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Revisiting the Compass
We’re exploring the history of the last two thousand years or so, and beyond… We reached the year 300, in which we learned the Chinese invented the magnetic compass, later turned into a navigational tool around 1000. A few years back, Lily made a compass out of a little boat in a bowl of water. […]
Female US Presidential Candidates – History
An ongoing discussion on politics, equality, and government… Female US Presidential Candidates Presidential candidates: party nominees[edit] Year Name Party Running Mate Votes Ballot Access 1872 Victoria Woodhull Equal Rights Party Frederick Douglass [1] 0 states 1884 Belva Ann Lockwood National Equal Rights Party Marietta Stow[2] 4,149 6 states [3] 1888 Belva Ann Lockwood […]
Wheatgrass and Smart Plants and Snails
Plants communicate, with each other and with us.
To Be, or… Maybe Not So – Mathmatically
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/03/5-year-olds-can-learn-calculus/284124/ Reviewing standards, working with equations lately as their relevance appears in our daily activities, wanting to find some tools, activities, making/doing things to bring awareness to patterns
Titanic, Hindenburg, H2O, and Plasma
We began our day talking about H2O, then discussed the Titanic, then the Hindenburg, then Mark Twain, then helium, then steam and how the Titanic was powered, which led to evaporation and the water cycle, and how snow is formed. We then studied snow under the microscope, and then onto the Plasma ball and conductivity. […]
Terra in 2D
A Googol & A Light Year – That's How Big
Yesterday and today… We’ve been playing with the abacus, learning about the Orders of Magnitude (what we call each major transition in numbers, as they increase exponentially), and multiplication via sets thanks to a few beads on sticks. Yesterday, we talked about how, with each added zero, we increase the size/amount of the number. She’s […]
Fungi?
We’re playing with fungi and bacteria today. So, we did two experiments… we set up agar in the petri dishes. – Results were anti-climatic, but she completed the projects.
Minecraft Ore Light
We are working on a light cube for Lily’s room, made of foam board, to represent an ore block from Minecraft. She’s chosen diamond as her mineral of choice.