Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Homeschool Days 7/19-7/20

 The website wasn't working, so I couldn't record what we did on 7/19.  Here's a gist of what we did for two days.


2nd Grader

Reading

  • He read to me
Language Arts
  • All About Spelling
  • Handwriting without Tears
Science
  • The Good and Beautiful Marine Biology
  • We looked at the specimens from Home Science Tool's Sea Life Pack again
    • Paid attention to the starfishes - symmetry, mouth, etc
    • Watched the video that accompanied the lesson
Sonlight B World History 1 (history, Bible, literature)

Music
  • Easy Peasy Music Appreciation Ancients (free online)
He went rollerskating


10th Grader

Easy Grammar 10th Grade Ultimate workbook

Bible
  • Mere Christianity (CS Lewis)
  • She wrote a short narration of the four cardinal virtues from Mere Christianity
  • Daily Bible reading (1 Kings)
Science
  • Finishing up Ellen McHenry's Protozoa
    • Parasites
  • LAB: We set up 4 agar streak plates using swabs from 4 different places
    • Dog's paw
    • Cat's paw
    • Dog's water bowl
    • Cat litter box
  • LAB continued: we left the agar plates in the garage for a couple of days and looked at the bacterial growth.  Here is the list by most bacteria down to least bacterial growth:
    • Cat litter box (surprise, surprise)
    • Cat's paw
    • Dog's water bowl
    • Dog's paw
  • LAB Part 3: we soaked 16 coffee filter discs in anti-bacterial agents.  4 discs of each agent.  We then placed the 4 discs on the bacteria-filled agar plates.  We will check on the plates in a couple of days and measure how well each anti-bacterial agent kills bacteria on the plate.  The 4 anti-bacterial agents we used are:
    • Vinegar
    • Lysol
    • Method All-Purpose Cleaner
    • Kroger brand Antibacterial Hand Soap
Music
  • She practiced ukulele
She also went rollerskating.



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