Category Archives: Science

Science Museum

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

On a beautiful day we headed to the Science Museum in Vancouver, right next to the water… what a beautiful sight it was.  And of course inside was great too! Lucas got to drive this remote control train.  And Siena … Continue reading →

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Critter Count 2013

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Once again this April, we went to Critter Count. An event organized by the City of Vancouver (Washington) at the Water Resources Center. It was a little chilly, but we went with friends this time, and it was fun. We … Continue reading →

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4th Homeschool Science Fair

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Last week we had our fourth science fair. I’ve organized it every year in the spring, and we have more kids and more experiments, and new families each time. I wrote a post last week about the experiments Siena and Lucas … Continue reading →

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:: our science experiments ::

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

We had our 4th Annual Homeschool Science Fair, this week. Siena did her experiment on apples. She cut two different widths and dipped them in different things to see how they would do after cutting them. You see, apples are … Continue reading →

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:: searching for agates ::

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

We’ve been looking for agates every time we visit the beach.  We have found some.  Mostly small ones, but we’ve been lucky to find some bigger ones too.  Fun to find, and fun to look at them later, at home. … Continue reading →

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:: a coastal trail ::

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

One day we took a short walk on this coast trail.  Not really very far, at all.  But in a sense, far from what we normally see, I guess.  We don’t go to the beach often, and usually our trails … Continue reading →

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Agate Festival

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

And so it happened that there was the Second Agate Festival this past weekend.  We went to see it f course. These are Iris Agate.  They are thin cuts shown up against light….. just beautiful. It’s always fun to see … Continue reading →

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:: lots of salmon + and lots of water ::

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

On a rainy Sunday,  … a couple of weekends ago, we went to see the salmon, again. We went with some friends, to the same spot we had taken my parents and my aunt, back in September.  Eagle Creek.  For them … Continue reading →

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:: the web ::

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

We found this spider web on the porch the other day.  Complete. Beautiful. Just like that.   And then another one, with someone working on it still. Amazing how they do this beautiful work.

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:: science : owl pellets ::

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

For few weeks now we’ve been getting together with some friends to do science.  Something more formal than what we usually do.  An attempt to our new homeschooling days. When we were in Idaho this summer, we found a lot … Continue reading →

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