I’m doing a series called looking back, documenting learning the children and I did together prior to me blogging. To be honest it’s more for my sake than anyone else’s. Blogging is like having a scrap-book, but takes about a quarter of the time to stay up to date.
My latest offering is astronomy. I’m not blogging about the whole Apologia book. I basically did as I was told in the book, with few deviations – how far I’ve come! This was one of the first curriculum I followed coming off ACE and we loved it. We did, as is normal for us, a presentation at the end of the year. It was probably my favourite. It was our second presentation and my brother, his girl friend and my mum came to see it. I got to decorate the outdoor climbing frame in Turkey foil and bring it indoors to act as our space ship. The children had written a very short play about man’s first landing on the moon and needed a space ship. Enter the climbing frame:


I made a very special, very appetising (!) space meal for everyone. I had large foil tins, onto which I stuck some magnetic strips. I made some macaroni cheese in a metal dish, stuck to the tray by the magnet; angel delight mouse in a bag, sealed with a straw stuck into it for sucking it out, also stuck to the tray with a magnetic strip; orange squash, again in a bag with a straw and stuck by magnetism; and finally some proper space, dried ice cream:


T, 7 at the time, did his presentation on man’s first landing on the moon. He gave a talk and then demonstrated, using a space rocket he made himself, how each section was rejected and burnt up in the atmosphere as it was no longer needed:


As part of his presentation he made a diorama of the moon:
I know he’s my son but, seriously, this was so cool. The moon is made of talcum powder, and I think he flicked some on the black paper as stars out in the sky. Here’s a close up:
C chose Jupiter to concentrate on and I believe, if I can remember correctly, she was a tour guide giving us a pretend tour around Jupiter’s atmosphere:

She then did a demonstration of a storm in a bottle, to represent the raging storms on Jupiter’s surface:
L would be our most competent (and quietly confident speaker). She and daddy came up with a presentation entitled Pluto: a planet or a dog? She did really well with the humour but also managed to make the talk factual and informative, discussing whether Pluto should be reinstated as a planet:

I just wish I was a better photographer, so I could do all their work justice. Sorry kiddlywinks!
I love the space suits especially!! Wonderful stuff!
They’ve out grown them now! I can’t believe how quickly they grow!
You will be soon baby!!!
Can’t wait for my new camera!
Oh my goodness, you even got space suits! That is so cool!
Thanks for linking up to Science Sunday!
Well, you know us and our dressing up!!!
Wow, brilliant! I love the space meal.
Thanks for linking to Fun Sparks. xx
Thanks Emma!
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