Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Sep 5th, 2011 14 Comments »
I am glad to report that our move back into unschooling for Superboy was exactly the right move. He is once again enthusiastically pursuing projects of his own choosing, and impressing me daily with his capabilities. Anyone who has ever wondered what unschooling a teen looks like, here is one version. These are his subjects, [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science, Superboy's projects on Sep 23rd, 2010 11 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago Superboy’s project for Caveman Chemistry was to make mead. Since this is a long-term project, I thought I’d share a little bit of the process so far. Mead is an ancient wine made not from grape juice, but honey. The first step was to make what is called the “wort,” [...]
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science, Superboy's projects on Aug 26th, 2010 7 Comments »
Aren’t we all? Works in progress, I mean? I could probably title EVERY post “works in progress” and remain accurate!LOL! That being said, this year has started off more smoothly than perhaps any year before and we are really hitting a groove here. I am beginning to feel like all of the plans I stressed [...]
Posted in alaska, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., high school, nature study, Superboy's projects on Feb 17th, 2010 5 Comments »
Happy Ash Wednesday everyone! We have SO MANY good things lined up, we really can’t wait! Today on a whim we attended the local “World of Work” job and career fair here in Sitka and I am so glad we did! It was a really cool event for high school students to connect with folks [...]
Posted in food, high school, science, Superboy's projects on Sep 29th, 2009 20 Comments »
And I documented the entire process. Well, most of it anyhow. See, it’s algae week in marine biology and one of his assignments was to make something edible from seaweed ( He has the wackiest teacher ever, you know). So Superboy decided to learn to make sushi. It’s something he’s been wanting to do for [...]
Posted in Florida Keys, Superboy's projects on Mar 21st, 2009 15 Comments »
Superboy bought himself a cast net yesterday and spent some time today teaching himself how to throw it properly. The idea is to get the net to spread out in the air so it lands in a perfect circle as it hits the water. What seems simple and fairly straight-forward is actually a complex series [...]
Posted in science, Superboy's projects on Jan 14th, 2009 16 Comments »
So the fuel cell car project is on hold. The building of it went well, but… it turns out we do not have enough sunlight to power the thing. See, it uses a solar cell to power the fuel cell, which in turn powers the car. And not only do we have limited number of [...]
Posted in art, geography, Superboy's projects on Nov 25th, 2008 10 Comments »
We are currently working on several things here. I don’t have any final products to show you, but I just wanted to give you a glimpse of our days when we are deep in the thick of things—a middle-view, so to speak, rather than always showing the ends. This is the latest part of Superboy’s [...]
Posted in Superboy's projects on Nov 18th, 2008 19 Comments »
Want to take a look at what has been occupying half of my kitchen and nearly all of Superboy’s time lately? Ok. So here is the story: One morning he just picked up some cardboard and decided to build… at noon he was still at it… and by dinner time… long about midnight… and every [...]
Posted in alaska, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Sep 12th, 2008 17 Comments »
Ok, so here is the promised update on Superboy. Be sure to read to the end-there’s some exciting news there! Most of Superboy’s time is taken up on his choice of studies: the Natural History of Alaska. I think it is a brilliant way for him to incorporate his love of the outdoors with science, [...]
