Using Live Writer to Blog

Prior to this post, each article or post that we have added to our Dragontree blog has been created “live” on the internet. This has often resulted in us typing up location reports of outdoor learning opportunities such as museum visits or field work on our return to “base” (whether that be home base, the [...]

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Hydroelectric power in the Alps

This was the our first year camping in the Alps that we had electricity…. Imagine a fan heater in your tent when it is freezing outside!  Why it took us 20 years to discover this luxury I do not know!
M had a good look round on a 9 hour walk around the valley and found [...]

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Glacial Erosion in the Lauterbrunnen Valley

Our holidays often turn into extended fieldtrips as we explore in real life the topics and themes we study at our homeschool.  We are looking at Geology and Landscapes next term, so M made a video describing some of the key features of the fantastic, glacial landscape where we were camping.
Some of the key things [...]

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Moon Watching

“M” and “A” report:
In our topic on space, we are learning about the moon and its phases.
We had noticed that the moon can sometimes be seen in the sky during the day and we wanted to find out why this is.
We already knew that the moon takes twenty eight days to orbit the earth. We [...]

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Learning About Waste Water

As part of our topic on water management we explored the local water treatment works.
Photos and article by M
First the waste water travels down the main pipe line and then enters the waste water treatment works.
Then it enters the screening process where the large objects are separated from the waste water.

After that, the waste [...]

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Learning with ipod touch!

We now have a iPod touch which works with our wireless network. This means we can download apps from the Apple App store and access the Internet anywhere near our house!
M just edited his last article about waste water management on an iPod touch using a free WordPress App!
Amazing!

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Calling all parents!!!!(Especially Mums!)

Oh my goodness me! Check this out!

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Using our DS Lites for Learning

Since returning to our studies after the Christmas break, we have been experimenting with the use of Nintendo DS Lites in our learning activities. We spend 20 minutes at the beginning of the morning session and 20 minutes at the beginning of the afternoon with our DS machines. I work on More Brain Training (yes, [...]

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Promethean Technology Company features our work on Promethean Planet Website!

The people at Promethean asked us to help with a feature about our use of their technology in our home educating and in particular how A had enjoyed being motivated by some of the free resources they provide.
You can read it here
We are very lucky to use a Promethean Activboard in our “classroom” which dad [...]

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