January Journeyman

Journeyman:

1.  Check out This Week's Sky at a Glance!  By the time you read this, this week may be over.

Simply go to SkyandTelescope.com and find the new This week's Sky at a glance.  Go outside after dark at least once this week and see what you can find in the sky based on what you learn.

Read Chapters 5 and 6 in Exploring Creation with Astronomy

 EARTH and MOON

2. As we study the planets and moon, I would like you to be prepared to present on 1 of the 2 that we study each month.  There will obviously be more than one person on each, but that’s ok because you’ll have different ideas. The presentations don’t have to be long, just interesting! (1-3 minutes).  In addition to what is in the book, I would like you to discover what kind of modern exploration has been done with your planet or moon.

Here is a list of ways you can present your findings.  These can be used for any planet during our study of Astronomy.  Maybe you can use a different idea each month.  Feel free to come up with your own ideas for presenting.

4 (at least) bullet points about the Earth or Moon

A short report about it (at least a paragraph)

A poem about it (including some truths about it)

A drawing/painting/sculpting, or other art representation of it.

A song about it.

If you have any other good ideas, please share them with the whole group!

In journeyman each month we will listen to everyone present, and then we will do some type of amazing project together.

January Eureka Masters

Eureka Masters

Study/Learn

Read The Man Who Counted by Malba Tahan

Know/Understand

In the book, Beremiz is constantly solving problems, all involving numbers.  Some require math skills, but most just use logic.  Come up with a problem of your own, or research one, that you could bring to class and test out on everyone else.  We will try to solve each other's logic problems.

Become/Serve

As you read the book, make a list, either at the back of the book, or on a separate piece of paper (maybe it could be your bookmark!), with all the qualities of Beremiz.  As you come across a new one, write it down.  Many of his qualities go way beyond numbers!

January Eureka

Eureka Apprentice

Study/Learn

1.  Play multiplication war with a sibling or a parent at least 10 times!  2 players. Use a regular deck of cards (or any other number cards).  Aces are 1, face cards are 10.  Each of you flip a card, and the one who says the "product" (answer of a multiplication problem) of the two cards first, wins the cards.  Play until all cards are out.  The one who takes the most cards wins.

**The first 5 games you play, you may keep all the cards.

**The next 5 games you play, remove all face cards,10s, and aces (1s).

2.  Abacus Work: With your abacus IN HAND, watch this video, and do the problems with her on your own abacus.  This will teach you how to "carry"

Complete worksheet #4 on this pdf link

If you work for about 5-10 min a day for a week, you should be able to complete it.  Bring me your finished worksheet #4 for a treat.

We will have an abacus competition in class!

3.  Read Chapters 25 and 26 in The Story of Science.  

4. Read Chapter 2 and 3 in Mathematicians are People, Too, Volume 2 (Khayyam and Fibonacci)

5. Dictionary of Cultural Literacy Cards:

Atmosphere
Van Allen Belt
carte blanche

Know/Understand

1.  From your reading, bring 5 facts about one of these people (write the facts in your commonplace book):

 Khayyam -- Paige, Tara, Isa, Amanda -- FULL!
 Fibonacci -- Kylee, Elena
 Muhammad -- Mack, Jaykob
 Bacon -- Jayson, Caleb, Afton, Luke -- FULL!

I need at least 3 people to study each of these men. Please email me which one you choose, so we have a good spread.

Your Mission: Of your 5 facts, bring at least 2 that you think no one else will come up with.

2.  Solve this Krypto:  Here are 5 numbers:

                                                     7       9       3        8        1

Your Target number is....15

Rules: Using each of the 5 numbers ONLY ONCE, you may use any combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to manipulate the 5 numbers in any order to reach the target number.

Example: if you had the 5 numbers: "8,4,1,6,3", you could reach the target number of 11 by doing: 3 x 4 + 1 - (8 - 6) 

There is always a way, usually more than 1, to reach the target number.

Use your commonplace book to record your trial and error. Record your equation and bring it to class!

3.  Click on this link  

Choose one of the pdf graphs at the bottom of the page: owl, lincoln, santa, or robot.  Complete the one you choose.  You may print the graph paper in the pdf or use your own. These work a lot like the game battleship, but if you are having trouble figuring it out, there are some instructions on the link.

Bring your final picture to class to show off (you may color it in if you like).

**BONUS**  Create a picture of your own on graph paper, and come up with your own list of coordinates.  IF you CHOOSE to do this, please email me, so I know how many bonus treats to bring!

