tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27885411789548340132024-03-13T04:31:40.063-04:00Life in a HurricaneFighting cats, hyper dogs, lots of music, and learning along with the human hurricane.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788541178954834013.post-78831188489810637272015-07-20T14:41:00.001-04:002015-07-20T14:49:56.829-04:00A day in the life<p dir="ltr">No two days in our homeschool are ever the same and we love it that way! This is today's slice of love and fun.</p><p dir="ltr">Hungry, hungry math! </p>
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<p dir="ltr">He loves to sit and have breakfast and watch for skateboarders and dogs. We spotted coconuts, did some surfing on the bodyboard, and had an all around fabulous time! </p>
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We moved on pretty quickly from whales once the Chipmunk discovered that sperm whale ate GIANT SQUID! The last two months have been pretty solidly spent in pursuit of cephalopods!</div>
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A cephalopod (head-feet!) is a marine animal. They have bilateral body symmetry, (mirror halves), a large head, and a set of arms and/or tentacles. In other words....squid, octopus, nautilus, and cuttlefish!</div>
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We always start with a trip to the library, lots of reading, and a look at anatomy.</div>
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The Chipmunk made his own version of the squid anatomy. Our favorite fact we learned was that the squid has a brain shaped like a doughnut. It's esophagus goes right through the middle!</div>
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The bagel is the brain, spaghetti is the esophagus, orange candies are smooshed together to make the THREE hearts (one systematic, two branchial), lettuce for the gills, and bread for the stomach. The tortilla is the funnel and the taco shell is it's beak!</div>
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It turns out that this week (Oct 8-12) is International Cephalopod Awareness Week! It's been an awesome couple of days of videos and beautiful photos. Here are a couple of our favorites:</div>
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We made an emergency trip to the aquarium today to check out the extra cephalopod activities they had planned this week. We went in with lots of questions and found the answers we wanted when we spoke to some of the biologists. They brought out a dissected squid for the kids to see and the octopus was really active. It was so much fun to watch him swim and crawl around!</div>
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The best part, though? One of the educators that we speak with regularly took us back behind the scenes to see the baby cuttlefish and sea horses! We saw some of the breeding tanks - cuttlefish, rays, some sharks, giant clams, sea horses, and jellyfish. Absolutely amazing and such a treat!</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788541178954834013.post-31804792757607316792014-10-04T10:37:00.000-04:002014-10-04T10:37:48.635-04:00It's raining up.Mom: Hey! You've been working hard on that. Will you tell me about it?<br />
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C: Mom. (imagine voice of disdain) Evaporation.<br />
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"I need to write all my letters today. On the laminated sheets. With the dry marker. COME ON, MAMA!! WAKE UP!"<br />
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We wrote out his application together, took it in, and they agreed to give him a trial run! He changes the water, feeds them, and takes them to an exam room to play and get some exercise.<br />
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He brought them a box and some toys to play with and they have such a good time! We've been going over there twice a week. Little man, is right at home in the office and they all treat him like he is part of the staff :)<br />
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Sperm Whale (that's the esophagus, stomach, and intestines inside)<br />
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...and the squid it was chasing :)
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Round 2 was a Blue Whale. This one we had to label!<br />
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I didn't manage to get photos of the rest of the whale's organs before he erased them, but we added lungs, heart, and ribs. So much fun and I LOVE that it was all his idea!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788541178954834013.post-22305515644663297272014-08-31T21:15:00.001-04:002014-08-31T21:15:06.786-04:00A little down timeA busy firefighter needs to relax (and practice his scissor skills) after a busy day of fighting volcanoes. Cutting lavender from the yard is just the thing!<br />
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Rescue Squad 86.<br />
Come in Rescue Squad 86.<br />
We have reports of active volcanoes all over the neighborhood. We need your help!"
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Returning from a job well done. Crisis averted!<br />
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Cannonball Jellies<br />
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Lagoon Jellies
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We've turned the kitchen wall into a little display space for the Chipmunk's work. This is our "Wall O Jellies"
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We learned all about different types of jellyfish, studied the life cycle, traced the gastrovascular system, watched videos, learned all about their anatomy, consulted experts to figure out how jellyfish digest their food, and painted and drew jellyfish! The strings on the map show in which ocean each type of jellyfish is found.<br />
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And we played LOTS of Jellyfish Bingo!!
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It was quite an adventure! It was a wonderful study for us and one that inspired lots of questions, research, and adventure. When we were just about ready to move on, we tried to put what we learned into a lapbook - it's our first one :)<br />
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