Late March Early April planning 2019

Great French Resource

http://fslactivities.ca/wordprintouts.html
https://www.puzzles-to-print.com/french-puzzles/
https://beta.conjuguemos.com/teacher/library

School Plan for Feb 25-March 8

Morning Videos

NOTE: If something doesn't work, substitute Robotech Season 1, on Amazon (22 mins each)

Monday Feb 25-
Math- Probability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqTioYM0L7I (11:33)
Science- Living Organisms Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFWgQFmea_I&list=PL7U8SlFmT9d7NHh1GKAPd0Vv9ZKP5sH5- (about 18 mins)
LA- Much Ado about Nothing on Google play (we own it) (1hr 51mins)

Tuesday Feb 26
Science- Microscopes & Cells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN2-n04CCcI (5:33)
SS- The Way of the Samarai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l-xmIokFgg (55:17 )
SS- Onihei Season 1 episode 1-2 on Amazon Prime (23 mins each)


Wednesday Feb 27
Science- Structure of a cell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URUJD5NEXC8 (7:21)
Math- Intro to Exponents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zUmvpkhvW8 (10:04)
SS- The Will of the Shogun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-BRpS8X-X0 (55:16)


Thursday Feb 28
Science- Fluid Movement in Cells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRi6uHDKeW4 (3:51)
Science- Systems of Human Body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEUu-A2wfSE (8:21)
Science- Body Systems  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zp6qPIJsAo (46:19)


Friday March 1
Mom & Dad need to pick a movie for today.


Monday March 4
Math- Exponents & Square Roots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4zejSI8zho (11:08)
SS- The Return of the Barbarians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbOUZNVerQ (90 mins)



Tuesday March 5
Science- Cell Specialization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNe6RuK0FfA&list=PL7U8SlFmT9d7jGkqv6G9w_rW6qApYSJDQ (17 mins)
Science- Microscopic World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaElp0M3NZw (4:29)
Science- Cell Mitosis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ldPgEfAHI (8:26)

Wednesday March 6
SS- The Barbarian & the Geisha, please rent from google play 1958 movie (1:44:56)
(If you are having trouble renting it, it should show up in right side of trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2nh4NoV7o8)

Thursday March 7
Math- Factoring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NvLtTwnUHs (6:17)
Math- Factoring & Multiples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PEQP7gpgE (12:45)
SS- Hua Mulan on Amazon (1:27:27)


Friday March 8
Internet day

School Plan for January 17-31, 2019

Math- Grade 6 Learn Everywhere
Unit 3- , Classifying Triangles song, triangle lesson
Interior Angles of Triangles & Polygons,Congruent Polygons,
lesson 7 Transformations on a Coordinate Plane1, 2 rotation, symmetry
Measuring & Describing Transformations, Combining Transformations, Transformational Designs, Tesselations,  lesson 11 Perimeter of Polygons, Area of Rectangles & Volume
Multiply review zzzz
Decimals basic math facts review 


Language Arts- The Green Book Grade 7
pronouns & ancedents must agree p.62
making the reference clear p.64
verbs agree with pronoun subjects p.66
adjectives p.67 schoolhouserock,  homeschool pop, adjective song,
figurative language p.68
Adverbs p.69
Good vs Well p.70
Astrophes with Contractions p.72
mood p.73
sentence fragments p. 74
Much Ado About Nothing Puppet Summary Video, Play , summary, game, plot relationships, quiz,  Exam, Film on Google Play
Cursive practice
Book Review Ideas,
Biography Assignment (Leonardo DiVinci, Joan of Arc & Michaelangelo)

Science- Grade 8 
Fluid: Heat & Particle Theory of Matter (thermal energy, temperature), Heat & Volume, Fluids & Density, Viscosity

Bill Nye Fluid
Liquid Science Tricks
Liquid Density
Sci Guys Viscosity

Social Studies- Nelson: Our Worldview Grade 8 (whole textbook in pdf & lesson ideas)
Renaissance videos,  Nelson resources, Mid-Year Review Booklet

Music
piano

French
Winter Clothing color dice
Build a sentence
Writing prompts
French Geography unit

PE
Perfect Storm on Wednesdays
Skating

Health
Six Pillars of Character Overview video, Trustworthiness


Fun
Bunk'd 5:30pm on the Disney Channel
The Shannara Chronicles on CraveTV
Utopia- 

TO DO
Get T a new library card
Sign T up for Solaro
Insurance doublecheck

Tea-based Body Sprays

Make Wonderful Body Sprays with Tea!

