December the 1st 2009

Elective

Time: 30 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I cooked chocolate cookies, which were wonderful.

Resources

Utensils

Recipe

Ingredients

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English

Time: 30 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I figured out what linked sets of four objects together.

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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English

Time: 20 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

Today we went for a cold, windy walk. It was blowing really hard today, as we could see from the cumulus clouds above, which were moving incredibly fast across the blue sky. It was bitter cold, and the wind really made us shiver and pull our coats on tighter, but at least it wasn't raining. The leaves underfoot are no longer crunchy, and the trees stand bare and thin, waving in the wind. We spotted a group of crows in the field, which took flight and appeared to have white wings, although we think that was just the sun glancing off them. I had a great walk!

Resources

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 20 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on revising the grammar from the third lesson of Ultimate French, our new french course.

Resources

Ultimate French

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Math

Time: 60 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on the lesson in the book for video 21, which was quite hard, but I got it finished! I feel good for solving the last problem on my own, even though I did need a little help from my dad. The lesson was on tangents, sines and cosines.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

My Dad

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Science

Time: 120 min

Human Anatomy and Biology

Reflection

In our Human Anatomy and Biology Lesson today, we studied the human brain. To start with, we watched a video lecture about the physiology of the brain, which filled me in on the details of the brain. After that, I answered two questions about the physiology of the brain, and finished up. I also read another section of Red Gold: the Story of Blood.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/anatomycourse_Brain2.pdf

Resources

My Computer

Teaching Company Human Anatomy and Biology DVD

The Human Body Book by Steve Parker

Atlas of Human Anatomy

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on coloring the cover picture for Terror of Porridge on the computer at Mr Pete's house.

Resources

Computer

Photoshop

Book-Editing Software

Mr Pete

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English

Time: 20 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

Today I wrote a poem in my writing book.

Resources

My Writing Book

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December the 2nd 2009

Elective

Time: 30 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I cooked teff gingerbread, which was wonderful.

Resources

Utensils

Recipe

Ingredients

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English

Time: 30 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I figured out what made one object in a set the odd one out and wrote my own odd one out problems.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/InCommonOrNot.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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English

Time: 20 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

Today we went for another cold, windy walk. The sky was filled almost to the brim with light gray stratus clouds, although it didn't look like any rain was on its way. The sun only peeked through a couple times, and the wind wasn't quite as bad as yesterday. There were some birds flapping around by the road, and mom noticed a cardinal among them. There were also quite a few sparrows, and I thought I saw a turkey vulture circling overhead. As we were walking back, I noticed a red squirrel. He was very cute!

Resources

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 30 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on revising the vocabulary and the test from the third lesson of Ultimate French, our new french course.

Resources

Ultimate French

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Math

Time: 45 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching video 22 of my Geometry course, which was on applications of right triangle trigonometry in geometry.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

My Dad

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Science

Time: 120 min

Physical Science

Reflection

In our Physical Science Class today, we started off by reviewing what we learned about work in the last lesson, and then applied what we knew about velocity to an experiment involving a small car crashing into a stationary car on a ramp. We looked at the amount of time each took passing certain lines on the ramp after they bounced off each other. Then we made them stick together by using a piece of clay on the second car. After that, we calculated the velocity change after the collision and the loss of kinetic energy. Lastly, we reviewed the concepts covered and looked at rotation in our Joy of Physics book, where we learned about radians (which are used in physics instead of angles) and how they can help us in physics.

Resources

The Joy of Physics

My Science Book

Charts

My Dad

My Partner, Nathaniel

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Elective

Time: 45 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on sculpting a human head model in Blender 3d, my 3d program.

Resources

Computer

Blender 3d

Venom's Lab DvD?

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Elective

Time: 75 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today, and did some composing!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I helped my dad shovel horse manure he got from a friend, putting in the garden for use in composting. Even though it was raining, the manure was really hot. There were big clouds of steam rising from it! We made a pile of it in the garden.

Resources

Shovels

Wheelbarrows

Manure

My Dad

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December the 3rd 2009

Elective

Time: 30 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I cooked strawberry ring cookies, which were wonderful.