Become/Serve

What is the Science of God?

"What value can the science of man have when compared with the science of God?"

"There was once an ant that, traveling across the face of the earth, came upon sugar from the mountain and took it to his anthill.  'What is this?' his neighbors asked. 'This,' the vain ant replied, 'is a mountain of sugar.  I found it in my path and decided to bring it home to you.'"

"This is the wisdom of the proud - to find a mere crumb and call it the Himalayas.  Science is a great mountain of sugar, and from this mountain we satisfy ourselves with mere morsels."

"The only science of value to mankind is the science of  God."

"Oh, what is the science of God?"

"The Science of God is.....___________________________________"

What do you think?  Fill in the blank.  There is no wrong answer! Bring your thoughts to class.

November Eureka

November Eureka

Apprentice:

Study/Learn

1. Let's start by {possibly} creating a Eureka moment :

The Broken Eggs

Introduction

Along time ago, a farmer from the village is bringing her eggs to market in her

small wooden cart. Out of nowhere a horse-drawn carriage flies down the dirt road

and grazes the farmer, knocking over the cart and spilling the eggs across the road.

Though she herself isn’t hurt, every single egg is shattered across the dirt road.

The driver of the carriage halts suddenly and out of the carriage steps Prince Adam

of Northumbria. He helps the young farmer girl to her feet apologizing profusely

for the accident and offers to pay her double for every egg that was broken.

There was only one problem, all the eggs were in pieces all over the road and the

girl could not remember exactly how many there were. However, she does

remember some things from the various ways she tried to pack the eggs into her

cart.

She knows that when she put the eggs into groups of two, there was one egg left

over that didn’t fit into the container. When she put the eggs into groups of three,

there was also one egg left over. The same thing occurred when she attempted to

put them into containers in groups of four, five and six – they all had one left over.

However, when she put them in groups of seven, she ended up with complete groups

of seven with no leftover eggs.

1. What can the farmer girl figure out from what she remembers? In other

words, how many eggs did she start with?

2. Is there more than one possibility?

2.  Great job on the abacus last Eureka!  I think we are getting the hang of it.  Here is a worksheet you can practice at home.  1 row every day, and you'll be amazed at how fast you get.  Do all of sheet 2, and what you can of sheet 3 (which has some carrying problems). We are working on adding and subtracting double digits WITHOUT carrying.  Get good at this so we can learn how to carry next time.

http://mmtplonline.com/uservideo/1st%20Level%20Practice%20Sheet.pdf

Friendly reminder: BRING YOUR ABACUS TO CLASS!!

3.  We didn't get to practicing multiplication last time, but I am still asking you to practice. Choose which multiplication tables you need to work on the most out of 5s, 3s, and 9s.  Go here to create your own personalized flashcard experience.  Spend 5 min/day practicing times tables.
http://www.mathusee.com/e-learning/drills/

4. For your Cultural Literacy cards:

Prepare one for each of the people listed below, BUT only write their name on one side, and leave the other side blank.  Bring the cards to class, and we will fill them out as you all present.

Know/Understand

So much science comes from Ancient Greece and Rome.  Prepare a report on one of people and how they contributed in the fields of Science and/or Math.  Here is what I have from last class.  Let me know if anything needs to change.

5 minute presentation with visual aids!

Archimedes - KYLEE

Hypatia - ISA

Euclid - MACK

Anaximander - PAIGE

Socrates - HANNAH

Plato - JAKOB

Aristotle - TARA

Anaxagoras - JASON

Anaximenes -

Democritus - JESSICA

Aristarchus - ANTHONY

Hero - AFTON

Eratosthenes - CALEB

Hippocrates - AMANDA

Ptolemy - KYLIANNE

Look up the person you choose in the index of Story of Science.  There is some fun information right in your book.  If you need more than the book provides, you’ve got more information at your fingertips than any other generation that we know about. 

With some of these people, there is so much information, it can feel overwhelming to sort it all out.  Choose to focus on the points that interest you the most.  If it interests you, chances are it will interest us.  If it bores you, chances are it will bore us.

You cannot cover it all, so don’t try.  Zero in on some details that are interesting, and it will turn out great.

Become/Serve

These great thinkers that we are studying knew how to approach a problem.  In our lives, we encounter problems all the time.  How do we approach them?

Read D&C 9:8-9

What is this way to approach a problem?  Write your thoughts about it in your commonplace book.

