This afternoon the boys and I attended another Mad Science workshop organized by a homeschooling Mom, as we so enjoyed the one on dry ice and the states of matter a few months back. This time the topic was polymers. Here’s the pictorial diary of events (hover mouse over pics for details): The instructor began [...]
Last Friday the boys and I headed to Safety City, along with 40-50 other homeschoolers between the ages of 4 and 7. Safety City is a place for kids to learn about pedestrian and road safety. The boys were quite excited as we arrived, as while we do tons of outings, we don’t often meet [...]
The afternoon class the boys took at the zoo’s homeschool day was called “On Gossamer Wings”. It was about butterflies and moths. Here’s some of what they did: The class began with a hands-on demo of the differences between our bodies and butterfly bodies. To demonstrate, the instructor transformed a volunteer into a butterfly, putting [...]
The boys and I had a glorious day at the zoo today. It was homeschool day, and I had signed them up for a couple classes: “I Dream of Dinosaurs” in the morning, and “On Gossamer Wings” (butterflies and moths) in the afternoon. In between we had just enough time to eat lunch and have [...]
The whole family headed to the Science Centre this afternoon, the final day before it closes and is dismantled to prepare for the BodyWorlds exhibit. Today was also our last day of “spring break”; we’ll be back into our homeschool routines, with new spring classes starting next week. Here’s a ton of pics from [...]
What a busy and fun day! We made the 3 hour drive north to Edmonton, to attend the University of Alberta’s 11th annual Science Sunday for Kids! After stopping for a quick bite to eat—and to get Jim a much needed coffee—we were off for an afternoon of geeky science fun: After parking, we followed [...]
Jim took the boys to the zoo last Sunday morning, giving me (and my ankle) a chance to rest. This was our first visit to the zoo since our decision last year not to renew our memberships, something we decided to revisit in light of the zoo’s recent decision to invite an independent inquiry into [...]
This afternoon the boys and I attended a Mad Science workshop arranged by a fellow homeschooling Mom. We had a GREAT time—the boys chattered about it in the car all the way home! Here’s our mad scientist showing the kids some dry ice, with her flasks, food colouring, and other materials at the ready: She [...]
The boys and I headed over first thing this morning to watch a segment of the Olympic Torch relay. How can you not go when they are coming a matter of blocks from your home!?! We walked up the street about 8:15am, getting there in plenty of time for the expected runner at 8:44. There [...]
On Saturday we made the hour and a half drive to Drumheller to Gareth’s favourite place in the whole wide world: The Royal Tyrrell Museum. We did this for Daegan’s 7th birthday, and Gareth wanted to do the same for his 5th. Here he is on the petrified log, showing his age (with hand flipped [...]