WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14

HISTORY 2 - Talked about how the Celts and the Angles-Saxons fought over Briain and how the Celts eventually moved to Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Celts also fought each other but there was also intermarriage and a lot of cultural sharing. Britain became England because it was "Angle Land." They wrote a very creative Celtic story about a knight, a king and a ghost and we will finish it another day. A good research project would be to have them look up some more information about one of the Barbarian tribes. I didn't assign it because it didn't go over so well last time but we could do it on our own and they can present it whenever they are prepared. We learned about King Arthur and they were surprised that he was a Celtic king. It was good for them to have the context in which the story was written because they were all familiar with it to some extent. We had good discussion and good questions.

SCIENCE 2 - more on how sound carries. Talked about how the molecules in matter move differently in solids, liquids and gases. We did experiments with vibrations and listening to sound through water, air and wood and found that wood amplified the sound the most. This is due to the density of molecules in solids. They really understand the concepts I think and had fun with these experiments. We talked about the Atom bomb because David wanted to know if there were particles smaller than molecules, so the subject came up (thanks to our WWII books). I told them just a little about what an atomic bomb does and that it was used on people only twice in Japan. They asked a lot of questions and seemed really concerned - just so you know.

It was a good day despite a little silliness. Rachelle