Resources

Utensils

Recipe

Ingredients

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English

Time: 20 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

Today we went for a slightly warmer walk. The sky fluctuated between being dark and foreboding and bright and sunny. The sun did poke its head out a few times, which was nice. The wind did blow quite hard around the midpoint of the walk, but mostly it was reasonably still. The clouds overhead, however, were moving very fast. As we started out, we heard what we at first thought was a red-tailed hawk, but was probably a jay. It was very noisy! We also spotted some turkey vultures landing, and in some cases attempting to land, in the field. One of them seemed to be having real trouble landing as the wind kept blowing him back up, and he didn't manage to land before all then others lifted off again. It was a nice walk!

Resources

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 50 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today and did some composing.

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Economics

Reflection

For my economics today, I read part of a book entitled How You Can Profit From the Coming Devaluation. It was very interesting and helpful.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

How You Can Profit From the Coming Devaluation by Harry Browne

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Elective

Time: 10 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the dialogue and pronunciation from the fourth lesson of Ultimate French, our new french course.

Resources

Ultimate French

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Math

Time: 60 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on the lesson in the book for video 22, which was quite hard, but I got it finished! It was on more uses of right-triangle trigonometry.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

My Dad

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Social Studies

Time: 50 min

United States History

Reflection

I started my United States History study today by watching a presentation on American history up to the 1750s. Among the topics covered were culture differences in different areas, the beginnings of slavery and the Enlightenment. After that, I read chapter 2 of American History Made Simple.

Resources

US History.org

American History Made Simple by Jack C. Estrin

My Mom

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Elective

Time: 40 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, I scanned in advertisements from old newspapers.

Resources

Computer

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Elective

Time: 40 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked some more on my human head model in Blender 3d, my 3d program.

Resources

Computer

Blender 3d

Venom's Lab DvD?

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December the 4th 2009

Elective

Time: 30 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I cooked chocolate chip cookies, which were wonderful.

Resources

Utensils

Recipe

Ingredients

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Economics

Reflection

For my Economics today, I worked on a new lesson in my Economics: A Free Market Reader book, entitled Competition, Monopoly and the Role of Government. I answered a few of the thought questions.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

Economics: A Free Market Reader

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Community Service

Time: 60 min

Community Service

Reflection

I worked at the Selah Adult Day Care Center, where I played cards with one of the members, who taught me how to play rummy and beat me a lot! I enjoyed my time at the Selah center, and I felt I was making a bigger impact on one person than I ever made at the library.

Resources

Selah Day Care Center Helpers

Members

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Elective

Time: 270 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I went to Mr Bill's house and worked on some odds and ends. We started by taking the leaf catching net off the pool, and then I unloaded some bags of leaves into the compost. After that, we cleared the gutters and removed the net covering over the blueberry bushes. Then we headed over to Wicki's Stone, where we got about 3/4 of a ton of crushed stone and used it to cover Bill's drive down to the garden. Lastly, we used the excess stone to build a path through the old chicken area and removed a broken tent that had got crushed by snow in October. I had a really good time.

Resources

Mr Bill

Tools

Wicki's Stone

Gloves

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December the 5th 2009

Elective

Time: 30 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I cooked teff gingerbread, which was wonderful.

Resources

Utensils

Recipe

Ingredients

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Elective

Time: 120 min

Theater Arts

Reflection

I started my Theater Arts study today by walking into my dancing and singing class, which today was led by Miss Lia. We began by playing a short reflex game, and then sang our "The Farmer and the Cowman should be Friends" song. We sang that a few times, and then moved on to our solo songs. I sang "Close Every Door to Me" with the tape, which was good although I need to work on my timing for next week. After that, the girls sang their songs and we finished up.

In my Actor and Writer Speaks class, we went through our newest scenes in our plays. Mine needs a bit of work, but it still was pretty funny and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Then we headed down to Mr Danny's class, where I had bits of my play performed by the students in it. It was a great experience to see it live, and to hear and see the actor's interpretations of my characters. The other playwright's plays were look really good too. I enjoyed the class.

