Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
After waking up ridiculously early (7:25 am), we had breakfast and coffee before setting out for our charcoal drawing class. We entered an art school and warmed up our drawing skills with a few exercises where we drew our hands and faces without looking at our papers. Our final art pieces were close-ups of...
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Today in Intensive Learning, we had a focus on chemistry. The first thing we did during class was an answer on a Jamboard that presented the question: “What do the words ‘Acids and Bases’ make you think about?” The majority of responses consisted of different types of acids, such as citric and malic, acidic...
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Guten tag! Today was yet another extraordinarily interesting day! We started out with an early breakfast and a walking tour of Dresden in the freezing cold. Our tour guide was named Doris, and she sure had some funny jokes to lighten the mood! Luckily the tour was very interesting, and it ended up snowing!...
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So today we started the day off prepping the ribs. Mr. Sussman told Ted and Myles to get the ribs out the fridge and put them on the table. Earlier, as we had covered the tables with brown paper, someone pointed out that the paper made it look like a solid table when in...
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For our second day of South Jersey Service, we walked down Main Street to the Perkins Center for Arts. We were welcomed by Kahra Buss, the executive director of the Perkins Center, who taught us about the historical importance of the building. Initially owned by Dudley and Alice Sullivan Perkins, the building was eventually...
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The day started with a brief review of the Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty, which we learned about on the first day. We mentioned the Silk Road, Confucianism, and regional differences. Expanding on the topic of regional differences, Ms. Li showed videos of various dialects in China, which she says are “like a whole...
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Today in Arts and Entertainment, we teamed up with Mr. Howard’s Songwriting Seminar and took a tour of Gradwell House Studios in Haddon Heights. We learned about how different microphones are used for a variety of recording situations and how microphones are positioned for different instruments. We also talked about rooms with controlled sound...
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Our day started by taking a walk together to gather materials to use over the next few days. Tomorrow we are going to weave baskets from a bunch of materials, so we stripped leaves off English Ivy and cut back some long grass outside. Viv knew how to braid together the ivy stems, and...
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This morning we took the bus to Philadelphia for our first field trip this week. We got dropped off at Independence Hall, where we started our walking tour by the Black Journey with our tour guides Mijuel and Alfonso. We learned about Philadelphia’s Black history, including the fight for freedom, while walking around Old...
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We started the day at 9:00 am with a 52-minute bus ride to Batsto Village. Once we arrived we hiked the four mile Batsto Lake Trail and followed the white blazes on the trees. Throughout the hike we saw the remains of the controlled fires that were held in the last year. About halfway...
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May it please the court, today, in Historical Mock Trial, our intrepid legal eagles prepared a mini mock trial. Broken windows led to a charge of vandalism for a Toni, the ring leader of a teenaged gang (though the defense had serious reservations about the aforementioned characterization and objected. The term gaggle was used...
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Today we learned how to solder components onto a printed circuit board (PCB). These skills and the skills learned on Friday were used to connect the solar panels to each other in parallel. This way the electricity generated would double the amperage of the circuit’s output but keep the voltage at about 9 volts....
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On Friday, (3/24) the Folk Art and Living Simply group learned how to weave paper baskets in preparation for weavings they will make with natural supplies in the upcoming week. Some students also began experimenting with clay, getting a head start on the rest of their learning. We also started making dyes from plants...
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Today we visited Gradwell House Recording studios in Haddon Heights, NJ, and met many professional music producers. They taught us the basic principles of music production instruments and helped us record many students’ unrecorded music. Additionally, several students met a professional guitarist that has recorded and performed music with musicians like Ed Sheeran and...
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We woke up early and headed to the Christian Service Center. We all had different jobs around the facility. The jobs included sorting and preparing food, giving out backpacks, and completing surveys. We had a great experience giving back to those less fortunate. We had fun in the kitchen with the chefs and other...
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