Is pencil conductive?
Simon was trying to make a circuit using graphite pencil as conductor but it wasn’t strong enough to make an LED burn. We actually measured the voltage with the multimeter … Continue reading Is pencil conductive?
Author: Geeks out of the Box
This is a blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. We write this blog together, share their projects and thoughts on their journey towards self-dicovery. They’re growing up in a supportive non-coercive learning environment. We deeply believe in interest-based, self-paced education and have had to move countries to make this possible as a family.
Visit Simon’s website at https://simontiger.com/
We are a family from Amsterdam who moved to Antwerp because homeschooling is illegal in The Netherlands.
This blog started as https://antwerpenhomeschooling.wordpress.com in March 2016. Over the years, most of our entries have gravitated towards exploring together with Simon as he has developed an insatiable passion for programming, math and science. His sister Neva is treading on his heals. We changed or name to Geeks of the Box in May 2021.
Mom, I like taking things apart now!
It was a LittleBits servo motor and an old laptop this time.
Absolutely beautiful
Look Mom, Simon said today, in math there is something called the absolute value. What is the absolute value of -4,7? It’s 4,7! (I think he learned it from his … Continue reading Absolutely beautiful
JavaScript: Simon masters Infinity
On Tuesday and Wednesday Simon spent a great deal of his time training himself JavaScript on the w3schools.com website. He explained every action to me in great detail, it amused and … Continue reading JavaScript: Simon masters Infinity
Kirchoff’s Current Law
On Monday Simon’s math tutor and I agreed that Simon should try some problem solving involving both math and electricity, considering his current interest. We chose Electricity and Magnetism > Current … Continue reading Kirchoff’s Current Law
Checking Cases
From Friday’s math class (Reasoning Skills > Checking Cases on Brilliant.org):
Chinese Characters
From Saturday’s Chinese lesson – Simon writing the characters and – at the end of the video – naming the strokes: And he could still read that sentence from last … Continue reading Chinese Characters
Roald Dahl vs. Ryan Dahl
We’re reading Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” and Simon loves the fact that Matilda is gifted. He also thought it was funny he also knows another Dahl, Ryan Dahl. Here comes a … Continue reading Roald Dahl vs. Ryan Dahl
Simon and Neva’s Nightly Concert
Almost every night, Simon practices new pieces on the piano and his sister dances. Simon says she helps him with timekeeping. Two days later the Menuet sounded better already:
Ohm’s Law Applied to Lemons
Simon wrote a poster with electricity formulas (from memory) this morning and applied one of them (Ohm’s law) to his advanced lemon experiment. We had already tried this experiment … Continue reading Ohm’s Law Applied to Lemons
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