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For those who like to do their own research and reading:</p><p>George MacDonald’s son, Greville, published a biography of his father, which is the basis for my biography, along with letters and other accounts that have become available since that time. Thanks to the further research and work of Michael R. Phillips and other scholars, you can read a thoughtful analysis of his writing and life.</p><p>To learn more:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>George MacDonald by C.S. Lewis. This book is a collection of excerpts from MacDonald’s writing and is devotional in nature.</p><p>George MacDonald and His Wife by Greville MacDonald with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton</p><p>George MacDonald: Scotland’s Beloved Storyteller by Michael R. Phillips</p><p>From a Northern Window: A Personal Reminiscence of George MacDonald by his Son by Ronald MacDonald.</p><p>Far Above Rubies: The Life of Louisa MacDonald by Jolyn Canty </p></blockquote><p>Children’s Stories and Short Stories by George MacDonald</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>The Princess and the Goblin</p><p>The Princess and Curdie</p><p>At the Back of the North Wind</p><p>The Wise Woman</p><p>The Light Princess</p><p>Uncle Peter (A Christmas Story)</p><p>The Golden Key</p></blockquote><p>MacDonald’s fiction that young adults might enjoy:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Adela Cathcart: This novel contains many of his short stories and translated poetry within the larger story.</p><p>Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood and sequels: The Seaboard Parish and The Vicar’s Daughter</p><p>Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood</p><p>Gutta Percha Willie</p><p>St. George and St. Michael</p><p>Mary Marston</p><p>Guild Court</p></blockquote><p>MacDonald’s Books: The originals are still available as well as editions that were edited by Michael Phillips for modern readers. The edited titles are in parentheses.</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Malcolm (The Fisherman’s Lady)</p><p>The Marquis of Lossie (The Marquis’ Secret)</p><p>Sir Gibbie (The Baronet’s Song)</p><p>Donal Grant (The Shepherd’s Castle)</p><p>David Elginbrod (The Tutor’s First Love)</p><p>Robert Falconer (The Musician’s Quest)</p><p>Alec Forbes of Howglen (The Maiden’s Bequest)</p><p>Thomas Wingfold, Curate (The Curate’s Awakening)</p><p>Paul Faber, Surgeon (The Lady’s Confession)</p><p>What’s Mine’s Mine (The Highlander’s Last Song)</p><p>There and Back (The Baron’s Apprenticeship)</p><p>Weighed and Wanting (The Gentlewoman’s Choice)</p><p>Warlock O’Glenwarlock (The Laird’s Inheritance)—Note that “Warlock” is just a family name.</p></blockquote><p>Non-fiction for those who love literature:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>England’s Antiphon</p><p>Essays: “The Imagination: Its Functions and Its Culture” (1867) and “The Fantastic Imagination” (1893) found in A Dish of Orts</p></blockquote><p>For those who would like to understand how a scholar works with primary documents, see Dr. Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson’s work: www.kirstinjeffreyjohnson.com/</p><p>George MacDonald books can be found at…</p><blockquote style="border: none; 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Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-55115005387777208672016-09-29T15:43:00.001-07:002016-09-29T15:43:27.024-07:00The First Clue to the Revere Factor!Some of my readers have asked about the clue found in the attic of Longfellow House. It is based on an artifact found on the attic floor in the original Longfellow House.<br />
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<br />Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-88172757052961705372016-08-12T13:32:00.000-07:002016-08-13T14:51:17.343-07:00The Camp Hawthorne series is released!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My new Camp Hawthorne series is released this month, and I thought some of my readers might enjoy pictures of the actual houses replicated for Camp Hawthorne:<br />
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Twain House </div>
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Longfellow House<br />
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Hawthorne House<br />
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Whittier House<br />
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Alcott House<br />
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(This house was called Hillside in 1845 and was the home of Louisa May Alcott's family and later Nathaniel Hawthorne's family.)Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-32677059215341957662015-11-14T12:47:00.001-08:002018-05-15T10:34:48.689-07:00Some Open Education Resources for Homeschoolers<div class="MsoNormal">
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Duolingo: <a href="https://www.duolingo.com/">https://www.duolingo.com/</a> (Learn a language
for free.)</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">CodeAcademy:
<a href="https://www.codecademy.com/">https://www.codecademy.com/</a> (Learn to
code interactively for free)</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Khan Academy:
<a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/">https://www.khanacademy.org</a> (for
math and SAT prep)</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Homeschool Tools: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/homeschoolingtoolbox/">https://sites.google.com/site/homeschoolingtoolbox/</a>
