one of those dumb educational games that fool you into learning while having fun.

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“If zombies actually existed, an attack by them would lead to the collapse of civilisation unless dealt with quickly and aggressively.” – BBC News Article http://tinyurl.com/pp9b4p (Go read that article, then come back.)

Here is an interesting method of scientific modeling. They use a fun (and fictional, right?) topic for making models and predictions pertaining to the spread of diseases like H1N1.

Based on what you read in chapter 1, is this an example of a law, theory or hypothesis? Can fictional topics be tested? Is there any value to this study or is it just a publicity stunt? Think I should change my name to “Mr. Lanham?”? (Yes, it took me a minute to figure out how to put a question mark at the end if my name.)

Of course it reminds me of those road signs a while back… http://tinyurl.com/c2s3nw
I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find out this is all just an experiment run by The Dharma Initiative.

(edited: 2:03 pm by Lanham)