Session Date
Lesson Topic
Revision Part 3 / Quiz
Lesson Outline
I continued testing Jared's understanding of the material we have covered until now. He has retained a lot of information! We covered the concept of the Big Bang, the evolution of stars, the classification of galaxies, and observational methods (how do we know what we know about the Universe). This was Jared's long lesson (one and a half hours), and we omitted to take a short break halfway through, yet he remained fully concentrated and engaged in our discussions. To finish off before Thanksgiving break, we started to watch a short documentary on special relativity, a subject Jared has shown an inordinate amount of interest in. I promised him that, in the future, from time to time, when he has worked really well and deserves a break, we would look at certain aspects of special relativity.
Assignment
A selection of calculations on special relativity
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
As I mentioned in the Summary above, we completely forgot to take a five-minute break halfway through the long lesson, so as to stretch our legs, etc, yet Jared remained focused and concentrated. Instead of giving him a written test, which I was originally thinking of doing, I decided to quiz him orally - I don't think Jared knew he was being tested, as such, and I have to say he really knew his material. Sometimes he required a bit of prompting, but I think that had as much to do with self-confidence as anything else. Jared continues to show such interest in the topics we cover, and has even started talking about what he'd like to take in college (engineering-related subjects). I know we need to develop his writing skills, answering written tests. I'll work on that in the remaining weeks before the holidays.
Session Hours
1.50
Hours Attended
1.50
Entry Status
Review Status
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