Tag: engineering
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Can you cross the Oobleck Ocean?
A few years ago we studied astronomy (check out our astronomy lessons), and at the end of it all we had a Life in Space Unit, and one of the activities I somehow forgot to write about all those years ago was crossing the Oobleck Ocean. This is a super fun and messy STEM project,…
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STEM challenge: Design an aqueduct
Romans are fascinating people. Whenever people say, “We are so much smarter than those stupid ancient people,” I point to the Romans. Have you seen what the Romans achieved? Look at the aqueducts. They are amazing! Roman aqueducts brought water from miles away to Roman cities. They figured out the math and the angle of…
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Galveston Flood of 1900 lesson
Oh gosh, almost 10 years ago, because Jeff and I went there for our 10th anniversary, we stayed in the Hotel Galvez in Galveston. It’s the oldest hotel in Galveston, and in the basement it has a museum to the history of the island, AND a history of the Galveston Flood of 1900. I stored…
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Coding Classes that actually code
Coding Classes. I live in the Tech Capital of Texas, and you see signs everywhere of places offering after-school coding classes, or classes for your homeschool, or coding classes to hook your kids on coding. I’ve looked into a few of them, and most of them left me saying, “Meh. That’s okay.” I’ve even bought…
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Challenge your kids to make a shaduf
I’m about to do something controversial. Are you ready? When teaching ancient history for our history lessons a few years ago, I put the invention of the shaduf with Ancient Mesopotamia rather than Ancient Egypt. But Ticia, isn’t the cradle of civilization in ancient Egypt, not Mesopotamia? See, here’s the thing, it’s an argument. I’ve…