tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37954964429249255992024-02-20T06:46:43.171-08:00Mrs. V {at home}Young full-time technology teacher turned full-time mom! Blog about doing science, technology and design projects with kids. There's also an occasional recipe and craft and update of my young family life!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-21476489687184122742012-08-28T09:55:00.000-07:002012-08-28T09:55:19.387-07:00{Tuesday Teaching} Edheads"Edheads creates unique, free Web experiences designed to make hard-to-teach science, technology, engineering, and math concepts understandable."<br />
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Doesn't this sound exactly like a Mrs. V tool? I'll try it out this week and let you know!
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Using the Engineering Process (Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve), you analyze data and research and come up with a plan to create a new cell phone. In class, I would do a similar exercise with my students. I asked them to spend some time thinking of how to make the phone more functional, user-friendly, or more visually appealing. For extra bonuses, the students could come up with new features to add to a phone. I remember one student suggesting a built-in mini printer. I, for one, had never heard of it before. Isn't that genius! Our future is bright!<br />
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A simple machine is any device that changes the magnitude or direction of a force. It makes work easier.<br />
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<a href="http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.shtml" target="_blank">Click here - Simple Machines - Edheads</a><br />
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Try this one out and next week, we will build our own simple machines!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-39135436702900600372012-08-21T09:29:00.000-07:002012-08-21T09:49:13.021-07:00Tuesday Teaching {Wordle}<div style="text-align: center;">
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My curriculum for my technology classes always includes a graphic design unit. The students always get a kick out of finding their inner designer, and they love using Wordle! I'd even go so far as to say the students<i> prefer</i> spending their time on the internet on this site over an educational game website. Believe it! :) </div>
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I love this. I love this for games, for summaries, for brainstorming, for design - in science, technology, reading, English, a little girl's bedroom. I love this for everything!</div>
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The first word cloud comes from a 'Copy & Paste' transcript of one of my earlier Teaching posts. Hm... Displacement, water, boat, tinfoil.... Can you guess which post it is? </div>
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Wouldn't Wordle come in handy when in a Reading class setting? Or even with your kids at home. After the child reads a story, they can type in the main points they remember and see their word cloud come to form. Or you could make the word clouds and have the child guess which story the word cloud represents. </div>
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I also think this is a very creative and cute way to incorporate a personal touch in a framed print in a child's room.<br />
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To use Wordle,<br />
1. go to <a href="http://www.wordle.net/create">http://www.wordle.net/create</a><br />
2. type in your set of words. Click go!<br />
3. change settings in the upper left hand corner of your image (font, color, direction of words, etc.)<br />
4. if there are words you do not want to have in your graphic, simply right click on the word and click 'Remove _______'<br />
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I can't wait to see what you come up with! Comment with a link to show off your designs!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-75925826285370343232012-08-14T08:48:00.000-07:002012-08-21T12:41:23.137-07:00Tuesday Teaching {Hovercrafts}There were certain concepts that were always met with a groan when introduced in class. Maybe this was because the concepts were taught them over and over again and they were certain nothing exciting was coming out of the lesson that day. Which made me want even more to find and create awesome projects to demonstrate the science principles!<br />
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One such principle was Newton's 3rd law - Every action has an opposite and equal reaction. </div>
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A common example of this is letting the air out of a blown-up balloon. As you let the air out to your left, for example, an equal force pushes in the opposite direction (into the balloon) and causes the balloon to propel to the right.<br />
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Using this same concept, we can harness that equal and opposite force to create a simple and quick hovercraft.</div>
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With that brief introduduction, I'm sending you over to Scientific American to create such a hovercraft. Let me know your results! </div>
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everything-is-bigger-except-the-kitchen apartment to free up some much
needed cupboard space. A <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adams-CSL-32-SM-Carousel-32-bottle-Kitchen/dp/B001E8X9XC/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1344462950&sr=8-8&keywords=wood+spice+rack+36" target="_blank">nice wood one</a> was our first choice, and we scored one off Craigslist for $10!<br />
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hard to tell the 32 spices apart and adding 10 minutes to dinner prep
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I shopped around for some new spice container labels and only found
