Posts Tagged ‘preschool science’

Homeschool – Science of the swamp

Homeschool – Science of the swamp

Well, kind of, we weren’t actually in a swamp but rather on the shore of Manitouwadge Lake.  To read the article I submitted to the Chronicle & Echo after this adventure, click here: http://www.karinahunter.com/?p=4138 Emeraude and I heard that the tadpoles had arrived @ Lion’s [Read more]

Investigating a hoax – SteveSpanglerScience.com

This week’s Steve Spangler video is really cool, as per his usual. Watch as he investigates the validitaty of  and email claiming that “Mento in Ice +Pepsi” was a hoax. Gotta love how thourough he is even with something like this which does not come from the scientific community [Read more]

Dancing Raisin Success!

Dancing Raisin Success!

DANCING RAISINS – 2nd Attempt This posts continues from our orignial experiment which hadn’t had the intended results… Our raisins were stationary 🙁 . Well, that certainly was not the case with this 2nd attempt! Emeraude was really excited to see it work (as were Lloyd & I [Read more]

Making recycled paper…

Making recycled paper…

I had bought this kit for Vickie’s kids as a thank you to her for having driven us to Thunder Bay. In hindsight I could have purchased one for Emeraude right away also – if you’re interested, they’re at Walmart – because I knew it was something almost any child would [Read more]

Homeschool Science from SteveSpangler.com

Homeschool Science from SteveSpangler.com

DANCING RAISINS – 1st Attempt Well, we gave this a try yesterday before nap time but did not have great results.  We were using Ginger Ale (have agreed that we need to buy some fresh pop and will try for one that is more clear such as 7up or sprite) that Lloyd had upstairs. The [Read more]

Birthday Piñata

Birthday Piñata

Saturday, we begun working on yet another piñata! Emeraude is a HUGE fan of piñatas, and any occasion will do – we made our 1st (I think) at Christmas for her Nursery School and then another at Easter. After much debate over the past few weeks, Emeraude finally decided that this one would [Read more]

Sunday, May 17.09

Sunday, May 17.09

Emeraude & I transplanted some of our seedlings today. Though they all need to be done,  to keep it enjoyable we only do as much as each of us is up to. We transplanted 3 squares (with 9 compartments each with a seed or two planted originally for the most part) of radishes and a [Read more]

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