Another soggy school day!

Today students began exploring circles. We learned about the history of circles in math and astronomy and how a circle is considered the "most perfect" shape because of its symmetry. To create a perfect circle or arc you need to have a point in the center and a consistent radius. Students learned a hack to create the perfect circle.... not a compass.... but a paper clip! We are currently working on a challenge to find all the possible ways that three circles can overlap or intersect following 3 rules: the circles can't kiss, they have the same point of intersection, or be outside of the plane (paper). Check out the pictures below of what we have found so far! The grade 6 class joined us today for our Language class on persuasive writing. As a class, we started by brainstorming some opinion-based questions like, "Should we have a class pet?" Afterwards, both the grade 6 and 7 students worked together in groups to create reasons to back their arguments. For Health, we continued our lesson on substance use. Afterwards, students were introduced to their new assignment on exploring substances. For Geography, we continued our look at water systems, where we learned about river systems and drainage patterns. We ended the day with students writing their observations about the tower-building activity from yesterday in Science.

Homework:

Language: Give one example for each type of conflict found in The Giver.

Geography: Finish Water System questions. The Landform Assignment is due on Friday.

Science: Finish the Tower Building questions.