October 9th-12th was a very interesting week in Quest Science! In Quest Science, we had a lab about density. In the lab, we learned about determining density and measuring the densities of irregular objects. We had a great time with this lab about comparing the densities of different substances with our partners. For Quest Science homework, we received a packet about cloning and expressing our opinions about whether we should clone our pets or not. It is a very complicating process to clone things as said in the picture captions. We also learned about Hurricane Michael and how it greatly affected the coast 
of Florida.- Jonathan
On Tuesday, October 9th, our section had the triple period of Quest Humanities. We received our Current Events #1 with teacher comments. We were supposed to get them signed and return them by Thursday, 10/11. We then did a workshop where we edited our group’s first-person point of view island essays. We did this by everyone sending their essays to each other and us adding comments and fixing grammar or spelling errors. We did this for the first two periods. When we were finished with our editing, we had to go to Mr. Greenberg’s room. We received a paper where we had to label each country in Central America and the Caribbean. We also had to label the capital of the places too. We will do this with every continent throughout the year. We will take a quiz, labeling each region, and when we pass, we receive a stamp in our passport. If you collect all the stamps, you finish this project and you will be able to name all the regions in the world. -Matt
On Wednesday, October 10th we had a log question due. Log questions help us all review and think about different keys to Quest. Our log question was, “Describe your first workshop experience. What was it like to share your work? Did this inspire you to revise your work? If so, how? If not, why not. What challenged you as a creative writer?”. During the past week or two our class has been working on a various amount of assignments. When we received our first Current Events assignment, we were not as sure about it as we are now. The second Current Events is going to be a lot easier for the grade because we all received feedback. We know what things we got wrong and will be able to fix all the problems. We also did our Christopher Columbus trial project where we were selected into a group and read evidence about our group. The defendants included Columbus’ Men, Columbus, the Taino, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, and the System of Empire. We had to do a make-believe court with our historical characters. -JJ.
On Thursday, certain sections completed their self-assessment. During the self-assessment, we evaluated ourselves on how we think we are doing in Quest, with different categories. We also must circle how we think we are doing on a rubric. When we return them we will get feedback from our Quest teachers. During Quest, we have a lot of self-directed time. The self-directed time slot on the self-evaluation is a huge part of Quest. Management of time, and getting work done is extremely important. During the review and reading the feedback, we all should take into consideration that the teacher and our parents are adults and respect our peers’ feedback. We also had to think about a painting. This painting was about segregation and we had to observe that painting and talk about it. -JJ
Friday, 10/12
On Friday, our section worked on our mock trial about Christopher Columbus. We had to annotate a piece of paper that held information about your group. The indictments described what our group did that was good, and what our group did that was really bad. Our task was to a plea and include evidence. We had to plead guilty or innocent and could also try to figure out whether other groups shared guilt for the result of Columbus’ encounter with the Taino in 1492. By examining this case, we were able to talk about how the story of Columbus we may have learned when we were younger may not be complete. We worked on writing those things for the rest of this period. -Matt