Posted in Ancient China, tagged Elements of a Civilization on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During our study of Ancient China, we will be creating a timeline of events in this civilization which is the oldest continuing civilization in the world. Historians often have difficulty defining the word “civilization,” but most agree there are six elements:
monumental works
written records
social structure
labor specialization
food surplus
population density
To help learn these elements, each child has [...]
Posted in Math Projects, tagged Tessellations on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After successfully completing our graphing unit this week, the class was very excited when Laurie Link, our math specialist, dropped by for a lesson about something new-tesselations. ”A tessellation is created when a shape is repeated over and over covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps, ” she told the class. After showing the class [...]
