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Cousins at Blakely Harbor

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Music courtesy of The Simple Messengers, Pete and Mary Beattie

Fun with cousins

Newton’s Experiments with Light and Color

The big questions:

How do scientists turn their curiosity into scientific discoveries?
How do scientists learn from each other to move our understanding forward?
What is the scientific method and how might we use it in our own lives?
Where does color come from and how do things “have” a color?

The content:

We will read Newton’s letter to [...]

Emerson and Thoreau – How Shall We Live?

The big questions:

How shall we live?

What can a couple of Transcendentalists from the early 1800′s tell us about our lives today?

What are Transcendentalists and what are they transcending?

How should we relate to our own inspirations?

How might we relate to people in the past?

How should we balance our relationships with others and nature?

The content:

Selections from [...]

Ben Franklin – Autobiography of a Super Man

The big questions:

How did a printer’s apprentice educate himself to become a successful business and political leader, author, scientist, and diplomat?
What can we learn from this avowed autodidact about our own life’s work?

The content:

We will read selections from Franklin’s Autobiography and Poor Richard’s Almanac that help us to understand how to emulate his love [...]

Vancouver’s Voyage of Discovery in Puget Sound

The big questions:

What did Vancouver’s crew find when they arrived to explore Puget Sound?
What did they choose to write down about the experience?
What can we learn about our area, our relationship to the land and it’s aboriginal inhabitants by reading what these early explorers wrote?

The content:

We will read selections from:

The diaries of Vancouver’s crew [...]

Photos of a walk in the Blodel Reserve

After a busy week of teaching, I took a walk with my older brother and sister and their families at the Blodel Reserve.

- Music courtesy of Pete and Mary. Simple Messengers from the Yukon
What beauty have you noticed this summer?

Bainbridge Home Schooling Meet Up at Beach Seining

We met this morning to see what the scientists (and volunteers) dragged in.

Thanks to Peter Namtvedt Best of the City of Bainbridge Island for serving as our host.

What a lovely and educational way to spend a morning together.

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Photography Classes Bainbridge Island Student Photos

Here are photos from a recent photography class.

These students started with very little prior experience beyond family snapshots.

You can learn to see afresh through your camera too!

Learn more about upcoming photography classes here

Photography Class Testimonials

“This is so fun!  I feel like I am seeing everything with new eyes!”

Anne, Bainbridge Island