tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70609525806977954012024-02-08T02:04:41.089-08:00Looking through Sea GlassMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897490299297816534noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060952580697795401.post-87709323767438241422015-06-10T10:52:00.003-07:002015-06-10T10:58:26.951-07:00More things to do in MiamiThese are the seven attractions included:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.everglades.com/" target="_blank">Everglades Alligator Farm</a>: South Florida’s oldest alligator farm is near the main entrance of Everglades National Park. It offers guided airboat tours plus alligator, snake, and wildlife shows. 40351 SW 192 Avenue; Homestead, Florida 33034; 305-247-2628.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.flamingogardens.org/" target="_blank">Flamingo Gardens</a>: Flamingo Gardens, established in 1927, has more than 3,000 tropical and sub-tropical species of plants and trees in its 60 acres and also has the largest collection of Florida native wildlife in the state. 3750 S. Flamingo Road; Davie/Ft. Lauderdale 33330; 954-473-2955.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.jungleisland.com/" target="_blank">Jungle Island</a>: Jungle Island offers animal shows, exhibits, streams and waterfalls plus hands-on animal interactions. 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail; Miami 33132; 305-400-7000; <a href="http://www.jungleisland.com/">www.JungleIsland.com</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.miamisci.org/" target="_blank">Patricia and Philip Frost Museum of Science</a>: The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science offers educational programs, exhibits, a Planetarium and the Batchelor Wildlife Center. 3280 South Miami Avenue; Miami 33129; 305-646-4200.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.pamm.org/" target="_blank">Pérez Art Museum Miami</a>: PAMM includes 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space, including art galleries, a waterfront restaurant and bar and an education center. 1103 Biscayne Blvd.; Miami 33132; 305-375- 3000.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.evergladestours.com/" target="_blank">Sawgrass Recreation Park</a>: This attraction in Broward includes airboat rides and an animal exhibit area with more than 100 mammals and reptiles, including a Florida panther. 1006 N. Highway 27; Weston 33327; 954-389-0202.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.youngatartmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Young At Art Museum</a>: The Young At Art Museum includes permanent galleries, studios, a teen center and recording studio and a preschool and early childhood learning center. 751 SW 121st Avenue; Davie 33325; 954-424-008.</li>
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And MORE stuff <a href="http://lookingthroughseaglass.blogspot.com/2013/06/things-to-do-in-miami.html">HERE</a>... I like these better...but don't worry about clicking away from this page... it's included at the bottom of the other list as well. See you there.<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060952580697795401.post-28903353892467001932013-11-20T13:46:00.000-08:002013-11-20T13:49:48.746-08:00My car<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8pb2IaEnYYU/Uo0ufo21J-I/AAAAAAAABsM/6b6MU28rrvc/s1600/20131120_164505_resized-788747.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8pb2IaEnYYU/Uo0ufo21J-I/AAAAAAAABsM/6b6MU28rrvc/s320/20131120_164505_resized-788747.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948461803904509922" /></a></p>My car makes me feel like wonder woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060952580697795401.post-37839763839952722962013-11-13T07:29:00.001-08:002013-11-13T07:29:30.008-08:00<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060952580697795401.post-36804486288903199412013-11-12T09:28:00.000-08:002013-11-12T10:16:04.145-08:00Kayak JourneyMy old friend from college flew down for a girl's weekend getaway with me. We launched out of Everglades City and kayaked through the Florida Keys 7 miles out and camped on a deserted island: Tiger Key. It was quite relaxing and we had a fabulous time. The next day, we packed up, and kayaked back through the channel.<br />
I was hoping to see some wildlife - not much out there this time, but I did see a Skate. It's from the ray and shark families. (Thanks Yoelly, from Deering, for identifying it for us!)<br />
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The ducks came to visit this morning. They flew down from the north lands. It must be getting cold up there.</div>
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Scout completed her diving certification this morning. Way to go, girl! We had to special order all her equipment because you just can't find things that small, especially since the diving age limit is 10.<br /> (She's the size of a 7yr old)</div>
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After a dive you are very tired - Scout loves to rest in dad's arms.</div>
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This morning I found scout out on the dock. She had fashioned a net out of tule and string, and had already caught 14 fish. </div>
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Those eco academy and wilderness conservation classes at Deering have created a survivalist. :) </div>
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Economic collapse?...Bring it on!<br />
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Scout made a solar oven all by herself from tinfoil and cardboard. She tried it out this morning making nachos. It worked great! It was so hot inside, the cheese melted in 10 minutes.</div>
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Scout just loves her elf!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060952580697795401.post-80427865521620486192013-08-22T05:58:00.001-07:002013-08-28T17:08:11.089-07:00Writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Scout and I are doing a writing workshop this year called Writer's Craft. This is her notebook, and her first sample of writing. It will be great to compare it to her writing at the end of the year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060952580697795401.post-13595231413863833402013-08-22T05:51:00.001-07:002013-08-28T17:08:39.728-07:00Spelling scrabble<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Scout does lots of activities and games to study her spelling words. Today we are using the scrabble tiles. Montessori style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060952580697795401.post-74733926768788603252013-07-17T12:18:00.001-07:002013-11-14T10:12:58.288-08:00Art class<div class="mobile-photo">
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Scout and I have stumbled upon the most amazing <a href="http://reachforthearts.com/Reach_for_the_Arts/Home.html">art class</a> ever. Candace, the teacher, has the most amazing techniques for bringing out the original creativity of each person. </div>
