What can you make out of two boxes of yellow jello, peanut M&Ms, Nerds, chocolate sprinkles and Skittles??
Why a cell, of course! This year, by far, the kids' favorite subject is Science. We are working through an awesome book on anatomy and physiology. It is a lot of information that the kids have never heard before. And, neither have I!
Skittles (lysosomes), M&Ms (mitochondria), Nerds (ribosomes), tubular cake sprinkles (centrioles)
We still do a lot of reading but the kids also have a really great notebook/journal that goes along with the book. It has a number of great activities and lots of space to write notes or draw pictures about what they remember or find interesting.
But, the best part, hands down, has been the experiments and the "Try This" parts of the book. This is just one of the experiments we have done so far. (More to follow.) As much as I would like to say that the kids' favorite part of this experiment was seeing how a cell "looks", in all reality, the totally enjoyed eating it . . .
2 comments:
SO cool! Oh, to be a student at your home school! How FUN!!
Great to finally catch up on your recent posts! Life is good for the family, amen?!
Except for that snake. Hubby can keep that snake. Don't be sending that snake north! :D
Ann,
We did this too, except we made cookies to put the candy on because mine aren't crazy about jello. Great fun. I am reading through your blog tonight-- pretending I got to catch up with you today!
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