(Resources: free worksheets, charts, flash cards, notebook materials, booklists
& tips on getting started)</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ambleside
Online: <a href="https://www.amblesideonline.org/">https://www.amblesideonline.org</a>/
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(a free homeschool curriculum that uses
Charlotte Mason's classically-based principles)</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hillsdale
free video courses: <a href="https://online.hillsdale.edu/">https://online.hillsdale.edu/</a>
(Constitution 101, C.S. Lewis, Great Books and much more!)</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shakespeare
Tools: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/shakespearetools/">https://sites.google.com/site/shakespearetools/</a>
(Everything you need to put on a Shakespeare play with young people)</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Donna Young:
<a href="http://l.facebook.com/l/kAQFSBAkI/Donnayoung.org" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Donnayoung.org</span></a> (free and subscription option
available)</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="object"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">IXL: <a href="https://www.ixl.com/">https://www.ixl.com/</a> (</span></span><span style="color: #010101; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">limited number of free
practice problems daily and a paid subscription as well.)</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kuta
Software: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l/RAQESNseX/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kutasoftware.com%2F" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">https://www.kutasoftware.com/</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (offers free worksheets with answers for mathematics)</span></span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All in one Homeschool: </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l/WAQF8VkLI/www.allinonehomeschool.com" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">www.allinonehomeschool.com</span></a>
(</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A complete online, free Christian homeschool curriculum)</span></span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Degreed: </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l/AAQFQJ3ND/blog.degreed.com/42-sources-for-free-online-courses/?utm_content=20339432&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">http://blog.degreed.com/42-sources-for-free-online-courses/?utm_content=20339432&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter</span></a>
(Free tracking of learning—this blog has 42 Sources for free online courses)</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Instructables:
</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR;"><a href="http://www.instructables.com/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">http://www.instructables.com/</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(Great repository of inventive project ideas with
step-by-step instructions for how to make it yourself. Good for hands on stuff.)</span></span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Stack
Exchange Mathematics: <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/search?q=mathematics">http://meta.stackexchange.com/search?q=mathematics</a>
(a general purpose place for posting educated questions and getting educated
answers by intelligent people.)</span></span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">CrashCourse:
<span class="object"><a href="http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/crash-course/">http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/crash-course/</a>
(a variety of courses in short segments—math, science, history etc. Note: some
viewpoints may not match the views of homeschool families)</span></span></span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Stack
Overflow: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/">http://stackoverflow.com/</a> (answers
to computer science questions)</span></span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">OpenStax: <a href="https://openstaxcollege.org/">https://openstaxcollege.org</a>/ and http://openstax.org/
(a collection of free textbooks written by high quality authors—newest initiative
is K-12 education)</span></span></span></li>
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One of the great pleasures of life with children is reading books aloud. Over the years there are certain books that we read again and again. If we could only have 150 books on our shelves these are the books we would choose: <br />
<ul>
<li>Aiken, Joan: <i>The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Blackhearts in
Battersea, Nightbirds on Nantucket, The Whispering Mountain, The Cuckoo Tree,
Midnight is a Place</i></li>
<li>Alexander, Lloyd: <i>The Prydain Chronicles, Gypsy Rizka</i></li>
<li>Barrie, James: <i>Peter Pan</i></li>
<li>Beatty, Patricia: <i>The Nickel Plated Beauty, Something to
Shout About, O the Red Rose Tree, By Crumbs, It’s Mine, Bonanza Girl, Hail
Columbia, Eight Mules from Monterey, A Long Way to Whisky Creek, How Many Miles
to Sundown, Master Rosalind</i></li>
<li>Burnett, Frances Hodgeson: <i>A Little Princess, The Secret
Garden, The Lost Prince</i></li>
<li>Carlson, Natlie Savage: <i>The Happy Orphelines series</i></li>
<li>Colum, Padraic: <i>The Children’s Homer</i></li>
<li>Cooper, Susan: <i>Over Sea, Under Stone and rest of the Dark is
Rising series</i> </li>
