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This past week we learned about Socrates, a philosopher in Ancient Greece. He loved to talk to people at the agora and ask them fundamental questions about their life. He taught them to question everything. Socrates thought that if you were too busy you wouldn't have enough time to reflect on your life and what was important to you. He has often been quoted as saying, "An unexamined life is not worth living." Many people living in Athens at that time were very wealthy and thought that there was nothing more important than gathering money and things. Socrates thought it was more important to do good deeds and think about your very existence. Many people did not like Socrates and, in fact, had him arrested for corrupting the youth and not believing in the gods. Socrates convinced the court that the good of many was more important than the good of one man. So, he agreed to be put to death. In the end he inspired many people!
This coming week we will learn how to debate a topic in a Socratic Circle much like Socrates would have done. In our current "Tread Lightly" PBL we have studied two points of view from people in the Pacific Northwest, the environmentalist and the loggers. We will prepare arguments and counter-arguments and see what happens. Monday look for homework to get ready for Wednesday's debate. Check back next week for pictures and maybe a video of our "Socratic Circle."
On Tuesday we will have a test on the 14 words from our Socrates article. Be ready to match synonyms with the words and be able to use them in sentences.
Friday we will have a "LIGHT" Science test. We have been investigating reflection, refraction, absorption, translucent, transparent, and opaque.
Check out some of our experiences! If you comment on any of the pictures by telling what you learned you can earn 5 extra points on your test on Friday.
Emily learned if you put anything behind the water it will be backwards however if you put the object inside the water it looks broken. She loves going to the Wonder room!
ReplyDeleteConnor learned that if you stick a pencil in water it will look like it is bent and bigger, because of the light shining on the pencil part that is out of the water and the part that is in the water!
ReplyDeleteJonathan learned from the rising coin experiment that the coin doesn't actually rise- the reflection made it look like it was rising
ReplyDeleteThe wonder room looks very adventurous and fun
ReplyDeleteI learned if you put a pencil in water it looks broken. Brooklyn
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