Read Ether 2:19

In this verse, The Brother of Jared takes 3 problems to the Lord.  Each of them are answered differently.  Continue reading chapter 2 of Ether, and Chapter 3: 1-7 to find out how they were each answered.

How can you use this information to figure out problems in your lives?

Think of something in your life you can take to the Lord, and write it down.  How will He answer you?

Journeyman:

“This afternoon I labored on the Egyptian alphabet, in company with Brothers Oliver Cowdery and W. W. Phelps, and during the research, the principles of astronomy as understood by Father Abraham and the ancients unfolded to our understanding.”  ----Joseph Smith

1.  Check out This Week's Sky at a Glance!  By the time you read this, this week may be over.

Simply go to SkyandTelescope.com and find the new This week's Sky at a glance.  Go outside after dark at least once this week and see what you can find in the sky based on what you learn.

Read Chapters 3 and 4 in Exploring Creation with Astronomy

Mercury and Venus

2. As we study the planets, I would like you to be prepared to present on 1 of the 2 planets we study each month.  There will obviously be more than one person on each planet, but that’s ok, because you’ll have different ideas.  The presentations don’t have to be long, just interesting! (1-3 minutes).  In addition to what is in the book, I would like you to discover what kind of modern exploration has been done with your planet.

Here is a list of ways you can present your findings.  These can be used for any planet during our study of Astronomy.  Maybe you can use a different idea each month.  Feel free to come up with your own ideas for presenting.

5 (at least) bullet points about your planet

A short report about your planet (at least a paragraph)

A poem about your planet (including some truths about it)

A drawing/painting/sculpting, or other art representation of your planet

A song about your planet

A story about what a human would have to do to survive on your planet

If you have any other good ideas, please share them with the whole group!

In journeyman each month we will listen to everyone present, and then we will do some type of amazing project together.

Masters:

1.  Read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

2.  Also, Read the next 5 stories in Penrose the Mathematical Cat:

                 Pages 36, 40, 44, 48, 52

3 . Choose a Story from Penrose to teach Briefly about.

4.  I know this is Eureka, but we are going to actually attempt a book discussion. :) As you read, think about these questions to discuss.  Choose at least 3 of these questions (the ones that resonate the most with you as you read the book) and respond to them in writing in your commonplace book.

What are the most important lessons that Meg learns over the course of the novel?

In what ways does Camazotz resemble Meg's neighborhood on Earth?

In what way is A Wrinkle in Time informed by Madeleine L'Engle's personal theological and scientific ideas?

How are Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which distinguished from one another?

Why does L'Engle represent IT as a large disembodied brain? What is the symbolism of this?

Describe what makes Charles Wallace so extraordinary. How do these traits both hurt and help him on Camazotz?

What are the various non-linguistic ways in which the creatures in this book communicate with one another? Do you think that L'Engle believes that words are ultimately inadequate as a method of communication?

What is the significance of the lack of sight among the beast-like inhabitants of Ixchel? What does Meg learn from interacting with creatures that have no eyes?

Happy Learning!

October Eureka!

October 6 Eureka

Apprentice:

Study/Learn

1. Let's start by {possibly} creating a Eureka moment :

Answer these questions:

Exactly how old are you?

Calendars have been in use for thousand of years.  

In our current calendar, how many days are in a year?

Prove it! 

Calculate how many days you have been alive.

Calculate how many days you will have been alive on your next birthday.

Let us all know how old you really are on October 6 in class.

2.  What do we think about the abacus?  Let's give it some time and learn how to move the beads.

Some tips:

*Remember, I know these small problems are EASY to do in your head.
*You are learning to see how the beads work and creating a muscle memory for your fingers.
*If you get really good at these easy problems, later ones will be easier.


If you did not (or even if you did) get a worksheet, here is one you can download and print.  Work for a few minutes each day, and you will learn fast!  Either do one row of the worksheet, OR have someone quiz you.  Remember, all we are doing right now are numbers that add (or subtract) to less than 10.

http://mmtplonline.com/uservideo/1st%20Level%20Practice%20Sheet.pdf

3.  Most of you seem pretty confident with the multiplication we briefly touched in class.  But practice is always good!  Choose which multiplication tables you need to work on the most out of 0s, 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s.  Go here to create your own personalized flashcard experience.  Spend 5 min/day practicing times tables.

http://www.mathusee.com/e-learning/drills/

4. Read from the Story of Science chapters 4, 8 and 9.

5. Read from Mathematicians are People, Too Volume 1 Chapters 1 and 2 (Thales and Pythagoras)

6. Create cards from the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy for:
     Hieroglyphics

     Rosetta stone

     Pyramids

Know/Understand

1. Be prepared to answer: What's Ionia?

2. Thales and Pythagoras discovered some of today's foundational principles of math.  Your reading will teach you a lot about them.

