Unschooling Science: Beam me up into space, Scotty

Posted on 6 September, 2013 by Chrissie — No Comments ↓

Learning about science is fun especially when you beam up into space. We took a new high-tech space ship around all the planets. The kids even got to fly meters from the sun. We lost power, our robot got all crazy, and we hit one of Saturn’s many asteroids. We actually visited the Georgia Southern planetarium and did a free show. It started off with a phone call and NASA asked us to do a mission Continue reading →

Co-op Day learning about Science, math, and writing letters

Posted on 5 September, 2013 by Chrissie — No Comments ↓

Co-op day is so much fun for all the kids mainly because they get to play and see their friends. The last couple of days at co-op we have been learning about the planets, stars, and constellations. We are taking a trip tomorrow to the planetarium and want to try to get the kids ready for our little adventure. Planet Report by Huggs We started off Co-op Day by letting hugs do a report on Continue reading →

How to write a book when your 10 years old

Posted on 31 July, 2012 by Chrissie — No Comments ↓

How to write a book when your 10 years old, may be easier than you think. You just write and let your imagination run wild. I let the girls write about what ever they want, don’t check spelling grammar, punctuation or anything. I a book when your 10 years old? You just write and let your imagination run wild. I let the girls write about what ever they want, don’t check spelling grammar, punctuation or anything. I Continue reading →

Star gazing at the beach

Posted on 24 July, 2012 by Chrissie — No Comments ↓

Last night we went to the beach to do a little star gazing. We got there about 8pm and stayed till 10pm and had a blast. Since we are learning about stars, planets, and solar system, I thought it would be fun to do something different. One the way to the beach we looked up on the internet some stories about the constellations and how they got in the sky. The girls played on the Continue reading →

Crazy planets experiments and more

Posted on 19 July, 2012 by Chrissie — 1 Comment ↓

We did three more experiments about the stars and crazy planets and this time we did them with a friend. The first experiment the girls held a CD, with the shiny side up, in front of a sunny window and tilted it to see a rainbow. This was to show that white light has all the colors of the rainbow. The second experiment the girls did was making a night vision flash light. The girls Continue reading →

How to Un school and learn about the solar system

Posted on 18 July, 2012 by Chrissie — No Comments ↓

How to Un school and learn about the solar system This afternoon we started on our science experiments about the solar system with none other than Mrs. Frizzle from the Magic School Bus. We did our first experiment which was to make 10 index cards with questions on the front and the answers on the back. They were questions about the planets and stars. We made our books extra fun by cutting the front and Continue reading →