Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
This morning, we started our day with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. After some eggs, bacon, and potatoes we set off on a boat to Hol Chan Marine Reserve for a snorkeling tour. We saw so much interesting sea life, including barracuda, puffer fish, lobster, and the royal blue tang (also known as Dory from...
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For our fourth day in the Pine Barrens (3/27), we took a trip to the Pinelands Preservation Alliance (PPA) headquarters, where we first looked at submissions of the Pinelands Photo Exhibit, which captured closeups of wildlife and landscapes across the seasons. We were then distracted by a parrot that a visiting truck driver had...
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Today marks our trip to Philadelphia to visit the the Science History Institute and the Mütter Museum. For the first stop of the day, we visited the Science History Institute. After waiting for 30 minutes (due to an early arrival), our tour guide Laura showed us different exhibits that connect science with cultural and...
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We started our day by meeting Frank the volunteer leader at Cedar Run. Frank took us into the gift shop to see the clothing items that Cedar Run offers. We then took a trip through the woods to the other side of the refuge to see all of the animals there, like various kinds...
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Today, the Great MFS Baking Show Intensive Learning had some fun baking four different chocolate chip cookie recipes in the morning. Each recipe was a little different. Itty Bitty Bow’s recipe was vegan since it used flaxseed as a substitute for eggs. GKL’s recipe included brown butter, creating a cookie with a nuttier flavor...
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Today we built the solar charging circuit by connecting the solar panels in parallel so that the amperage output would increase. We then soldered the wires together and connected them to a buck converter. The buck converter will take the energy coming out of the solar panels and make sure it outputs to only...
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Cross Examination Day Today, we worked on cross examinations. Well, and TikTok dances. More importantly, we learned about lying, or at least how to tell when someone is lying. We practice watching Alex Murdaugh testify. We ended the day constructing closing statements in preparation for tomorrow’s trial. Tomorrow, the trial will begin at 10:30....
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Today was a busy day. We woke up and got breakfast at 8:30 with a beautiful view from the fifth floor of our hotel in Aguas Calientes. After breakfast we did a scavenger hunt around the city, interacting with locals and practicing our Spanish. The winners of the hunt, Max, Zaydan, and Brielle, got...
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This morning we started at 9:15 with a walk to the bus stop. We got on the bus and took a short ride to the Tromsø University Museum! Inside we met our guide, Rosella, and started our tour about the Sami. On the tour we learned about the Sápmi region, the assimilation of the...
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你好! (Hello!) This morning we woke up at the same time as yesterday (around 6 a.m.) to eat breakfast. Many of us ate 油条 which are fried bread sticks dipped in hot soy milk. After we finished eating, we brought our luggage to the bus and started our one-hour drive to the Forbidden City....
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Today, our final day at Give Kids The World, we ended our service with two more shifts. After our final morning shift in the cafeteria, our group spent one more relaxing day at the community pool near our condos laying in the strong sunshine and throwing around a football that one of our group...
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Today was the service day for our Intensive Learning at Moorestown First Baptist Church Food Pantry. At 8:30 in the morning, we had a brief meeting at the field house discussing our plan for the day with Mrs. Barna and Mrs. Pande. Our plan was to bake cookies and brownies and attach appreciative notes...
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Today, the Great MFS Baking Show Intensive Learning made pancakes and eggless muffins! In the morning, the bakers got to choose between buttermilk and regular pancakes. Two teams made a batch of buttermilk, and the other two teams made regular, but they all fed fellow IL members and teachers. We made muffins in the...
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We started the day with hot chocolate and pottery painting with chemical dyes (using copper and iron). With carefully wrapped pottery in tow, we moved outside for some good old-fashioned manual labor. Taking turns, we dug a hole (that was supposed to be a cubic meter) and prepped firewood. Once we got the fire...
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3/27/24 By Reese & Meena For our second day in Washington, D.C., we traveled to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo with the goal of connecting the animals inside the zoo with this year’s theme of Intensive Learning, art and environment. There’s no way to really learn about art and the environment without knowing the true...
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