Tag: homeschool
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Question of the day
We’re watching the Attenborough narrated “Life of Birds” shows on Netflix. After viewing segments on birds which had lost their ability to fly, H.o.p. asked, “What about play and evolution? If they had fun flying, doesn’t that count in evolution?” So, what is the role of play in evolutionary process?
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At the Georgia Aquarium
[clear] Went to the Georgia Aquarium today, where I had a fine time (well, I wanted to have a fine time, and did in parts) up to about the point that we finished viewing the exhibits and then a kind of sensory overload hit and that was pretty much it for me. My initial plan…
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You've heard this, right? (and still, I will blog about it and tomorrow you will have a chance to cast your vote against four more years of edge-of-your-seat Palintertainment and at this point even MccCain is secretly hoping you will do just that)
Over a million listens on Youtube, so you’ve heard this, right? A couple of Quebec comics, the Masked Avengers, managed to get hold of Palin on the phone and had her believing she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Palin was so taken in she scarcely seemed to blink as the conversation departed the…
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Ummm, this week….not much….to say…
Nothing to say all week. Nothing to say today. I watched the debate Tuesday night and was alarmed by McCain. No, say it as it was. The moment I saw the expression on his face as he entered the stage, I felt dread on a scale that surprised me. Subsequently, I have been increasingly disturbed…
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Fernbank Science Center Planetarium, October 3 2008
Fernbank Science Center Planetarium Light box enlargement Oct 2008 Man, Machine and Shadow, The Planetarium Light box enlargement This evening we saw, at Fernbank, Marsquest. H.o.p. loved it. Marty enjoyed it. I sat and wondered what in the hell we’re doing going to Mars, but I still rather enjoyed the show as well, though I’ve…
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Perhaps the most difficult subject we’re homeschooling this year
Above is the most difficult subject we’re trying to begin to learn this year. The Baxoje language, of which only a handful of speakers remain. One of my long term projects has been assisting Jimm GoodTracks with his Ioway, Otoe-Missouria Language Website, which I’ve done for a number of years. He has been compiling a…
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Welcome to Presidential Debate Night at Our Apartment
Welcome to Presidential Debate Night at Our Apartment Sept 2008 View On White
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Programs for homeschoolers at Zoo Atlanta
Tuesday was Homeschool day at Zoo Atlanta and they have a brand new program called Homeschool Academy. Join Zoo Atlanta for an afternoon of learning and discovery designed specifically for home school students. The HomeSchool Academy is a unique program allowing students to explore animal and science concepts in a fun, interactive environment. Programs are…
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We’re Doing Our Math and Right Now H.o.p.’s liking it
Since we began our homeschooling year at the end of August/beginning of September, I’ve just not had the time for much of anything but homeschool, which means projects like the UFO interviews have gone back burner for now. We are especially deep into math right now. Gotta tell you, last year we got Timez Attack…
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The child has (yes, thank god) half a brain!
The Bad Homeschooler is what we ought to call this blog except for the fact that I don’t write much about homeschooling here (relatively speaking) and it’s not like we want to draw attention to ourselves and have people gathering about going, “Look, they’re bad homeschoolers!” It’s that time of year in which books I’ve…
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Hurry, it's your last day to get your name on the moon (at least via the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)
We did it. We are sending our names to the moon via NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Well, I did it. Marty didn’t. He’s in a session and knows nothing about it. And H.o.p. didn’t do it either, to tell the truth. I called his attention to the project thinking he would be “Oh, wow!” and…
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Differences of Opinion – The Rusty Nail
Though I have often thought of it as “silly overfull thing slopping water all over the place”, when an adult he will fondly remember the nail in a jar experiment that he kept on the side of the bathroom sink, retopping with water daily, for a full month and then some (as of June 24,…