This week, I went to my violin, swimming, and taekwondo classes, including black belt training and orchestra on Saturday. Other than that, I did lots of math and science, and I reached 400 subscribers on my YouTube!
I learned about simple pendulums and did problems with simple pendulums because it seems like Khan Academy updated their website. 
I learned about gradient and directional derivatives. 
I went to the official Big History website, and I learned about the solar system and Earth. 
I learned about the Taylor series. For an explanation, check the previous blog post! See it here: https://howtodostuffwithethan.com/unschooling-journal-may-23-29/ 
I made a Desmos project about the Taylor series. 
I graphed the Taylor series in my notebook. 
I learned about linear momentum and collisions. 
I started learning about derivatives of multivariable functions. 
I did lots of problems about calculating speed and mass using conservation of momentum.
And finally, here’s what happened at nature school last week:
We kicked our day off at Spiny Wood together. Mink brought her guitar and we started off with a song called “Tall Trees” that comes from a man named Tony Wrench living in Wales. The lyrics go:
Tall trees
Warm fire
Strong wind
Deep water
I can feel it in my body, and I feed it to the source
Afterward, Mink led a tricky partnered team-building game called Blindfold Beanie Baby Battle Arena! In this game, kids pair up and one partner–blindfolded–enters the playing arena. The sighted partner must direct them with vocal commands to find and pick up beanie babies, which they throw at other blindfolded kids to eliminate other teams. Of course, plenty of discussion needed to be had about how to do this safely, and a lot of cooperation and trust was required! ?
Afterward, the groups separated.
The Great Blue Herons had some free time at Spiny Wood to work on various things. Some played guitar, others carved pitch wood feather sticks, and still others had slow-motion sword fights with sticks. We set up Forest Ninja Ghost Pinata for the LAST TIME (so sad) and almost completely lost track of time we were having so much fun!
It’s hard to believe its almost the end of the year. Next week, bring a fork and something to eat on because we will be celebrating by making Acorn Pancakes with the acorn flour the kids helped process in the fall!
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