Humongous Hero

We walked into our classroom this morning with desks and chairs all turned over. We were not sure what had happened until we remembered and told some stories of Humongous Hero, who in the past had visited and scared away "criminals" from our classroom, making it a better place. After realizing he (or she) had visited, we moved into math and began using proportions to calculate his height, as he must be HUGE based on the hand print he left. Next, we began using proportions of body features (arm length, head length and width, etc) to have a list of all major body dimensions of our hero. Tomorrow we will draw our hero (who is appearing to be slightly over 10 meters high) to scale on a piece of paper.

Curvature of a Lens

Today we observed six different curvatures of glass lenses to help us categorize how the shape of the lens impacts what is seen. Focus was placed on convex and concave terms. We also experimented with light through glass prisms, understanding how light is refracted and what white light is made up of.

Living History Museum

What a performance! Over the past month, each student researched an American hero in depth. Learning the basics of research, including: using note cards for each source, the introductory components of the APA style of research for their biographies and quotes, and how to evaluate sources, the students compiled a 2-3 page typed, first-person point of view research paper. Next, the paper was memorized. Today was the celebration. Students lined the blacktop and gave their presentations to families and the rest of the school for over an hour. Travis, who kept track of his speeches, said he said his speech twenty-four times! They all did an amazing job.