<li>Dahl, Roald: <i>James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The Fantastic Mr. Fox</i></li>
<li>De Angeli, Marguerite: <i>The Door in the Wall</i></li>
<li>Dickens, Charles: <i>Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol</i></li>
<li>Doyle, Arthur Conan: <i>The Complete Sherlock Holmes</i></li>
<li>Eager, Edward: <i>Half Magic, Knight’s Castle, Time Garden,
Seven Day Magic, Magic by the Lake, Magic or Not, The Well Wishers</i></li>
<li>Eliot, T.S.: <i>Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats</i></li>
<li>Estes, Eleanor: <i>The One Hundred Dresses</i></li>
<li>Fleishman, Sid: <i>By the Great Horn Spoon, The Whipping Boy</i></li>
<li>Foster, Genevieve: <i>George Washington’s World, Abraham
Lincoln’s World, The World of Christopher Columbus and Sons, Augustus Caesar’s
World</i></li>
<li>French, Allen: <i>The Lost Baron</i></li>
<li>Gilbreth, Frank B. and Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth :<i>Cheaper by
the Dozen, Belles on their Toes</i></li>
<li>Henry, Marguerite: <i>The White Stallion of Lipizza</i></li>
<li>Jaques, Brian: <i>Redwall series</i></li>
<li>Kendall, Carol: <i>The Gammage Cup, The Whisper of Glocken</i></li>
<li>Konigsburg, E.L.: <i>From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler</i></li>
<li>Lawson, Robert: <i>Ben and Me</i></li>
<li>Lenski, Lois: <i>Strawberry Girl</i></li>
<li>Lewis, C.S.: <i>The Narnia Chronicles</i></li>
<li>MacDonald, Betty: <i>Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books</i></li>
<li>MacDonald, George: <i>The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess
and Curdie</i></li>
<li>Marshall, H.E.: <i>Our Island Story</i></li>
<li>McSwigan, Marie: <i>Snow Treasure</i></li>
<li>Milne, A.A.: <i>Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner,
Once Upon a Time</i></li>
<li>Montgomery, L.M.: <i>Anne of Green Gables </i></li>
<li>Moody, D.L: <i>Little Britches series</i></li>
<li> Mowat, Farley: <i>Owls
in the Family, The Dog who Wouldn’t Be</i></li>
<li>Nesbit, E.: <i>The Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the
Carpet, The Story of the Amulet, The Magic City, The Enchanted Castle</i></li>
<li>Norton, Mary: <i>The Borrowers books</i></li>
<li>Parish, Peggy: <i>Pirate Island Adventure</i></li>
<li>Robinson, Barbara: <i>The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Best
School Year Ever</i></li>
<li>Rodgers, Mary: <i>Freaky Friday</i></li>
<li>Sharp, Margary: <i>Miss Bianca series</i></li>
<li>Snedeker, Caroline Dale: <i>Theras and His Town</i></li>
<li>Speare, Elizabeth George: <i>The Bronze Bow</i></li>
<li>Stevenson, Robert Louis: <i>Treasure Island</i></li>
<li>Streatfeild, Noel: <i>Theater Shoes, Dancing Shoes, Ballet
Shoes, Traveling Shoes, Tennis Shoes, Skating Shoes, Thursday’s Child, Gemma
series</i></li>
<li>Tolkein, J.R.R.:<i>The Hobbit and the Lord of the Ring Trilogy</i></li>
<li>Travers, P.L.: <i>Mary Poppins and sequels</i></li>
<li>Twain, Mark: <i>The Prince and the Pauper, Tom Sawyer, Tom
Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer, Detective, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s
Court</i></li>
<li>Washington, Booker T.: <i>Up from Slavery</i></li>
<li>White, E.B.: <i>Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web</i></li>
<li>White, T.H.: <i>Mistress Masham’s Repose</i></li>
<li>Wilder, Laura Ingalls:<i> Little House series</i></li>
<li>Williams, Ursula Moray: <i>The Three Toymakers</i></li>
<li>Winterfeld, Henry: <i>Detectives in Togas </i>and <i>Mystery of the
Roman Ransom </i></li>
</ul>
<br />Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-84839715496551484592012-01-21T07:48:00.000-08:002012-01-21T07:48:00.577-08:00Our Family's History PoemAt our house we have a history poem that all our children have learned during elementary school. Some of them have fond memories of this experience. Others like to commiserate with each other on the crazy things their mother made them do. All of them agree, however, that it gave them pegs to hang history facts on as they went on to further studies in history and literature. So, here in all its glory is our family's history poem:<br /><br />History Poem<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><blockquote>About 3000 BC the Egyptians did</blockquote> <blockquote>slave away on pyramids.</blockquote> <blockquote>Two thousand years before Christ's birth, </blockquote> <blockquote>Abraham walked the earth.</blockquote> <blockquote>In 1400 BC, </blockquote> <blockquote>Moses led God's people across the Red Sea.</blockquote> <blockquote>In 1000 BC or thereabout, </blockquote> <blockquote>David drove the Philistines out.</blockquote> <blockquote>But in 586 BC, </blockquote> <blockquote>the Israelites went into Babylonian captivity.</blockquote> <blockquote>In BC 334 (<i>three hundred and thirty four)</i></blockquote><i> </i><blockquote>Alexander the Great fought a Greek war.</blockquote> <blockquote>Though some dates remain a mystery, </blockquote> <blockquote>at Jesus' birth we divide history.</blockquote> <blockquote>In AD 476 (<i>four hundred and seventy six)</i></blockquote><i> </i><blockquote>old Rome fell and could not be fixed.</blockquote> <blockquote>In AD 622 in the Arabic region,</blockquote> <blockquote>Mohammed began the Islamic religion.</blockquote> <blockquote>AD 800, on Christmas day</blockquote> <blockquote>Charlemagne was crowned emperor they say.</blockquote> <blockquote>In 1066 with lots of boats,</blockquote> <blockquote>William the Conqueror invaded the English coast.</blockquote> <blockquote>In 1215 (<i>twelve hundred and fifteen)</i>,</blockquote> <blockquote>the Magna Carta gave rights to men.