The Paper Boats are Coming

Paper Boats

By Robert

Recently we made paper boats for school. We made one large one and decorated it with dictionary pages cut into shapes, swirls, lines, and other fantastic designs. After these were finished, we made a smaller paper boat as the "life boat," with it attached to the bigger boat. These small boats were made out of a single dictionary page. At first, everyone was having trouble making their boats, but as they tried more and more, we all completed them. Taylor even made a few tiny boats that he put inside his biggest boat. We made these boats to send to another blogger in Scotland who takes pictures of the boats and puts them on her blog. 

Field Trip to the UCLA Physics Department

Physics lab at UCLA

By Kyle

 

It started eating lunch in a nice garden at UCLA, but when I entered the physics lab my mind started asking a million questions all at once. What made the globe float in mid air with nothing holding it up? What made your hair stand on end when you touched that iron ball?  What made the five metronomes start ticking in sink? Now I know thanks to the time and effort of our friend Gueorgui, a man how works at the lab. I had an indescribable amount of fun and I hope to return as soon as possible.

Science, a Third Grade Favorite

Composing like John Cage. Thank you Hannah!

By Robert

Learning about the music John Cage music has been entertaining so far. We're looking forward to accomplishing the goal set ahead of us of composing music and setting it to film. We're working on communicating the vast differences between chaos and control through this music. So far we've collected different noises to play throughout our music, and we're starting to work on possible melodies. Some of the noises include: Squeaking shoes, popping jaws, and water bottles. The melodies are still in their beginning stages but slowly but surely they will develop. And when they do, the noises, plus the music, will be amazing. Music is great, and I love being able to use it creatively.

Boys will be Boys! Thank you Pastor Kidd!

By Liam T.

Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, Pastor Kidd arrives to teach us about the Five Pillars of Manhood. He spends mere moments explaining how we should live our lives, but that message will stay with us forever. After this time of discipleship, Pastor Kid flexes his muscles in the bi-weekly “gun show” and is still the undefeated champion. When he is around, he encourages us to stay on track with our characteristics and devotions… Here’s to you Pastor Kidd, “Thank you.”

Great Game! Thank You Miss Lori!

Searching The World

By Liam

Let the games begin! Each week, on Tuesday at 2:30, we begin to test out knowledge on the countries of the world. Miss Lori holds up a card and asks us questions pertaining to the certain country, 15 in all. We take turns guessing (or for some, answering), each time one wrong answer is given, another hint is provided and 1 point is taken away. Other times she holds up a picture card and asks a question from there, questions like “What is the capital of Australia?”. The scores are tallied and the winner is shown, sometimes the winner stands out like snow in a desert, often times the scores are only off by 5 points, once in a blue moon there is a tie. Oh, by the way, the answer is Canberra.

Drawing is Line, Texture, Value, and Shape