While we’ve discovered 118 elements in the physical world, there are 25 (or so) Minecraft elements. This is the beginning of our exploration. Elements as Building Blocks The periodic table is organized like a big grid. Each element is placed in a specific location because of its atomic structure. As with any […]
This is a new series we are watching on Netflix The Electromagnetic Spectrum The heat produced by the Sun travels from the Sun to the Earth via waves known as electromagnetic waves. These waves can vary greatly in their wavelength. Have you ever thrown a rock into a lake? What happens when you throw a […]
We’ve just spent the last hour playing catch in the front yard. My shoulder is screaming now, after a few dives and too many tosses, but she is getting good! Her throw is a bit better than her catch, but both are what I’d expect from a kiddo who’s never played this game before. She […]
Today we built two robots and gave them sight! Lily worked on this project as her first project selection from her Tinkercrate and we had a great experience. She and I read through the directions, she assembled the components, and we set to work placing resistors, LED’s, and copper taping in a pattern on a printed […]
A post under development – as we work through her Tinkercrate (Circuits) this week: Today we read through the Tinkerzine, learning about the basics of electrons, the concepts of particles within an atom, the structure and concept of an atom, how electrons behave, the difference between a particle, an atom, and a molecule, and discovered […]
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 […]
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. […]
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.
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.
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. […]