Homeschool Kids- Joel's Journal

My homemade ballista 
Ballistas were used in ancient times as seige weapons.

I made this one with wood, a small sapling for the bow and an arrow made of light dried wood....

Homeschool Excursion to Taronga Zoo 
7th August, 2009

Luk Chai, the baby elephant calf is the first baby elephant born in Australia at Taronga Zoo. He was born in early July, 2009.
On ...

Life cycle of the Silkworm 
Today, the 13th of November, 2008, I took a photo of the silkworms in their different stages.

I will describe the silkworm cycle.

First the silkworm ...

Matchstick rockets 
22nd September, 2008

I have been making lots of match stick rockets but none have worked. So I am going to look at how other people make these and I ...

Electromagnet 
Today, the 21st of August, 2008, I made a screw into a magnet by using electric current.

I did this by twisting copper wire around the screw. The ...

Koalas at Kennett River 
When we were on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, we drove for quite a while and past a place called Kennett River. We saw a tourist bus on the side of ...

Orchard Swallowtail 
In October, I caught the orchard swallowtail. I found it in the bush near our house. It is the biggest butterfly found around Sydney. It has a 11cm ...

My Violin 
In October I bought my violin and I know how to play
"O When the Saints..." It came in a lovely case but the screws came half way out so we gave the ...

THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER 
25th of September, 2008
The best part about THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER was when Attean and Matt were walking through the forest and they heard a growl and ...

Playing with Goo 
Talitha, Micah and I made gruesome goo. We had lots of fun playing with it. You knead two cups of cornflour, one cup of water and a few drops of food ...

Simple Science Project: Changing the colour of a flower 
Today, the 22nd of August 2008, I got two different flowers from our garden. One was a white daisy and the other was a pink and purple magnolia.

I ...

Making a good bow and arrow 
I made a bow and arrow quite long ago. It has worked really well except for the arrow. The arrow does not work well because I put too much weight on the ...

My Garden 
I have a garden which I share with Micah my brother and we planted vegetables last year. They grew so well so this year we will grow some more vegetables....

Simple Hovercraft  Not rated yet
I made a simple hovercraft from one of the videos of supercharge science.

Online Homeschool e-Science Program

The way we made this hover craft ...

My Bird Boxes  Not rated yet
I made two bird boxes, today the 22nd of July, 2010.

The first one I made out of wood from our garage. I started making the bird box a few months ago ...

Commedia Dell'Arte  Not rated yet
My brother, Ben has been working on Commedia Dell'Arte with his homeschool drama group.
Last Saturday night we went to see the different plays.

Ben ...