We had chicken for lunch today and he wanted to try the experiment - so I now have a jar of vinegar with a chicken bone in it on my bench :) He followed it up by creating a poster of foods with calcium in them - I printed out a traceable sheet from http://www.kidzone.ws/tracers/index.htm with the word calcium on so he had some hand-writing practice, and then he went to town with the scissors, glue & a bunch of grocery catalogues!
After he'd finished, I got out the 'Disney' kid's encyclopedias and we read what calcium was, and looked at pictures of skeletons.
So there's science for the day!
The chicken bone in vinegar :)
Making the chart
The finished product
5 comments:
I don't always agree with you, but I see that you are objective in your
postings. Despite the differences I still enjoy reading your posts and I
often learn even when our viewpoints are different. :-)
What a fab project!
I am interested in hearing about your homeschooling experiences, I am not patient enough to teach my children, but I love hearing about how you are doing. YOu are doing a wonderful job raising a very happy child, well done!
I admire you for home schooling. I couldn't do it!! Looks like a great project :)
I am another who couldnt homeschool, i do know of people who choose to do it though.
Must admit that bone looks quite gross! LOL, its an experiment I will make time to do wiht my own kids for the curious factor though!
Oooh look - I've been spammed I think - wow I feel special now!
Thanks guys for the thoughts. Susan - I think you're supposed to take the cartilage off the bone first - Billy was doing it though and I wasn't allowed to interfere!
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