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We are so honored to have found this gem. She doesn't advertise, and if she did, she would soon be overrun with interest and the class would lose the feel that makes it so incredible. </div>
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I hope all my friends will come and join the class too - check out her <a href="http://reachforthearts.com/Reach_for_the_Arts/Home.html">WEBSITE!</a></div>
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Scout was the only one in ALL THREE classes </div>
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Chocolate Milk was taking a final at the university, so he couldn't make it, but he called and left a message for us to hear. What a great year it was!</div>
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Our Adventure began with the class heading to the Beach on Key Biscayne. We went to the nature center and listened to a presentation on turtles, then went out into the bright sun to find our own nest.</div>
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Panama led us down to the water where they had previously buried "eggs" and created nests for us to explore. They marked each nest with a post and divided us into teams.</div>
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He works at the nature center with the turtle rescue. They aren't even related!!</div>
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Each group of kids started digging while the moms took pictures.<br />
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We were digging up the "eggs". Each ping pong ball was numbered. </div>
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We had to spread them out, putting the male eggs in one pile and the female in another. The turtles get their gender based on temperature. So the eggs on top of the nest where its warmer are girls and the eggs on the bottom are boys.<br />
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There's about a hundred eggs in each nest.<br />
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When all the eggs were found, our teacher, Alexandra, read off numbers. Each group found the number and brought it up to her basket. She read the demise of the poor turtle. Some were carried off by raccoons, some drown in the ocean, others were eaten by sharks.<br />
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Each egg came up one by one, representing another baby turtle that didn't survive. <br />
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There's a big Banyan tree in front of our classroom at Deering Estate</div>
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My friends and I like to play in it.</div>
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MUMMIFYING OUR CHICKEN</div>
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First we learned about hieroglyphics and what the symbols stood for. Then we decorated our shoe box with symbols of our own. Scout's says "Bird" across the top.</div>
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Next we covered it with cinnamon to help control the smell as it becomes mummified. The Egyptians did this too - adding spices to their mummies.</div>
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Last, you wrap it in paper towels and place it in a zip lock bag. Every few days you will need to check it. When you see the salt looking damp, you will need to change it. Never wash it or add water, as you are trying to draw out all the moisture with the salt. After 5 weeks, your chicken should be completely dry. Wrap it in linen and cover it with a wax or resin coating. The Egyptians used tree sap as it hardened into a strong resin. </div>
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For our Wilderness Conservation class at Eco Academy we went Snorkeling at Pennekamp on Key Largo.</div>
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Chocolate Milk was our teacher today. Ms Sherry was there too.</div>
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Then we went through the aquarium there. We saw lion fish, star fish, lobster, and horse shoe crabs. </div>
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Today Panama took the class on an adventure slog through the muddy coast of Chapman Field Park, through the Mangroves, about a quarter mile, to a shack a transient had built out of trash he found washed up and laying around. When the county finally discovered what he was doing, they kicked him out. Deciding it would cost over 80k to remove it, they left it there. Hmmmm. I wonder what I could get away with.</div>
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Today we learned about Aquifers and how the soil can filter out contaminants. We learned about the water table and how important it is to keep pollutions out as well as use biodegradable soaps. We learned how medicines affect our water supply and organisms living in it, and how it's bad to dispose of your expired medicine by flushing it into the water system.</div>
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One day we looked in the cage and saw that a whole bunch had hatched at the same time. Usually there was only one or two a day. </div>
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Here Scout is letting them fly for the first time. </div>
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They look like a wasp for protection and camouflage, that's how they got their name. We learned that butterflies stand their wings up on their backs, and moths lay their wings flat - that is the distinguishing trait. Since these lay their wings flat, they are in the moth family. Both butterflies and moths fly at night, and can be an array of colors, so those aren't distinguishing characteristics.</div>
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After letting them go, Scout studied them on the internet and painted a picture of the life cycle.</div>
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The difference between moth and butterfly is - moths wings lay flat while butterfly wings are upright and together. This harmless moth's wings look like a wasp as part of its camouflage from predators. </div>
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Went to the Everglades today - did some plant identification.</div>
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Scout knows how to tell apart 15 different species of plants, what they are used for, if they are edible or medicinal, or poisonous.</div>
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She picked me a flower along the way. I just love it when my girls give me flowers.</div>
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This is an endangered holly berry plant, I forgot it's name.<br />
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Working on vocabulary and grammar.</div>
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Scout was sick today, but wanted to read Calvin and Hobbs anyway. She read 'til she fell asleep. </div>
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Working out with dad as part of her PE program</div>
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Every morning she gets up and does her own hair. She's getting really good at it.</div>
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