Franklin's Science

Franklin did an experiment (BJU Physical Science) where he had to place a candle into a shallow dish of water, light it, then put a beaker over the top. Once the candle burned up all the oxygen, it sucked in water to replace the air that was now gone. He demonstrated this experiment to his brothers, and as you can see from their expressions, especially Daniel's, it was impressive.

This is what 10th grade looks like

Books, binders, science equipment, pens, and paper...oh my! We are nearly half way through tenth grade, and have somehow managed to survive.

I think Franklin would beg to differ, however......

This is the day we got in all of our science equipment for this semester. It looks like it might be a fun next several months!

How Things Work

We have this book called "How Things Work" and Daniel read the section on taps and drains. So we decided to put our knowledge to work and see what really happens when you press the lever on the toilet. For effect, we filled the tank with blue food coloring.

The kids would not believe me that the water in the tank was clean.
They saw the rust stains and could not be convinced that the water was not somehow contaminated with really nasty stuff. :)

I wish I had gotten a full frontal view of this expression when he saw the flap lift up and the water escape from the cistern.
It was priceless.
You can see just a little bit of it from his profile how expressive he was.

Overall it was a fascinating lesson.

Those Double "O's"

More adventures in spelling and trying to cement it into his learning muscle that there needs to be two o's in some words. Fun, fun, fun!

Our other Babies

Pearl is the black puppy. She always has to have something in her mouth, like a baby with a pacifier. She is always carrying a bone or a toy or something. Elizabeth is the other cutie, and she loves me like crazy. Annie is the mommy, and even though her babies are two years old, she still 'mothers' them. She is always cleaning out Pearl's ears.

Let it Snow!

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Well, it's southeast Georgia, so there is not a lot of opportunity for snow, but we did get some flurries. We took a black sheet of construction paper and placed it in the freezer for a little while, then took it outside and let a few snow flakes drop on top of it. Frank zoomed in with the camera and we were able to really see the formations of the ice crystals. It was way cool!

So You Think You Can Dance

Is there anything more fun than having a family dance-off? We think not. Frank really can dance, he really can. It makes me sick. I have no rhythm whatsoever, but Frank can do all that stuff, like the wave, the robot, the electric slide. I can barely do the hokey pokey.