Franklin and Science and Dinosaurs....OH MY!

Last year we tried to read a book for school called Dinosaurs of Eden. That went over like a lead balloon. The Franklin Institute named after and for Benjamin Franklin is in the city and not a far drive from my house. We had to go see the dinosaur exhibit.
We all learned a lot, yes there will be a little quiz tomorrow in school just to make sure we learned some basics of dinosaurs. It is incredibly difficult for little minds to fully wrap around millions of years. It's hard for me to as an adult.

The Triassic Period (250-208 Million Years Ago)
In this period of time all the continents formed one gigantic land mass called Pangaea and there was one gigantic ocean called Panthalassa.

The Jurassic Period (208-144 Million Years Ago)
During this time our big land mass separated in two forming Gondwana in the South and Laurasia in the North. It is believed to be rainy during this time, hot and humid. The perfect conditions for plants and greens to grow.

The Cretaceous Period (144-65 Million Years Ago)
It is believed during this period the continents we have now were formed. Not formed but became the shape they are now. (North and South America, etc).


It is believed that an asteroid made impact with the earth. More can read about this here
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/extinction/dinosaurs/asteroid.html

I as a Christian do not believe in evolution. I 100% believe in Creation. I do believe that God told Adam & Eve to replenish. Re..... I do strongly believe that dinosaurs are not a "myth".

Here are the dinosaurs that were a part of the exhibit. They basically follow the time periods above so I will put a "T" "J" or "C" beside their names.

Dilophosaurus "T"

Plateosaurus "T"

Lufengosaurus "T"

Bellusaurus "J"

Mamenchisaurus "J"

Brachiosaurus "J"

Amargasaurus "C"

Monotophosaurus "C"

Tuoliangosaurus "C"

Giganotosaurus "C"

Mapusaurus "C"

Some randoms:

1. Meat eaters not as large as vegetarians.

2. The meat eating dinosaurs outlived the vegetarians.

Kenya Safari

Back to blogging

Intention is there to restart our school blog and hopefully be able to help other moms with their journey as well.
Tomorrow we start Kenya, I will be sure to blog, post photos, and offer some information that may help one of you.

Europe- Norway

I am going to try to get back to blogging about our homeschool experiences.
Right now, we are tackling cursive, really pushing through math with a new program, Singapore and I am very pleased with her progress, and "visiting" some countries in Europe. We finished Norway two weeks ago and about to finish France. Next we are moving to Germany. I will post some recipes we tried from Norway and like:

Norwegian Potato Soup
4 med potatoes

1 onion

fresh parsley

salt to taste

pepper to taste

2 cups milk

2 tbsp butter



Cut potatoes and put in med pot with chopped onion. Put in enough water to cover the vegetables. Boil 20 mins or until potatoes are tender. Mash potatoes and onion in the water, do not drain. Add milk gradually with butter and parsley. Boil another 5 mins. Garnish with croutons and parsley.

We also tried Sweet Milk Pancakes. I will upload that one later.

Courtesy of The Weather Channel

At any given moment, there there about 1,800 thunderstorms happening around the world. Approximately 100 lightning bolts strike the earth every second.

Getting Ready For the First Day of School

You know it's time for school when you sit on your bed on your laptop requesting books from the library. School starts tomorrow for Higher Learning Academy. We are going to use this week (a short one as we are off of school on Friday) to review and get back in the swing.

Next week we dive into our new curriculum for this year. My Father's World Creation to the Greeks. Judging by the 20 or so books I requested from the library we are going to be studying Jewish Holidays and Light.

We have a couple books I am really looking forwIard to and it is a experiment book. I will definitely be blogging more about the book.

But, for this week, we are just getting our feet wet and used to having a schedule again. Dance doesn't kick in to next week and I certainly have been lax about gymnastics. I have until Monday.

Sharing a Blog

Wanted to share a friends blog that is excellent.
http://eclectic-homeschool.blogspot.com/2010/08/mommy-grades.html?showComment=1282241449626_AIe9_BFg8vw3xdWk-iRLXNzGvTIZmzm_KbN4vbp0o9sQiWj8HrGBa2U1BSjM03ILMwASZw4N4qK1GHmWnylvMZLdFCqiGYsHA8F9PFP3tJL3N1zAgS41SDOyGCafcgzPlwDsKi_z5PPxzwei1O9CrTEoj1D2nDAQb6YdXpMwiUEMNrjHZqlNYxfHJi8V5X7ZxKl9pUgtRMorySy4-cPPec7e-P31fJO58XOPuTEeVfd0XU-mc1L56b1ys6kATSN-cyL01nFUW3LPLTccPb14rqCeEc_GejCi3vMarOjCq0czGx2bXF0nVopPOMKyUDkcJGaSR-KxYn5mtwLnDi2jBW7oK8saIrcXrJMv170QFIf-2tTDYWua87JU61cV_4ha2UefijbU5lvXynhngd64rJSgAttZVWJmoGl6WYU15No7_Y02WMmqfpiGTRpfiRKJofHEUUASvGoY81VRX6FSVZGYdYujixgHp2bikIHO5OUO_WrC_-6DPK9HAUxOS4dyulZiMIi8ZGUn7REXg4huQQ2_1qUegXcIx4TSVaO_9O7M4vjoiaGkVx48L0EuzD0B5RPQOg0eAuWLfRPP346_pF4kMf6cZtrwB6pTeXcHq4UtEYxjrY41XjiHAsNzQ3m7m3A6ZdXGzAV2ytGrnH52pAUtF_e-PvSBBhjRglvWYlG9hL0EwOcrUws7wYX_uHSn_OzGzXxluK6hHlU5TXSU2iUCGU2F8VTZlevQEgBafVzIHWUZYbjULM5X5-HNceLyULv9gOtoSziW#c6058016722773809334