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Experimented with light going through the atmosphere. Used water instead of atmosphere and added milk to water to represent particles in the atmosphere. Shining through the water with a bright … Continue reading Measuring the atmosphere
The doodle wizard: and the dancing signs:
Tried out some aerodynamic principles with a French ‘objets volants’ kit. Simon made the manual helicopter and glued the boomerang himself and I helped with the plane (which hasn’t yet … Continue reading Flying objects
Had sort of a family tennis training today. Hitting the ball remains tough, but it was enjoyable for Simon. He says he’s not great at it but is getting “average”. … Continue reading Tennis everyone!
What Simon has been producing most lately are electric circuit designs. The last photo is of the nice graph he invented to show the correlation between voltage and the direction … Continue reading Simon drawing electric circuits
Simon is getting better with his breaststroke
Simon was up to a new challenge and spent the whole day building circuits. Even during his Chinese lesson. We managed to finish 5 projects today: Spin Roller Bubble Bot Breezy … Continue reading Got second-hand LittleBits last night!
Last night I asked Simon if he could pick the correct answer out of three: what is the square root of 9 to the power of 16? It took Simon … Continue reading Square roots
Simon didn’t finish his long list of Chinese vehicles last night and resumed working on it first thing this morning. He typed it himself first in pinyin (which then turns … Continue reading Chinese meanings
Simon has made a system that explains how to construct bigger 3D-objects using smaller ones. For example, in the first video he constructs Cuboctahedron using: cube (6 squares) octahedron (8 … Continue reading Simon’s Rhombi Numberline
Simon made this blog entry: What is this? That’s a castle. It doesn’t look like it, because that’s the area. You can watch this video to see if that’s a … Continue reading Simon made a Magformers S.T.E.A.M Master Set castle
Yesterday was Simon’s second day at GEMZ, the gifted club he attends once a week. I have received my belated Mom’s Day gift (bath salt bottle that Simon arranged in … Continue reading Day 2 at the gifted club
Geeks out of the box 