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Growing Onion Project

Posted on July 9, 2011 by crisc27| 15 Comments

In the past month I’m embarrassed to say, I had some onions start growing roots on my counter. In this house when things like that happen I look at it as a learning opportunity.

I googled some projects that involved onions and came across this site.(GREAT PROJECT FOR YOUNGER LEARNERS).. I like to switch things up a bit due to the kids ages so I tried something new.

  1. I used 2 onions. One had roots growing from it and the other was still decent to use.
  2. The onion with the roots I didn’t touch (used it for observation purposes) 
  3. The good onion I cut the bottom part off
Onion 1
Onion 2

We took the 2 onions out to the garden and placed both in the ground. This is the whole onion. Onion number 2 is not visible at this moment

After a week we went to make some observations and so far this is the update.

The whole onion..NOTHING still the same but longer roots on top
The bottom of onion 2 is doing great. Next weeks Science link ups I will have another update of the bottom roots.

For more info on growing an onion from an old one check out this site

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Caterpillar UPDATE

Posted on July 1, 2011 by crisc27| 4 Comments

After 23 days our caterpillar emerged from his cocoon. Thanks to the helpful comments for letting me know chances are it was a moth. I might have been disappointed if I didn’t know before hand. All in all, it was very cool to witness.

 

AFTER 23 DAYS
THE HOLE HE MADE TO GET OUT OF THE COCOON

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HSV Garden Challenge #4

Posted on June 29, 2011 by crisc27| 7 Comments

Update- Next Generation Homeschooler was 1 of the top winners for the 1st Annual HSV Garden Challenge!!

It’s the final challenge and our garden has come a long way since the beginning. You can check out the changes in our garden by visiting here

Heavens Garden

HER FLOWERS
SWEET CORN
GIANT GREEN PEPPERS



Mom’s Garden

OUR PRETTY FLOWERS BLOOMED
MOMMA’S GARDEN

We haven’t really been doing any lessons this month just the basics (water and sunlight). The corn is growing so tall. Now I have some bunnies eying the garden.Any tips on how to keep them out?

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Making Butter

Posted on June 21, 2011 by crisc27| 10 Comments

A couple weeks ago I came across a great site on an easy way to make butter. This week we bought the materials and put the plan into action.

POUR HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM IN A JAR WITH A LID AND SHAKE FOR 5 MINUTES
“When you shake the jar, the little fat and protein globs in the cream hit each other and stick together, forming a larger and larger glob.”
THE GLOB IS BUTTER THE LIQUID LEFT-OVER IS BUTTERMILK
SPREAD IT ON SOME BREAD AND YOUR GOOD TO GO

The next day I used the butter to make my banana bread..it was so good!

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Toads

Posted on June 18, 2011 by crisc27| Leave a comment

In the Spring/Summer time we get new friends in the backyard. This weeks friends are the 100′s of baby toads hopping around the yard.

Toad Facts

    • stubby bodies with short hind legs (for walking instead of hopping) 
  • warty and dry skin
  • paratoid (poison) glands behind the eyes
  • Toads tend to lay eggs in long chains.


I had the kids collect some of the toads and we made them a little home. I plan on keeping them for a little while in the hopes the kids can see them get bigger. To finish off the lesson I had Heaven color some Frog Puzzle Postcards.

As usual I will update in a few weeks to see the Toads progress.

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The Caterpillar

Posted on June 9, 2011 by crisc27| 9 Comments

This past weekend when JJ was here, he found a caterpillar. I had him bring it in and we put it in the bug catcher with a couple leaves. The next day I went to check on it and noticed somethings were starting to change.

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It had pooped then started to build what looked like a spider web. Later I went to show my husband but the caterpillar was fast and already made his home.

Day 2

I will update when/if he comes out of his cocoon. I’m not sure how long he will be in there but I dont think it will be to long. Today is day 23 and it came out! I will have a update post soon.

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Science Sunday / Tot School

Posted on April 30, 2011 by crisc27| 10 Comments

On March 18th of this year Heaven and I made a rain gauge. We set it outside so “April showers” could fill it up and WOW has it filled.

On March 23rd we checked it and it looked like this..

After a month of April showers that will soon bring them May flowers, it now looks like ….

At the end of Spring I will update again ( if I still have room). All this rain has also made a pond in my backyard, all I’m missing are ducks.

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Science Sunday

Posted on April 10, 2011 by crisc27| Leave a comment

Science Sunday

Can water crush a milk jug?
JJ’s prediction: Once the jug went into the hot water it would dent.

Fill the sink up with cold water and put 2 tablespoons of water in the milk jug and leave the cap off. Fill up a pan, boil water on HI and turn down right before it boils. At this point hold the milk jug in the pan for 1 minute.

Quickly remove, put the cap on and put it in the cold water making sure all sides get wet.

As soon as it hit the cold water it began to cave.



Why it works? Water takes up less space than steam. Without air or even water vapor inside the jug to push outward, the pressure of the water surrounding the jug was enough to push inward,denting or even crushing the sides.

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Science Sunday

Posted on April 3, 2011 by crisc27| 7 Comments

Science Sunday

We did a couple of projects this weekend. I only have pictures from 2 because the 3rd project didn’t work.

Vegetative Propagation Potatoes from Pieces

 

The first step is to take the potato and cut it into different pieces.

Plant the pieces to see what part of the potato will grow. (JJ’s prediction was the larger pieces)


I had Heaven bury them in the dirt and we will update soon on this one.

 

Update None of them grew. It was just a mussy mess

The 2nd experiment we tried was the potato light bulb. We tried a few times and a few different ways but couldn’t get it to work. If you do this one, post it and let me know. I’d love to see it.

Since Heaven didn’t get to play a big part in the 1st two, I mixed some flour,salt,oil, and water together. We then used a soda bottle as the base and put the mold around it.

At this point you can wait for it to dry and paint it but we skipped that and filled the bottle up to almost the top with water. Also mix 6 drops or so of dish soap and about 2 tablespoons of baking soda. Once ready pour some white vinegar and woola!

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