blank labels that you write on yourself. AH. Not going to ruin my new
beautiful spice rack with my squigglies! I decided to make them myself. Another excuse to break out the tiny graphic designer in me. </div>
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The initial plan was to use Avery labels with their
printing template. Sounds easy, right? Should've been. But, the Martha
Stewart version I got sadly printed out really runny - not even a step
up above my squigglies. So, for the (hopefully) temporary time, I've
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Not ideal, but I invite you to imagine what they look like from really
far away :) Even with that hiccup though, I feel like they add lots more
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Let me know in the comments if you'd like the sheets I designed and in what format (Photoshop/Word/PDF). I'm going to try these with the normal, non-Martha Stewart Avery 1.5" labels soon to see if they work. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-37370812484915929392012-08-08T15:38:00.001-07:002012-08-21T09:31:46.481-07:00Wednesday! {Mrs. V revamping}Hello to all you fantastic readers who I left for a whole month!<br />
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My apologies. When I took on the Mrs. V role at home, I wasn't sure how it would all go. There were kinks, most of the kinks being the amount of work I was going to be able to do for the blog and the many, many days I spent/am spending out of town and away from the computer.<br />
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From now on, I'll be {teaching} once a week on Tuesdays and {basically crafting/designing} on Fridays. And I'll try my best even when I'm out of town.<br />
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:) Mrs. VKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-77817604802607752492012-07-02T06:52:00.001-07:002012-08-21T09:32:20.622-07:00Monday Musings {Quietube}{Sorry about last week! We started the week off out of town, and we had to get our routines back when we came home. Thanks for being patient!}<br />
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Sometimes in class, Youtube is my biggest helper. I can generally find exciting clips of projects we are about to make or detailed video diagrams of certain concepts. But, as you know if you've ever used Youtube before, the comments are open to any kind of language and sometimes suggested videos on the side aren't appropriate for the audience. Some teachers used Quietube - so I thought I'd share. Quietube takes out all the comments and side videos and just shows you the single video playing with one ad below it. I haven't used it much, but I've been very grateful for it the few times I have! Here's an example of one video I might show in class, which happens to be a person launching a rocket made from plastic soda bottles. Pretty awesome.<br />
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This does ask to put a bookmark on your internet, so disclaimer there. But once you have the bookmark, you just find a video on Youtube, push the Quietube button on your bookmark (Similar to a 'Pin it' button) and it transfers you to the quietube site with the original video. Check out Quietube.com if you're interested. So far, I've had no trouble with it. Enjoy!<br />
<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-63826845613194436492012-06-22T08:59:00.000-07:002012-06-22T08:59:31.054-07:00Anything Else Fridays {Finishing up}<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm real excited (and relieved) to report the Projects Completed this week!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other side of Pillow cover for baby girl's room. Design by <a href="http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2009/10/tutorial-scrap-buster-fall-pillow.html">cluckclucksew</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still no curtain rod, but I'd say this baby girl's room is done! Finished the race, but hasn't gotten the medal yet kind of done :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This gallery wall was tricky! I had a few different arrangements that I
really loved and so I put the different sizes of paper on the wall only
to discover that the spotlight above gave really weird shadows! So I
decided nothing could go underneath the middle one, which is going to
house a cute typography of our family mission statement. So I had to go
out horizontally. In the end, I made a single breakage line on both
sides of the middle frame and matched up the little ones to keep the
breakage line obvious through the whole thing. Yes, I made up the term
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<span style="font-size: small;">I usually teach a unit on Bridges to my students using Dominos, followed by a project making different kinds of bridges out of popsicle sticks/balsa wood/toothpicks. If made correctly, these bridges hold some substantial weight - It's not unusual for a toothpick bridge to hold 50 lbs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For today's experiment, we're using index cards, which won't hold quite that much weight in this configuration :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Start with a single index card and lay it across to create your bridge. How many pennies can this bridge hold? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When a horizontal piece is supported on either end by piers, it is a beam bridge</span><span style="font-size: small;">. Ever walk across a log above a river? Beam bridge! Beam bridges </span><span style="font-size: small;">rely on the stiffness of the building material.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are three kinds of beam bridges shown here and one arch bridge. <br />The arch bridge was made by cutting slits on both ends of the index card and slipping those slits into the cover of the book. Try them all out and let me know how much your best bridge held!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Materials needed: Books, index cards, and a whole lot of pennies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One single flat card</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lasted ~22 pennies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Supports a lot more weight!</td></tr>
