End of the School Year Fireworks

With the pandemic, our normal yearly state test that would have been in June, took place in November. Since we have to wait a few weeks to get results, which came at the end of December, we decided to hang onto a firework we picked up before New Years. This one was perfectly named "School's Out" and it was a perfect ending to a stressful and struggled year for us all. So, with the close of another homeschool year, we shot this sucker off with delight!

End of Year Classroom Redo/Organizing

Another year comes to an end in the classroom. It's always the time I use to go through things, get rid of old work, worksheets, clean the walls, and folders out, and rearrange for the new year. Here is a glimpse of what we're doing right now in the RVRS Homeschool Classroom.

Happy New Year! Here's to the end of tenth grade and onto eleventh grade!

Chemistry in the classroom (Cyanotype-Mel Science)

This month's chemistry experiments are "Painting with light" and Cyanotype. We used light and citric acid to create pictures and to write with.

This chemistry set came with the following:

1. Ammonium carbonate x2
2. Ammonium iron (III) sulfate x2
3. Citric acid x2
4. Potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) x2
5. Film negative
6. LED for blueprint x2
7. Absorbent x6
8. Battery holder
9. Crocodile clip wire x2
10. Double-ended spoon x4
11. Experiment card x2
12. Instructions
13. Paper sheet x7
14. Pin opener
15. Plexiglass
16. Protective gloves
17. Transparent bag with valve x2

Instructions

Painting with light: Learn to draw using a diode

Cyanotype: Create an image using light