Resources

My Teachers: Miss Lia and Miss Mary

Other Students

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Elective

Time: 90 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, I worked on a rough writeup on the history of my house and the Crescent Knolls Development. I learned a lot of interesting information about the history of the lake, and some excellent cloak and dagger stuff too. I also worked on an inked image of the property.

Resources

Computer

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Elective

Time: 45 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today, and did some composing!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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December the 6th 2009

Elective

Time: 50 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked with Mr Tom on my piano lesson for today. I showed him some of my songs and we worked on my Rain song and some scales. I also made some songs in Notion 3.

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Mr Tom

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 120 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, I worked on a writeup on the history of the firehouse and one of the first settlers in our area, Samuel Green. I also wrote thank you cards for two people who helped us with our project and made an invitation to our Winter Solstice Event.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/SamuelGreen.pdf http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/MountainLakeFireCompanyHistory.pdf http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/CrescentKnolls.pdf

Resources

Computer

Cards

Sources

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December the 7th 2009

Elective

Time: 30 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I cooked gluten-free bread, which was wonderful.

Resources

Utensils

Recipe

Ingredients

My Mom

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Economics

Reflection

For my Economics today, I worked on a new lesson in my Economics: A Free Market Reader book, entitled Competition, Monopoly and the Role of Government. I answered a few of the thought questions.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

Economics: A Free Market Reader

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Elective

Time: 360 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, we worked on some scrap booking for our project folder, and we did very well. We didn't quite finish it, but it's almost done. We also planned our mini-project folders.

Resources

Computer

My Mom

Miss Bobbie

Materials

Other Students

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today, and did some composing!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 40 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on an alter model in Blender 3d, my 3d program.

Resources

Computer

Blender 3d

Venom's Lab DvD?

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December the 8th 2009

Elective

Time: 50 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I cooked gluten-free soup, which was great.

Resources

Utensils

Recipe

Ingredients

My Mom

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English

Time: 20 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

Today we went for a winter walk. A cold wind was blowing, and I was glad that I had my fluffy hat, gloves and coat. The clouds were all cirrus, and there weren't that many, so there was nothing to protect us from the wind. It snowed over the weekend, and all around us were icicles and snow. The eaves of houses were crowned with icicles, and snow fell with alarming frequency from trees, although none hit us. There were many birds fluttering about, and we did see a red-bellied woodpecker. However, apart from a few crows, that was pretty much all we saw.

Resources

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 10 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the grammar from the fourth lesson of Ultimate French, our new french course.

Resources

Ultimate French

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Math

Time: 60 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching video 23 of my Geometry course, which was on tangents, arcs and chords of a circle.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

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Science

Time: 100 min

Human Anatomy and Biology

Reflection

In our Human Anatomy and Biology Lesson today, we studied the human spine. To start with, we watched a video lecture about the spine, which filled me in on how our spine works and what functions it performs. After that, I answered two questions about the spine, and finished up. I also read another section of Red Gold: the Story of Blood.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/anatomycourse_Spine.pdf

Resources

My Computer

Teaching Company Human Anatomy and Biology DVD

The Human Body Book by Steve Parker

Atlas of Human Anatomy

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I completed the cover picture for Terror of Porridge on the computer at Mr Pete's house.

Resources

Computer

Photoshop

Book-Editing Software

Mr Pete

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today and did some composing.

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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December the 9th 2009

Elective

Time: 50 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I cooked gluten-free pizza, which was great!

Resources

Utensils

Recipe

Ingredients

My Mom

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Math

Time: 45 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on the lesson in the book for video 23 of my Geometry course, which was on tangents, arcs and chords of a circle.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

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Elective

Time: 65 min

Economics

Reflection

For my Economics today, I worked on a lesson in my Economics: A Free Market Reader book, entitled Competition, Monopoly and the Role of Government. I answered the rest of the thought questions.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/Monopolies.pdf

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

Economics: A Free Market Reader

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Elective

Time: 40 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on a sample lesson from an online french course, Fluenz. It was very good, and was challenging in places even though it covered topics we already knew about.

