We were excited to have three new students join our class today! While the new students set up their Book Creator portfolios the other students worked on the final planning of their activist work. A few students were inspired to design some posters and presentations teaching others about a way to fight injustice in the world/their community.

Then, it was time to start our study of the brain!! My favorite way to start this unit is by having the students take a brain anatomy pre-assessment. They had to do their best to draw and label the parts of the brain with no help. At the end of the unit, they will do the same thing again and compare the pre and post-assessments. The results speak for themselves!

The students watched a college professor discuss the names, locations, and functions of 17 parts of the brain. They then watched it again and took notes on what he said. The students were very excited that they were learning college-level science! Next week, they will work with a partner or two to create a massive brace map explaining how these 17 parts of the brain fit together. This was a favorite project for last year's crew!