Our new favorite site and Youtube channel: MinutePhysics Today, so far, we’ve watched all the following videos. She’s now playing Minecraft, and I get to sit back and wait until she starts regurgitating what we’ve just watched. This is one of the most enjoyable aspects of educating her as we do – being present when, after […]
Electrons – Continuing Elemental Exploration
Always in Motion As you know, electrons are always moving. They spin very quickly around the nucleus of an atom. As the electrons zip around, they can move in any direction, as long as they stay in their shell. Any direction you can imagine — upwards, downwards, or sidewards — electrons can do it. Electrons […]
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 […]