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Nov 19
2 min

Cornhusk Creativity

Today I made a cornhusk doll and I named her Rose because her outfit was flower themed. We made cornhusk dolls because it’s how the earl...

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Luna

Nov 17
1 min

A Step Back in Time

Yesterday we visited Dallas Heritage Village. It sure was interesting how the style was back then. Below is an old farmstead. "Chick c...

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Luna

Nov 12
1 min

Animals of the Wild West

Yesterday we went to the Fort Worth Zoo to see animals that are native to Texas. The animals who are pictured below are native to the Te...

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Luna

Nov 11
1 min

Mini-Mission Life

We built a model of a Spanish mission to better understand what life there might have been like. Check out the video below where I expla...

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Luna

Nov 4
1 min

Politics and Power

I made a salt map of the U.S. in the 1700's (I ate a piece of the dough- it was super salty)! It looks like the French had the most pow...

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Luna

Nov 3
1 min

"Pop Goes the Pottery"

We tried to make pottery the way the Native Americans did. They used pottery for cooking, for storing things, and for carrying water and...

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Luna

Nov 2
1 min

Sprouted Seeds

The seeds have sprouted and are ready for more space to grow and climb! The peas were planted near their "jungle gym" since they like to ...

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Luna

Oct 30
2 min

Creepy Cool Creatures of Halloween

Mexican Free-Tailed Bats: Mexican free-tailed bats have fur that is reddish to dark brown, or grey in color. Their tails are different fr...

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Luna

Oct 28
1 min

From Seeds to Cells

We moved from seeds to cells. I learned that plant cells are packed together more tightly than animal cells because plants don't have bo...

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Jodi

Oct 27
1 min

"City Slicker" Farm

As our studies take us away from the Texas coast and its marine inhabitants and unique industries, we are turning our attention to the Ce...

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Luna

Oct 22
6 min

Moving North

Today's post is a transcript of a conversation between Luna and Jodi to reflect back on Luna's study of the Coastal Plains before taking ...

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Jodi

Oct 16
2 min

The Case for Space

Visiting the Johnson Space Center in Houston was such a fun learning opportunity for Luna and I. Unfortunately, NASA was closed to visit...

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Jodi

Oct 14
1 min

Book Preview

We are taking this week to do a bit of on-site learning by visiting the Space Center in Houston, more posts to come on our travels. But w...

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Luna

Oct 9
1 min

"Heavy Handed"

The Apollo flights of the 1960's had different parts. The first part is the take off. The astronaut's bodies are heavier than they norm...

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Jodi

Oct 8
1 min

Space Science

Today we began learning about space exploration. We are hoping to be able to visit the Johnson Space Center and NASA soon since they are...

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Luna

Oct 2
1 min

Habitable H2O

After our visits to Galveston and the creek where our rainwater is collected, we did an experiment to see just how habitable the water is...

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Jodi

Oct 1
1 min

Rainwater Drainwater

Luna and I have learned so much about how trash affects sea life, that we wondered where the trash that falls into the rainwater drains i...

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Cigarettes, Bottle Caps, and Six-Pack Rings Oh My!

Luna

Sep 18
1 min

Cigarettes, Bottle Caps, and Six-Pack Rings Oh My!

On our beach trip to Galveston I felt people had no respect for ocean life. I felt this because of all the trash and plastic we saw on t...

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Luna

Sep 16
1 min

A Slippery Subject

Oil in Texas In 1901 a large amount of oil was discovered in the Texas Coastal Plains changing Texas forever. Until then, Texans worked m...

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Luna

Sep 13
1 min

Sneak Peek at our Galveston Trip

We learned so many things on our trip to the Texas coast, too much to possibly share completely. So while there is definitely more to co...

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