Student Guest Blog, Week 4
Hello, Philomath community! Hope your family is enjoying the coming of a new season.
As a reminder, we are fast approaching the end of the third academic quarter. Spring Break will take place from March 13th–17th, and no classes or tutoring will occur during that week. Tuition for the final quarter of the virtual school academic year is due by Sunday, March 19th—please reach out if you’d like an invoice. And of course, please let us know if you know any families who are looking to enroll in a virtual school program for next year!
And now, we are pleased to present our fourth student guest blog, this time written by 6th grader Emil. Take it away, Emil!
Philomath Microschool, Week 9 of 2023
Hello everybody! This is Emil, a 6th grader in Philomath Microschool, and today I will tell you what happened in Philomath Microschool this week!
English: In English this week we did Greek and Latin roots week 7, hydro, and cosmo. Hydro means water, and cosmo means orderly. The reason why the cosmos comes from the root “cosmo” is because of the fact that the cosmos (space) is orderly. Ms. Althoff said that “Cosmopolitan is a little tricky”. Similar to cosmopolitan, which means diverse, like the whole cosmos, diverse and includes everything which is orderly. On Thursday we started the persuasive writing project which we are planning to send to our state/city/country!!!
Science: We are doing a research project: Biological Evolution- Unity and Diversity. In this project, we researched what genetic variation is and how it works. On Thursday we researched how humans impacted natural selection. For instance, pepper moth. These moths used to be wight before the industrial revolution, but soon evolution happened and the black ones survived better in the black and polluted environment. Also, amphibians in Ecuador change shape due to pollution. We should stop polluting!
Independent Math: In math this week, I started the “Sales Tax, Tips, and Markup lesson”. In this lesson, I am learning different formulas for different payments (Sales Tax, Tips, and Markup).
In conclusion, everything is fun!
