Showing posts with label Hobbies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hobbies. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Professor builds...

Lots of things...

A vacuum cleaner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it really works!

He tested it out on the grains of salt from our salt grinder.

The back is covered with tape.  If you look closely, some of the "dirt" gets stuck to the tape.




In his chapter on Venus, the project was to learn how radar works (remember he's 7!!!).  The parent was to build the surface of Venus without the student seeing it.  This box was covered with a graph (see below) that he had to check each grid square to map the surface.

This is his "measuring stick".  Each color marks an inch.

The final surface map :)

A Camera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Modeled to look like my Rebel 2000, complete with flash and telephoto lens :)


A compass!!!  We followed the instructions in Exploring Creation With Astronomy and it worked perfectly.  We actually tried this once before and it flopped royally :)
Pointing north!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

engine

Hubby found the COOLEST thing!!!!!

they have so many cool things at this site!

Hubby and my father-in-law "worked with" built it for The Professor.  


check out these instructions!!!



 


even has itty bitty spark plug wires :)


The Man team :)





And it counts as school work!!!!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Donkey and goat

Two more figures for our Nativity...


 donkey


goat


The set is really coming together.  My goal is to get the other 2 wise men done before Christmas.  I would also like to get the cow and any other animals done before we put the set out.  I forget how many others there are.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Shield & Helmet ???

Hubby found some videos on you tube the other day of some really outrageous K'Nex creations.  Of course The Professor was intrigued.  He proceeded to disappear into his work area closet and has barely been heard from since. :)  He created a shield and a helmet.  I guess he thinks he's going into battle or something ;)





He even created a nose guard, chin guard and a sun shade :)

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Trains, trains and more trains....

It's been requested that I post some of the train tracks that the kids have come up with lately (hubby had some help in some of them too)...