1. Read the book: The First Scientist, A life of Roger Bacon by Brian Clegg
Look for truths that can be applied to your life right now
Write these truths down and share them during the discussion
Complete a character Study on Roger Bacon
...come prepared to have some BACON!
Take your knowledge to Understanding by:
1. Read Genesis chapter 1 vs. 6-8. Look up any words that you dont know. Pick a word that you think is important to understanding God's work and complete a word study on it
2. Look for a current event that has to do with math or science
3. Do your own research into Weather, Atmosphere and Meteorology. Read a non-fiction book at home or from the library and share with us what you learn. Do you like these subjects...why or why not? How do they apply to your life?
4. Come prepare to class with a question regarding Weather, Atmosphere or Meterology or Genesis 1:6-8
AND do ONE or more of the following:
Prepare a weather Atmosphere, Meteorology experiment to share with the class.
Preapre a report on one of following subjects: Acid rain, water cycle, advection, atmosphere, barometer and barometric pressure, weather, clouds, doppler radar, seasons, humidity, hurricanes, investion, jet stream, radar, trade winds, etc.
Read The Frist Scientist, The Life of Roger Bacon and give us a short oral book report during class.
Keep a weather journal for two weeks. Draw, sketch, record in some art medium the weather you observe each day. What did you notice about God's creations?
Find and read some from a farmers almanac. Do farmers still use these today? Are they reliable? What does it say about this year? Share what you learn with the class
1. Read the Journey of Al & Gebra to the Land of Algebra chapter The Second Kingdom
2. Read Octobers reading at the following link: http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oOVlUHkY_mvOJW0hOCHliqeKLxjWgVJPlXoB5NBZfwqxF3XxQ8aTXQKJSH3j-u0WMaXhKJwhS3R9UpKj0BmBaGTKtkDUprgUfQ/Medieval%20Math/Math%20Reading%20October.pdf
3. Read from the following links to learn more about Aryabhata I and Brahmagupta
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Brahmagupta.html
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Aryabhata_I.html
4 (optional) Read The Joy of Mathematics vignettes pg 162, 226, and 190
5 Come to class prepared with a question of something you didn't understand or something you are curious about and want to ask others
6. Reports to your parent or mentor about how you are doing on your math goals for this year. Or you can leave a comment on this blog under the post entitled Math Goals
7. Return your math curse worksheet or leave a comment on this blog under the post entitled Math Curse
and then do one or more of the following:
Read about Aryabhata I and Brahmagupta in Five Fingers to Infinity by Kokomoor and share with the class what you learned
Create a graphic summary of events or people that you learned about from your reading
Do some additional research and see what you can find out about Aryabhata I and Brahmagupta. Share what you learn during class
Look up definitions of the following vocabulary words: difference, direction, negative, place-holder, subraction, zero, equation, quantity. Pick one word and do a word study on it.
Make a movie, play, skit, song, dance, artwork, etc similar to the story of adding alice in The Journey of Al & Gebra to the Land of Algebra. See how creative you can be. Make sure and include the math theory presented on page 17 entitled Adding Two Integers
Make your own cartoon explaining a math concept you have been learning about
Help teach a math moment to the class.
What is your Math Goal for this year?
Tell us about your latest Math Curse!
