Week in Review: August 10-August 14, 2015 {7th grade}

Mikaela had another great week this week. She did 3 experiments/demonstrations this week. Science continues to  be her favorite subject. I don't want to go into detail for every single experiment she does, but here are a few pictures.

Anything messy is fun, right? She loved this one:

This one is pepper in cold water {left} and hot water {right}. The pepper sank to the bottom in the cold water, but keep popping back to the top in the hot water.

She also made edible atoms using different kinds of candy. That was fun!!

She is working in book 2 of Key to Fractions. She likes this series, as it explains things really well.

We have decided to swap her Language Arts from Christian Light Education to Easy Grammar. She used that before, and did well with it. I am going to print my  own spelling lists for her, as she doesn't spell very well and still needs the practice.

She likes the Spectrum writing book, and did two lessons in that. She also worked in her drawing book.

We are also going to start using America the Beautiful as soon as it arrives. For now, she is sitting in on history with Bigger Hearts for His Glory.

She finished reading a biography on Mary Slessor. She loved that book, and she has a heart for missions. My parents are missionaries and she is planning to go on a trip with them soon!

She memorized Luke 2:10-11, and worked in her CLE Bible lightunits.

She has had a productive week!

Science in the Ancient World Review

I bought "Science in the Ancient World" by Jay Wiles for my 7th grader, Mikaela. She cannot tell me enough how much she enjoys it! It is an amazing text book. Every lesson has a {simple} science experiment. She reads part of her lesson, performs her experiment, reads the rest of lesson which explains her experiment, and has an activity for her science notebook. She may have to write about her experiment, draw a picture or diagram, or write a paragraph about a person or event at that time in history.

The experiments call for things that most people have around their homes. If it is something you need to purchase, it is usually inexpensive and readily available. The book has a list of supplies you will need for every.single.experiment in the front of the book. There is even a list of supplies that may be hard to come by, so you can get those in plenty of time.

The experiments are simple enough for her to do {mostly} independently, but not so simple that they seem irrelevant or boring. It's her favorite part of science!

She does science Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week. It takes her less than 30 minutes, and that is counting experiment prep, clean up, and her lesson review.

{learning about sound waves and pitch}

In this experiment, she took an empty tin can, wrapped plastic wrap around it tightly, and poured pepper on the plastic. Her sister put her mouth right under the can and said "aaaaaah" in a deep pitch, and then a high pitch. We also experimented with volume, and how the pepper "jumps" around the plastic wrap differently with each pitch/volume increase. It was simple, effective, and very interesting {to all of us!}.

We will be using his other books next year!