Next Subject – Science

You’ve already read about the routine.

You know we eat scrambled eggs every Wednesday morning and that on Fridays we bake together.

Pretty soon any number of you could run my household – more smoothly and efficiently than I myself can.   (Ahhh, Master Plan is progressing nicely.  Cue sinister soundtrack.)

During my few years of homeschooling I have discovered that I really have to diligently schedule the subjects that I would gloss right over.  (You know, I never have to remind myself to read to the kids or to listen to great music with them or to draw a daffodil or to paint a picture.)

So around here – I have to be specific about Science.

On Wednesdays (after eggs and toast, of course) we break out the experiments and projects.

Project One: Grass Growing.

Would you think you could mess up with simple potting soil and grass seed?

I thought this was a no-brainer.

Apparently not.

Because what you are looking at in the picture is the original planting-the-seeds-before-the-grass-grows photo.

I told the kids, according to the instructions, the grass hair should be growing on their caterpillars within a few days.

It’s been three weeks. (Maybe more.)

And there is no need for an “after” photo because it looks the exact same as the “before” shot.

Uh-oh.

Project Two: The Scientific Method.

This one was a lot more successful.

But really that is no credit to me.

How can anyone really mess this one up?

We just learned the pattern of stating your hypothesis and then experimenting to test stated hypothesis.

Our hypothesis? (Idea generated by Bergen.) A teddy graham will float when placed in a glass of water.

Actually, our hypothesis was quickly proven false when we dropped the little graham bear in the cup of water.  He sank.

I’m pretty sure my absolute favorite part of this experiment was hearing Bergen say “hypothesis” in an adorable, mispronounced manner.

Future Wednesdays include studies about the law of motion, how flowers “drink” and a rock study.  (I actually have been using the I Love Dirt book that you can see in my sidebar over there.)