March Master

Master Class 1 (Sis. Mapes)

Read:

•  "Spiritual Preparedness: Start Early and Be Ready”, by Henry B. Eyring, October 2005

•  Call of the Wild by Jack London. This book may be listened to for free at Librivox.

     Jack London grew up poor in San Francisco. He taught himself to read in the public library. He traveled about the United States and he spent about a year in the Klondike. The story is about a dog named Buck set in the Klondike gold rush. The working gods and the human characters struggle against the weather for their survival. Some of them are competent while others are not. Buck undergoes a dramatic change over the course of this journey. Life in Alaska is harsh and brutal. He learns to lead, and he finds love in a loyal human companion. As you read look carefully at the choices Buck makes as well as his various human companions. When do they respect each other? When do they not? Is love and respect necessary for their survival? Can the humans and dogs survive independently of each other? What qualities make a good leader? What qualities make a poor leader? Does Buck make a good leader? This book shows both positive and negative characteristics, often in the same character. Each one of us has both positive and negative characteristics. How do we choose what qualities dominate? Can we overcome the negative aspects of ourselves?

Inspirements:

• Write an essay on what you learned about the nature of individuals in harsh environments, and what makes a good leader over a bad leader?

• Bring your favorite quote from the talk by Henry Eyring.

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Master Class 2 (Bro. Mapes)

Read modules 12 and 13 from Exploring Creation. For each module do the following:

• Read all sections of the module
• Select at least one of the experiments to perform. Write up your observations.
• Complete the “On Your Own” questions as you read, but you do not need to turn in your answers. (“On Your Own” answers are at the end of the module.)
• Answer all of the Study Guide questions. There is almost no math with these chapters, so the questions should be quick.

E-mail me your written work no later than 6:00 PM the day before master class to the following e-mail address: Jeremy.Mapes@rocket.com. I will review your work and return it with comments during master class. The following items must be submitted

• Study guide answers from Modules 12 and 13
• Write-ups from the experiments you completed

Master class will have two parts. For the first hour we will review the modules and do some demonstrations of the principles. During the second hour we will test out the catapult we build in February.

March Journeyman

Read:

The full reading section of the Eureka packet about weather.

Watch:

After all that reading about stormy weather we figured you deserved a little sunshine. Have fun
with this video.
Walking on Sunshine

Memorize

 the meaning of the following terms from The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy:

• Atmospheric pressure,
• atmosphere, barometer, 
• acid rain, 
• air pollution, 
• air quality index, 
• cell,
• clouds, 
• cirrus clouds, 
• cumulus clouds, 
• cyclone, 
• cloud seeding, 
• eye of a hurricane, 
• humidity,
• hurricane, 
• ionosphere, 
• thermal inversion, 
• nimbus clouds, 
• ozone hole, 
• precipitation, 
• prevailing
• westerlies, 
• stratosphere, 
• thunder, 
• typhoon, 
• tornado

Answer

the following questions in written format to be turned in.

1) How would understanding global wind patterns, including the Coriolis Force, have
helped explorers in the sixteenth century navigate between Europe and the Americas.

2) How does pressure affect wind?

3) What is the “dew point”?

4) What is “density”?

Do

 the following activity:

 Make a diagram of the sky that includes the four basic types of clouds. Tell what kind of
weather each cloud predicts. Bring to class.

Inspirements: 

Choose one of the following or come up with your own way to share what you
have learned. Please let Sis. Mapes know by Tuesday what inspirement you will be doing.

•  Write a poem or song about precipitation. Include the scientific information you learned about precipitation.

•  Stage a weather forecast that predicts a large snow or rain storm coming into our area. Write a script that includes appropriate weather fronts and wind patterns. Be prepared to answer questions from the audience.

•  Research and learn about a tornado or hurricane. Write a one-page paper on the area affected, and how the area recovered better prepared for future storms.

March Apprentice

                            
Read:
Charlie’s Monument Chapters 1 and 2
Eureka Packet: Weather
Choose one of the following scripture stories that have a weather conflict. Read the scriptures and plan to share how the Lord used weather to being these people closer to Him.
Noah. Genesis 6-8
Jonah. Jonah 1-2
Jaredities. Ether 6
Genesis 41-42
Matthew 8:23-27


Watch:
http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2013-12-100-philippines-hurricane-welfare-response?category=humanitarian&lang=eng Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHlQ6sBEO9A

Think About:
Complete a word study on Service. How to hardships in our lives present opportunities for service? When is service an expression of love and leadership and when is it just something to check off our list? What are the Lords directions regarding serving others?

Create:
Create either an experiment or presentation on one of the following topics: drought, earthquakes, famines, floods, hailstones, storms, thunder, tornadoes, wind storms, or other weather phenomena. Please find a scripture that talks about your weather phenomena. Share as part of your presentation or experiment what the scripture teaches about the Lords hand in weather.

Research:
Research a group or organization that helps people after natural disasters. Please plan to share in class which organization you researched, how they help people, and how you can assist them.

Memorize:
Please pick your own thought, or poem, or quote AND scripture that has to do with Leadership, or the attribute you are studying for your leadership project this month. The following youth will share their memorization this week: Isaiah, John, Luke, Marshall, Rachel, Ashley, Megan, Gracious, Kaeley

Project:
Continue working on your chosen project for this month. This is the application part of apprentice (applying principles to ourselves.) Keep working on it. This week assignment is to write how you can/or have used this characteristic to serve others. What you have learned from doing your project. Send me an email with your thoughts or bring me a little paragraph to class.