</blockquote> <blockquote>In 1492 (<i>fourteen hundred and ninety-two)</i>,</blockquote> <blockquote>Columbus sailed the ocean blue.</blockquote> <blockquote>In 1517 (<i>fifteen hundred and seventeen)</i>,</blockquote> <blockquote>Martin Luther said, "Grace is the means."</blockquote> <blockquote>In 1535 (<i>fifteen hundred and thirty-five)</i>,</blockquote> <blockquote>John Calvin brought the Bible alive.</blockquote> <blockquote>In 1620 (<i>sixteen hundred and twenty)</i>,</blockquote> <blockquote>the pilgrims landed in a land that was wintry.</blockquote> <blockquote>On July fourth, 1776,</blockquote> <blockquote>Americans declared their independence.</blockquote> <blockquote>In 1861, </blockquote> <blockquote>the Civil War was begun.</blockquote></span>Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-36594150938801178792012-01-14T06:37:00.000-08:002012-01-14T06:37:00.567-08:00William Tyndale's story is coming soon!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWFEPOc6ddMiTaN3xob92eqR7rImA9uhm1H15yCU5hbkLnYOMZ0bHss2LXYU1xe5oSVZxvm8uai23n2F_44IC2Wv7JXwggoe72hvX8Ca_hrXL2eKwA_rLBQzItFLQskyfV516mjucbJSn/s1600/tyndale+cover.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 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mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>“There are certain facts in history which the world tried hard to forget and ignore. These facts get in the way of some of the world’s favorite theories, and are highly inconvenient.... It is fashionable in some quarters to deny that there is any such thing as certainty about religious truth, or any opinions for which it is worth while to be burned.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Yet, 300 years ago, there were men who were certain they had found out truth, and were content to die for their opinions.” ~ J.C. Ryle, 1890</span></p>Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-73524359486675067142012-01-07T06:13:00.000-08:002012-01-07T06:13:00.369-08:00Another Experiment from Archimedes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT496nViU5uGr9iNxTDgzm6vDpZaGa2AlRlcNVbxNPkriDTXg1SZFaDOc4MR6mZu2B0Jafwr91PTquYFbTDrQPaQ7OWuflOAWXRy435ROK8jDU4eBsaht2nP10BWC7aYZOEZ0QlTghhBu-/s1600/Archimedes_naples_statue.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT496nViU5uGr9iNxTDgzm6vDpZaGa2AlRlcNVbxNPkriDTXg1SZFaDOc4MR6mZu2B0Jafwr91PTquYFbTDrQPaQ7OWuflOAWXRy435ROK8jDU4eBsaht2nP10BWC7aYZOEZ0QlTghhBu-/s320/Archimedes_naples_statue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687105801373473314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />"Archimedes Principle" explains buoyancy, which is the subject of this second experiment. The student will find that different liquids have different buoyancy. See the last post for an experiment that lays the ground work for this one.</span><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Name of the Experiment: The Buoyancy Experiment</p> <p>Performed by:________________________________________</p> <p>Date:_________________________________________</p> <p>The Problem: Objects seem lighter in liquids. Some objects even float. This apparent loss of weight is called buoyancy. How does the buoyancy of different liquids compare?</p> <p>The Hypothesis:</p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p>The Experiment: You will need: two large bowls, a glass custard cup or small bowl, pennies, salt, and 1 gallon of water. Fill one large bowl with about 2 quarts of water. Float the glass custard cup in the large bowl and add pennies until the cup sinks. The pennies must be added one at a time in such a way that the cup does not tilt to one side. Record the number of pennies on the chart below. Next, remove the cup and dry the cup and pennies. In the second large bowl, add 1 cup of salt to about 2 quarts of water. Stir until dissolved. Float the cup and add pennies until the cup sinks. Record the number of pennies for the salt water. Repeat the experiment two more times to check your results.</p> <p>Observations:</p> <p>--------------------------------------------Trial A------Trial B-----Trial C</p> <p>Number of Pennies to Sink in the Water: ________ ________ ________ </p> <p>Number of Pennies to Sink in Salt Water: ________ ________ ________</p> <p> </p> <p>Interpretation:</p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p>Conclusion:</p> <p><br /></p>Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-72034048327079444892011-12-30T06:19:00.000-08:002011-12-30T06:19:00.867-08:00An Experiment from Archimedes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rwqamLb6Pog2GbYUSJsZDcl6FLEMmOyOf-ZziWeAW5Ra7qaEKWHOsooZm0hHbyEBDOrb9EXhxKNBsZbcfX_3SSN9Xu26gFxrGlMGUm7TUBJBIHzD-MlcQo-DZuokt3asl8hmZ091rD5N/s1600/Domenico-Fetti_Archimedes_1620.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rwqamLb6Pog2GbYUSJsZDcl6FLEMmOyOf-ZziWeAW5Ra7qaEKWHOsooZm0hHbyEBDOrb9EXhxKNBsZbcfX_3SSN9Xu26gFxrGlMGUm7TUBJBIHzD-MlcQo-DZuokt3asl8hmZ091rD5N/s320/Domenico-Fetti_Archimedes_1620.