Continue working on family tree and history

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Jessica finishes The Color Purple film

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I explained that the idea of the derivative as an instantaneous rate of change actually predated both Newton and Leibniz, but the approach had an anomaly. We shared the old approach on the Elmo and I showed her the anomaly and then explained how Newton and Leibniz developed the concept of a limit and thus "cured" the anomaly. We did a sidebar consisting of some more calculus to determine the length of the rope between the goat and the railroad tie.

1) Jessica watches The Color Purple as an extension of our class reading.

video on immune system
discussion of hiv and aids

We explored the mystical symbol of the Pythagorean Societies - the pentagram, or five-pointed star. This symbol was unsettling for the Pythagoreans for it afforded them a glimpse of infinity--a notion that they had rejected.When the 5 points of the star are connected, they form a regular pentagon. When the angles of the pentagon are connected, they form another star, ad infinitum.But the dimensions contained therein give rise to the golden ratio.

discuss immunity at birth
def. of immunity
how antigens work by identifying self and not self
list innate and adaptive immunity
discuss innate immunity in terms of barriers, defensive cells, chemicals and inflammation

1) Jessica and I discuss the final happenings of The Color Purple, paying particular attention to the morals and/or comments on humanity that the novel presents, its racial tensions, etc.
2) Jessica and I discuss whether or not she enjoyed the novel and why/why not she would recommend it for future students.