Welcome to week four of the session!
As a part of this week's biology Quest, the learners worked on frog and owl pellet dissections. We worked on dissecting fake frogs and got to see what a frog's intestines and other organs look like. An owl pellet is when owls don’t digest the bones and hair of the animals they ate, so they essentially throw all of that stuff up, forming a small pellet. When we worked on inspecting the owl pellets, everyone had fun identifying the bones and other things they found in the pellet.
In genre, we worked on answering the questions that we formed last week as if we were our heroes in preparation for the small “interview” that we will be making, where we will find ourselves asking questions to our biology hero and answering them as if we were the hero we chose. Some learners decided to research more well-known biology heroes such as Jane Goodall, but others chose less-known people such as Maria Merian to research.
For civ this week, we discussed the topics of Plato vs Aristotle on private property and Greek tragedies. One of the questions we answered was:
As a student at Plato’s Academy, you are standing in the courtyard listening to Plato and his star student, Aristotle, debate private property and ownership. Who do you side with?
Plato – private property is the primary source of inequality in society
Aristotle – private property is what motivates work in society
On Thursday, we had a Hero’s visit. Ariniana, a Discovery Learners mom, told us about her journey fostering kids and the pros and cons of the foster care system. She answered questions such as “Is it hard to foster” and “What is it like to accept others into your home when you have kids?” The learners learned a lot from the experience.
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