What happens to chicken in a homeschool?

Our science experiment for the week was to decalcify some bones.

We roasted a chicken one night, covered the bones with vinegar in a jar and waited.

  5 days later- the bones were inspected for changes. Besides darkening, they were rubbery and easily breakable. The acid in the vinegar changes the hardness of the bones and we could easily break them and see the marrow inside. 

 Harper wouldn't touch it with her bare hands

Pretty exciting stuff

Dem Bones

Part of our last few weeks in studying the human body has been spent putting together paper skeletons bone by bone.  Of course, all the skeletons make my house look like Halloween all over again but 'it's for the kids, Larry!'  Sorry -we've also been re-watching some Veggie Tales for the sake of our 5 year old who has never seen them and now has enough English to understand them. I never get tired of those quirky veggies.

This is Harper posing with her completed skeleton, Happy.

 Everett doing some scissor work before assembly.

Remember that trip to the zoo a few weeks back?

I had the children write about one of their favorite animals and look up some details on those animals in our giant animal ATLAS.

Harper's Essay:

 Mackenzie's Essay: