November 25- We played with electrical circuits today. We learned series and parallel circuits. We tried to light up bulbs by connecting wires with batteries. Some tried to make the brightest lights by adding the most batteries or adding the least bulbs. At the end of the day we played a bit of last man standing.
November 18 - No QUEST last week. Today we the word presenter was Emma and the word was livid. The book consultant was Olivia and her book was Wings of Fire. The habit of mind was thinking and communicating with clarity and precision. We read the book Energy Island about innovative electrical engineering ideas. At QEUST we also did a chalk talk and we prepared for a seminar. Lilah and Caterina were taking photos for the yearbook. - Anna and Ralfie
November 4 - Today we played mancala and we did TED ed. Also we got to do Sudoku. The word presenter was Alex and the word was profound. The book consultant was Anuva and Jesse. We made animal memes and some kids got to rebuild their tower out of packing peanuts and toothpicks. In conclusion we had a great time!!
October 28 - We did not do word of the day, habits of mind, or book consultant because it is big build day!
Abbey, Gilbert, Sersha - Testing Structure Video
Jesse, Maceo, Ryan - Testing Structure Video
Alicja, Lillian, Vihaan - Testing Structure Video
Connor, Lilah, Olivia - Testing Structure Video
Anna, David, Jolene- Testing Structure Video
Anuva, Caterina, Zachary - Testing Structure Video
Aarav, Alex, Emma - Testing Structure Video
Jack, JJ - Testing Structure Video
Ethan, Ethan - Testing Structure Video
Today we talked about what we will be doing for our world problems project Seminar. Some of the options were life under water, life on land, zero hunger, clean and affordable energy, climate action, clean and sanitized water, quality education, and many more. Today was the big build day. We had 50 mins to build a tower out of packing peanuts and toothpicks we were building for strength and hight. The towers were tested and viedo taped. We had a fan blowing at 3 speeds at 3 spaces 100cm,75cm and 50cm. in conclusion we had a great filled day with lots of fun! Happy Halloween!!!
October 21 - The word of the day is visage, it means the look on a face. The habit of mind was thinking about your thinking. The book consultant was Ryan. He presented The Poison King, part of the Impossible Creatures series. Today we planned our ideas for how we could build the tallest, and sturdiest tower that could withstand a fan blowing at it. Also, the first five people of the year-Ethan, Ethan, Gilbert, David and Ralfie- figured out how to make a cube out of different shaped blocks - SOMA cubes. At the end of the day, we created and imagined Color-Symbol-Image were, you had to draw a color on the sheet and explain why you chose it and how it relates to a paragraph called A Sense of a Goose. Then, you had to create a symbol and write why you chose it. Last, you needed to sketch an image and explain why you chose that. Have a good day! - JJ Chithalen
October 14 - The word of the day was din. The habit of mind was thinking flexibly. The book consultant was Lillian . We had our first Socratic Seminar this year. We had our seminar on the essay The Sense of a Goose and What We Can Learn From Animals. Anna and Ryan were the moderators. Moderators are the leaders who ask the questions and direct the seminar.
October 7 - The word of the week was allude, meaning indirectly referring to. The habit of mind was listening with understanding and empathy. The book consultant for today was Ralfie today. We finished the sentence, word, phrase. We learned what we are going to do for the next two weeks for our STEM build.
September 30 - Today we started the day with looking at the habit of mind. It was striving for accuracy. The book consultant was Abby. She shared Warriors. Then we shared the word of the day, magnanimous, meaning generous spirit. Also we did an activity were we had 50 cards to make a tower and we had to make it as tall as we can. We also had to support a load (AKA an eraser box). it was fun. Finally we had to write about our project. We had a great day!
September 23 - The habit of mind for the day is Questioning and Posing Problems. The word of the day is wistful, meaning having sadness or a pensive mood centered on something good in the past. The book consultant was Jolene and she presented Right Back At You. We read a book about Lonnie Johnson and all of his many inventions, including the super soaker.
September 16 - The word of the week was melancholy meaning sad. The Habit Of Mind was managing impulsivity, think before you act. JJ was the book consultant. He presented I Survived the Japan Tsunami. We figured out what an engineer is and examples of engineers. We watched an awesome video of Strandbeesten, Beach Beasts. Strandbeests are the invention of Theo Jansen, they are super cool engineered beach beasts.
September 9 - Today is the first day of QUEST. The word of the week was exquisite meaning beautifully made. The book consult was Gilbert and he presented The Warriors: Darkest Night. The Habit of Mind was persist. We took a class picture, see above. We read the book Ten Birds. We had a tarp challenge. So we had to flip a tarp while everyone was standing on it. We learned about our classmates with QUEST version of four corners. We had a very long fire drill. We were perfectly quiet during the drill. QUEST was great, everyone will be back next week.