I've been meaning to write about this for a few weeks, ever since we arrived home from Rosario. Friends of our invited us on a 4 day get-away. Steve couldn't take the time off work, but seeing I've been bordering on the edges of burnout for the past few months, I decided to go and take advantage of the rest offered.
It was a restful, educational and peaceful experience. Our friends arranged for our cabins and each family took main meal to prepare food to feed our gang. As we arrived in the parking lot of the camp I was surprised to see a teenage boy I knew from Canada. Turns out his family - 5 homeschool boys, another family we know and their kids as well as another family they had brought along were there for a special marine biology class they had arranged. They promptly invited us to join. So our 8 kids along with theirs added up to 20 kids.
Andrew Rice , of www.AcademicsAndAdventures.org, is a great teacher. He had the kids attention in the classroom and he even had them dissect. He took them out to a point and helped them discover the marine life along the shore. It was a -3.8 tide that day, so it was perfect. Later her helped them understand the scientifc process of identification using a dichotomous key. He had the kids identifying all the various beautiful seaweeds using a a dichotomous key. He did an indepth comparison of land plants and sea weed. He had them dissect a clam and identify and draw their findings. He went into detail about the different tidal zones of a sea shore.
We enjoyed rain, wind, sun, warmth, cold, making rafts out of great logs, kayaking, reading, and walking... It was perfect.
Little Woman
Posted by littlewoman on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 02:14 - Link
Turns out his family - 5 homeschool boys, another family we know and their kids as well as another family they had brought along were there for a special marine biology class they had arranged. They promptly invited us to join. So our 8 kids along with theirs added up to 20 kids.
Later her helped them understand the scientifc process of identification using a dichotomous key. He had the kids identifying all the various beautiful seaweeds using a a dichotomous key. He did an indepth comparison of land plants and sea weed. He had them dissect a clam and identify and draw their findings. He went into detail about the different tidal zones of a sea shore. 
