WEC Spring 2010 week 8

They sampled some more traditional Indian food. The India class. Devan is pointing to India.

Yesterday was week 8 at WEC. Is hard to believe there is only two weeks left in the year.

WB 22~*Mastery Quiz & Life Classroom

Today was our final day in Wisdom Booklet 22. We did the Mastery Quiz orally. This was a great way to review all that we learned . I then discussed the Life Classroom with them.
The afternoon they will be doing the Iowa Basic tests at Grandmas while I finish making their notebooks for Wisdom Booklet 23. So Monday we begin Wisdom Booklet 23. This year is going fast only two more Wisdom Booklets to finish then we will take a summer break :O)

WB 22 Medicine Resource ~Brain

Today the older students continued on the study of the Brain.

I wrote Dominic's assignment in his notebook for him to work on his project. He has a notebook like Daniel but for older students so we added the mini-booklets, anatomy coloring pages, & picture to the notebook.

I scheduled to dissect a sheep's brain today but my husband threw it away by accident so we watched a virtual sheep dissection online. http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/braindissection/1.html .I plan to order another brain from Tobin's Lab so they can see everything first hand. We also had fun using this site where we read scans just like a doctor. http://www.insidestory.iop.org/insidestory_flash1.html Apologia just came out with a new book for elementary students. I purchased this on sale. It arrived today and its perfect for the Medicine Resource :O) I plan to begin to use it right away starting with the Brain.I will use it like an elementary encyclopedia instead of curriculim.

There is an Apologia sale right now if you missed the CBD sale at http://www.timberdoodle.com/Apologia_Science_s/373.htm

My elementary students worked on their Astronomy notebook today. There is a few projects we need to finish up to have a completed notebook.

Field Trip ~*Johnstown Flood

Today we went to the Johnstown Flood Museum, Heritage Discovery Center, The Iron & Steel Gallery, and we road the Johnstown Incline.

WB 22 Medicine Resource ~Brain

Today we completed our Medicine Resource for WB22. We then studied the human Brain for our project. The elementary students did a lesson from Considering God's Creation.

The older students worked on a mini-lapbook that they will finish Wed. I wanted to share a fun sight we used today to study the Brain. We also used our Human Anatomy Coloring Book as we studied the Brain.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/3d/index.html

I just simply glued Daniels notebook page from Considering God's Creation into his notebook he has been working on for WB22. The 3M spray works the best for adding large sheets of paper to a notebook or lapbook.