February 8 - 11, 2021

Valentine's Day Injustice Project

We researched the history of Valentine's Day and learned that Valentine was beheaded by Emperor Claudius during the Roman Empire because he was standing up against injustice. After learning that the roots of Valentine's Day are in standing up against injustice, we discussed all the sources of injustice in the world. Within a few minutes, we had a list of 24 injustices. Everything from racism, animal abuse and gender discrimination to hunger, homelessness and poverty.

Our next step was to learn how to write an excellent protest letter. We learned that you not only need to define the problem, but that you need to have a specific, realistic solution to the problem.

We are in the process of writing and editing our letters before we determine who to send them to.

Will L's letter about bullying is attached here.

Particle Theory Presentations

We know that our brains are more likely to remember things that we "see, say and do". So today, students prepared presentations to explain the 6 points of the Particle Theory.

May, Brianna, William and Matthew had a really clever way of demonstrating that each pure substance has its own kind of particle, different from particles of other pure substances.

Poetry

It was so inspiring to hear students read their own original poems. Here are a couple. The poem "Navigation Lights" to the right is by Abbie. The one below about hope is by Kamron.