8th Grade 2022/23

 As usual, we had a lot of fun in 8th grade. Despite the autism, adhd, and low vision, we keep on plugging away. 

And we had plenty of adventures. 

Her science this year consisted of a lot of individual units about different things. We actually really enjoyed doing science this way. For a couple of months, we focused on one general topic and learned a lot about it then went to the next topic. We also worked on a corresponding lapbook for each science unit so that she basically had one folder that told all of the interesting things she had learned. It was like having a little memory book that captured all the fun things we had done with that unit too.

Like this experiment determining what the best conditions were for yeast to grow.

We also dissected some owl pellets to see what the fellows eat. Rugrat was pretty disgusted by what we found not to mention the fact that we were basically cutting apart owl puke. 

At the end of the year, we finally got the ants we had ordered. It had been too cold for the company to send them until late spring. 

So we set up an ant farm. She proclaimed that it was like having her own little tv. We all enjoyed watching them work. 

Unfortunately, they passed because no queen was included and that is what eventually happens despite our best efforts to keep them alive.

At the beginning of our year, we went to the local park and gathered a sample of pond water to try out our new microscope and hopefully see some interesting creatures.

By far, her favorite "school supply" for the year has been this microscope. She loves looking into it.

More messing with grossness. We took samples of different places in our home to see which ones would grow a colony. It was eye-opening, not in a good way either.

Don't worry, though. We didn't just focus on science -- even though we were having so much fun. 

This was a literature project where she made up her own tall tale.

In February, Daddy used some airline points and we had a fun field trip, just the three of us, to San Antonio. That, of course, included a trip to the Alamo. And also gave us a chance to see the world's tallest cowboy boots. :)

One field trip with our co-op that we really enjoyed was to the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa. Not only had I never been, but I had never even heard of it. So that was a first for both of us.

8th grade was a fun time and we got to do so many things. How will 9th grade ever top it?