Showing posts with label backyard science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label backyard science. Show all posts
Saturday, June 25, 2016

My Favorite Unschooling Tip - Making the World Your Classroom

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Theoretical physicist, Richard Feynman, is often quoted as saying, "You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of ...
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Monday, June 6, 2016

Yard Rainbows - From Simple Summer Science to High School Physics (and beyond) in the Backyard

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I was out watering the yard one evening, over the weekend, when I noticed what looked like a double rainbow in the sprinkler (color enha...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

Summer Science - How to Turn An Afternoon in the Park into a Simple, No-Stress Science Lesson

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Long time readers will know I love to sneak science lessons into our summer fun. Really it's not so much sneaking in, as it is tak...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Fall Science - Leafy Insulation

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The children had a fantastic time raking up a small pile of leaves... ...for playing... ...and jumping... ...and burying ...
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Friday, July 3, 2015

Backyard, Beetles, and a Book - Summer Science

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A new yard to explore... ...and a new ladybug to identify (we're thinking Anatis lecontei - a Rocky Mountain native).  What c...
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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Baby Killdeer and the Day We Learned Richard Feynman was Wrong.

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You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever ab...
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