7/12/2023 0 Comments Tegan daugherty![]() ![]() View a pdf with samples of students’ written work, art work, and projects from previous European Renaissance sections.Enki Education is an independent program that strives to recognize wisdom and vitality wherever they arise. Approximately once a week, this unit requires at home observation of the skies for which parental support will be needed. ![]() In connection with the European explorers and scientists, our science work will focus on astronomy – particularly the shift from geocentric to heliocentric (solar) systems – and mapping/star navigation. All this happens in the context of the changes in approach to mathematical thinking brought about by the European Renaissance, and Fibonacci in particular. From there we will work with ratio and proportion, and with the early algebraic thinking needed for this. In this Unit we explore base systems as step one in looking at the shifts brought forth in the European Renaissance. The children see all this through the eyes of a composite figure modeled on the early female Renaissance poets, and follow her transition from the horror of illness to inspiration of a new life. This Unit covers the time of Marco Polo, through the plague and on into the writers, artists, explorers, and scientists of the European Renaissance. Students will be given practice worksheets to keep math skills active. We will also explore use of rhythm to create mood. On this base, and in keeping with the writing in the book they are reading, we will focus on use of image, metaphor, and simile. If your child does not have familiarity with these, please email the office to discuss home use of our grammar basics program prior to this unit beginning. We will begin this unit with a short review of basic grammar (punctuation, sentence structures, paragraphing, and logical sequencing). And we come to see the unyielding force of balance, just studied in ancient China, in a new context: the interdependent life of the sea. Callahan comes to know the culture of the sea, the ways of the creatures and of the weather. Through the true story of Steven Callahan who spent 76 days in a life raft, we step into the budding adolescent’s drive to explore their own power and to navigate the optimism and despair of life in a creative and life-supporting manner. ![]() View a pdf with samples of students’ written work, art work, and projects from previous Ancient China sections. We are happy to have discovered that this can be done in an online video-class, with support at home! In connection with the experience of Ancient China, we will explore human anatomy and physiology through the lens of acupuncture and the meridian mapping of the body.Īs always, Enki math and science work is approached through a discovery process so the learning is the children’s own. If your child does not have a solid understanding of and skill with computation with whole numbers and fractions, basic geometry, and an introductory understanding of decimals, please email the office to discuss home support. Through this the children will review and firm up all calculation processes using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. In this Unit we work with the patterns of early Chinese number systems, exploring the suanpan – or abacus – and the first base ten system, which is found in China. This will include Confucius, Genghis Khan and the Warrior Queens, and sea explorer Zheng He. In this program we will focus on the explorers of Ancient China, explorers who traveled the world, explorers of philosophy, and explorers into new societies.
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