Science on the mind. . .

We are in the midst of our "inventors and inventions" theme unit and the kids are LOVING it! We have been studying Edison, Tesla, Bell, Franklin, DaVinci, etc. as some of the great inventors. Eoghan was so inspired he created his own invention lab in a room in our house. Now, I can find Orla or Eoghan sneaking away to look through microscopes at prepared slides (by Learning Resources) or playing with magnets. They also have fallen in love with the Periodic Table (unusual, I know:)! They read a book, The Periodic Table, elements with style and the author made the elements sound like pokemon critters complete with fun drawings and descriptions of the good and bad things they do. What a different way to introduce the table than the way I remember as a child!