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!