Today was a Mama/daughter science day. She had a few things she wanted to try out. First was some orange glitter hairspray from Claire's. The result was mostly just orange, not very glittery, but the model was adorable despite being a little hard to catch on camera.

The next project was to make Crystal Jewelry with pipe cleaners. We actually started that one last weekend when we seeded the pipe cleaners with Aluminum Potassium Sulfate from the kit. This week we did the dye step. Right now they look like dyed fluffy pipecleaners. We didn't really get much crystal growth. Maybe we didn't get the initial seeding solution stirred well. Kind of hard to focus on the directions when I'm trying to pour boiling water and stop my budding hip-hop dancer from whipping and nene-ing into me. (I am terrified of cooking with my children by the way. It is like being on the Wipeout game show, but with flying child limbs as obstacles.)

Next up was the Perfume kit she got from Santa. This one she had already tried in her room, but she couldn't find any combinations she liked from the apple, jasmine, heliotrope, lily of the valley and peppemint. As a kid, I had made tea-based body spray with a nice neighbour and so I had bought some witch hazel and glycerine in preparation for helping her today.

Favourite Teas

First we picked our teas. Her's is Cinnamon Apple Spice (cinnamon, hibisqus, chamomile, chicory, orange peel, and roasted carob) and mine was Chamomile. 

We boiled distilled water and then let our teabag steep in half a cup of water for 5 minutes.

I added a teaspoon of whole flower lavender from my spice rack and let that soak with the tea.

Meanwhile, we went and made bottle labels. My daughter called her's Cinnamon Apple Toast. I called mine Soothing Lavender. Here are a couple of label places to get you started.

• http://www.pumpkinsandposies.com/free-printables.html
• https://www.stickeryou.com/

When we were done designing our labels, we measured the following into a mini-spray bottle:

• 30 ml distilled water
• 2 drops witch hazel (for a preservative)
• 2 drops glycerine (helps the scent last on your skin)

By then our tea had mostly cooled. We measured 45 mL of tea and added that to our little spray bottles. (You might want to pull the teabag out after 5 mins and then let it cool down another 5-10 minutes before handling especially with little kids.) I didn't strain out the lavender flowers from my tea, but added them also. 

In general, the results were way better than I imagined.  The scent is not super strong, just pleasant, so it is especially good for kids that go crazy with the spraying. Next time I try it, I might try using vodka as a preservative rather than witchhazel to see how that impacts the smell. Increasing the glycerine would make it a little stonger and last longer. If you try it, make sure you shake well before each use.

Saga of the Phone Stands

This Thingiverse phone/tablet stand works great with my Samsung S5. I can use it while it is in the stand. My hubby's has a case, so it doesn't fit quite as well and he taps his phone a bit harder than I do, so he needs a heavier base.  

I went through a few different phone prints for hubby. Most of them were great for holding the phone while it gets charged, but couldn't stand up to him actually poking his phone to navigate and use it.

I ended up with this one on Thingiverse, that I scaled slightly wider so that the plug would fit. I left the raft on to make the base just a little bit heavier. I'm not thrilled with the cord sticking out the front a bit as it curves back, but my hubby says it gives him the slack to plug/unplug it easily.

Task all the things

I make little quick custom to-do lists all the time. The first task list stencil print was too tiny, so I printed it at 150% resolution, which is just perfect for my paper scraps. (I cut paper we've printed on one-side into 1/4's for scrap notes.) I thought, oh, this will be a good stencil to try out. Turns out I've used it this many times for just the first day:

• Grocery list.
• Kids pack your lunch with these things.
• Here's your list of chores this afternoon. 
• Write a Christmas thank you letter to Grandma for these things. 
• Hubby please Do List
• Kids things for Snow Camp tomorrow to pack.
• Things I want to print tomorrow on my new 3D printer!

New Year Prints

 

Headphones holders.  I ran out of yellow filament and switched to orange filament.

Found this great little water diverter for a quick kids' water fountain in our basement bathroom. It works great as long as they don't turn the water on full blast- then it misses the sink!