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A Sampling of Favorite Lessons from Left for Dead Day.
 * My favorite lesson was in **Biology** when we had to do an experiment where we put our hands in freezing cold water, just like the temperature the ocean was at during the sinking.
 * My favorite lesson was in **Italian**. We put the Naval rankings in order in English, then did the Italian equivalent. She showed us the different uniforms and it was cool.
 * In **biology**, the teacher let one person dunk their hands into freezing cold water and one person into warm water for 1 minute, and then they had to put 30 paper clips into a beaker in the water bins without taking their hands out of the water. We were learning about the effects of hypothermia on the body.
 * My favorite lesson was when I had to pick the most important item in the book, then write a poem about it in **Latin** and draw a picture to go with it.
 * In **Geometry** we did some problems based on the speed of the ship and subs.
 * My favorite lesson was in **Chemistry** when we talked about nuclear bombs and the affect the radiation had on people.
 * In **Spanish**, we learned how to say some of the vocab from the book in Spanish. We learned how to say words like ship, court martial, sharks, and more.
 * In **Sports and Entertainment Marketing**, we created a movie trailer, movie poster, a movie cast, and the plot.
 * In **French** we did a worksheet where we matched the French labels for the different rankings for people in the Navy. (admiral, commander etc.)
 * I enjoyed talking about the body and learning what it can go through in gym class.
 * My favorite lesson from left for dead was from **child care**.
 * In **History** we made a list of what we needed to survive then ordered them from most important to least
 * I liked in **auto tech** when we talked about how the boat engine worked
 * My favorite lesson was the Left For Dead **physics** lesson where we looked at a map of the the Indiannapolis travel area and found out where it sank
 * My favorite lesson from Left for Dead was in **Spanish** we read about the different language barriers.
 * In Intro to **Drawing**, we drew a picture of our favorite scene from the book
 * My favorite lesson for that day was in **voice training** we heard a few songs about that time in history and about the sailors.
 * My favorite lesson was in **social studies**. We had to make a memorial for someone in the book.
 * My favorite lesson was in **history** where we explored the qualities of leaders and heros.
 * My favorite lesson was in **graphic design** and we based a project on the book by drawing several words in a word crowd
 * My favorite lesson was learning about nuclear **chemistry**.
 * In **Art** class, we had to draw a scene that impacted us the most.
 * In **history** class we discussed WWII and other events in history. It was simple and interesting.
 * My favorite lesson from left for dead day is from my **history** class. We went over the meaning behind the attack and that how history works in similar incidents like the USS Indianapolis.
 * In **Engineering** I had to make a boat that would float and be able to hold nails, marbles, and a fishing weight eventually. The purpose was to see which boat held up the longest, and my boat did.
 * My favorite lesson was in **English** we looked at pictures that related to the book and analyzed them for things like mood etc.
 * My favorite lesson was in **Italian** class because my teacher related the story to another event in history during that time period.
 * **Italian**- my teacher showed us the boat his father was on during WWII.
 * In **Psychology** we did a thing where we figured out if we would have survived or not. I didn't survive.
 * In **Spanish** we watched interesting videos on the Indianapolis.
 * In **Anatomy** we did an experiment to test the temperature in the water. We picked pennies out of hot and cold water to see the affects of temp and how it affects how fast you can move.
 * My favorite lesson from Left for Dead day is **Math** because I got to learn the conversions by using nautical miles to solve math problems. It was confusing at first but I got the hang of it.
 * I enjoyed discussing naval terms in Statistics.
 * My favorite lesson from Left for Dead day was learning about the health aspect of the disaster it in my Current **Health** Class.
 * My favorite lesson was in **AP Psych** where we looked at the conditions in which the victims were in when in the shark infested waters. We also looked at the aftermath (ptsd) and Captain McVay's suicide.
 * My favorite lesson was the obstacle course in **gym**.
 * For **English** class, we did posters in groups of 2 or 3 in which each group's poster focused on a particular chapter of the book-it was good review, and I liked the visual aspect.
 * **Spanish** because we got to play battleship and translate a chapter summary
 * My favorite lesson was in sculpture we drew sharks for Left For Dead day.
 * In forensics class we looked at how wide our bite was compared to a sharks. Then we bit into sweetish fish and then picked a partner and walk around the room trying to figure out what fish we were depending on which one he assigned us to.
 * My favorite lesson was in **English** class, we made a poster about the quotes in front of the chapters.
 * I enjoyed my **History** of Waltham lesson. We just kind of talked about and what Waltham was doing in that time period. I really liked being able to relate it to Waltham.