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
Posted in Environmental Science, Multimedia, Science, Technology, Travel and Trips, Video on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Learning with ipod touch!
Posted in Multimedia, Technology on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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!
Gas Under Pressure – Cornish Beam Engine
Posted in History, Science, Technology on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have been studying Particle Theory in Chemistry here at Dragontree and we have talked a lot about how molecules move and the energy that they have at different temperatures.
We often use water in our experiments because it is a familiar and easy-to-use substance which is great for demonstrating and experimenting in its solid, liquid [...]
Promethean Technology Company features our work on Promethean Planet Website!
Posted in Multimedia, Technology on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Blogging when mobile!
Posted in Multimedia, Technology on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First post from a mobile!
This could be fun!
Designing a Box – Puppy’s New Bed
Posted in Art and Design, Maths, Technology on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In geography this week we have been looking at scale on maps, so it was a nice opportunity for us to use scale drawing for ourselves when we tackled our latest technology design project on boxes.
The children were asked to design a box for a purpose, e.g to hold a toy, to present a cake, [...]
Field Trip to the Hoover Dam
Posted in History, Museums and Galleries, Photography, Science, Technology, Travel and Trips on June 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
During a recent trip to the States, we visited Hoover Dam (which lies on the border between the US states of Nevada and Arizona) and learned about the men who designed and built it, the power that it generates, the water that is controlled through it and a certain little dog who is buried there…
“M” [...]
Speed Lego!
Posted in Multimedia, Technology, Video, tagged animation, lego, stopmotion, time lapse on June 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rain kept us indoors today which gave us time to play with our new program ‘iStopMotion’ for the MAC. This neat piece of software can do timelapse and stop motion animations.
It is really professional for the money that we paid for it. (We tried some free ones and they were not very good)
We used both [...]
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