the source of light

Light comes from charged particles moving all over the place.
Charged particles move in the sun creating light that is beamed to earth.
In fire, light comes from a chemical reaction when electrons from the fuel and oxygen bounce all over the place.

Connections by C II, by Dad

I have always been amazed by my son's ability to make connections across his diverse fields of study, and that's why I'm excited to find the Connections program on YouTube. Perhaps C will be the James Burke of his generation. As an example, he came to me recently to point out the deep relationship between the blade of his peanut knife and the bill of Opus the penguin.

Dagwood Sandwich for C

I have been enjoying Dagwood sandwiches lately. Yesterday's had ham, salami, mayonnaise, lettuce, cheese, pickles, red onions, and tomato. My sister had a quesadilla.

Connections by c

Today we watched a few YouTube videos. Some were Monty Python, another was Carl Sagan, and the last was James Burke. His point was to show us how much we rely on technology. He showed this by telling us about the great power outage of 1965 when all power in the northeast United States was shut down when a single relay went. He also discussed early civilizations and inventions.

my week by c

On Fridays I'll be posting a summary of my home school week.

This week I played baseball twice. The second time, our friends c2 and o came, so we had four players instead of two and we were able to actually run the bases. Also for home school I started a blog about John McCain (see below), dad and I started reading a book called Understanding the Holy Land, and for math and grammar I did Dailygrams and Math with Pizzazz.

my second political article by c

In my last article I focused on Barack Obama but this time I will do one about John McCain.
He was born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936. He has had two wives one was named Cindy McCain the other was named Carol McCain.

During his military service in the Vietnam war he was taken prisoner in Hanoi. He had been shot down by a missile that was probably fired by the Hanoi home guard. When he parachuted into the water at Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi, his shoulder was crushed by a rifle butt and he was bayoneted in the butt and feet. When he was a POW for five and a half years he was tortured. The torture ended when he was released in the year 1973.

To be continued