Caleb at Tech Center
Caleb went to a “technical center” this week for a robotics class and a power point/pics class.
We are certainly not used to getting up so early and being away from the house for 4 days out of the week, but he really enjoyed it.
I just added this with our Homeschool attendence tally.
I love that we can do things like that a account it to homeschooling.
He learned alot.
He had a Lego Mindstorms Robot that he got about 1 year ago and he put it together and then it just collected dust, because he couldn’t figure out how to program it with the computer.
That is what the robotics class was about. Yesterday he said, “This robot is AWESOME!” I’m so glad he was able to bring the old robot out of retirement. It was a rather expensive toy to be put up on the shelf.
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April 7, 2010 by Lynette | Edit
Our homeschool group had a great speaker from the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, who came to speak to us last night. This is the National Weather Service. It is located in Norman, OK. Just down the highway from me. It is the place that every weather station goes to for their information.
He told us that they launch 400+ weather balloons twice a day, every day at the same time, all over the world. It is 7:00 am and 7:00 pm..CST. This is how they tell pressure, currents and stuff like that. I found that very interesting.
This is Kevin, Assoc. Dean . He was very patient, informative and funny. We have kids from the ages 5-15. Not to mention the parents that showed up. We learned so much stuff, I’m still trying to digest it all.
In this picture he was showing how clouds
stay under the winds, (Ping Pong ball with a blow dryer).
Next was a larger scale of the same thing, and showed how the ball wasn’t directly above the air source, 
but on the edge of it. (leaf blower with a beach ball)
We all had lots of questions and really enjoyed it. He was fun and had lots of information. Helped us realize why its hard to predict weather 100%–or even 80% of the time. The atmosphere is invisible…it’s hard to figure out where it will be exactly. I have a little more sympathy for them now. It’s not easy even with all their knowledge, learning and equipment.
This last picture demonstrates pressure 
as opposed to wind. This trash can could be tapped on the “tarped” end just barely and we could see hair blowing on someone 10-15 feet away. He also knocked the cup off this boys head. (The smoke was just so we could see the air). It was pretty cool.
We are planning to go on a field trip to the Nat’l Weather Service in Norman, OK this summer. I think it will be great.
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