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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 717311" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Actually, for science, the more play you keep in there, the better!! I used to do the science classes for our homeschool cooperative after I realized the other parents who taught science would lecture each week. Two parents, teaching 2 different groups of kids (grouped by age, younger and older kids), both parents were former science teacher for crying out loud, and ALL they could come up with was a lecture?!?! I was not a teacher and I brought in experiments for each group every week - usually something different for each group unless it was really interesting that both groups really expressed an interest in.</p><p></p><p>One thing your little guy would probably like is to learn about insulation. As in, how does a thermos work, how can you insulate something? Try making baked alaska. Soften ice cream and scoop into a bowl so that it fills it completely with no air pockets all the way to the top. Level off the top and return to the freezer. Bake a cake or brownie in a round pan that is big enough that you can cut the cake so it is 1 inch bigger all the way around the top of the bowl. After the cake is cooled and the ice cream has hardened, make meringue. You can make meringue the way you would for pie (check any basic cook book) or you can use meringue powder from the cake decorating section and contact me for more directions). I would use basic meringue from a cook book because it will be cooked and this deals with any problems with uncooked eggs, plus it is much cheaper, but it works either way. </p><p></p><p>Just before eating/learning,experimenting, preheat the oven to 450 degrees. To assemble, put the cake on a cookie sheet. center the ice cream on the cake. Cover the ice cream with a thick layer of meringue making sure that every spot is covered and the meringue fully meets the cake base so that no ice cream shows.</p><p></p><p>Ask your son what will happen to the ice cream when it goes into the hot oven. Ask why he thinks that will happen? Put baked alaska into the oven and bake. Then take out of oven when browned. ask son what he thinks has happened to ice cream? Then cut baked alaska. Eat. Ask son why he thinks ice cream did not melt?</p><p></p><p>Double check Joy of Cooking or another baked alaska recipe for cooking times, etc... but this is pretty much what I did for the first science lesson when I realized how bored the kids at the cooperative were with the other parents. You can do individual baked alaskas. I had the little kids do a big one, and made the big kids do the calculations to figure out how much thick the base needed to be and how much meringue was needed to cover the scoop of ice cream they each got. Their lesson took 2 weeks while the little kids got to eat baked alaska the 1st week (big kids got very small slices of the leftovers, so they could see what they were doing, and could hypothesize the things they needed for their own baked alaskas).</p><p></p><p>What is your son curious of passionate about? I often used that as the jumping off point for where I went with my kids. If you fold the basic concepts into their passion, not only do they NEVER hate learning, often they don't even realize they are not just playing. It is a chord in the key of "do what you love and you will never work a day in your life". Children learn most effectively through play. They learn most ineffectively through lecture and worksheet, especially in the early elementary years. Being able to do those things is important, but not the most important thing at his age.</p><p></p><p>An effective teacher learns to wrap the essentials of education inside things that interest the students she is trying to reach. With children your son's age, this means using play. I never bought into the 'unschooling' philosophy, but I do believe that play is educational especially for children. </p><p></p><p>Another fun science experiment is about crystals. We grew rock candy before Christmas one year and then gave it for gifts. My kids had to learn about it, learn to leave it alone to grow (if you disturb it then it doesn't grow) and then had to actually give it away. </p><p></p><p>I meant it when I said I will give you all sorts of ideas and instructions and sites. I truly enjoyed this and don't at all mind. Please remember that cooking IS chemistry, especially baking. So any time you are in the kitchen, you are doing science and can have science with your little man. Kitchen chemistry can be some of the most fun chemistry - and not just dessert chemistry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 717311, member: 1233"] Actually, for science, the more play you keep in there, the better!! I used to do the science classes for our homeschool cooperative after I realized the other parents who taught science would lecture each week. Two parents, teaching 2 different groups of kids (grouped by age, younger and older kids), both parents were former science teacher for crying out loud, and ALL they could come up with was a lecture?!?! I was not a teacher and I brought in experiments for each group every week - usually something different for each group unless it was really interesting that both groups really expressed an interest in. One thing your little guy would probably like is to learn about insulation. As in, how does a thermos work, how can you insulate something? Try making baked alaska. Soften ice cream and scoop into a bowl so that it fills it completely with no air pockets all the way to the top. Level off the top and return to the freezer. Bake a cake or brownie in a round pan that is big enough that you can cut the cake so it is 1 inch bigger all the way around the top of the bowl. After the cake is cooled and the ice cream has hardened, make meringue. You can make meringue the way you would for pie (check any basic cook book) or you can use meringue powder from the cake decorating section and contact me for more directions). I would use basic meringue from a cook book because it will be cooked and this deals with any problems with uncooked eggs, plus it is much cheaper, but it works either way. Just before eating/learning,experimenting, preheat the oven to 450 degrees. To assemble, put the cake on a cookie sheet. center the ice cream on the cake. Cover the ice cream with a thick layer of meringue making sure that every spot is covered and the meringue fully meets the cake base so that no ice cream shows. Ask your son what will happen to the ice cream when it goes into the hot oven. Ask why he thinks that will happen? Put baked alaska into the oven and bake. Then take out of oven when browned. ask son what he thinks has happened to ice cream? Then cut baked alaska. Eat. Ask son why he thinks ice cream did not melt? Double check Joy of Cooking or another baked alaska recipe for cooking times, etc... but this is pretty much what I did for the first science lesson when I realized how bored the kids at the cooperative were with the other parents. You can do individual baked alaskas. I had the little kids do a big one, and made the big kids do the calculations to figure out how much thick the base needed to be and how much meringue was needed to cover the scoop of ice cream they each got. Their lesson took 2 weeks while the little kids got to eat baked alaska the 1st week (big kids got very small slices of the leftovers, so they could see what they were doing, and could hypothesize the things they needed for their own baked alaskas). What is your son curious of passionate about? I often used that as the jumping off point for where I went with my kids. If you fold the basic concepts into their passion, not only do they NEVER hate learning, often they don't even realize they are not just playing. It is a chord in the key of "do what you love and you will never work a day in your life". Children learn most effectively through play. They learn most ineffectively through lecture and worksheet, especially in the early elementary years. Being able to do those things is important, but not the most important thing at his age. An effective teacher learns to wrap the essentials of education inside things that interest the students she is trying to reach. With children your son's age, this means using play. I never bought into the 'unschooling' philosophy, but I do believe that play is educational especially for children. Another fun science experiment is about crystals. We grew rock candy before Christmas one year and then gave it for gifts. My kids had to learn about it, learn to leave it alone to grow (if you disturb it then it doesn't grow) and then had to actually give it away. I meant it when I said I will give you all sorts of ideas and instructions and sites. I truly enjoyed this and don't at all mind. Please remember that cooking IS chemistry, especially baking. So any time you are in the kitchen, you are doing science and can have science with your little man. Kitchen chemistry can be some of the most fun chemistry - and not just dessert chemistry. [/QUOTE]
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