{"id":17309,"date":"2019-03-20T17:59:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T22:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=17309"},"modified":"2019-03-20T18:00:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T23:00:57","slug":"school-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=17309","title":{"rendered":"School Projects &#8211; Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The kids have had lots of school projects lately.\u00a0 Lots of homework in general!\u00a0 Two weeks ago it was all about making 3D models of the Earth.\u00a0 They each had grand ideas in mind, but ended up having to scale down for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Eve&#8217;s plan was a Jell-O\/brownie Earth.\u00a0 She planned ot use brownies as the core, different colored Jell-O as the layers, and fondant as the crust, with fondant continents as well.\u00a0 It was a grand idea, for sure!\u00a0 Implementation was a little trickier.\u00a0 At first she wanted a full globe, but I talked her out of that.\u00a0 There&#8217;s no way Jell-O can support itself in a full sphere!\u00a0 She settled on a half-sphere.\u00a0 The next question was how to make perfect half-spheres in an layer-able way.\u00a0 We came up with this.\u00a0 Not exactly perfect, or even close to perfect, but she tried!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17310\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1646535259042590110355638.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17310\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17310\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1646535259042590110355638-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1646535259042590110355638-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1646535259042590110355638-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1646535259042590110355638-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1646535259042590110355638.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Layers of Jell-O in containers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then she baked some brownies for the inner core.\u00a0 The challenge came when we had to get the Jell-O out!\u00a0 There are some preventative measures we could have taken, but we didn&#8217;t, so it was all pretty stuck!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17311\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_171335476348067778670960.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17311\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17311\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_171335476348067778670960-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_171335476348067778670960-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_171335476348067778670960-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_171335476348067778670960-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_171335476348067778670960.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The core inner core and outer core. Working on getting the mantle out next.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Things got a little messy with the final layer of Jell-O!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17313\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1714467037005273170585093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17313\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17313\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1714467037005273170585093-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1714467037005273170585093-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1714467037005273170585093-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1714467037005273170585093-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_1714467037005273170585093.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jell-O EVERYWHERE!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We discussed some salvage efforts, but she decided to just eat the Jell-O and make a paper project instead.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17315\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_214525695155153538790694.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17315\" class=\"wp-image-17315 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_214525695155153538790694-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_214525695155153538790694-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_214525695155153538790694-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_214525695155153538790694-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_214525695155153538790694-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_214525695155153538790694.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quick and dirty chart of the Earth&#8217;s layers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17318\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2145495420095470401169258.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17318\" class=\"wp-image-17318 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2145495420095470401169258-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2145495420095470401169258-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2145495420095470401169258-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2145495420095470401169258-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2145495420095470401169258-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2145495420095470401169258.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The assignment was for a 3D model, so she made a few life-up flaps.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She decided to also make a slide show with these photos, so her teacher knows that she had bigger plans and the paper wasn&#8217;t her only idea.\u00a0 Eve used all the pictures I took along the way and added her own captions to the slide show.\u00a0 The teachers got a good laugh!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17317\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2003446174220111367593238.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17317\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17317\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2003446174220111367593238-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2003446174220111367593238-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2003446174220111367593238-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2003446174220111367593238-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/img_20190307_2003446174220111367593238.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We were eating Jell-O for days and days.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Drum lessons are over now so I&#8217;m just going to post this here and write another one (soon?) with Lex&#8217;s science project.\u00a0 Maybe I&#8217;ll get around to writing about their ELA projects from this week too.\u00a0 All are pretty cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kids have had lots of school projects lately.\u00a0 Lots of homework in general!\u00a0 Two weeks ago it was all about making 3D models of the Earth.\u00a0 They each had grand ideas in mind, but ended up having to scale &hellip; <a 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