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I was excited to find a couple emails last week from family wanting to know the science behind some interesting phenomenons. Which inspired me to think of how much more fun this would be for your kids if they were experimenting with their very own questions. So find out your kid's questions and let me know through the 'Ask Mrs. V' button on the sidebar ----------------------></div>
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One of the questions last week was:</div>
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Why do tightrope walkers carry those long poles?</div>
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This question may or may not have been spurred on by the recent feat of Nik Wallenda crossing the Niagara Falls. I only found out about this yesterday, but after reading how many viewers this attracted, I'm sure I'm the only one to not know about this.</div>
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He crossed the Niagara Falls in less than an hour. And yes, he did carry one of those long poles. But why?</div>
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This relates to center of gravity. Remember when we made the <a href="http://mrsvathome.blogspot.com/2012/05/thursday-teaching-time-balancing-bird.html">Balancing Bird</a>? The bird would not balance because the center of gravity was not directly over the fingertip, or balance point. We needed to adjust the 'weight' of the bird so that the center of the 'weight' was at a point directly above the fingertip. </div>
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A tightrope walker changes his center of mass by adding a pole. </div>
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Stand up with your feet together and have someone gently (gently, brothers! :) try to push you over. It's pretty easy, right? </div>
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Now stand with your feet spread apart and have someone gently try to push you over. That is harder to do. Even if you were to push harder than before, you would probably not be able to push them over. </div>
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When you are standing straight up, your center of gravity, or middle of the 'weight', is more or less your stomach. When your feet are spread apart, your center of gravity is lower than it was before. When your center of gravity is lower, you are more stable because you are closer to the balancing point.</div>
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A tightrope walker on a thin wire is not able to spread his feet apart, but they CAN lower their center of gravity by holding a drooping pole with a little weight on either end.</div>
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Find a thin sidewalk to set up your own tightrope walk and grab a broom (with the end off) to test your skills!</div>
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Also, check out this balancing experiment for your project today:</div>
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<a href="http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/balancing-forks">http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/balancing-forks</a></div>
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<br /></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-35616727724965201642012-06-18T07:24:00.001-07:002012-06-21T06:21:17.014-07:00Monday Musings {Tech Current Event}<div style="text-align: center;">
Project Glass. All you ever needed from your computer on your glasses, made by Google (surprise!). </div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I finished the curtains this week! And tried to get the rest of the house in order. I'll wait until it's all done (and we get a curtain rod :) to show pictures. In the meantime, I thought I'd share the following list from our friends, the Wallaces. They have lived in DC for a couple years and have taken advantage of every opportunity imaginable here. Here's their complete list of sites they have visited in DC:</span></span></div>
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C & O Canal State Park<br />
Great Falls<br />
MLK Memorial<br />
WW I D.C. Memorial<br />
The Phillips Collection (Art Museum)<br />
Lady Bird Johnson Park<br />
Navy Merchant-Marine Memorial<br />
DEA Museum<br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">D.C. United (MLS)</span><br />
Albert Einstein Memorial<br />
George Mason Memorial<br />
African American Civil War Museum<br />
African American Civil War Memorial<br />
National Arboretum<br />
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Wizards Game (NBA)</span><br />
Nat'l Geographic Museum<br />
Ben's Chili Bowl<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">National Harbor</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Spy Museum</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Capitals NHL Game</span><br />
Six Flags DC<br />
Pentagon 9/11 Memorial<br />
Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian<br />
NFL RedSkins Game<br />
US Marine Corps Museum<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Air Force Memorial</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">US Marine Memorial (Iwo Jima)</span><br />
National Gallery of Art (East and West Building)<br />
Newseum<br />
US Postal Museum (Smithsonian)<br />
American Indian Museum (Smithsonian)<br />
Hirshhorn Museum (Smithsonian)<br />
National Portrait Gallery<br />
Crime & Punishment Museum<br />
Monticello<br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Smithsonian Natural History Museum</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Vietnam War Memorial</span><br />
Korean War Memorial<br />
Potomac River<br />
Rock Creek Park<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Jefferson Memorial</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Library of Congress</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">U.S. Botanical Gardens</span><br />
U.S. Capitol - House Floor<br />
Smithsonian Ripley International Gallery<br />
Smithsonian African Art Museum<br />
Smithsonian Freer Gallery<br />
Smithsonian Sackler Gallery<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Smithsonian Castle</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Mount Vernon</span><br />
Fredericksburg: Civil War Sites<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Georgetown</span><br />
Thomas Sweet Ice Cream Co.<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">White House</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Washington D.C. Temple</span><br />
George Washington Masonic Temple<br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Arlington National Cemetery</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Washington Nationals Game</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">National Zoo</span><br />
Freedom Plaza (WTU Protest)<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">National Cathedral</span><br />
Holocaust Museum<br />
Smithsonian American History Museum<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Lincoln Memorial</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">World War II Memorial</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Washington Monument</span><br />
Harman Center for the Arts<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">National Archives</span><br />
Navy Memorial<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Smithsonian Air & Space Museum</span><br />
Bureau of Engraving and Printing<br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Ford's Theatre</span><br />
Hard Rock Cafe<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">National Mall</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Union Station</span><br />
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Along with being incredibly impressive, this was incredibly motivating! I think it's easy to get in the mindset of 'we can tour whenever we want because we live here' and then spend Saturdays shopping or .. in our case most of the time... napping and watching Netflix. The colored ones above were places Matt and I have gone to - me only in pink, and both of us in purple. Our goal is to keep turning those places purple :) Thanks Wallaces for sharing!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-60046122158230965102012-06-12T08:09:00.002-07:002012-06-21T06:21:29.289-07:00Tuesday Teaching {Soap Fest}<div style="text-align: center;">
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I think the reason I appreciate recycling is because you have the chance to turn otherwise useless material into something useful! I like to think of it as 'resourcefulness', although I am well aware of other platforms that try to encourage recycling for differing reasons. No pushing here. I just personally find satisfaction in recycling. I'm excited to be even better now that we have a system going on in the apartment!<br />
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A couple of summers ago, my husband and I went to the Dominican Republic to teach science and technology to a group of excelling high school students. We were prepped on their academic levels and planned accordingly, but I was so impressed with how these students shined! They exceeded my expectations, were incredibly creative, and worked hard in their studies. There is a whole lot to say about the language barrier, the unsanitary conditions, the sicknesses, the adjustments, but none of that is very related to the topic - 'resourcefulness'. I came to appreciate this value while there with the children. We talked about utilizing their proximity to the coast to harness wind energy to provide a power source to the village or using the energy of the sun to cheaply and effectively help them in their everyday routine or how they could work to keep their water clean using resources they had there. We talked about attacking their problems from a different angle - turning otherwise unused material into something that was in a real way important in their lives. Resourcefulness! We talked about it, brainstormed, experimented, found some failure and found some success. I loved that experience - the teaching, atleast. The living was difficult, but the perspective I gained there has greatly impacted my life.<br />
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So I'll leave you with that. Resourcefulness - what does it mean to you?Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-3720953652296030002012-06-08T09:46:00.001-07:002012-06-08T09:52:10.689-07:00Anything Else Fridays {Curtains and Cookies}<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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Pillow for Baby Girl's Rocker</div>
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One plus from just getting off vacation is that I have serious energy to cook! I guess not cooking for two weeks makes me feel like spending extra time in the kitchen is a must. *Take note if we invite you to dinner - come over after a long break!* I wanted to use up the last of our frozen tilapia, but I have been pretty disappointed in tilapia recipes. They are either overly fishy or overly butter-ized. But this! This was delicious. The recipe was in a family cookbook, but I had an inkling she got it from allrecipes.com. Walaa! :<br />
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We halved the cayenne pepper and it was a good amount of heat (granted, we are big fans of spicy!) I flaked the fish in the pasta instead of plating the whole fillet. I think this helped lessen the fishiness. Also I used half and half instead of heavy cream, and I bet the real cream would have made it even more delicious! Both the husband and I could not get enough of it! <br />