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687102152935546162" border="0" /></a>One of the famous stories of Archimedes is the basis for this experiment. Archimedes was a Greek scientist and mathematician. He worked for the king of Syracuse in Sicily. The king suspected that a goldsmith had cheated him by mixing silver with the gold for his new crown. He asked Archimedes to test the crown. Archimedes decided to compare the <i>volume</i> of the crown to a piece of pure gold that was the same weight as the crown. He knew that gold is heavier than silver, so if the goldsmith cheated, the identical weights would not have the same <i>volume</i>. The problem was how could he determine the <i>volume</i> of gold in the crown? One day he filled his tub with water to take a bath. When he entered the tub, water spilled over the sides. Archimedes realized that the water that spilled over was the same volume as his body! He was so excited that he jumped out of the bath and ran through the streets yelling "Eureka!" which means "I found it!" He measured the volume of the crown and an equal weight of pure gold and found that the goldsmith had cheated. His research led to more experiments, which in turn led to "Archimedes Principle." You can find the full story of Archimedes in your encyclopedia or through research at your library. This is an excellent research opportunity for students!<br /><br />Here's the experiment:<br /><blockquote> The goal of using the lab sheets is to introduce the student to the scientific method. Do not be discouraged if the hypothesis or even the interpretation is incorrect. The hypothesis should simply be an educated guess, and it is fun to see how one's guess was incorrect.<br /><br />If the interpretation is incorrect, this is a good opportunity to explain how even the best scientists have some error in their methods which can lead to incorrect interpretations. For example, the interpretation from this experiment should be that the amount of water displaced weighs the same amount as the object that floats. If the cup was not filled with water, or if the displaced water was not poured carefully into the cup to be measured, there will be error. The <i>conclusion</i> should be his famous principle:<br /><br />"When a body is placed in a liquid, the weight it appears to lose is equal to the weight of the liquid it displaces."<br /><blockquote><br /><p>Name of the Experiment: Archimedes' Experiment</p> <p>Performed by:________________________________________</p> <p>Date:_________________________________________</p> <p>The Problem: How does the weight of an object compare to the weight of the water it displaces when it floats?</p> <p>The Hypothesis:</p> <p> </p> <p>The Experiment: You will need a postage scale (or other scale that measures ounces), a cake pan, a plastic bowl, a plastic cup, aluminum foil, 25 pennies, and water. Set a plastic bowl full of water in the cake pan. Dribble extra water into the bowl until it is so full that the water heaps up. Mop up any water that spilled into the cake pan. Make a "wide-bottom boat" with high sides from aluminum. Carefully float the boat in the bowl and add about 20 pennies. If the boat sinks, begin again and add only the number of pennies that will allow the boat to remain floating. Remove the boat from the bowl, then remove the bowl from the cake pan without spilling any water. Pour the water from the cake pan into the plastic cup, and record the weight of the cup and water on the chart below. Empty the cup, dry it, and weigh it again with the boat and pennies inside. Record this weight on the chart below. Repeat the experiment several times until you get consistent results. (Three spaces are given for repeating the experiment.) You may change the number of pennies as well.</p> <p>Observations:</p>Weight of the Cup that is filled with Water: ________ ________ ________ <p>Weight of the Cup, Pennies, and the Boat: ________ ________ ________</p> <p>Interpretation:</p> <p> </p> <p>Conclusion: </p> <br /></blockquote><br /></blockquote>Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-63647316408439746632011-12-23T03:30:00.000-08:002011-12-23T03:30:01.961-08:00A Word from Calvin on Hymns<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkV2A4I5r-O-JwAXVsqScmTRARe9F-RB0CwEKJjXO58Wa7V4zDsyo989X1ujuhyphenhyphenNRWm3F5kOxDMoTf41RiUy3rGvVA5ekQY-_vw1BtpG_kU1WwULvu78chl3o9J_8TI39mIPhfGMdUBd8/s1600/calvin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkV2A4I5r-O-JwAXVsqScmTRARe9F-RB0CwEKJjXO58Wa7V4zDsyo989X1ujuhyphenhyphenNRWm3F5kOxDMoTf41RiUy3rGvVA5ekQY-_vw1BtpG_kU1WwULvu78chl3o9J_8TI39mIPhfGMdUBd8/s320/calvin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677781300532869426" border="0" /></a>SINGING WITH UNDERSTANDING REQUIRED <br /><br />As for the rest, it is necessary to remember that which St. Paul hath said, the spiritual songs cannot be well sung save from the heart. But the heart requires the intelligence. And in that (says St. Augustine) lies the difference between the singing of men and that of the birds. For a linnet, a nightingale, a parrot may sing well; but it will be without understanding. But the unique gift of man is to sing knowing that which he sings. After the intelligence must follow the heart and the affection, a thing which is unable to be except if we have the hymn imprinted on our memory, in order never to cease from singing.<br /><br />From John Calvin's Preface to the Psalter, 1543Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-65397007459263229982011-12-16T02:51:00.000-08:002011-12-17T10:16:55.528-08:00Durer and the Bible<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPiEZ6kE5PPHxvF5d1iAaYFgxh1YmaeuebF3nNySLDE8FHYRBoIQcivFz3EQ7dWGhu2c1W4d7qHWN-1A-HuBWjtRhPWJNbyJmA3vn1M1bNthuogtX7_OZ1SguXyHcfbkaP2jWt03g6Ahd/s1600/durer+christ%2527s+birth.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPiEZ6kE5PPHxvF5d1iAaYFgxh1YmaeuebF3nNySLDE8FHYRBoIQcivFz3EQ7dWGhu2c1W4d7qHWN-1A-HuBWjtRhPWJNbyJmA3vn1M1bNthuogtX7_OZ1SguXyHcfbkaP2jWt03g6Ahd/s320/durer+christ%2527s+birth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677774935276380610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><i><span style="Times New Roman","serif"font-family:";" >“For he has repented of and made atonement for the sins of the whole world, and has obtained of the Father Everlasting Life.