This year we are going to participate in the Junior FIRST Lego League for 6-9 year old boys and girls.
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projects
Honeybee study Part 1
This week we are focusing on the life cycle of a bee. Since honey bees have been disappearing at an
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Artist Study: Miro
The boys are in art camp this week and they are studying the works and techniques of Joan Miro who
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Making a nature journal
This week we made a nature journal as part of our Young Florida Naturalists study. We found some nature images
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A birthday present from God
Our second leopard gecko hatched on the boys’ birthday. They are now considering them a birthday present from God. We
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Great Sunflower Project part II
Our sunflowers from the Great Sunflower Project arrived in the mail today along with our instructions. The seeds they sent
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Life Cycle of a Gecko: the egg
Today, Bear’s gecko Ally, (because she is an Albino leopard gecko) gifted us with two eggs. Unfortunately, she was not
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Geography: Rwanda
This is Rwanda’s new flag (as of 2002). The red from the original flag was removed due to its connotations
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The Great Sunflower Project
The Great Sunflower Project is starting.We signed up and requested our seeds.Want to join us?
US Geography
It all started with an interest in knowing where their Road Warrior father was when he was traveling. “Where is
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Building a House
Our family has been blessed this year to be able to custom build our own home. It’s been an exciting
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Project Feederwatch: Setting up bird feeders
We are participating in Project Feederwatch and today we set up our bird feeders.The kids are hopeful that we will
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Layered Liquids
We really enjoy our Science studies together. This week we discussed density and why things sink or float. We started
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Great Backyard Bird Count: Day One
We had a great first day looking for birds in our neighborhood.We spent an hour and 15 minutes birdwatching in
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The Great Backyard Bird Count
The Great Backyard Bird Count started today. If you aren’t familiar with what it is, it is basically an annual
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Manatee Study
As part of our study on manatees we read a few more books about manatees, made a paperbag puppet and
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