Archive for the ‘Jim’ Category

 

Happy Halloween!

October 30th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

Have a safe and fun Halloween, those who celebrate it. You might enjoy doing some online jack-o-lantern carving with your kids on this site. We’ve been using this at Halloween for at least 3 years now. Here’s what Jim and the boys spent the day doing: And the mastermind behind it all:

Nature Walk: Strathcona Ravines

October 12th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

The whole family went for an after-dinner nature walk in our local neighbourhood ravines. The ravines are not that wide and are fully surrounded by houses, roads, schools, shops, etc. so I wasn’t sure how much wildlife—if any—we’d see. Am I ever glad I took my camera just in case! Here’s the entry to the [...]

Fun with Molecules and a 5-year-old

October 5th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

A few weekends ago Jim pulled out his old organic chemistry molecule set from university. He and Gareth had a great time exploring atoms and molecules: They started by making a molecule Gareth knew—water, or H2O: They also made something else we need to survive—oxygen, or O2: The night previous we had lit our first [...]

The rest of our Edmonton weekend

June 25th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

After spending a couple hours in the hot sunshine at the bug class, we slowly headed back to the car. En route, I saw some interesting birds, like this spotted sandpiper: When we got back to the hotel, we went for a swim. This was our first time staying at this hotel in Edmonton (the [...]

Insect Class at Devonian Gardens

June 24th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

On our weekend trip to Edmonton for Daegan’s birthday, we took in an Insect class for families at Devonian Gardens, about 15 minutes SW of the city. Daegan and Jim have done classes in this series before, but this was Gareth’s first time—and mine—and was he ever excited! We all had a good time, but [...]

Dinosaur Provincial Park: Inside the Interpretive Centre

June 11th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

We spent quite a bit of time inside the Interpretive Centre at Dinosaur Provincial Park, and we were all quite surprised to find that there was far more to it than dinosaurs. (Many more dinosaurs are on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, about an hour and a half away, and I think [...]

Dinosaur Provincial Park: The Outside

June 10th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

I’m going to break my post about Dinosaur Provincial Park into two parts: the first on the park and badlands (“the outside”) and the tomorrow’s post on the excellent Interpretative centre (“the inside”). We were absolutely blown away by the park, and how many things there are to do. Next trip we will take the [...]

Nature Walks—Medicine Hat and Brooks

June 9th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

After the T rex Discovery Centre, we made the scenic drive through the Cypress Hills to Medicine Hat, AB,where we stayed overnight. En route we saw more pronghorn antelopes: and stopped at the Alberta Tourist Info Centre at Walsh, just inside the AB / SK border. We’d stopped there on the way out for a [...]

T Rex Discovery Centre in Eastend, SK

June 8th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

After picking Jim up at the Greyhound bus station and sleeping in Swift Current Thursday night, we headed to the T Rex Discovery Centre in Eastend, SK first thing Friday morning. The boys were uber-excited! I am including lots of pics from the Centre (at the end of this post) as I am sure at [...]

Fossils: The Finished Product

May 17th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

A few days ago the Jim and the boys made their own fossils using plastic dino skeletons, sand, and plaster of Paris. Over the weekend we finished the project, removing the sand to reveal the fossil impressions. Jim began by carefully sliding the fossil “cake” out of the bowl, supporting it with his hand as [...]