Choose 1 of these interesting men to teach us about in class.  BUT, I just want 1 aspect (or part) of that man's life.  It could be a story about his life, or a principle he discovered.  You can pull from your reading, or other sources.  Each of you will have 3-5 minutes to teach or demonstrate. You can work together with a sibling!

Some ideas you could use are:

Dress up as one of them, and tell a story as if you were him.
Share a Eureka moment about understanding a principle.

Teach Thales propositions on pg 39 of your science book.

Teach about the concepts on pg 42-43 of your science book.

Teach about magic numbers on pg 67 of your science book.

Teach about the concepts on pg 70-71 of your science book.

Teach about the pythagorean theorem on page 79 of your science book.

Teach the principles from page 81, 82-83, or 84-85

Or Choose your own idea.

Have fun with it!

Become/Serve

It's exciting to learn new things, and make our brains stretch around new ideas. But (especially in the the field of science) some of those ideas don't always jive with our belief system.  And we might wonder...."Why is this even important for me to know?"  Good question!  What do you think?

1. Read this article, and be prepared to answer:

Do Science and Religion Conflict?

https://www.lds.org/new-era/2016/07/science-and-our-search-for-truth?lang=eng

2. The ability to think through problems is innate, but if we do not practice, that ability weakens.  Be grateful that you can THINK!  I invite you to take time in your prayers this week to thank Heavenly Father for your ability to think and solve problems!

Journeyman:

“This afternoon I labored on the Egyptian alphabet, in company with Brothers Oliver Cowdery and W. W. Phelps, and during the research, the principles of astronomy as understood by Father Abraham and the ancients unfolded to our understanding.”  ----Joseph Smith

1.  Check out This Week's Sky at a Glance!  By the time you read this, this week may be over.

Simply go to SkyandTelescope.com and find the new This week's Sky at a glance.  Go outside after dark at least once this week and see what you can find in the sky based on what you learn.

We are jumping ahead for this month, and will get to the planets starting next month.

2.  Read Chapter 13 in your Astronomy Book.  There are so many fascinating ways a conversation could go.  I want YOU to drive it.  Choose a sub section of this chapter to learn more about in depth, and be prepared to present it in class.  3-5 minutes.

Many people have found meaning in the stars throughout the ages.  Not only an important navigational tool, the stars have held, and still hold great religious significance.  (Including astrology, which we will talk about in class briefly).  Pictures in the stars have meaning.  Some people even believe the gospel in is the stars.  Why not?

3.  Anyway, please choose ANY constellation in the earth's sky to learn more about, and share with the class (doest't have to be long)......

......It's picture, meaning, and any important stars within it.

Masters:

1.  String, Straight Edge and Shadow is our book this month.  Skip the first 47 pages (you're welcome!)  The rest of the book will be some review of things we've been doing, and go into more depth.  We will play with some of the concepts in class.

2.  Read the next 3 Stories in Penrose the Mathematical Cat, pages 26, 28 and 32.

3. Much like last time, teach any concept from your reading.  Find one that interests you the most.

Happy Learning!

September 2016 Eureka

Welcome to a new year of EUREKA!

Let the Discovery Begin

Apprentice:

Study/Learn

What does Eureka even mean, and where did it come from?

 I have a couple short videos that will help:

 If you like legos, watch this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEvtahSn_ms"


If you don't care about legos, watch this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijj58xD5fDI


From The Story of Science peruse through the first 2 chapters.

 Come prepared to share how you believe the world came into existence.

 Read chapter 3, which is full of fascinating information.

 Come prepared to share the single most interesting fact in your opinion from that chapter.

 On another note.... We are going to learn how to use an abacus this year, an ancient counting tool, which is still used today in many parts of the world. If you get really good at using it, your math skills can become SUPER fast! So please Bring your Abacus!

 If you'd like a head start on how to use it, check this little video out


From the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, please make these notecards:

Archimedes

Stonehenge

Mesopotamia

Know/Understand

 What Eureka moments have you had in your life? Come prepared to share a eureka moment. (This doesn't have to be a brand new discovery, just your personal discovery. Anything!

 How do you believe the world came into existence? (Mentioned above) This would be a good question to discuss with your parents.

