Eureka 2014-2015: the Beginnings of an Explosive Era!
Helping train your minds to think
logically and discern truth
Explosions Of Truth!
1. The Bible Dictionary defines "virtue" as "integrity and moral excellence, power and strength." What does virtue have to do with arming ourselves? Read Alma 31:5--
And now, as the preaching of the word had a great tendency to lead the people to do that which was just—yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else, which had happened unto them—therefore Alma thought it was expedient that they should try the virtue of the word of God.Find and listen to or read a conference talk on "Virtue" and come prepared to share your favorite quote or any ah-has you might have had. Bring your scriptures as we look for truth!
2. Explosion Expert Demonstration by Drew Biesinger (contact him if you want to help with it)
3. Euclid: Come prepared to think like Euclid!
4. Come prepared to share a Math Moment!—Look
in the book “The Math Book” and find an article from the time period 1700-1900
that interests you. (However, if you find one about geology or that you really like outside of that time period, feel free to share that one instead!) Read it and share
with us any questions that arose from it, connections you made, or ah-hahs!
5. Review the sections of the following 3 fallacies from the book "The Art of Argument" (I have one you can borrow): Come prepared to identify them as we play a game to help us recognize them.
-Fallacy 21: Sweeping Generalizations
-Fallacy 12: Irrelevant Goals or Functions
-Fallacy 21: Sweeping Generalizations
-Fallacy 12: Irrelevant Goals or Functions
-Fallacy 16: Bifurcation (False Dilemma)
6. We will be playing some strategic games so feel free to bring some that you feel help us develop "strategy."
Explosions Of Discovery in the field of Geology!
7. Study more about geology and how scientist first started looking into it!
Read the following link about Charles Lyell. Pay special attention to the beginning, how geology started and reflect or research about references to geological subjects in the scriptures (you may have done this for your Core class project!).
Carefully consider this quote from the reading:
Although he was not conscious of it, his investigations were carried on in the true scientific spirit.
This pursuit did not meet with the sympathy of the people at home, and young Lyell had to endure much bantering and ridicule in consequence of it, but this did not daunt his enthusiasm, and his persistence clearly indicated the spirit of the true seeker after wisdom who lets nothing turn him aside from the path he has chosen.Virtue! What a young man! And that was all before he was even 17 years old!
He continued his studies of insects in his leisure hours, having at this time the assistance of an experienced naturalist, and it was during this period also that he became aware that there was such a science as geology, and that the history of the earth might be studied with the same exactness as distinguished the classification of animals and plants.
The knowledge that the earth, which he had hitherto regarded only as the abode of man, possessed an antiquity far exceeding the most remote history of the human race, excited his imagination to such a degree that he knew no rest until he undertook a course in geology.
You can study the man, something he was interested in, study other scientific breakthroughs or areas of study that existed during his lifetime that may have affected his work, make a comprehensive timeline of his life, including people he met and worked with. (The article I provided might not give you enough information for this type of project.)
Have fun with it!
Please contact me if anything is unclear or if you need help with anything :).
Class held at Biesinger's house, Thursday October 16, from 10-12.
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