What's Happening at LTSA?

Each high school student has been  assigned one of the top seven world religions to research.  They have covered the following questions and produced a poster for the Gallery Walk.  Next they will be diving deeper into their assigned religions in order to prepare for a diplomatic simulation.   1.) What is the classification of your religion?  (if polytheistic then what gods did people worship in ancient times and then in current times? ) 2.) What or Who is divine?  3.) Explain the philosophy..........(nature of knowledge to get the truth using tested means of reasoning)  4.) Explain the belief.............(the acceptance of something- based on faith)  5.) Describe the impact this religion has on society.........

 In our 2-5 morning meetings, we are currently completing a social skills unit on empathy. To help build empathy and community in our class, students had the opportunity to create a presentation about themselves, and to opt to share with the class if they felt inclined to do so. They were encouraged to pick any aspect of their lives they wanted to share about themselves, choosing whether they wanted to talk about a favorite hobby/sport/game, their families, share pictures, etc. Although we aren't going to spend any more time working on this in class, they are encouraged to work on this at home if they want to add more to their presentations and share it with the class at a later date. (The slides can be found in the HUB Google Classroom under "Optional: Getting to Know Me Presentation in Morning Meeting".) Below you will see Grant sharing his slides, and an optional home activity you can discuss with your child to build on our empathy unit!

This week students wrapped up their landforms unit! 2-3 created landform dioramas and 2nd graders did a short volcano experiment. 4/5 is getting ready to take a deep dive into a volcano project/study after break. Additionally, 2-5 students completed an engineering challenge this week! 3-5 created cotton ball launchers and 2nd graders designed a popsicle stick catapult! 

 In IPC class, students are studying Newton's Three Laws of Motion and applying them to relevant, everyday activities. Relating Newton's First Law of Motion to the benefits of wearing seatbelts, students had to design a way to make a crash test dummy experiment that will show evidence of damage before and  after an impact, develop a reliable and repeatable method for performing the test and produce a report  that demonstrates the effect of wearing a seat belts in impacts over a range of speeds.