4/10/18 Mid-Semester Campfire Celebration Today marked the (almost) half way point for our homeschool semester! We started the day by meeting one of Irvine’s newest animal ambassadors, the Great Horned… Read more »
4/3/2018 Spring has arrived and with Spring come the birds! Last class we learned about why people study and watch birds, how to identify birds and also how to sketch… Read more »
3/13/2018 Birds were the talk of the day as we learned more about how technology has been influenced by birds, what we can learn from studying birds, and how to… Read more »
3/6/2018 Today was a chilly day, with snow falling (that quickly was named “Snailing” because it seemed like a weird snow/hail mix, not quite snow, not quite hail). Before we… Read more »
Welcome back to Biomimicry! In this homeschool class we learn about how plants and animals have inspired technologies and ideas that help people live better and sometimes even more sustainable… Read more »
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 »