Resources

Ultimate French

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Elective

Time: 75 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today, and did some composing!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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Science

Time: 120 min

Physical Science

Reflection

In our Physical Science Class today, we started off by reviewing what we learned about rotation and radians in the last lesson, and went over some of our basic physical properties. We then discussed how these can be applied to rotation and how radians can help us in these equations. Our discussion of rotation force soon branched into torque, which is a measure of how hard something is rotated. We then used this to explain why an ice skater spins faster when they pull their arms in, and finished up. It was a great class!

Resources

The Joy of Physics

My Science Book

Charts

My Dad

My Partner, Nathaniel

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Elective

Time: 45 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I figured out how to use material nodes (with the help of Venom's Lab) in Blender 3d, my 3d program.

Resources

Computer

Blender 3d

Venom's Lab DvD?

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December the 10th 2009

English

Time: 30 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I wrote about my favorite and least favorite foods without mentioning the food or any of the ingredients.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/favoritefood.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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English

Time: 20 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

Today we went for a cold, windy walk. It was blowing really hard today, as we could see from the cumulus clouds above, which were moving incredibly fast across the blue sky. It was bitter cold, and the wind really made us shiver, but at least I had my alpaca hat and my coat to keep me warm. As the clouds rolled past above us and the wind blew in my face, I reflected on how warm it was just a few weeks ago. We didn't really see any creatures or birds today, although I did see some squirrels and some birds at the bird feeder earlier today.

Resources

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 15 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we finished the sample lesson from an online french course, Fluenz. It was very good, and was challenging in places even though it covered topics we already knew about.

Resources

Fluenz French

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Math

Time: 45 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching video 24 of my Geometry course, which was on angles and segments of a circle.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

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Social Studies

Time: 25 min

United States History

Reflection

I started my United States History study today by reading some articles on the enlightenment and the great awakening, and how these were instrumental in the beginnings of the American revolution.

Resources

US History.org

LeacturePoints?

My Mom

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Elective

Time: 30 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, I scanned in everyone's building pictures and printed them out.

Resources

Computer

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Elective

Time: 75 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I downloaded the Unreal Developement Kit or UDK (a free game engine), and learned how to create a scene, place objects and create a destructible wall.

Resources

Computer

UDK

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Elective

Time: 20 min

Theater Arts

Reflection

I started my Theater Arts study today by singing my songs for Lea.

Resources

My Computer

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December the 11th 2009

English

Time: 20 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Red Hot Root Words grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I used the prefixes bio-, carn- and corp- to complete some exercises.

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Community Service

Time: 60 min

Community Service

Reflection

I worked at the Selah Adult Day Care Center, where I helped make Christmas tree models for the members to decorate. I enjoyed my time at the Selah center!

Resources

Selah Day Care Center Helpers

Members

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Elective

Time: 255 min

Life and Survival Skills

Reflection

Today I went to Mr Bill's house and worked on making shelves to hold bins of potatoes in his basement, starting by taking measurements and then heading out to his shed and sawing out slots for the shelves to go into, so that they would be in compression. After that, Mr Bill began to make the shelves while I cleared up the shelf slots. After that, we finished up.

Resources

Mr Bill

Tools

Gloves

Headphones

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December the 12th 2009

Elective

Time: 140 min

Theater Arts

Reflection

I started my Theater Arts study today by walking into my dancing and singing class with my parents (as this was the last day). We started by doing some physical warm ups, and then moved on to warming up our voices by singing scales. After that, we sang our solo songs, and finished up. I had a good class, and I enjoyed the entire dancing and singing course.

In my Actor and Writer Speaks class, we talked about how we had put together our plays and some of the highlights of the course. Then we all did a little exercise with our parents, which was very fun. After that, we headed down to the theater and saw our plays being performed by the actors. It was a good class, and everyone did really well.