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Therefore Christ Jesus is the Son of God, the highest power, who can do all things, and He is the Eternal Life.”</span></i> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>~Albrecht Durer</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:12.0pt;mso-hyphenate:none; tab-stops:0in"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=" ;font-family:times new roman;font-size:14pt;" >Albrecht Durer helped to bring the Bible to a wide audience through his brilliant illustrations of the book of Revelation and other themes. His woodcuts were meant to be affordable for ordinary people.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span>Durer wanted to show the supremacy of the Bible while using his art to preach sermons to those who could not read. For an interesting foray into art, search "images" on the internet for artwork by Durer. </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"font-family:";" ></span></b></span><span style="Times New Roman","serif"font-family:";font-size:14.0pt;" ></span></p>Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-69295900858692157162011-12-09T02:47:00.000-08:002011-12-21T06:28:04.680-08:00Blaise Pascal and the Torricelli ExperimentThis experiment is based on actual experiments performed by Blaise Pascal, one of the foremost scientists and Christian apologists of the 1600's. Pascal once wrote: "According to the doctrine of chance, you ought to put yourself to the trouble of searching for the truth; for if you die without worshipping the True Cause, you are lost." He also wrote: "Not only do we know God by Jesus Christ alone, but we know ourselves only by Jesus Christ."<br /> You can copy the lab sheet below into a word processing program and use for your own experiment.<br /><br /><h3 align="CENTER">The Torricelli Experiment:</h3> <p> </p> <p>Performed by:_____________________________</p> <p>Date:________________</p> <p>The Problem: What happens to the water in a water-filled tube that is turned upside-down and submerged in water?</p> <p>The Hypothesis:</p> <p><br /></p> <p>The Experiment: You will need a test tube or a medicine spoon that is shaped like a test tube, and a glass. Completely fill the test tube or medicine spoon with water. Fill the glass half full of water. Put your finger over the top of the test tube and quickly turn it upside down and submerge it in the water in the glass. Remove your finger. Does the column of water in the test tube run out? Now lift the test tube up above the water in the glass. Does the water run out now? Try the experiment several times until you get consistent results. Record your results under "Observations" below. You may not be sure what to write as the "conclusion", but you can find more information in the encyclopedia under "Torricelli" or read<i> A Piece of the Mountain: the Story of Blaise Pascal</i> to learn about the experiment that he performed. Can you guess why the Torricelli tube acted as it did? </p> <p> </p> <p>Observations:</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Interpretation:</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Conclusion:</p>Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-12475156572359487682011-12-02T02:39:00.000-08:002011-12-21T06:29:43.069-08:00An Experiment to Use with "The Ocean of Truth: The Story of Isaac Newton"<div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote>What is light? This question has interested scientists for hundreds of years. Isaac Newton discovered that light is made up of a spectrum of colored light. He used a prism in his research, but you can use a pan of water to "refract" or bend light. The lab sheet is provided so that you can record what you discover!</blockquote> <blockquote>There is a story about Isaac Newton that he chanced upon a prism at a book fair during his college years. Despite his thrifty nature, he purchased the curiosity and proceeded to invent dozens of experiments with the light and prism. When he observed how the prism cast a "rainbow" on the wall, he hypothesized that the prism was splitting the light into bands of many different colors of light. To test his hypothesis, however, he had to wait for another fair so that he could purchase a second prism to put all the colors back together! </blockquote></div> Isaac Newton went on to make many important discoveries in the fields of physics and mathematics. He wrote: "This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being." Few people know that the man who discovered the "Laws of Motion" also wrote about God: "We must believe that he is the father of whom are all things, & that he loves his people as his children that they may mutually love him & obey him as their father."<br /><br />You can copy the lab sheet below into a word processing program and use for your own experiment.<br /><p>An Experiment on Light</p> <p>Performed by:________________________________________</p> <p>Date:_________________________________________</p> <p>The Problem: What happens to light that is reflected from a mirror which is submerged in water?