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And I topped the meal off with some gooey goodness - chocolate chip cookies. A homemade dinner <i>and </i>homemade dessert!? This may push my husband to want to go on even more vacations. I'll oblige I guess :)<br />
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Matt wasn't thrilled about these because he likes a good crispiness to his chocolate chip cookie. You know when you almost throw a batch out because you obviously didn't put enough flour in the cookies and they turn out like flat disks? Matt's choice of cookie. If you do like a perfectly gooey cookie, this recipe is for you!<br />
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Enjoy the weekend!</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-21829956732049852072012-06-07T08:31:00.000-07:002012-06-07T08:33:41.995-07:00Thursday Teaching {Flight}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I actually want to get to two concepts today. The first involves pressure and how an airplane wing helps an airplane to fly. This can get a little complicated, so I'll just leave a simple explanation and experiment. If your kids aren't quite ready for that yet, skip on ahead to the Airplane Ailerons experiment. Enjoy!<br />
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We know how an airplane is able to fly thanks to our good friend Daniel Bernoulli, who discovered a fact known fittingly as the Bernoulli principle.<br />
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You can test the Bernoulli principle using a business card and a match. Adults, always be the one in charge of the matches. This experiment really is a 2-person deal, so I'll have to wait until the husband comes home to show you pictures. But, you don't have to wait - try it now! <br />
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There are a few different 'flaps' on an airplane wing that control how the airplane is going to move. An aileron is one such 'flap'. Ailerons on a wing control the rolling of the airplane. </div>
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Picture yourself in an airplane. The airplane turns left. Easy, right? Well, the airplane doesn't turn exactly like a car turns. First, you tilt a little to the left (or roll a little to the left) before you turn. Can you imagine that feeling of rolling a bit before turning? Ailerons control that rolling.</div>
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This last week has been quite the busy one, but nothing really in the realm of 'Anything Else Fridays'. Just lots of family and celebrations. Sorry folks - this Friday there will be something here, even if the post is pictures of unpacked suitcases. You can't wait, can you! :) <br />
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This week, I want to switch gears from the sea to the sky. And as Mondays aren't really lessons, but tech/science thoughts or videos or inventions, I'm sharing the following incredible experiment:<br />
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If 6 minutes isn't too long for your child, definitely watch - it is worth it! A father and son team decide to send a camera into space - using an iphone and weather balloon. After months of research and experimenting, they set a date and come out successful, catching amazing footage and retrieving the balloon. <br />
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Although this kind of project requires money and probably a background in science/engineering, a motivating part of this experience is that he was making memories with his kids. However big or small, take the time to do the same.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-62098457851504843522012-05-30T20:11:00.000-07:002012-06-04T10:36:19.863-07:00Thursday Teaching {Lava Cups}<div style="color: purple; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">What happens when you get into the bathtub? The water level rises a little. This is because you are taking up space where some of the water used to be. You're replacing the water. An object in water always pushes the water away and takes up that space. This is true for foil boats:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ok, so we know the water gets pushed aside by an object. Well if all objects replace water, why is it that some objects float and some sink? Well, the simplest answer for your kids is this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Think about the tinfoil. The green space of the boat is tinfoil and air, a much lighter combination than water. So the foil boat floats! But as we fill up the green space with more and more weight, the boat becomes heavier than the amount of water it replaced. So eventually, it will sink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Experiment with different shapes of boats. Have your child brainstorm different kinds of boats they've seen. In my example, I'll show you just two: a sailboat and a raft.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Materials: 'lake', weights (I'm using pennies, but wouldn't it be fun if you had Pirate LEGO men!), foil.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sailboat foil size (before making the boat): 9 inches x 5.5 inches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raft foil size (before making the boat): 4.5 inches x 5.5 inches</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Be creative with your design. Just make sure you don't have any tears in the foil and that the sides of the boat are at an even height.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">How many pennies do you think these boats can hold? Ask your kids and get them thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Let me know how you did! Send a picture and a count and I'll showcase our big winners.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raft with pennies - Notice how they're distributed evenly? We want this boat balanced!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cardboard Boats. <i>Life-size</i> cardboard boats. This was the highlight of the year for the engineering students. Felix Slade's example here:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://felixslade.blogspot.com/2010/09/imeche-cardboard-boat-race-2010.html">Cardboard Boat Race 2010</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">As always, let me know
