Joshua watched videos 5.7 and 5.8 covering Interest Groups and Lobbying. He answered the assigned questions on the AP Classroom website and is preparing for the upcoming Unit 5 Progress Check.

Light Weights will consist of the following:
Each exercise will be done in 2 sets of 20 reps.

For the upper body: Curls, Bench Presses, Flys, Back Extensions, and shoulder presses.

Lower Body workout: Squats, Calf Raises, Lounges, Leg raises, Jump Squats-

Finish the Workout with Sit-ups and Stretches.

Today Joshua and I worked on Free Response Questions in a Mock Exam. They were very challenging and were a good review of many concepts. The first problem gave us information on a piston that oscillated up and down. The given information included its maximum and minimum heights and how high the piston was above ground level. We were first asked to find what the coordinates of various points on the graph could be. Then we were asked to write a sinusoidal function that could model various points. Then we were asked to find the period, amplitude and phase shift. Joshua and I worked together to brainstorm possibilities. We checked our solutions to see we got it right! Then we tried another FRQ involving logarithms and exponential functions. Josh took the lead on this problem. He ran into some trouble remembering properties of logs, so it was a good review for him. We did not finish this question (it has multiple parts), so Josh will finish it for HW.

As Joshua continues his research and note taking, we examined how to narrow his focus in order to develop a more workable thesis. In this regard, I directed Joshua to a number of articles from the New York Times arguing against the use of technology in education.He is doing very well in his research analysis and in narrowing the topic. Joshua then continued to examine internet articles exploring how internet use causes changes in brain function and brain dimension.

Completed Kapitel 12 review online questions in prep for quiz/test Thursday. Discussed TV system in Germany - advantages and disadvantages as compared with American tv programs.

In today’s class, me and Joshua discussed redox reactions, or in other words, oxidation-reduction reactions. We learned why redox reactions occur and how we can easily spot them in any given reaction. We additionally learned what oxidation and reduction mean and some good acronyms to remember them (such as OIL RIG).

Today Josh and I first went through the Free Response Questions he had for homework. The first one he got all 9/9 points. I was so proud of him! The second he got 6/9 points which is still really good! Next, Josh asked me if we could go through some ACT Math practice since he is taking it on Saturday. We discussed a trig problem requiring us to set up triangles within a triangle. Next we discussed a polynomial problem where we had to find the coefficients. They were quite tricky but we got through them.

During today's session, Joshua continued reading multiple research sources and making note cards. We discussed the progress of the assigned research plan noting our goal of completing reading the material this week and working on preparing a formal outline in class on Friday.Subsequently, we will work on preparing a first draft for teacher comment.

5 sentences in German about the weekend.

P 390 - 391 Reviewed Subjunctive 1 - indirect discourse vs Subjunctive 2 - polite requests, wishes, hypothetical situations
Online exercises 9 and 10

In today’s class, we spend our time in the laboratory working with ordinary chemicals like acetic acid, hydrosulfuric acid, and butanol and combined them in unique ways to create floral, aromatic scents. We learned that through chemical processes, we can combine and create new aromas and chemicals that we did not have previously.