 What is the single most fascinating fact in chapter 3? (Mentioned above)

 Become

Watch this video:  How can you relate this to Vanguard?




Journeyman:

Read Lesson Two in Apologia

Bring a magnifying glass to class if you have one!

Listen to this song by Jason Mraz and answer these questions:

How far is earth from the sun (about)?

How far is earth from the sun? (exactly…from chapter 2 in Apologia)

How far is earth from the moon?

Look through some pictures here: 

And find a cool picture of the sun with an interesting fact that you are prepared to share.

Master:

Read in “The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat”

*The first 8 stories….on pages 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, and 22.

Which concept interests you the most?

*Be prepared to TEACH one of these mathematical principles to the rest of the class.  Find a way to make it interesting and HANDS ON!

*If you are interested in teaching a certain topic, but don’t know how to make it interesting or hands on, please contact me, and I will help you figure it out!

Jennah Martin: 719-494-7522, or  jendave24@gmail.com

I'm excited that you are joining me on this AMAZING journey of discovery.

April Eureka

Last Eureka Class

Vanguardians come prepared to show off what you have learned.  Multiplication, Cards  and Geography.  Work hard and review.  This Eureka we will not be splitting into different levels.  Be prepared to stay all day. In the afternoon we will be inviting your families to join us for a  Cultural Fair and after that the Mad Scientists projects.

Multiplication- Keep going if you need this. 10 minutes a day. At least 1 hour total.

Cards- No new cards.  I want you to spend time reviewing the cards you have.  Be ready to SHINE!  Go through them, take them with you, enjoy them, and the information they hold. Bring them to class so you can use them (hint, hint).

Geography- Learn South America.  Review the other continents


MOVIE
Your group will have 1 hour to work together.

CULTURAL FAIR
Invite your families 12:30 to 2:30 at the church.  More to come... there will be food assigned out so this will be our lunch


MAD SCIENTIST - 2:30 back to Halleys

Come prepared with your Mad Scientist Project.  Be ready to demonstrate your project over and over, if possible.  If it is a one time experiment that is okay also.  Make sure to invite your families.  Your siblings will be our audience.  Make this fun.  DON'T BORE THEM!!!  I would love to see some lab coats, Einstein Hair, or some nerd glasses.  MAKE THIS FUN! Yes, that is an order.


It has been a pleasure to be with you this year.  You are a fabulous group and I expect great things out of your future!

March Eureka

Write out the terms and definitions from The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy on your notecards.

• lis
• Atmospheric cycle
• air quality index
• atmosphere
• atmospheric pressure
• aurora borealis
• barometer
• cell
• climate
• front
• global warming
• greenhouse effect
• inversion, layer
• ionosphere
• jet stream
• land breeze
• lithosphere
• meteor
• meteorites
• meteorology
• microclimate
• ozone hole
• prevailing westerlies
• rainbow
• relative humidity
• renewable resources
• sea breeze
• smog
• solar energy
• stratosphere
• troposphere
• Van Allen Belt
• weather
• weather map

• Play a game of checkers
• Play a game of chess
• Write out your Mad Scientist Pan
• We talked about this in class.  I want you to come up with an experiment.  Using the Scientific Method write down what you experiment will be.  Bring me your plan.
• Get to stage 3 of how to solve the Rubix Cube
• Master your Multiplication! I want you to do 5 drills for 5 days.  If you started late, just get caught up. multiplication drills   Click start than select multiplication and whichever numbers you are still working on or select all the numbers. 

Geography- Africa and Northern Asia

• Memorize where the countries are now.  There are many fun ways to do this.  You Tube has songs, there are many apps.  Share what you find with the others.  Help each other to make this enjoyable.  

Journeyman

• Read Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe  the first half of Chapter 5.  This is a really long chapter.  We will do the last half next month   I do not expect you to read everything.  I would like you to spend  at least an hour in this half of the  chapter.  Do the art and bring it.  I want to see it.  Get out your paper, pencil, straightedge, and compass.  Create the shapes you will be learning about.  I want this to broaden your mind, to help you see the world a little differently.  Think of this as art not just reading.
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• Solve this Sudoku puzzle

Masters

• Read  4 different Essays in Asimov on Numbers.  Choose the ones that interest you.  

• Read the first half of Mathmaticians Are People Too.

• Come ready to present what is in your favorite Asimov essay or  more about a  Mathematician you read about.  Make these interesting!  DON'T BORE ME!