A spin off the electricity/circuitry sessions for this week… Coming up next…. Lasers Seeing light in a new way Scientists coax photons to bind into molecules for first time September 27, 2013 | Editor’s Pick By Peter Reuell, Harvard Staff Writer EmailTwitterFacebook Scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]
History of Paper | Papyrus – Fourdrinier Machine | Case Paper
http://www.casepaper.com/resources/paper-history/?doing_wp_cron=1429820921.7867159843444824218750 One of the topics we explored today.
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. […]
Complete Circuits
This morning, Lils and I had the privilege of learning about circuitry, physics, chemistry, and engineering as it relates to batteries. We love it when such specific opportunities present themselves, and take full advantage to learn and explore. We bought a set of little LED candle/lanterns and have begun supplying batteries and setting them up. […]
Just Another Day to Cherish
Our yesterday, with the 7 year old: Breakfast over the Lego Movie in Hindi She built a snowcat while watching and eating, I worked on cleaning out our greenhouse/workshop and prepared the yard for the impending freeze. By 11am we were discussing the angles cut into pieces of wood (trim) that I was […]
Minecraft, It Is
This past weekend, we launched our first ever, private Minecraft world that we’re hosting. It’s been offered to a group of young kids from the WLU community and we’ve set it as Creative only. The kids (about 30 of them, ranging from 4 to 15, with all but two of them are under 11) are […]
On Electronic Media and the Jicarilla Apache
Perhaps I’m in the current trend minority, but I don’t see any benefit to limiting electronics access. Here’s my experience: By 14 months old, as a result of the screen, various devices, and my engaged involvement with my daughter, she was fluent in ASL, had 700+ signs, and the words (verbally) to go with them. […]
Atmosphere & Americans
Yesterday, Lily inquired, as we were on our way to our Alamosa group for play and discovery, about the atmosphere and global economics. She indicated she understood the concept of the water cycle, mostly. Though I think she is skeptical at just how cyclical the whole thing is, but mostly, she questions where the water came from […]
Finger Puffs
This contains Lily’s and Angie’s fingerprints. We used a bunch of different options for the colors and frame. Lily experimented quite a bit. We call this, Fingerpuffs. She made a second imagine all her own too. She called it, “A Beautiful Sunset”.
The Stone Age
In keeping with Eep, we worked on our own cave paintings today. We learned about the El Castillo cave drawings, and how it is believed to be the oldest known example, dating some 40,000 years. This would be caveman era, and the symbols were of hands and sun. We learned how the pigments were created […]