</p> <p>The Hypothesis:</p> <p> </p> <p>The Experiment: You will need a pan of water, a hand mirror and a piece of white paper. Place a mirror in a bowl of water so that the handle of the mirror rests on the edge of the pan and the other end rests on the bottom of the bowl. Find a pool of light on the floor of a room in your house, and place the pan in the sunlight. If you catch the light of the sun on the mirror just right, there should be a reflection on the wall. You may have to move the pan several times to get it just right. Wait for the water to become still. Place the piece of white paper in the place where the spectrum reflects and mark the results on the paper. What do you see? </p> <p>Observations:</p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p>Interpretation:</p> <p> </p> <p>Conclusion: </p>Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-71263356449740348032011-11-25T12:32:00.000-08:002011-11-25T12:32:00.087-08:00An Experiment to use with Blaise Pascal's Biography: "A Piece of the Mountain"<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> 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Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" >The Experimental Method:<br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Pascal's father taught him to think for himself using the "Experimental Method."<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This meant that to investigate an idea one should first state the idea as a "problem".<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Blaise might have stated the problem as, "Is there a connection between sound and vibration?"<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Next, his father taught him to make an "hypothesis".<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>An hypothesis is the scientist's guess of what the answer is.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Blaise guessed that sound is vibration.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Then Blaise was required to design an experiment to test his hypothesis.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>What do you think Blaise did?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>After he tried the experiment he had to record his "observations".<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Only after many experiments was Blaise allowed to "interpret the data" and make a "conclusion".<br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" >An experiment on Sound:<br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Complete the lab sheet (you may copy it into a word processing program to print).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The "Problem", "Hypothesis", and "Experiment" sections are already filled in for you.</span></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="margin-left:1.3pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed; border:none;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt; mso-border-insideh:cell-none;mso-border-insidev:cell-none" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes; page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:6.5in;border:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" valign="top" width="624"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 228.0pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>An Experiment on Sound</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 228.0pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Performed by:___________________________________</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 228.0pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Date:_________________________________________</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" >The Problem:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Is there a connection between vibration and sound?</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" >The Hypothesis:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Sound is vibration.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" >The Experiment:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Fill several glasses with different amounts of water.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Strike each glass gently with a spoon.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" >Observations:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Do the glasses sound the same?</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>What happens when you place your hand on the glass right after you strike it?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" ><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>What happens when your hand is holding the glass at the same time that you strike<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>it?</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" >Interpretation:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> W</span>hat have you discovered?</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" >Conclusion:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Is there a connection between vibration and sound?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Can you think of other ways to experiment with sound?</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="mso-bidi-;font-size:12.0pt;" > </span></p>Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-36190730871265856242011-11-18T12:24:00.000-08:002011-12-21T06:34:40.170-08:00Some Poets, Authors, and Books that C. S. 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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> <span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style ATT";font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" ><i>...in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. ~</i>C. S. Lewis in <i>An Experiment in Criticism</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style ATT";font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Here is a list of authors and titles that had an impact on C.S. Lewis. Perhaps you will enjoy reading some of them, too!