Friday's homework assignment

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Your homework for tonight is to answer the following questions as a post on your blog (remember to log in at blogger.com).  Please aim for 5-7 sentences per question.

  1. What did you learn today that surprised you?
  2. Which source of information did you find most interesting?  Why?
  3. What do you hope to learn on tomorrow's trips? 

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