Mercer finished exercises from the 6th grade math Envision textbook, Scientific Notation. We also played a game of scrabble and chess.

Lesson 3 Physical and Chemical Changes: We learned that the law of conservation of mass and energy states that mass and energy cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical changes. Mass and energy are conserved when substances undergo physical and chemical changes.
Assignment: Add the laws of conservation of mass and energy to our science notebooks. Add examples of energy changes and identify how energy is changed from one form to another in each example.

Mercer summarized the story to date and we reviewed last night's reading, the characters and the events in "Treasure Island" once the ship sails from England. We then focused on The Golden Age of Piracy in history. It reached its peak in the early 1700s. One of the first successful pirates in the New World was Henry Avery. In 1694, he started a mutiny (Mercer now knows this vocabulary word) on the ship where he worked. He helped establish New Providence Island in the Caribbean as a hang out for pirates. Between 1635-1722, many well known pirates sailed the high seas: Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, Charles Vane, Anne Bonny, Calico Jack and Black Bart. These pirates gained their wealth from trade between Europe, the New World, and the Indian Ocean World. Many of them even knew each other; Anne Bonny and Calico Jack were likely romantically involved, and Charles Vane and Blackbeard were close friends. Today, pirate Henry Avery's New Providence is the most populous island in The Bahamas and the capital city of Nassau. During the Golden Age of Pirates, New Providence was a home base for pirates. By 1713, there were over 1000 pirates in Nassau and they outnumbered the law-abiding inhabitants. At that time, even the governor of New Providence, Thomas Barrow, was a pirate!

Today's lesson focused on Native American history month. Mercer watched a video clip about six misconceptions about Native Americans. Mercer also watched a documentary about the Seminole Indians who never surrendered to the US government. Mercer discussed the difference between Seminole tribes and other tribes in North America.

Mercer began class with an agility ladder warmup, which focuses on speed, agility, balance, and quickness. Next, he completed two activities, which are part of his Tenderfoot requirement: sit-ups and a run. Mercer achieved 4 sets of 15 sit-ups and a continuous 4-minute run with a 4-minute cool down walk. He concluded the period with 3 sets of 20 jumping jacks.

Today's lesson focused on geography. Mercer spent time locating countries in the world that have two or more capitals. He used google maps to find the countries and participated in discussing conflicts and wars that contributed to countries who ended up with two or more capital cities and the difficulties it caused.

Mercer began exercises from the 6th grade math Envision textbook, Scientific Notation. We also played two games of Chess.

Lesson 3 Physical and Chemical Changes: We learned how to identify a physical or chemical change of matter. We discovered that combinations of atoms in original matter are rearranged to make new types of matter. Then we learned how temperature influences chemical changes. Next we learned that physical changes are easily reversed while chemical changes are not. We learned that when odors, gases, and heat or light is created there is usually a chemical change.
Assignment: Match the physical properties of matter with their descriptions. Identify when substances would undergo a physical or chemical change.

Mercer continued exercises from the 6th grade math Envision textbook, Order of Operations.

Mercer began exercises from the 6th grade math Envision textbook, Order Of Opertions.