Thursday, October 30, 2008

Daily Notes for Wednesday and Thursday


Maths and more Maths - Kumon Maths, Alexander uni Maths, work on budgets and money and wish lists, maths in games. Mathematics


Read religion books ~ talk about form matter intent, write a summary, do an internet search for suitable pics. English, Personal Development, Computer


Piano practice - Fur Elise, House of the Rising Sun. Arts


Games with visiting friends Maths, Personal Development, Phys Ed, Computers


Afternoon tea with visitor and play with her baby Social, Personal Development, Health


And, as usual, lots of reading. And reading. And reading. English


Discuss economic theory, band ACDC and financial crisis. Article on internet. English, Society and Environmnet, Economics, Art


Discuss and plan day - when to do some formal work, personal goals and want tos, cooking for Halloween. Personal Development, Food and Technology


Write more on novels - finally! Re-read, edit, work on flow, talk about writing to date. English


THINK challenge for this week. Science, Maths


Put the following out on a table: 2 cups, 2 spoons (plastic or real), 6 sticks of spaghetti, 15 inches of tape, two 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper, a measuring tape and lots of quarters or pennies(the measuring tape and quarters/pennies cannot be used in the solution). Using the cups as the ends, tell your students to build a bridge that spans 9 inches and will hold as much weight as possible. When the bridge is complete, measure its strength by placing quarters/pennies on it (or anything else you want). Count how many quarters the bridge holds. Put the following out on a table: 2 cups, 2 spoons (plastic or real), 6 sticks of spaghetti, 15 inches of tape, two 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper, a measuring tape and lots of quarters or pennies(the measuring tape and quarters/pennies cannot be used in the solution). Using the cups as the ends, tell your students to build a bridge that spans 9 inches and will hold as much weight as possible. When the bridge is complete, measure its strength by placing quarters/pennies on it (or anything else you want). Count how many quarters the bridge holds.


Work at Mc Donalds and Kumon - I work all night, I work all day...Work Education


Look at Monet and Star Wars exhibitions and plan outings. Arts, Science, Film and Media


Look at books on current strewing, I mean coffee table - topics include cartography, seven wonders of the world, myths Society and Environment, Science, English

2 comments:

Julie said...

When are you guys going to Monet?
I've been planning on taking Stephanie as well...maybee we could join up!

Leonie said...

Will let you know when we have a date!