in the comments if I need to tweak my explanation. Also, I have been
generous and loose with the terms here so your kids can make some sense
of it. So teach these basics, but if your kids come up with some objects
that disprove the theory or they start getting into something above
your head, that is <i>awesome!!! </i>There are lots of other principles
that affect displacement of an object, so write me a comment and I will
teach, teach, teach some more!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795496442924925599.post-16722716071153448272012-05-28T05:56:00.003-07:002012-05-30T20:25:06.214-07:00Monday Musings {In memory}I have a special place in my heart for Arlington National Cemetery. I will never forget the first time I walked the grounds and witnessed the ceremonial changing of the guard. A special feeling came over me. I came knowing these men and women gave their lives for my freedom, but at that moment I <i>felt</i> it. I drove through 624 acres of honored sacrifice, bringing to light the addage that 'freedom is not free', and felt a reverence.<br />
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A special ceremony occurs on Memorial Day here, including the laying of American flags at each tombstone. This sight never fails to bring tears to my eyes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.garbc.org/">Courtesy of garbc.com</a></td></tr>
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As we take this time to relax and enjoy the people around us, let's remember to have a spirit of gratitude. And we can involve our kids in lots of ways, most simply by teaching our children to be grateful. Another great thing to do with the kids is to write a card of thanks. Visit </div>
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My first Friday post! Fridays are going to show anything going on in my life that is not necessarily related to the geeky part of me (although you're the judge of my geekiness, I guess! :) Mostly this will include DIY projects around the house, but the Julia Child in me has been getting very brave lately so I'm sure there will be some of that too! Once in a while, an Ellen clip might get thrown in for hilarity's sake or a shout out to other bloggers. Who knows what you'll find on a Friday. </div>
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We recently moved into a <i>2 bedroom</i> apt. Round of applause! :) This is a big deal with a 5 month old! The little one has now moved on from the spacious wall of her parent's bedroom.</div>
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I've been so excited to decorate a full room for my baby. So this week has been DIY decorating, centered around the baby quilt my momma and I (well... momma quilted, and I picked the colors :) love that woman) made for the little one before she was born.</div>
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I say for your kiddos: It's '<a href="http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/cg.ht">the average location of the weight of the object'.</a><br />
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Take a ruler or a pencil. You can find the center of gravity of these objects by balancing them on your finger. I'm sure you did this in Mr. Wengel's English class trying to stay awake, but it's probably totally new to your kids!</div>
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Well, this is relatively easy because a ruler and a pencil more or less have a <i>uniform</i> shape all the way around. The bird we are about to do doesn't have a uniform shape, so we'll have to make some adjustments.</div>
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Finding the balance point of a paper bird is not impossible using a steady hand and a pen, but your kids will have more fun flying around the house with their bird on their finger. </div>
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For the older kids: Experiment with other animals or shapes. I've seen parrots and monkeys, so no holding back. Remember you're looking for even weight distribution. Ask if they can find a way to disguise the pennies on the outside - turn them into eggs, for example. See if you could get two birds to balance off each other. The possibilities are endless!<br />
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A few months ago, I traded in my few 'teacher improvement' books for (what could possibly be) hundreds of 'mommy training' <i>encyclopedias</i>. While that decision has truly been the joy of my life, I do miss the life of Mrs. V. Well.. not so much the unprecedented anxiety of managing 25 11-yr olds with power tools in woodshop. (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>shudder)</i></span> I miss the surprising, innovative, creative results from those efforts! I miss making lessons. And the knowledge that I was really providing something for those kids - that there is more to life than TV and Angry Birds - work hard - it's worth the time to search for your hidden talents - YOU can create.</div>
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With that, I bring you Mrs. V {at home}! I am excited to share with other mommies, daddies, caregivers, babysitters, (anybody!) fun and unique projects to do with your kids. As my degree is in Technology and Engineering Education, I feel I should warn you though - </div>
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There will be a little science... (keep reading!) ... a little craftiness ... (whew) .... engineering ... maybe woodworking ... computers ... design .... technology ... anything else that would fit into an elective teacher's handbook.</div>
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Thank you for stopping by!</div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607068897173920041noreply@blogger.com8