by Ethan Kwan | Dec 7, 2020 | Blog
What is it, and why should we do it? We live in the 21st century. That means we have things like computers and phones, technology that would have been impossible 100 years ago. But, these devices use a LOT of precious metals, like terbium, neodymium, and tantalum. The...
by carl376 | Nov 29, 2020 | Blog, Home Learning, Homeschooling, Unschooling, 언스쿨링
Last week of November. So much happening in the world these days. (Quote, 2020, by Ethan’s Dad) This week, I did EMF and Brilliant every day of the week. I finished my swimming classes (level 10 again!) and (because of the “New” COVID-19...
by Ethan Kwan | Nov 24, 2020 | Blog
Image Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/S. Wiessinger If humans could travel to this giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a dull magenta. Using infrared data from the...
by carl376 | Nov 23, 2020 | Blog, Home Learning, Homeschooling, Unschooling, 언스쿨링
Hello! This is Ethan! Here is my summary of the week: I started another meeting of the book club, with 5 people. I made a Google Calendar with all the stuff I have to do. I did a LOT of math, using MANY more websites, like catch up math, and Gizmos!I also, I used...
by Ethan Kwan | Nov 19, 2020 | Blog
To start, think of a ball on a hill. A ball on a hill. it’s definitely NOT going down. The ball may stay up there for a LONNNG time, but eventually, its gonna come down. This is a property of space too! if Quantum Field Theory is Correct, then the universe is...
by Ethan Kwan | Nov 17, 2020 | Blog
Scientists using an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft have discovered that water vapor near the surface of the Red Planet is lofted higher into the atmosphere than anyone expected was possible. There, it is easily...
by carl376 | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog
Here’s what happened to Ethan this past week. This week, I was told by my violin teacher that I can get a full-size violin. I still have violin classes on Monday and Tuesday. I still have symphony on Saturdays, though. I don’t have swimming classes...
by Ethan Kwan | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog
Artist’s illustration of a star found in the closest orbit known around a black hole in the globular cluster named 47 Tucanae.Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/University of Alberta/A.Bahramian et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss Astronomers have found evidence for a...
by carl376 | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog
Sorry if you tried to access the site this past week and couldn’t. We were switching web hosting companies and it took much longer than expected to migrate everything over. We’re still uploading photos so I’m sure many posts will look a bit odd until...
by carl376 | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog, Home Learning, Homeschooling, Unschooling, 언스쿨링
Last week of October! Here’s what Ethan was up to this past week. We wanted to encourage Ethan to jog more often and more regularly so we allowed him to use a running app that we installed on an old iPhone. It definitely helped motivate Ethan to jog more. Ethan...
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