Exploring DNA at the Witte Museum
The kids got to interact with DNA, see how it spirals, match pairs, and see all the various parts at the Witte Museum exhibit in San Antonio.
18th Century Virginia Musings
Category: Our Homeschool at Bluebonnet Ridge
Becoming Pioneers of the Manifest Destiny 1826-1850
Presening the similarities of the American and Texan Revolutons.
Also, my kids portrayed Davy Crockett and Narcissa Whitman.
Learning and Winning with the National Geography Bee
My son won the local homeschool Geography Bee for the second year in a row!
All the National Geography Bee origins, tips and structure for competition.
Becoming a Science Whiz with Dr. Jay Wile
My son answers Dr. Wile’s challenging Question of the Week, receiving feedback and encouragement, with potential for prizes. He’s gotten 3 right in a row.
The Incredible, Inflatable, Deflatable Egg in Biology I
My daughter did a fascinating experiment about osmosis, using an egg, vinegar, karo corn syrup, and distilled water in her Biology I science study.
Magnum Opus published my son’s Hoplite Research Paper
Last spring my son’s hoplite article was sent back by the IEW editor with helpful comments.
She Invited him to tighten the paper for a future submission.
Impressionist Bluebonnets and Lafayette
I noticed a beautiful impressionistic painting of bluebonnets in La Grange, Fayette County, Texas. A Texas town named for the Marquis de Lafayette!
Becoming Jane Austen, Martha Jefferson, and Commodore Perry
Wanting to be just like the historic interpreters at Colonial Williamsburg, my kids decided to remain in character for the entire presentation.
Bookbinding the Lewis and Clark Nature Journal
Then he bound all the papers together by stitching them together, similar to what he had seen by the Colonial Williamsburg book binder.
Using a Quill, Ink, and Sealing Wax
Because his persona wrote a famous letter, my son decided to recreate it with his souvenir quill, ink, ink well, parchment paper, sealing wax, and stamp.