Resources

My Teachers: Miss Lea and Miss Mary

Other Students

Parents

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Elective

Time: 120 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, I drew a pen-and-ink picture of the back of Mr Cliff's house. I also printed out some pictures Cliff sent us on card-stock, printed out some props for our winter solstice presentation, wrote the acknowledgments and contents pages for our folder, wrote a short speech for our winter solstice event and collected all the pictures for the slideshow.

Resources

Pens

Paper

My Computer

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December the 13th 2009

Elective

Time: 30 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked with Mr Tom on my piano lesson for today. I showed him some of my songs and we worked on my four-part melody in Notion 3.

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Mr Tom

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 150 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, I wrote my corrections to my piece on Samuel Green, wrote some corrections to the contents and acknowledgments pages I did last night, and worked on the slide-show.

Resources

My Computer

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December the 14th 2009

Elective

Time: 400 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, we practiced our presentation for next Monday. We also worked on some scrap booking for our mini project folders. I also wrote a bit of an article on the lake today.

Resources

Computer

My Mom

Materials

Other Students

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December the 15th 2009

Elective

Time: 45 min

Economics

Reflection

For my Economics today, I worked on a new lesson in my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book, entitled Wallpaper, Wheelbarrows and Recessions. I answered a few of the thought questions.

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

Economics: A Free Market Reader

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Social Studies

Time: 35 min

United States History

Reflection

I started my United States History study today by reading all of my Mayflower book.

Resources

Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick

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Math

Time: 35 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching video 25 of my Geometry course, which was on the circle as a whole and its parts.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

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English

Time: 20 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

Today we went for a foggy morning walk. It was so foggy that we couldn't see out beyond a few dozen yards, and trees loomed unexpectedly out of the fog at us as we walked. There wasn't that much wind and it wasn't raining or snowing, but it was a bit dreary nonetheless. The snow is slowly melting away, but it will probably come back, as we are nearing Christmas! It doesn't feel terribly wintry right now, though. We couldn't even see the high-up clouds this morning, that's how foggy it was. We saw a jay, red and brown squirrels and heard a Pileated Woodpecker.

Resources

My Computer

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Elective

Time: 60 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the first lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. It was very good, and was challenging in places even though it covered topics we already knew about.

Resources

Fluenz French

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Science

Time: 100 min

Human Anatomy and Biology

Reflection

In our Human Anatomy and Biology Lesson today, we studied the autonomic nervous system and cranial nerves. To start with, we watched a video lecture about these two subjects, which filled me in on how they work and what functions they perform. After that, I answered two questions about the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, and finished up. I also read another section of Red Gold: the Story of Blood.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/anatomycourse_NervousSystem.pdf

Resources

My Computer

Teaching Company Human Anatomy and Biology DVD

Red Gold: The Story of Blood

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Elective

Time: 20 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, I worked on finishing my article on Mountain Lake Today.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/mountainlaketoday.pdf

Resources

Computer

My Mom

Materials

Other Students

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today, and did some composing.

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on coloring the back cover picture for Terror of Porridge on the computer at Mr Pete's house.

Resources

Computer

Photoshop

Book-Editing Software

Mr Pete

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English

Time: 20 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

I wrote a book review of Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/BookListDecember2009

Resources

My Computer

Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick.

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December the 16th 2009

English

Time: 40 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I matched sets of words that had opposite meanings.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/grammar1.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 40 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on the lesson in the book for video 25, which was quite hard, but I got it finished! The lesson was on the circle as a whole and its parts.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

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Elective

Time: 50 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the first lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. It was very good, and was challenging in places, especially the segment where we recorded ourselves in a conversation.

Resources

Fluenz French

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English

Time: 20 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

Today we went for a windy morning walk. The wind was chilling, and before long my face was bright red in the cold. The sky was full of rapidly moving cirrus clouds, which did nothing to protect us from the elements. The snow, which was melting away yesterday, had now re-frozen as ice, and it was more than a bit slippery. As we were walking in the woods, the trees creaked ominously around us, but we did see some little birds flying around as we walked out of the woods. That was pretty much it for wildlife, apart from a very weird squeak that might have been from a squirrel.

