ARRrrr! It be a Piratey Day on the quarter deck, so don't be caught asleep at the helm! Time to leave yer landlubbin-ways marooned. Pillage the galley and Splice the mainbrace!
Why be it a Piratey Day? because I am getting mentally ready to play PIRATE FLUXX!! This game is not yet at your local game stores, but as a Demo Rabbit I can teach you how to play before the game hits the shelves so you will be ready to play the very day it comes out!
And because it is fun to have a Piratey Day. So Learn to Talk like a Pirate and join the fun!
***************** SCHOOL UPDATE ************
Now for the latest on the homeschool front; as that is what some of you come here to read.
Today we learned about bones. More specifically, how a forensic anthropologist can approximate the height of a victim. This involved math. and more than just 1 step. here is the formula for the Fibula:
MALE FEMALE
(bone length X 2.44)+78.36) (bone length X 2.71)+65.26
Humerus:
Male Female
(bone length 2.99)+72.42 (bone length X 3.22)+61.32
That is in centimeters. To convert to inches- divide by 2.54.
To get feet, divide that by 12.
The first problem was just 1 bone, they found male &female height. Ki did not have to convert to inches.
The next problem had 2 bones found during a house construction. They were given the length of each bone (one a fibula, one a humerus). Then they were given information about 4 missing people. They had to find the height for both male and female for each bone, convert to inches, convert to feet, compare to the case files of the missing people to make a match.
Not once did Ki complain about doing math. For those of you that know anything about Ki & math, you know what a HUGE FEAT that is!!! HUGE I tell you!!
(if you want to do some on your own, the length of the humerus was 40cm. The Fibula was 35cm. These formulas are acurate within 4cm)
The missing people are:
Ryan Wegner 6'3"
Rob Graber 5'11"
Cheryl Harth 5'3"
Cindy Moll 5'10"
find the male & female height for both bones.
YESTERDAY was another math success!
The Lab yesterday was determining angle of impact for blood drops.
They had to measure the width and the length of the blood drops (in millimeters)
Then they had todivide width by length, then check a Trigonomic Ratio chart that gave the angle.
So a blood spatter drop that measures 16cm by 24 cm= 0.6667
check th chart and see that a 41 degree angle is .6561 and a 42 degree angle is 6691.
Our answer is closer to the 42 degree angle- that would be the answer.
They had 8 samples to figure. G&C were done when Ki was on #3. He got to #6 and I told him he could stop there,but he wanted to finish. He did a good job and didn't complain about the math.
Maybe forensic math is the key to Ki's math success.
(the book I have been using for these CSI lessons is: CSI Expert (lessons for kids grades 5-8)
PAST Forensic Posts for this month:
** Pics of making our own Fingerprint powder and using it: CLICK HERE
** Click to see our "real Crime Scene Processing" CLICK HERE
** Check Out Pictures from our Cake Mystery and Shoe Impression by clickingHERE (shoes, foam, & cake).
** Blood Forensics --> CLICK HERE
12 comments:
Hi Kimberly!
Thank you for coming by www.adayinmotherhood.com!
I had my 3 daughters in 3 years and they are 4, 3 and 1. I look forward to the sleeping years!
Now following you! ;)
Lori
Um - so -errr - how do I follow you???
Thanks so much for stopping by our blog! I'm returning the favor!! I think it could be really cool to hs teenagers (and difficult too I'm sure!!).
Hi Kimberly- Thanks for visiting Milk N' Honey. The sweet potato waffles do not taste like sweet potatoes at all. I voted for you too at Top Mommy Blogs!
Thank you for stopping by. I am following back. Have a great weekend!
You are so busy!
This weekend we have a whole pirate fest thing that happens (a really big deal in a nearby city) Further proof that pirates are fun!
Voted for you...good luck~!!
GFC following *heavensent1* from the Freakin' Friday Blog Hop...ifn you have a moment, please stop by Mad Moose Mama ~ http://www.madmoosemama.blogspot.com ~ and have yourself a look around~!! Have a groovy day...peaces...xoxo
I love the pirate talk! I love your blog. I am a child psychotherapist and mama to two with a parenting blog. Also enjoying the CA sunshine! Following from the blog hop...please stop by sometime!
Katie
Practical Parenting
www.practicalkatie.com
Hey Kimberly, thanks for stopping by. You can link up any post that is about A Day In Our Life. I just wanted to bring a little twist to it this week. I have been listening to those negatives and they really rob you of the wonder and joy of the day.
Thank you so much for your support. I love your posts, and never want you to not link up. I have learned so much from you. Everyday seems like a wonderful experience in your home. I wasn't kidding about wanting to move in with you all. =)
Have a great day! It's a new month for No Ordinary Blog Hop tomorrow, and I know you will be linking up there too.
New Follower from Follow me back Tuesday, hope you will check my blog and follow me too!
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Hey, I finally stopped by to answer those questions!
Auslan and American sign are very different, adding to the confusion there are several different conventions here such as 'Signed Language' as opposed to the Auslan which is more formalised, with a dictionary etc.
Australian laws on Home Education are mostly a little stricter, but not always... it depends what state in America you are in. For instance the difference between your laws and mine, in New South Wales, are that your four options still require an involvement either 'with' a school or becoming a private school.
We have choices similar to those but none insist that we have a tutor for our children. We have school of the air, distance education and some people register as using ACE or some other packaged curriculum so their registration is easy to pass however their ongoing recording of the work done and passing in assignments is demanding.
I register as a home educator, for 2 years at a time and I deliver the curriculum, that is available from the board of studies website, how I see fit for my children. We have a very relaxed and enjoyable visit from the home education inspector (who is very supportive of parents who home educate) and he goes over the work done over the past two years and then looks at the broad program I have devised for the following two years and that's it.
Australia is currently developing a National Curriculum so I suspect the process of registering for home education will eventually standardise across the whole country too. Also we don't have the legal threats towards our rights to home educate as you do at the moment. Our Education Act clearly states that parents have the right to choose a suitable educational environment for their children, which includes providing it themselves.
LOVE your blog btw! oxo
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