Scientist In The Classroom- WORK

We love it when the Jr. Science Academy brings in 

REAL SCIENTIST. This time we learned about how work is accomplished. This time I was in charge of the GEAR STATION. We learned about Leader Gear, Idlers Gears, and Follower Gears.

Winter Cub Camp 2017

During our winter break this year we had a Winter Cub Camp. At the camp we went on a 3 Km hike, built Hobo Stoves, played games, and made Pine Cone Bird Feeders. We also made Fire Starters, built a fire, roasted hotdogs, and made cake in an orange peel . 

At first I was sceptical that the fire starters would work very well, but the surprised us. The fire starters are actually pretty amazing. They are super simple to make, and work like a charm. We even cut the toilet paper tubes in half and they still worked.

Cubs waiting for the cakes in the orange peels.

The First & Last

This year marked the first Kub Kar Rally for Mr. G, and the last one for Mr. W.  Mr. G was ecstatic. He has been waiting for his turn since his oldest Brother Mr. B, built his first one 6 years ago. 

They  were able to use Uncle Mikes wood working tools in his shop, and later use the spray paint. It doesn't get much better than that.

 The final design for Mr. G's racer was a Ford Mustang GT with a blower sticking out the top of the hood.

 

Mr. W ended up with  Chevrolet Silverado.

 

There were some pretty amazing designs this Year. I was really impressed.

 To top it all off, MR. W pulled off a 2nd Place win, and Mr. G was 3rd Place out of 18 cars. I think the smiles on their faces say it all.

Amaryllis

For Christmas we got an Amaryllis bulb. We decided to plant it right away,

and see if the plant would proceed through the step they described on the box it came in. At first it took about and extra week to start really growing at all. Then is started growing like CRAZY.

The first time we measured January 15, 2017, it was 9 cm tall.

The next day it was 12 cm.  On the 17th is was 15cm, the 18th 21cm, the 19th  28cm, and on the 20th it was 37.5 cm tall

The next sunday January 22, 2017 it was 45 cm tall.

Soon we had to add a support to strengthen the stem and help us measure its growth. By January 25th it had grown to 62 cm in height.

By January 27, 2017 it reached 69 cm. This was almost twice the height that the packaging said it would grow.

After growing to 75 cm it finally started to bloom.

It has 4 blossom on the top that point in different directions.

I am amazed at this magnificent plant, and the beauty that it is.

Mr. G's Special Day

 We belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. When you turn 8 you have the opportunity to be baptized if you so choose and become a member of the church. Mr. G chose to take this important step in his life, and we were even able to share this special day with the blessing of a new baby cousin. Just to clarify, we do not believe in baptizing babies. We believe in baptism by immersion at the minimum of age 8, which is the age of accountability. We do how ever give babies a  name and a blessing.

CHEER

 Miss M is on the CHEER SQUAD! She absolutely loves it. They even went to competition and took home second place. 

Jr. Science Day - Structures

Every once in a while we have a special science day where a REAL SCIENTIST comes from the local university and teaches the kids about science. This time they were learning about STRUCTURES. There were 4 different stations to help teach the kids different aspect to think about when designing a bridge. Then at the end of the class they were to design and make a bridge out of paper that could hold a 10b stack of newspaper.

 I was a parent volunteer, so I was only able to take pics of the station I was helping out with. In this station the kids were learning about FORCES.

 Out of the whole group of kids MR.W was the first to figure out how to make a ruler stand up with a string and 2 pieces of tape.(Proud Mommy Moment). Mr. G was in the same group and quickly followed Mr.W lead. There was only one other kid that was able to figure it out on their own.

I missed the  picture when it was holding the stack of newspaper in the background on the chair, but it did hold it up.