Life Size Science Project

The Professor had a great time on his most recent field trip!

Biosphere 2

(click here to see their website)

It was an incredibly windy day on the outside...

but on the inside balmy and tropical!

I don't know the name, but apparently this flower is rarely in bloom... pretty lucky to see something that's so hard to find.

Junior and The Professor in the tropical rain forest biome.

The ocean - doesn't look so big in the picture, but it was very impressive!

All of us in the underground ocean viewing room.

The Professor had a great time! Even though the initial science experiment (living inside without help from the outside) failed - the ongoing science projects are amazing. So amazing in fact, The Professor is actually thinking he'd rather attend the University of Arizona - just for the chance to participate in some ongoing research at the Biosphere.

If you get the chance ask him what it's like inside "the lung" he'd love to tell you about it!

Pioneer Village

We recently went on our first, "official," school field trip of the year.

(The Professor by the well at the Miner's Shack)

It took us about an hour to get to the Pioneer Living History Museum just north of Phoenix.

(The Professor & Junior in front of the school house.)

The Professor loves learning at home - however, I think all of us had a good time getting out for the morning. We learned about the early settlers of Arizona and Junior liked seeing the chickens in the chicken coop.

Right around lunch time the volunteers at the museum put on a good old fashioned gun fight on Main Street. I wasn't sure The Professor would like it, but he said he wanted to go... and I'm glad we did. Before the "show" the Sheriff and a few town people had a gun safety presentation - it was very informative and has convinced me I need to take a gun safety class - which wasn't something I'd ever thought about doing. When the gunfight started The Professor covered his ears... took a few deep breaths... but did a great job of handling the chaos. I'm so proud of him for wanting to do something that wasn't easy for him to do - he's made a lot of progress in the last couple of years!