Ren Allen

" So, Thomas Edison and electricity will be next....."

You'll probably learn more about self-education than
electricity...Thomas Edison is a fascinating character! But he
didn't invent electricity (technically, I guess nature did:), nor
did he invent the lightbulb as many seem to think.
He did perfect the lightbulb though, and between him and his team of
inventors, took out over 1,000 patents. Interesting guy.

Did you know he only spent something like two years in school? His
mother took him out when his third grade teacher said he
was "addled" and he never went back. She was a very unconventional
mum for her time. Cool!

Ren

Tina

Kym Dean

Thanks for the links!  Will definitely check them out! (In my spare time that seems to be dwindling by the minute!  LOL)
 
Kym
-----Original Message-----
From: Tina [mailto:zoocrew@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 7:39 AM
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Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: question/comment

Here are some links on electricity and building teepees.  Have fun...

Tina

http://www.homeschoolscience.com/

http://www.surfnetkids.com/electric.htm

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/28032/cgi-bin/psparse.cgi?src=home

http://www.gamequarium.com/energy.html

http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/index.php

http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/native/skills/teepee.htm

https://www.tdc.ca/secure10/order.htm

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/reports4/plains.htm


Kym Dean

Thanks!  I have already learned somehting I didn't know!  LOL  Wasn't it Ben Franklin that first "discovered" electricity with his kite flying expedition??  Caelan specifically asked about the light bulb first, but the electricity goes along with it.  Will probably explore both.  Thanks for the little tidbits!
 
KYm
-----Original Message-----
From: Ren Allen [mailto:starsuncloud@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 12:22 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] question/comment

"  So, Thomas Edison and electricity will be next....."

You'll probably learn more about self-education than
electricity...Thomas Edison is a fascinating character! But he
didn't invent electricity (technically, I guess nature did:), nor
did he invent the lightbulb as many seem to think.
He did perfect the lightbulb though, and between him and his team of
inventors, took out over 1,000 patents. Interesting guy.

Did you know he only spent something like two years in school? His
mother took him out when his third grade teacher said he
was "addled" and he never went back. She was a very unconventional
mum for her time. Cool!

Ren