Hey everyone welcome to journeymen! This year we are going to study herbs and have SO MUCH FUN. We are also going to make something in every class. It is going to be AWESOME!
STUDY/LEARN
1. This week you need to sign up here and we will have 2 people per herb. Research it. As you research answer these questions.
3 main uses
what parts of it to use
how to prepare it
any other info you thinks is useful
come prepared to present at most a 3 min presentation.
3.Instead of voting this week I would like everyone to go to this Doc and study the herbs and their uses. If we have time during class we will be playing a game to test your memory on the herbs we studied on the google doc.
Come prepared to learn and have fun because we will also be making a couple of concoctions every time.
KNOW/UNDERSTAND
1. Bring a quarter-page card with the uses, name and picture of the herb that you studied. We will be displaying these on an herb board so we need you all to bring a card.
BECOME/SERVE
Find a scripture that relates herbs in general to bring and share with everyone when you present.
or
Help someone heal by using a specific herb this week.
or
Make a herbal concoction. to share with your family or bring it to class to share.
Thank you to everyone who came last time, we had a ton of fun!
Those of you who didn't come... Come. :D
This week we're going to start reading Chapter 8, The Universal Flood Model! This chapter is really exciting, and we're going to be learning a lot of new truths!
Watch this video!
Start on page 475, and read until page 574, stopping at 8.8, the Carbonate Mark.
Read it for the prized candy bar, or skim it for the prize of coming to class.
Remember that you are allowed to skim! When skimming you should make sure to read the captions under the pictures, the bold quotes (not necessarily the quotes in blue writing, but ones that are a bigger font), and make sure to find all of the FQ's and FA's!
FQ's stand for fundamental questions, and FA's stand for Fundamental Answers.
Once you've finished the reading, please, please, pleeeeeeaaaaase have a presentation! Telling us your favorite part is always good, but if you could show us pictures, or an object lesson to go with it. Anything! Then it would be greatly appreciated. :D
It should be around 2-3 minutes long.
The debate topic for this week is.....
Erosion VS Flood!!!
You know the drill! Study and research both sides for at least 15 minutes, and come prepared to debate!
0. Pull out your now well-broken in harmonica! Come to class knowing how to play a single note. And if you can play 1, you can play many. :) Practice "Come, Come ye Saints" We will play it together with everyone. Please BRING your harmonica to class.
Memorize the elements and their two-letter symbols from the Transition Metals. We will review them in class.
II. CHOOSE 1:
Option A:
Choose 1 element from the transition metals to study in depth. Come up with at least 3 new facts about your element that are not listed on the table. When was it discovered, who was it discovered by? How was it discovered? How did it get it's current purpose in todays society? Was there any dramatic story surrounding your element (believe me, there is lots of drama in chemistry!)? How has is been used throughout history?
Bring a 1-2 minute presentation on your element. Yes, you will stand up and present this time. We want a good story!
Option B
Research 1 of these questions, and present a 1-2 minute presentation on your findings. Make it interesting!
How does Soap work on a molecular level. Explain the chemistry.
Does Baking Soda work well to clean stains on laundry or other areas? Does it enhance or take away from regular detergents? Explain The chemistry.
Does Vinegar work well to clean stains on laundry or other areas? Does it enhance or take away from regular detergents? Explain The chemistry.
Do "Homemade" soaps and detergents work? Explain the chemistry.
What is the basic chemistry of soap making? Explain the chemistry.
Perform an experiment where you use different cleaning agents to clean different stains on fabric. Bring your results to share.
III. Listen to this slightly annoying song. Anyone who memorizes the entire table by the end of April will receive a super cool, super nerdy chemistry award! IV. Ninjas in Training: Practice the times tables you need to work on in order to move to the next Ninja level. Only you know what those are. Spend 3 sessions of 10 minutes each working on them. You can choose how to do this. One of the sessions will be with your Ninja Trainer. Here are some options: *Have someone quiz you with flashcards *Play multiplication war with a sibling, parent, or friend. *Use a game or app that quizzes you *Sing some skip counting songs and practice skip counting If you feel ready to to be tested as a ninja master, we will give you that opportunity in class! Ninja Masters: Contact each of your Ninjas in training over the phone, or skype or in person, and spend 10 minutes working with them to pass the level they are working on. All Ninjas: Solve this mentally:.....the / signs are divide signs. Order of Operations: Solve inside ( ) first. Within each set of ( ) solve all X and / from left to right. Then solve all + and - from left to right. For the remainder of the problem, solve all X and / from left to right, Then all + and - from left to right.
(8X5+64/2) / (6X4-45/3) + 44 X 11 + your age When you walk into class, write your name on the white board, and your answer next to it.
V. Use index cards to create these Notecards (Hint, many of these are answered in the following videos, but you may also look them up if desired) Some of them are not in the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, you'll have to google them if you don't see them in the videos.
