Art and Science

As I mentioned in my last post, we've started a unit study on stars and stargazing. Today we studied a little more about galaxies. I thought it might be fun to let the girls use wire and beads to create an artsy model of a galaxy. This is what we ended up with. Now you can criticize if that makes you happy but we're pretty happy with the end results. :D Hope you enjoy the photos!

Spiral Galaxy and Irregular Galaxy, respectively

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Science Fun

We love adding extra fun things to our school curriculum. When I discovered Aurora Lipper's free online classes and experiments, I was pleasantly surprised! She speaks clearly, in a way that is easy to understand. If we have questions, there's a nifty chat box available. The chat box also works for class interaction. I have really enjoyed our time spent in those classes and I believe it's been really interesting and fun for the kids, as well. She has a fabulous-sounding science curriculum that I'd love to try. If you would like to check out Supercharged Science, click here. (Again, no one pays me for these opinions. I just write about things I have tried, things I find interesting, and things I like.) Laugh a lot and remember to breathe.