Week 3 -- What is Truth?

Skill Focus:  Look for Truth.
The primary purpose of mathematicians and scientists is to discover truth.  This deep yearning is vital to understanding why mathematicians and scientists go to such great lengths.  We want to seek truth and to understand that truth is the end and purpose of math.  Without truth math is empty, just meaningless numbers.  Searching for truth and understanding leads to the betterment of mankind.

Just because something can be proven logically doesn't mean it is true.  There are sound and unsound arguments.

Lecture:  We talked about Lavoisier and his contributions to science.  He is considered the Father of Chemistry because of his insatiable thirst for truth which led him to many discoveries and procedures in chemistry.  He standardized the field of chemistry and disproved that phlogiston existed.  He discovered Hydrogen and Oxygen. Developed the field of Calorimetry.  (Just the first ~6 minutes or so on the video)

Activity:  Our activity this week was to use the materials provided and to make a contraption that would enable students to drop an egg out the 2nd story window and have the egg survive.  See pictures below.

Document Study:  How to read a math text.  Scholar skill of taking responsibility for learning math.  We talked about how the scholars need to be learning and doing their math on their own.  If/When they get stuck, they are supposed to try three times to figure it out and then go see their math coach for help if they need it.  PARENTS, YOU ARE THE MATH COACH.  :-)

HOMEWORK:

• Core Book Studies according to your goals
• Math lessons according to your goals
• Write daily in Log Book
• Come to class prepared to share a pattern
• WHAT IS YOUR SCIENCE PROJECT GOING TO BE?
• GOAL SHEET & SCHOOL TIP SHEET FINISHED AND SIGNED -- there is a treat involved for everyone that has this done by our next class.  Oct 8th.
• How is your reading in String, Straightedge, & Shadow coming?  DUE OCT 15th.