Week 39

 This week in history we learned about the voyages of Captain Cook. We also learned about the British colonization of Australia. For science we learned about what causes tides and a little bit about tide pools. My mom wanted us to learn about tidepools and the tides because we are taking a trip to the Oregon Coast. It will be our first time visiting the ocean. We are really excited about it. 

We did our language arts and math lessons. 

Max: We got the new Legend of Zelda game today and I'm so excited about it. You get to make really cool stuff. I made a club with a minecar at the end of it. I am really enjoying it so far. I read a lot of Ultimate Spider-man comics this week. They are about Miles Morales. 

Mali: I made a lot of projects for DIY.org this week. I wanted something to decorate so I turned an old mask of mine into a kind of cool raccoon mask. 

We also went with our grandparents to recycle the aluminum cans and some other metal we had and made $31 to share. 

I reached 300 followers on DIY.org!!

The mask before

The mask after

Having fun making the pictures reflect to "infinity"

Screenshot from Mali's math this week

We got some fraction equivalence blocks to make it easier to visualize 

Glowy Max

Week 38

 This week in history we learned about the formation of the United States and the drafting of the Constitution. We also talked a bit about the European Union because we were comparing how the Colonies were acting like their own little countries and how different things would be had they not joined together. We had our last makerspace class and it was just a party. 

Max: I did Math lessons and language arts lessons. I read more of The Belgian Twins for part of my assignments. It takes place during WWI when Germany was invading Belgium, even though they were a neutral country. Germany wanted to get to France by going through Belgium. I did my piano practice and had a piano lesson. 

Mali: I am working on fractions still in math. I did a lesson that compared fractions with different denominators using diagrams. In my writing lesson my mom read passages from Mary Poppins for a couple lessons and also from Peter Rabbit. I made an animation to go along to a song that I like. 

Week 37

 We had our Maker Space showcase this week. We also went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. Honestly a lot of the flowers weren't blooming yet, but we still had a fun time. We got lunch afterwards. We went on a hike up Rock Canyon. We went to a May Day celebration at a park in Provo. They had live music and a Maypole and did a variety of May pole dances which was fun. 

We also learned about the Boston Tea Party and the Revolutionary War in history this week. We learned about infrared light in science and found some interesting videos about IR light to watch on YouTube. 

Hiking in Rock Canyon

A clown character Mali made for DIY

IR Videos on YouTube

Fun at Thanksgiving Point

Leif & Max played giant chess at the Tulip Festival

Mali's painting for the Maker Space showcase

Max's chessboard & pieces for the Maker Space showcase

Pixel Mario drawn by Mali

Spider-Man drawing by Max