Some final notes on the Field Trip

Here's a few final house-keeping items for the upcoming Busch gardens Field Trip and a sneak peek at the itinerary and grouping scheme:

Students, you are allowed to bring/use small electronic devices (cell phones, video games, iPods) and to carry small snacks to and from the park on the coaches. however, keep in mind that these items are your responsibility and your responsibility only. We highly reccommend leaving your more valuable items on the coach for safe keeping.

I have just checked the weather forecast for Tampa (http://www.wunderground.com/US/FL/Tampa.html) and it currently appears to be predicting a 50% chance of rain. In addition to the first aid items I requested earlier, chaperons and students are highly encouraged to bring ponchos, umbrella and other rain gear should we be unfortunate enough to get caught in a downpour.

On the subject of getting wet, some of the rides (like the Congo Rapids) involve splashing. Students and chaperons might want to bring a towel or other items that will either prevent you getting wet on these rides or that will help keep you dry after you have ridden them.

And now the items you have all been waiting so patiently for (I mean it, both students and parents have been very patient with me and Team B as we did what was necessary to make this trip possible):

Busch Gardens Itinerary for Team 6-B

Date: 6/4/09
Destination: Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida
Number of Coaches: 2
Number of Students: 73
Number of Non-Faculty chaperons: 16
Number of Faculty: 2-3

Departure Time: We will depart from the rear bus loading zone of JLCP promptly at 5:45 am. All attendees will need to be present at JLCP no later than 5:30 am.

Transportation Time: approx 3 ½ hours

Arrival Time: We anticipate arrival at the gates of Busch Gardens to be between 9:00am and 9:30am. At this time, Mr. Hubbard will pay for the admission tickets at the front gate. These will subsequently be distributed to all attendees, who are to remain on their coaches until they are arranged into their groups and admitted into the park.

9:30 am to 11:30 am: Park time. Students and chaperons will enjoy themselves with the various roller coasters and attractions of Busch Gardens.

11:35 am: Meet for lunch. We will have lunch from 11:35 am to 12:35 pm.

12:35pm-3:15 pm: More attraction time

3:20 pm: All groups should begin returning to the park entrance. We will perform a student count and then board the buses.

Departure from Busch Gardens: 3:30 pm

Transportation Time: approx. 3 ½ hours

Anticipated Arrival Time: 7:00 pm. Parents need to be here at this time to pick up their child unless prior arrangements (such as carpools) have been made, signed by the parent, and presented to the faculty in writing.

And the revised grouping list:
Revised Chaperon Groups for the Busch Gardens Field Trip


1. Mann
Sarah Mann
Brianna Mansell
Kaleigh Marsh

2. Landkrohn
Lauryn
Sam Hunter
Meghan Frisbie
Kaia Little

3. Hughes
Megan Hughes
Olivia
Lainey

4. Alridge
Shamaya
Alantis
Ayanna

5. Dunn
Taylor
Morgan
Lauren

6. Boone
Raven
Imani
Nicole
Joseph Ilano

7. Jackson
Sherrel
Morgan
Nia
Lindsay

8. Levin
Matt L.
Ryan
Jack McMorrow
Jeremy
9. Lombana
Dan L.
Marcus
Elijah W.
Matt McKetty

10. Robinson
Alphonso
Elijah F. (mother accompanying)
Brooke Lee
Cayce Guidry

11. Menzel
Jack Menzel
Christian
Dan Boyd

12. Dean
Austin
Julian
Alex Kaplan (mother accompanying)
Case

13. Hasanic
Irma
Courtney
Mia
Alana

14. Harrington
James
Dan Faunce
Haley
Kaitlyn

15. Hoskins
Melissa
Jennifer
Emily
Ashley






16. Hatten
Krista
Sam Riehl
Sarah Buckman

17. Barton
Chase
Sawyer
Kristin
Sam Foss

18. Lizzmore
Destinee
Kira
Amra
Mikayla

19. Jarrell
Trey
Will
Bart
Stefan

Busch Gardens and blog

Just a reminder: The last day to pay for the Busch gardens trip is this Wednesday. Hopefully byt hen, enough people will have paid to make the trip possible. Also, to any chaperons who are accompanying us should we be able to go, here's a couple of tips:

1) Please, if possible, bring a first aid kit or at least some band-aids with you. You never know when one of our students may have a slight accident.

2) For the last two weeks, we are studying organisms, particularly invertebrates and vertebrates. So if possible, while we are down in Busch Gardens, if we indeed go, make some time to take our students to the Myombe Reserve, Serengeti Plain and/or the Rhino Rally so that they get a chance to see these animals interact with each other up close and personal.

And a few other items of discussion...housekeeping really:

1) Study, study, study for the final exam, I'll be giving it this Thursday!
2) I'll be doing a lot of cleaning in my room, any donations of boxes are highly appreciated.
3) I also need some styrofoam cups and bottled (never opened) water.

I hope everyone has enjoyed their Memorial Day Weekend. I look to have an "unofficial" progress report of grades (sans/without final) by this Friday. I'll take contributions of paper for that.

P.S.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the final deadline for this is now Wednesday, May 27.

Study hard for the finals next week!

Oh and we need 3 more students to pay to go with us to busch Gardens or else we won't be going to Busch Gardens.


Have a nice day!

Gizmos

As you know, finals are coming up, really soon. I will be making printing out a review for oyu to prepare yourselves. In the meantime, I did put up Gizmos based on what we've learned the past 3 nine weeks for your studying convenience. You really should be working on these. (1.5 points of E.C. per gizmo)

That's number1. Number 2, we are still taking payments and chaperons for the Busch gardens trip, so please send in your payments/forms while there are still spots left.

Cell Matching activity

Hey 4th period! Here's a little something I scooped up that will help us with what we are going to be learning this week.

http://www.quia.com/cm/15426.html?AP_rand=1718727588

It deals with osmosis.

Field Trip and Contest of Interest

First order of business: Great news! Busch gardens is officially a go! I repeat, Busch Gardens IS A GO! YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!! Woo hoo! See Ms. Stewart for permission slips, chaperon forms, and other details. Disregard the May 13th deadline, we are going to extend it since we got such a late start. Some of you may be under "special conditions" as well but again, Ms. Stewart will fill you in.

Second order of business: Here's something you may be interested in. It's a great way to get your name out there in the science world, especially if you missed the Science Fair but had a great project nonetheless. And speaking of science fair projects, get yours out of the room by 2:45 this coming Monday if you want to keep it. Anyways, check out this link: http://www.youngscientistchallenge.com/
Don't limit yourselves, guys. Go the distance. Read the rules and regulations, send me proof of your entry by May 20th and it'll be an 8 pointer.

Oh and if you're wondering what Mr. Hubbard is doing up at 2:20 am on a Saturday, I can't sleep due to a combination of slight cold and bad tension headache. Hope I get well by next week.