Dihydrogen Monoxide
Aqueous Solution
Solute
Solvent
Polarity
Electrolytes
Solution
Molarity
VI. Watch these videos. Take notes in your CBP
Crash Course: Water and Solutions (13 min) The Second half gets into moles and equations. If you can follow that, great! If not, no worries. Just know that there is a lot to know! We only have time to scratch the surface. :)
Crash Course: Solutions (8 min) Again, a lot of math, but also a lot of other interesting info. Just enjoy it!
1 When the page opens you should see 3 boxes. Click on the one that says "Game" 2. Choose the game farthest to the left with the picture of the periodic table. Play 3 rounds of the game. Remember the # of protons in an element makes it what it is! Use you battleship board, or any periodic table, to help you if needed. Feel free to explore the other games if you would like to. Chemistry for Every Kid:
III. Preform 2 experiments: 1 from Chapter 6, Solutions, 1 from Chapter 7, Heat
Record what you learned in your CPB
IV. Game time! Battleship Rules:
Create 3 ships on your battlefield by circling them with a dry-erase marker. Each ship will be a different size:
1 3-element ship,
1 4-element ship, and
1 5-element ship.
Get with someone in Vanguard and play battleship. This can be in your home or over the phone (talking or texting). Try to sink your opponents ships before they sink yours.
V. Logic Training.
Complete at least 3 pages of your Balance Math & More Workbook. You can do more.
Why would you do more?
There will be an award for everyone who comes to me with 40 completed logic pages by the last Eureka class in April. These can include the pages of your Balance Book, and the other logic games I post. I will need to see the entire stack of completed work.
Become/Serve
Go to this Google Doc to check out everyone's awesome comparisons from last Eureka. You guys did amazing!
We are going to do something similar this week. Take your already prepared presentation (about a transition metal, or soap) and create a comparison to life. Either how to be, or how not to be. Share your comparison on THE SAME Google Doc. Just Scroll Down a little.
Thank you everyone who came last time! We had a lot of fun. Which is also the goal for this week, so everyone should forget about sleep for a day or two and try to come again. It's not as stressful as it sounds if you don't procrastinate! If you wait until Wednesday then it is more stressful than it sounds... But it's still worth it.
Which means that in order to avoid sweat and tears over a science book, you should get started immediately.
To introduce you to part of what this chapter will be about, watch this video!
This week for reading we're going to finish chapter 7 in the Universal Model. You need to start on page 358, starting at The Meteorite Model, and you'll be stopping at page 475, Chapter 8, the Universal Flood Model.
Remember that you are allowed to skim! When skimming you should make sure to read the captions under the pictures, the bold quotes (not necessarily the quotes in blue writing, but ones that are a bigger font), and make sure to find all of the FQ's and FA's!
FQ's stand for fundamental questions, and FA's stand for Fundamental Answers.
If you have been reading the book word for word (not skimming) then you are on your way to the prize, which will be a king size candy bar of your choice. Keep it up!
If you would like a prize but you haven't read it word for word, or maybe this is your first time coming to Eureka Masters (yay!), then you need to read word for word what you haven't yet read this year. (We started at the beginning of chapter 7), and continue reading it until we finish at the end of the school year.
Once you have done your reading you need to make a 2-3 minute presentation! If you don't make it exciting you're going to be kicked out of class.
.......
Just kidding, we'll all just be very, very very disappointed. So make it good. ;)
You can make it exciting by drawing/coloring a picture, making a song parody, writing a story, making a video, giving an object lesson, or anything else that you can think of! If you need examples or references, I've posted some presentations that have been done in the past on the previous Eureka Masters blog post.
Our last Eureka Masters we had a debate, and it ended up being really fun! A bitter-sweet aspect, however, was that everyone who made it agreed with each other... Which made is so that half of them debated for a side they hadn't prepared for. But everyone did a really great job!
This time, in order to prepare for the debate, please study different points that could go on either side. If you already feel like you could debate either side fairly well then you are exempt from that requirement. Good for you!
I'll have you volunteer at class for who would like to debate which side (whether you agree with that side or not), and if it becomes incredibly uneven, I may just randomly choose you, so be ready! :D
The debate topic for this week is...!!!
*Drum roll*
Meteor CraterVSHydro Crater!!!
Research it and come prepared to debate. 15 minutes of research at minimum!
I can't wait to see you at class!
P.S.
Q: How does one astronaut on the moon tell another astronaut that he is sorry?
A: He Apollo-gizes.
Q: What do you call a moon out of orbit?
A: A Lunatic!
Q: How does a man on a moon get his haircut?
A: Eclipse it.
Q: What does Michael Jackson have in common with the NASA?
A: It's been decades since their first moon walk.
Q: What do moon people do when they get married?
A: They go off on their honeyearth!
Two blondes in Las Vegas were sitting on a bench talking ... and one blonde says to the other, "Which do you think is farther away ... Florida or the moon?" The other blonde turns and says "Hellooooooo, can you see Florida?"
After the Americans went to the Moon, the Soviets announced that they would be sending a man to the Sun. The engineers objected. "If you send a man to the Sun, he will burn up!" "What do you think I am, stupid?" he replied. "We'll send him at night!"
