Besides homeschooling we have other avocations. Ten years ago we bought some lake front property in Willow, Alaska about 70 miles from Anchorage. It’s been a huge project. The goal was a cabin, a place to get away, to hang out with family and friends. We would build it ourselves. Whew, it’s been a huge […]

Did ya know it takes about 15 million ice cream sticks to make a viking ship? Rob McDonald, former Hollywood stuntman, has lead a project to do just that which has involved over 5,000 school kids. It’s taken a few years but this week the ship, christened Thor, was launched on IJsselmeer Lake in the […]

Did I mention that I am a science teacher by training? I love science. And I love those activities that demonstrate science versus textbooks with vocabulary words in bold.
Robert Krampf loves science too. He’s brilliant about using everyday materials to demonstrate scientific principles. And he has a very user friendly website that […]