We have been hearing all about Alec's SCAP assignment all year; it counts for something like 75% of their final grade but luckily it is broken down into 10 or so mini assignments throughout the year. Yesterday he presented his meal and we were allowed to invite up to 7 family members/friends to taste it. He won't know his grade until everyone in the class has gone but I'm pretty sure he crushed it. Our meal was delicious. Here are the assignments the project was broken down into: 1. Pick a region and research culture, history of native ingredients, and cooking methods and write an essay about what they discovered.-- He picked GREECE! 2. Figure out what native ingredients they wanted to work with and design a menu; each menu had to have a native fruit in their dessert and a native protein for their entree. They had to come up with a 4 course meal: bread, appetizer, main dish and dessert. The main dish had to have a protein, vegetable, and a starch. 3. ...
My husband and I have a fascination with light houses and have been to most of them in Michigan. What a great little trip!
ReplyDeleteWe have quite a few up and down the New England coast and I decided we really need to try and make an effort to see more of them.
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ReplyDeleteMy husband and I haven't been to Beavertail in such a long time. There really is no excuse as it is only about an hour from us. :-) It truly is such a beautiful place.
Thanks for sharing your unschooling field trip! It brought back nice memories of my homeschooling days. :-)
I had never been before but we will definitely be going back. Funny enough we tend to visit for Wetherill a few times each year and just never realized how close those two places were.
DeleteI love Lighthouses and this one is gorgeous, si is it´s surrounding :)
ReplyDeleteIt really was amazing out on the point like that. My boys loved walking all around on the rocks.
DeleteJoanne, what a great way to spend the day. My hubby and I love going to the historic parks anytime we travel. We've learned so much about our country and heritage xo
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It really was a lovely day!
DeleteThe views of the water look beautiful. My husband would love to see that aquarium. #explorerkids
ReplyDeleteIt really is quite beautiful there.
DeleteThose rock formations look really cool - lovely photos. Sarah #ExplorerKids
ReplyDeleteThank you! We thought the rocks were really neat too.
DeleteOh well, never mind about the museum being shut but what a beautiful day to have a walk about. Well worth while I think whether it shut or not. :) x
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It was a beautiful day and we really loved the area.
DeleteOh I do love light houses - that one does look like it is in a great place too. #explorerkids
ReplyDeleteI love them too; they're all so uniquely designed.
DeleteWe have a lot of historic lighthouses here in Maine, and we're trying to get to as many as we can.
ReplyDeleteWe have gotten to just a couple of the lighthouses in Maine.
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