How to Make an Atom Model

Here’s how we created our model atom of Sodium: Materials: 3mm aluminum wire Duck tape styrofoam balls (we used 2″ for the protons and neutrons, 1″ for the electrons) wire cutters fishing line Tempera paint Sharpie hot glue gun First it’s helpful to have a basic understanding of the Bohr model of an atom. Here’s…

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Montessori Homeschooling Week in Review: Vol 3

Week three of our new series brings us to Holy Week and the Paschal Triduum. We stayed busy as always with our usual Montessori workload. I’m currently reading Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood by Paula Polk Lillard. This book is a great overview of the whole Montessori pedagogy, and I’ve…

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