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" ><i><br /></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Beatrix Potter: especially <i>Squirrel Nutkin</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >E. Nesbit</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Jonathan Swift: <i>Gulliver's Travels</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >George MacDonald: <i>Phantastes</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >William Morris: <i>The Well at the World's End</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Matthew Arnold: <i>Sohrab and Rustum</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Thomas Babington Macaulay: <i>Lays of Ancient Rome</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >G. K. Chesterton: <i>Ballad of the White Horse</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Tegner:<i> Drapa</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Horace: <i>Odes</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Aeneid</span></i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" ></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Euripides: <i>The Bacchae</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Stephen: <i>Crock of Gold</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Kenneth Grahame: especially<i> Wind in the Willows</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Jane Austen</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Rider Haggard (author)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Spenser: <i>The Faerie Queene </i>("Beyond all doubt it is best to have made one's first acquaintance with Spenser in a very large -- and, preferably, illustrated -- edition of <i>The Faerie Queene</i>, on a wet day, between the ages of twelve and sixteen." --Selected Literary Essays, edited by Walter Hooper, Geoffrey Bles, 1969 p. 146)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >H. A. Guerber:<i> The Myths of the Norsemen</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Defoe:<i> Robinson Crusoe</i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >John Keats</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Percy Bysshe Shelley</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-Goudy Old Style ATT"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Samuel Taylor Coleridge</span></span></p> <p 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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT"">Though many children wrote to C. S. Lewis to ask him to write more about Narnia, he felt that his work was done.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A year before his death he wrote to one young person who wished for more Narnia books:<br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I am delighted to hear that you like the Narnian books, and it was nice of you to write and tell me....<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But why not do one yourself!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And why not write stories for yourself to fill up the gaps in Narnian history?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I've left plenty of hints-- especially where Lucy and the Unicorn are talking in <i>The Last Battle</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I feel I have done all <i>I</i> can!</span></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>All good wishes,<br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Goudy Old Style ATT";"><span style="mso-tab-count:7"> </span>Yours</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.05pt"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT";mso-bidi-font-family:"Goudy Old Style ATT""><span style="mso-tab-count:7"> </span>C. S. Lewis</span></span></p>Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443023936346555057.post-47874498514772327592011-11-11T12:01:00.000-08:002011-11-22T03:33:32.745-08:00C.S. Lewis<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7I8SZlQcmbpTpXMRmm4FIaKc8tIomWed1U1yJx7JEiJC7Co31HS2lkxReBsoWFHpE4qDF7Nq3Hly6W9o16HetJ0bpMbQzROlRoziRKJJ56mzhtAkLewR0bSsKwpajD_o7XUbVlCdJhY_8/s1600/Beyond+Narnia2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7I8SZlQcmbpTpXMRmm4FIaKc8tIomWed1U1yJx7JEiJC7Co31HS2lkxReBsoWFHpE4qDF7Nq3Hly6W9o16HetJ0bpMbQzROlRoziRKJJ56mzhtAkLewR0bSsKwpajD_o7XUbVlCdJhY_8/s320/Beyond+Narnia2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673833561991547858" border="0" /></a><div><span class="body" style="font-size:130%;">C.S. Lewis once wrote that "Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">" The stories of the men and women who have walked the path of faith give a marvelous picture of God's work. This blog is called "small letters" because it has been my joy and privilege to write books in "small letters" for young people about people who have shaped culture through their various callings.</span><br /><br />I would also like to share links to free websites that I have developed. Homeschool Tools can be found at </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/homeschoolingtoolbox/">https://sites.google.com/site/homeschoolingtoolbox/</a> and Shakespeare Tools can be found at </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/shakespearetools/">https://sites.google.com/site/shakespearetools/. </a><br /></span><div><br /></div><span class="bodybold"> </span></div>Joyce McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635731043043238130noreply@blogger.com0