Nathan decided this year that he wants to learn about "mechanics". Much to my dismay, he didn't mean English mechanics, he meant MACHINES!! Now, I am about as mechanically inclined as a Garden snail, so imagine the learning curve I have!! But, luckily, I have an awesome hubby who jumped all over this, and helps keep me grounded and keeps me from breaking rule #1!!
So, yeah...machines. We started with Simple machines (levers, pulleys, gears, etc.). Nathan has been doing lots of research on the internet, using various websites and youtube videos. He found this one video, where the kids made....that kind of machine that's all about chain reactions, ugh can't remember....it was pretty cool.
On Wednesday, we decided to take a field trip day to Memphis. We ran errands and then took the kids to the Children's Museum. Pretty fun, they've changed it a lot since last we went (which was almost 4 years ago). And then we took the kids to a Red Birds game. Hey -- there's lots to learn there! You can learn statistics, um, and physics, and um.....physical education.....yeah, something like that...
Thursday, because we got in very late from Memphis (pushing midnight), we had an easy day. We were all slugs and watched SciQ all morning. Learned LOTS about water, sound, wheels, and poop. Yeah, Poop! There's a whole branch of science dedicated to gross-ology. And that episode was DEFINITELY GROSS!!!!
Friday....what did we do...? I think it was just more research on various websites. But the most fun so far was on Monday.
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