Week 12: 12/5/2017 This semester has been about discovering inventions, technologies and other innovations that have been inspired by nature, whether that be plants, animals or even weather and other… Read more »
11/28/2017 Today was all about exploring some of the meadows of Irvine that we haven’t had a chance to hike through. We started at the Gazebo with snack and a… Read more »
11/14/17 Today it was really cold and breezy. It might have reached 45 degrees but with the wind it felt much colder! We all had cold hands, faces and even… Read more »
10/31/2017 Happy Halloween! Today was our mid-semester campfire which we got to celebrate with the other homeschool classes and our families and friends. Some of us even came in costumes! … Read more »
10/24/2017 Today we got stuck in a web as we learned about how scientists are using the engineering of spider webs to save the lives of birds and teach us… Read more »
Today we looked at plants, plants and more plants. We explored plants in the meadow, in the forest and by the stream. The theme for the day was comparing two… Read more »
October 10th, 2017 Today was all about using our nature engineering skills to build a dam and discover the best materials for dam building and put ourselves in the mind… Read more »
Tuesday, October 3rd 2017 Where do leaves get their color? Why do they change color in the fall? What is chlorophyll and what does it do for a leaf? Those… Read more »
Today was our third Biomimicry class and we had a blast exploring the ponds, finding frogs and doing a really fun experiment with water and pennies. We started our class… Read more »
What a great second week! This week we finished up our conversation about burrs and velcro from last week and did a really fun experiment velcro and we also created… Read more »
