February Master Class Inspirements

KNOW

1)  Read Truth: The Foundation of Correct Decisions by Richard G. Scott.  Think about what sort of sacrifices are required to find truth.  When you come to a crossroads in your life, and a decision must be made, what will you need to do?

2)  Read the story of the Rich Young Ruler in Matthew 19:16-22.  What do you "lack" that you must do "if thou wilt be perfect?"

3)  Watch this video.  What was this woman's sacrifice?

4)  Research a math idea or principle that interests you.  The Math Book by Clifford A. Pickover is an AWESOME resource for this.  You can look at the Table of Contents for this on Amazon to get ideas of what you'd like to research.

UNDERSTAND

Do this:

1)  Present the math principle you researched.  You can tell us about it, use drawings, pictures, or examples, share a video, make a prezi, etc.

Do one of these:

2)  Sacrifice is an eternal principle that applies to our lives in so many ways.  We often only think of it as something that has to do with church, religion, or faith, which it certainly does.  But, as with our faith, the principle of sacrifice can be interwoven throughout the fabric of our entire lives.  Oftentimes, it is looked upon as negative idea, and some people really don't like to talk about it.  For this inspirement, ponder on this principle and write in your journal the thoughts that you have on it.  Answer these questions:  How does it apply to your life?  How can the lack of meaningful sacrifice affect your life?  What is the benefit of sacrifice?  And what can you give up now, that will mean so much to you down the road?

3)  We'll discuss and learn about chemical bonding in Journeyman.  Give a more in depth example of it.  You can perform an experiment or find info about one that teaches us about the effect on specific elements.  You can share this ahead of time or do it in class.

4)  Perform a simple experiment at home with a brother, sister, or a friend using household items.  Talk about it.  What happened?  Why?  What if we did this or that differently, then what do we think might happen?  Was there a chemical reaction?  Did some element sacrifice an electron in the reaction?  Tell us about it!

5)  Memorize the rest of the periodic table (meaning the name, atomic number, and where it is on the table).

INTELLIGENCE

We are going on a field trip to my brother-in-law's house.  He is an chemical engineer and works mostly from home.  He has built a reactor in his basement and is going to talk to us about it.  He'd love to answer questions about what he does and about his experiments.  He is a really fun, interesting person so please feel free to talk to him and ask questions.

Do both of these:

1)  Come with a specific question in mind.  I can't guarantee he can answer it, but it should make for good discussion.

2)  Come prepared to discuss sacrifice and how it applies in our lives.

*Note:  We'll meet at his house first, then we'll head to the Brower's to finish our class.  We'll make arrangements for driving on the yahoo group.