Saturday, January 24, 2015

January Work Continued

Students preparing for lunch by figuring out tax and tip ahead of time.

The older students paired up with younger ones to help them understand the concepts of percentages in tax and tip per dollar spent.

Water displacement lesson for volume of an ellipse.

More students working together on percentages work.


Three ladies learning how to read musical notes.

Quick math, breaking numbers apart to add/subtract/multiply.

Geometry lesson on transversal angles.

Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic layers of the earth lesson and exploration.

Preparing for a fundraiser.

Lunch at Al Fresco's Italian Restaurant.


The server discusses the bread plate and order of silverware in fine dining experiences with a student.

Toasting the experience!





Can't forget dessert!




Thursday, January 22, 2015

January Work 2015

We were excited to come back to school after our winter break. Here are some pictures of our last couple of weeks. 
Students working on finding the area of a rectangle, using designs for a dream room in their homes. This work uses double digit multiplication and the formula for area of a rectangle.


Siblings working on an art lesson using perspective and line design.

Students studying together before a group discussion.

Atom bingo anyone? Quick, add the protons and the neutrons and find the element square before your neighbor does!

More atom bingo.


Lesson on two parallel lines cut by a transversal and the angles' names in geometry work.

Geometry and language work.



A student tracks the wind speed with his new device. He will calculate the wind chill throughout the month with this device and a thermometer. 

Long multiplication work.

Collaborative work on making a wind instrument.


A science experiment to learn about density.

Learning notes and their values in music.
A student makes a scarf while listening to an Edgar Allan Poe story.

The seniors make a flier for a fundraiser for their senior trip.

Dissecting a squid as a part of extensive research on cephalopods. 

Dissecting a fish as a part of extensive research on the fish family.







Biology research on the characteristics of arthropods.


The students plan out tax and tip on the meal they are purchasing at a local restaurant. 

The students learn about the algebraic terms of cubing.

A guest speaker speaks to our class on her experience as a creative designer for trailers of movies.

Lunchtime during our January birthday celebration.