Resources

My Computer

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Science

Time: 120 min

Physical Science

Reflection

In our Physical Science Class today, we started off by reviewing what we learned about torque in our last lesson. I have a correction to make: torque is the distance times force, so it is a measure of the amount of force being applied to make something rotate at a certain distance. We used this to solve a see-saw problem and prove that our masses (when we stood on the see-saw) canceled each other out, and the net force and torque were zero. After that, we learned about objects where the net force and torque is zero (they are at rest), and did an experiment involving springs and elasticity.

Resources

The Joy of Physics

My Science Book

Charts

My Dad

My Partner, Nathaniel

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Elective

Time: 45 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I figured out how to do physical simulations in Blender.

Resources

Computer

Blender 3d

Venom's Lab DvD?

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Elective

Time: 40 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, I worked on my presentation on the Watershed Monitoring day for the Environmental Commission tomorrow.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/MountainLakeBrook.pdf

Resources

Computer

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I did some composing.

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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December the 17th 2009

English

Time: 20 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Red Hot Root Words grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I used the prefixes cap-, capit-, cor-, cour-, cord- card-, man-, ped- and pod- to complete some exercises.

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Community Service

Time: 180 min

Community Service

Reflection

I went to Warren Haven, a local nursing home, and sang carols with a group of friends. It was great to see the smiles on people's faces! We also went to sing carols at the Selah Center.

Resources

Warren Heaven

Other Carolers

Selah Day Care Center Helpers

Members

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Math

Time: 40 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working on the lesson in the book for video 26, which was quite hard, but I got it finished! The lesson was on making geometric constructions with only a straight edge and a compass.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

Straight Edge

Compass

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Elective

Time: 30 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, I made a presentation to the Environmental Commission on our Watershed.

Resources

Computer

Environmental Commission

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Elective

Time: 30 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I did some composing!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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December the 18th 2009

Community Service

Time: 120 min

Community Service

Reflection

I worked at the Selah Adult Day Care Center, where I helped out with crafts, made a puzzle with one of the members and played cards with another.

Resources

Selah Day Care Center Helpers

Members

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Math

Time: 90 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working on the lesson in the book for video 27. The lesson was more on making geometric constructions with only a straight edge and a compass

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

Straight Edge

Compass

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Elective

Time: 75 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I did some composing!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 40 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on a picture of a skiing Santa for our Christmas Crackers, and did some work in Blender.

Resources

Computer

GIMP

Artist Tablet

Blender

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English

Time: 30 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

I wrote a book review of Homeland and Exile by R A Salvatore.

Resources

My Computer

Homeland and Exile by R A Salvatore

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December the 19th 2009

Community Service

Time: 120 min

Community Service

Reflection

I worked at the Selah Center, taking boxes of food for the Angel Food Ministries from the Trinity Church and unpacking them into the Selah Center freezer.

Resources

Other People Helping

Boxes

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December the 20th 2009

Elective

Time: 50 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today, and did some composing!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 45 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on sculpting and coloring a goblin head model in Blender 3d, my 3d program.

Resources

Computer

Blender 3d

Venom's Lab DvD?

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December the 21st 2009

Elective

Time: 45 min

Economics

Reflection

For my Economics today, I worked on a new lesson in my Whatever Happened to Penny Candy book, entitled Wallpaper, Wheelbarrows and Recessions. I answered one of the thought questions.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/economicsChjapter7.pdf

Resources

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Economics Course

Economics: A Free Market Reader

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Math

Time: 30 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by working on the lesson in the book for video 28, which was quite easy, and fun! It was on the areas of polygons.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

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Elective

Time: 20 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we finished the first lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. It was very good!

Resources

Fluenz French

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Elective

Time: 180 min

A Local Study of Mountain Lake

For my Local Study of Mountain Lake today, we began by running through our presentation on the lake, and then performed it for real. It was exciting and kind of scary to get up and present our findings, even though it was just friends and family around. I think we did a good job! After the presentation, we talked to people about the project. I enjoyed the event!

