Unschooling Journal Nov 14-20, 2021

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This week, I finished and submitted my Send-in Assignment for NVOL math, and I got 100 percent on it, so that was a big part of the week. I also started doing News4Youth, I finished an article on Antarctica, and I made a video for my YouTube channel (finally)! I also started making a clicker game in Scratch, and I updated my Scratch platformer to have collectables and doors!

I worked on this formula sheet for NVOL math, which was just to test my knowledge of what type of equation goes with what shape.
I got 100% on the Send-in assignment for Unit 4 NVOL! The SIA was about squares and square roots.
I also worked on the second part of the learning guide!
I finished the What in the World article about Antarctica. I learned about the geographic area of it and what’s happening to it due to global warming.
I did a few News4Youth articles. This one was about France and a man named Joseph Novak who was a Canadian WW2 veteran.
And this one was about the Earthshot prize, which is a program that focuses on the environment.
I also did some Brilliant every day. I worked on patterns and algebra mostly.
I started unit 5 of NVOL, which was about 3D shapes. It was quite interesting!
I started making a clicker game in Scratch.
The concept is simple: You click the big coin, and it gives you a coin. Click it again, it gives another one. The game doesn’t really have an end but is just a fun game that you might play for 20 minutes and then get bored 😀
And I added locked doors to my Scratch game. Now you have to collect the keys that unlock these doors.

LC Response

Hi Ethan,

I’m finding it helpful that you write a sentence summarizing the main topics in your Observing for Learning at the beginning, before elaborating on each topic.  Thanks!

Congratulations on doing so well on your send-in math assignment! It sounds like you have a great understanding of squares and square roots. Were there any questions that were a little tricky for you that you took some extra time to figure out, and if so, which one were you most proud to solve? You say the new 3D shapes unit is very interesting — what do you find most interesting about it? There are some resources on 3D shapes in the Shape and Space topic in the Learning Experience Library you might like.

What was involved in working on the second part of the science learning guide?

I’d love to hear what you think of News4Youth. How do you feel it compares to What in the World or other news-type resources/activities for youth? The Antarctica/climate change and veterans readings you did are certainly topical. Of all the current events you’ve read about this year, which issue has most surprised you, or most made you want to learn more?

The Brilliant sounds like fun. I’d love to hear about a couple of your favourite pattern/algebra puzzles sometime.

Your work on the Scratch looks interesting; thank you for sharing it! I’m also glad you got a chance to update your YouTube with a video. You say you “finally” did; were you feeling you were neglecting it for not posting for a while? Did you feel you were working on equally/more important things while you paused your work on your YouTube?

Thank you for your Observing for Learning.

Best,

Shannon

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