Thanks to a snow day and a senior focus trip, we had to push our last two lesson plans from Where Good Ideas Come From back to the final day
This final week of the semester was one of the most stressful I've ever had. First, Monday went well. However, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Cash was sick, so I had to stay home . . . while my College Comp 2 class had their fist day of interviews out at Digi Key on Tuesday and my College Comp 1 had their first deadline for their research paper on Wednesday. Thankfully, Gail offered to take the little ones at her house, so I could get back to school on Thursday for the second day of interviews at Digi Key.
After the interviews, Taylor, presented her remarkable project, a piano recital, for us. It was incredible.
What a whirlwind it was. And we also had Sydney present her remarkable project, six cupcakes per student, that she baked the night before. They were excellent.
I was so caught up with the "Error" assignments that I didn't have time to snap any pictures. But that is a compliment to the lesson. I was fully engaged in the riddles and wuzzles they had us work on.
Good job Alex and Ashley.
The final chapter, "Exaptation," belonged to Jenna, Miranda, and Amit.
For "Exaptation," which is a term used in evolution to explain how some creatures convert features designed for one purpose to another function. For example, several species of dinosaurs didn't use feathers for flight. Instead they used them for warmth. Penguins, too, don't actually use their wings for flight, but they use them to swim.
So this group gave us Oreos, frosting, and wafers. Then they gave us some world famous landmarks and had us repurpose the Oreos, frosting, and wafer to construct imitations of them. Brilliant.
Here are the results.
Big Ben. (Nice us of technology too)
Stone Henge
The Taj Mahal.
And the most remarkable thing of all: my College Comp 2 class.
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