Hunch

Hello everybody, once again this is Natalie Moyer, this message is going out to all those who enjoy taking quizzes and getting personalized answers. I recently discovered a website called "hunch". This website has quizzes that deal with everything from baby names to what to eat for dinner tonight all captured in the form of fun, easygoing quizzes! I found a quiz about dog breeds and what animal personality I have just by typing in the word "dog" to the search bar.
Anyway this website is really fun and might just give you a couple insightful answers as well as fun ones, (I haven't had one yet however). Here's the link www.hunch.com, have fun quizzing!
Natalie Moyer

Maryland Engineering Challenges

Hi, I just wanted to tell you guys about a really fun engineering opportunity, the Maryland Engineering Challenges. They are hosted by the Baltimore Museum of Industry, and there are many different challenges all the way from 1st to 12th grade level. Teams work on their projects for a few months, then compete against the other teams at the museum. Most of the challenges include a written report, oral report, a model, and performance testing. The challenges are hard, but also very fun, and in my opinion, worth it. I have competed in the straw bridge challenge twice, and loved it both times.


This year the high school challenges are:
Cargo Airplane
Cargo Ship
Robot
Wood Bridge

Middle school challenges:
Cargo Airplane
Eco-Power
Hovercraft
Green Environment
Straw Bridge


Unfortunately registration for the Future City competition has closed, but if you are interested in competing a different year, let me just warn you, it is a lot of work! Very fun though :)
As far as I know, registration for the other challenges are still open.


The website for the challenges is http://www.thebmi.org/index.cfm/cID/630 


If you have competed in one of the challenges before, or are competing this year, leave a comment sharing your experience!

I need advice

Hi everybody following this blog! This is Author #2, Natalie Moyer, writing here. I actually am doing this because I need advice on a fairly important point. So here it goes, if you had an acquaintance who was moving to a third-world country and was too proud to accept any advice verbally, what would you do?
A. Ignore her utter obstinance and let her be, accepting that she's just going to plunge into this country headfirst with no idea of what she's in for or,

B. Create a little guide book on how to live in a third world country, give it to her and tell her not to throw it out just look at it when she's ready.

I think if I give this acquaintance a guide book than she won't feel pressed to learn it all right away, she'll have it with her for a long time and she can look at it when she needs to.
I have lived in a third world country before so i know a thing or two about it, unfortunately I don't know how to communicate that to this acquaintance without sounding.....bossy.
Anyway, what would you do? Any ideas welcome, thanks for listening, Natalie Moyer.

Great Math Opportunity!

Hi guys!

I wanted to let you all know about a great FREE math resource for those who can get to UMBC once or twice a month :)

The Baltimore Area Math Circle (organized by Steven Southall, TLCI high schooler) is for high school level students, and meets twice a month.

One of the meetings is a lecture from a professional mathematician, scientist, or engineer. In the past we have had lectures on digital communications, algorithims for networks, and the mathematics and physics of navigation.

The second meeting each month is a problem solving session, led by professional mathematicians. We have only had one problem session so far, but it was a lot of fun!

We meet in room 204 of the Public Policy building on the UMBC campus. Meetings are on Wednesday evenings at 6:30. Lectures run until 7:30, problem sessions until 8:00.

Upcoming problem sessions are November 18 (this Wednesday!) and December 16. There is also a lecture coming up, on December 9. The speaker will be Victor Sanchez, an antenna engineer an Northrop Grumman.

Although mostly homeschoolers attend the meetings, they are open to the public. So if you have a friend who goes to school who wants to come, bring them along!

If you have any questions just leave them in a comment, and I'll forward them to Steven.

Hope to see some of you there!

Welcome!

Hello!


This is a blog FOR and BY the teens of TLCI.


This is where we can share poems, stories, and artwork. This is where we can get advice, and give advice. This is where we can share things that we find interesting. This is where we can learn about opportunities that we never would have heard of otherwise.


So, if you are a teen in TLCI, and you want to contribute, e-mail me at homeschoolsara@gmail.com, and I will send you an invite to become an author (we can have up to 100 authors so don't be shy!). You will need a blogger account, which is easy and free to make.
If you don't want to become an author, but want to contribute, e-mail me your posts and I will post them for you. Make sure to tell me who to say the post is by.


You can post about absolutely anything you want, just as long as it's appropriate. If you know of any good resources, classes, opportunities, ect., please post them! (Parents - please e-mail me if you know of any, and I will post them.)
If you have questions about anything homeschool (or not homeschool!) related, this is the place to ask!
Or if you just want to post a funny youtube video you found, that's fine too :)


If you want to contribute, or have any questions, please e-mail me and we'll get this blog up and running!