Homeschool Classical Rhetoric - Teacups in the Garden

Temperature’s Effect on Dissolving Solids in Chemistry I

While some of the labs sound quite complicated, this lab began in a familiar way with a twist for deeper study of salt water, boiled and frozen.

Widows mob Senate to claim rights: Becoming Ancient Romans

Playing out manifestations of power, boldness, drama, and intrigue, I created the script, below, based on historical accounts we studied in our homeschool.

Flower Dissection with a Microscope in Biology I

A dissecting microscope would also be great, like a giant magnifying glass, to more closely examine the flowers. Instead, we used a pocket magnifying glass

Acting out Open and Closed Circuits in Physics I

Employing creative dramatics, the three of us held hands, forming a human closed circuit, then one of us dropped hands to form a human open circuit.

Discovering ph levels of Leaf Pigmentation in Biology I

In my son’s ninth grade biology lab, today, he performed an oft repeated process for different science classes with Dr. Jay Wile…boiling red cabbage leaves.

Tragic theater, fall of democracy, Alexander the Great: Becoming Ancient Greeks

Picking up the broken pottery, he tried to decipher the word. While in character as Ancient Greeks, we said it wasn’t important and moved him on.

Presenting The Odyssey Recitations, Journey, and Feast

Presenting Andromache from The Iliad, and Odysseus and Penelope from The Odyssey. Our costumes are based on research on the Ancient Greek Mycenaean culture.