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!