After doing some serious hibernating for the last few months we decided to get back into doing some group classes. This week W went to a great class at the Alley Pond Environmental Center on Wetlands. There were about 8 middle/high school aged kids there - all intently focused and fully participating. I can imagine the nonsense these people have to go through with chatty, unfocused school kids who are just happy to get out of their building for a few hours. A group of homeschoolers must be so refreshing for them. The class was all about marshes and the various plants and animals that inhabit them. The kids tested the brackish water in the creek: temperature, pH level, turbidity, and oxygen levels. W really enjoyed the class (the instructor was fantastic) and was happy to be with friends he hasn't seen in a while.
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| Inside the APEC classroom |
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| Info on how to test the creek water |
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| Out on the marsh |
Academics:
Math: (Saxon) Angles & lines, multiplying & reducing fractions. Review of percent, measurement, multiples, mixed numbers, average, GCF, perimeter, diameter/radius
English: (Hake) Future tense, capitalization in sentences, "I", and poetry, & irregular plural nouns. Review of sentence types, compound nouns, simple subjects, verb phrases, vocabulary words, abstract & concrete nouns, possessives, fragments & run-ons, past/present tense.
(Seq Spelling) Days 13-16.
(Wordsmith Apprentice) Introduction to writing
History: (Story of Mankind) Hieroglyphics
Science: APEC field trip: Wetland Ecology & Water Testing,
(Apologia) The Scientific Method
And I just have to throw one more of these out there:
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