Energy Unit study day 2!

• We will discuss the History of electricity 
• Visit this site:  http://kids.saveonenergy.ca/en/what-is-electricity/history_andremarie_ampere.html 
• And watch: Magic School Bus Season 3 episode 5

We will start by talking about electricity and how it has a past! We will visit the link above to learn a little about some of the people who had a hand in creating it and where the terms we use come from.

Then we will watch Magic School bus on energy.

Also, as part of our unit study my 10 year old has been working on building a solar robot. We purchased a kit that is capable of making 14 different robots all run by solar energy.

So, we have been working hard and here is the first robot he built! We had a sunny day today so we were able to really see it go! Now we will start working on creating the other robots in the kit as we continue to learn about energy and specifically solar!

Earth day!

So, today is Earth day and I must admit with Easter just being 2 days ago I had not put together a plan for today. Luckily, I have the internet to help me out!

So, we started out with this link to explain Earth Day- What is Earth Day

Next we did a little scavenger hunt that I found here- Scavenger Hunt

After that, we cleaned up the yard, talking about how happy it would make the earth to be nice and clean.

During lunch we watched a great video from Schoolhouse Rock on Earth Day, I found it on Netflix!

In the afternoon, we created a collage from magazines based on what we could do to help the earth.

So, that is it! My quickly thrown together Earth Day homeschool plan.......=)

Energy unit study day one!

So, today we began our energy unit study.  http://lynxacademy.blogspot.com/2014/04/energy-unit-study.html

This is what we covered today!

What is electricity 

http://www.enwin.com/kids/electricity/energy_electricity.cfm 

Magic school bus-Season 2 episode 10

Static electricity experiment

Our experiment today was bending water with static electricity. It was so easy and I got I from this page! http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/bendwater.php

I found that it worked best when putting the comb next to the middle of the stream!

Energy unit study

We are going to be learning about energy! What it is, where it comes from and how we use it. 
During this study, we will create a solar robot and a tin can robot, we will also make a solar oven.
And once we have completed this study, we will begin to design an off grid energy design for a small cabin!

• What is electricity 
• http://www.enwin.com/kids/electricity/energy_electricity.cfm 
• Magic school bus-Season 2 episode 10
• Static electricity experiment

• History of electricity 
• http://kids.saveonenergy.ca/en/what-is-electricity/history_andremarie_ampere.html 
• Season 3 episode 5

• Where does our electricity come from? 
• http://kids.saveonenergy.ca/en/what-is-electricity/how-electricity-gets-to-your-home.html 
• Season 4 episode 9

• Cost? Electric bill 
• Ways to save 
• http://kids.saveonenergy.ca/en/what-is-electricity/electricity-saving-tips-page-1.html 

• Alternative sources of energy 
• http://kids.saveonenergy.ca/en/what-is-electricity/the-in-and-outs-of-making-electricity.html 
• http://solarforward.com/solarkids/ 
• http://www.propanekids.com/ 

• Our Future house 

• What will we need power for? 

• How much power will we need? 
• http://www.affordable-solar.com/Learning-Center/Solar-Tools/Off-Grid-Load-Estimator 

• Where can we get it from 

• What is the best cost option? 

Field Trip: 

http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Locations/ColumbiaRiver/Bonneville.aspx

Easter activities!

http://beautyandbedlam.com/resurrection-rolls-easter-recipe/

http://www.freehomeschooldeals.com/free-easter-lapbook-from-currclick/

  

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Lessons on lunar eclipse

This is a little study I put together for my son on the recent "blood moon" or lunar eclipse.

From: http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/space/what-is-a-lunar-eclipse

As you know, the Earth goes around the sun and the moon goes around the Earth. Now imagine what happens when you have the sun, the Earth, and the moon all lined up in a row. The Earth will end up blocking the rays of the sun from reaching the moon. The Earth has two shadows, one inside the other. The inner shadow is called the umbra, and it's the darker shadow. The penumbra is a wider shadow, stretching out more to the sides, but it's not as dark as the umbra. 

When the moon is in the penumbra shadow of the Earth, we barely notice that the moon is darkened. When the moon is partly in the umbra shadow of the Earth, it's called a partial lunar eclipse. When the moon is all the way in the umbra shadow, it is a total lunar eclipse. Total lunar eclipses last around 20 minutes to an hour and 40 minutes.

Wath this video- lunar eclipse video

Watch the Blood moon eclipse! watch the eclipse

http://www.neok12.com/Eclipse.htm

http://www.neok12.com/video/Eclipse/zX45704e56606151726a0377.htm

Draw a picture of what a lunar eclipse is....the sun, moon and earth aligned and the shadows.

Here is an example

Here is my sons diagram of the eclipse.....

Oobleck!

We are learning about molecules and sound as well as different states of matter.