Resources

Other Students

Slideshow

Scripts

Audience

My mom and dad

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December the 22nd 2009

English

Time: 20 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Language is Served grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I wrote about my comfort and discomfort foods.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/ComfortFoods.pdf

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Math

Time: 50 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working on the lesson in the book for video 29. The lesson was on prisms and pyramids.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

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Elective

Time: 60 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today, and did some composing!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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Elective

Time: 45 min

French Language

Reflection

For our French today, we worked on the second lesson of our new french course, Fluenz. It was very good!

Resources

Fluenz French

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Science

Time: 120 min

Human Anatomy and Biology

Reflection

In our Human Anatomy and Biology Lesson today, we studied the human brain. To start with, we watched a video lecture about the eye, which filled me in on the details of the eye and how it functions. After that, I answered two questions about the eye, and finished up. I also read another section of Red Gold: the Story of Blood.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/anatomycourse_Eye.pdf

Resources

My Computer

Teaching Company Human Anatomy and Biology DVD

The Human Body Book by Steve Parker

Atlas of Human Anatomy

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December the 23rd 2009

English

Time: 10 min

Grammar and Writing

Reflection

For my grammar today, I worked in my Red Hot Root Words grammar book. I worked on an exercise where I used the prefixes curr-, curs-, grad-, gress-, mob-, mov-, mot- to complete some exercises.

Resources

Language is Served Grammar Book

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Science

Time: 20 min

Physical Science

Reflection

I read a few chapters of the Joy of Physics book in preparation for the class later today.

Resources

The Joy of Physics

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English

Time: 30 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

Today I wrote a short dialogue for my Muse magazine contest.

http://www.freeunionschoolhouse.com/twiki/pub/Main/JackEduLogDec2009/MuseContest.pdf

Resources

My Computer

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Math

Time: 50 min

Basic Math and Geometry

Reflection

I started my math lesson today by watching and working on the lesson in the book for video 30, the last lesson of my math course. The lesson was on spheres, cylinders and cones.

Resources

My Math Book

My Computer

Teaching Company Geometry DVD

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Elective

Time: 45 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today, and did some composing!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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Science

Time: 120 min

Physical Science

Reflection

In our Physical Science Class today, we started off by reviewing a few of the fundamental physics equations, and a few concepts we came across last time: torque and static equilibrium. Then we moved into elasticity. After first talking about elasticity and some equations using it, we began on our first experiment, where we looked at the swing of a yo-yo and calculated a few things about it. After that, we used a spring and a weight in a similar experiment, calculating the speed of the spring's bounce and seeing what we could derive from that. Lastly, we talked about waves: ocean waves, sound waves and more. It was a great class, and I learned a lot.

Resources

The Joy of Physics

My Science Book

Charts

My Dad

My Partner, Nathaniel

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Social Studies

Time: 20 min

United States History

Reflection

I started my United States History study today by reading The Slave Trade, about about, obviously, the slave trade. It was scary and sad, to remember that people were, and sometimes still are, treated as inferior because of the color of their skin.

Resources

The Slave Trade by Nigel Sadler

My Mom

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Elective

Time: 75 min

Art and Publishing

For my art today, I worked on a picture of a giant fish on my artist's tablet. I also modeled it in Blender.

Resources

Computer

Artists Tablet

Blender 3d

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December the 25th 2009

Elective

Time: 180 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked on my piano lesson for today, and did some composing!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Notion 3

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December the 27th 2009

Elective

Time: 30 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I worked with Mr Tom on my piano lesson for today. I showed him some of my songs and we worked on some scales and a new song!

Resources

My Piano

Alfred's Piano Library Level 4

Mr Tom

Notion 3

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December the 30th 2009

Elective

Time: 300 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Mr Tom

Notion 3

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December the 31st 2009

Elective

Time: 90 min

Musical Composition

Reflection

I made some music in Notion 3.

Resources

Mr Tom

Notion 3

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English

Time: 30 min

Creative Writing

Reflection

I wrote a book review of The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver and The Halfling's Gem by R A Salvatore.

Resources

My Computer

The Crystal Shard

Streams of Silver

The Halfling's Gem

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-- JackW - 01 Dec 2009