Because he has a naturally inquisitive mind, I sort of let him loose on science projects, in a classical grammar level way.
I usually buy a variety of science kits for his birthday and Christmas gifts, from which he chooses to use for science class.
Recently he built a model engine from a Smithsonian science kit.
Additionally he watched a Magic Schoolbus episode about engines that I had taped when he was a toddler.
Since that video was a review, he dug deeper with his sister’s old 6th grade A Beka science book, which has a section about engines.
After reading that, he wrote a KWO, which he learned from IEW, to prepare his thoughts in an organized way to give me a 5 minute demonstration of how engines work.
After that he entered a summary about engines in his science journal.
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