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Tag: Homeschool-Science

  • Window on Antares

    Fernbank Observatory, 2007 Aug 16 Lightbox enlargement At left is the astronomer who gave the presentation at the planetarium and then was the sky guide at the observatory. H.o.p. loves the atmosphere. So do I. Perhaps because astronomers are going to like what they’re doing (or they seem to), and perhaps because the people who…

  • A Dome Full of Stars

    Fernbank Planetarium, 2007 Aug 16 Light box enlargement It was a nearly empty house at the Fernbank planetarium last night. Us plus 3 other individuals made 6. Marty reminded me of a story once told by a friend of ours. When they moved to Atlanta, many years ago, before the Braves became hot, they called…

  • DIRE WARNINGS! HORRIBLE THINGS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU ATTEMPT TO MAKE CRYSTALS OUT OF THIS LITTLE FLOWERS OF THE MINERAL WORLD CRYSTAL KIT!

    H.o.p.’s Crystal Growing Experiment, View 1 H.o.p. likes crystals. Inspired by a nice amethyst crystal his grandmother sent him, he got a little “amethyst purple” crystal growing kit from the shop at the natural history museum here. The outside of the box had a picture promising fantastic crystal formations, a fabulous huge amethyst blossom with…

  • Blasting the old "Homeschoolers are destroying the future of science!" argument

    While H.o.p. is learning about how rats at a temple in India are revered and that at the end of the day people drink from their milk bowls with the hope of acquiring luck (his interest in the creatures that populate the Redwall world has him daily eager to learn more about rats, mice, moles…

  • The Jello Man Tragedy

    Making a Jello Man was harder than H.o.p. thought it would be. Those are the two shots I was able to capture before H.o.p., hysterically laughing, doubled over on the floor and that was that. Was time to step in and make sure we didn’t end up with jello all over the rug. Well, we’ve…

  • The citizens of which nation are semi-obsessed with finding meteors?

    Swedish people, for whatever reason, are very interested in whether or not the rock they found on their last hike could be a meteorite. Don’t believe me? Follow the link. And Washington University in St. Louis is sick of it. They don’t want you contacting them any more and asking if you have a meteorite,…