Household Management 1

Busy Day

Bling..bling...the window is shining. Chop..chop..the garlic is ready. Homeschooler takes responsibility. House works are not just for mommy. Household management is worth to learn. Need some tips from the home maker diva? go to Martha Stewart website.

Digital Art

Animation 1: Me and My Teddy

Well, it might not be a true animation, it's just a blinky but it's truly Da Hye's original animation work created with Jasc PSP8 and Animation Shop 3. Get the software 30 days free trial here.

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Farming Salt

Although we can get table salt from the soil and the lake, we mostly get it from the sea. Salt is farmed by trapping the sea water and leave it to dry by evaporation. Da Hye tried to get the picture of salt farming by evaporating fresh water (left) and salt solution (right). After about 7 hours of hot sunshine, the salt crystal is visible. Read the history of salt here.

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Tidepool: High Tide Low Tide

Tidepool is a pool formed on the rocky beach, filled with seawater which is trapped during low tide. Tidepool can be small and shallow or big and deep. Organisms that live in tidepools such as chiton, bernacle, hermitcrab, starfish, crab, mussel, anemone, limpet, urchin and snail are special because they adapt very well to the changing condition of low and high tide everyday. (Photo: Da Hye and daddy observing organisms living in the tidepool, coloring low and high tide sea, playing tidepool game)

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Science Experiment: Super Salty Sea

Did the fresh water from the river mix instantly with salty sea water? Does the sea water float on top of the fresh water or the other way around? Da Hye did the experiment to find the answer and it turned out that fresh water doesn't mix with sea water instantly and that fresh water floats on top of the sea water (see pictures: blue=sea water, yellow=freshwater) . Follow step by step of the experiment here.

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Bioluminescence: Glow in the Dark

Some creatures of the deep sea can create their own light for some reasons like to prey, to mate and to scare away predators. This light is a cold light and is created from chemical reaction as well as from bacteria living in the animal's body. Sing along the bioluminescence song with anglerfish, glow worm and blue ringed octopus. (Pic: Lanternfish, created by Da Hye using Jacs PSP8)

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Seaweed: from Ocean to Table

Seaweed or algae is various. There are red algae, brown algae and green algae. All of them have several species that are edible. Da Hye made jelly from red algae powder and ate "Nori" in Japanese or "Gim" in Korean, the seaweed for sushi wrap. What other things we use in our life come from seaweed? Play the game.

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Seaweed: Underwater Forest

Although it looks like a plant, seaweed is classified into Kingdom Protista. Seaweed is algae and it can be tiny or growing up to 30 meters long like the bull kelp. When exposed to air seaweeds lose water through evaporation. Some seaweeds can dry out almost completely when the tide is out, then take up water and fully recover when the tide brings water back to them (just like Da Hye's experiment with seaweed blade above). Go to kelp forest online in Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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Create a Wave

Wave is influenced by exposure, wind and tide. Different combination of the three will create different wave. There are many challanges in the game, creating a wave to distroy sand castle, to help the crab get off the rock or even help the barnacle to mate. Give it a try here.

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Coastal Habitat Threats

Coastal habitat is very fulnerable to natural hazzards as well as man-made problems. Da Hye took a virtual journey to 5 british coastal zones to investigate the impacts of this threats to the living organism.

Socialization 3

One Two Three...Go

Socialization is much more meaningful if we can just make friends with anybody, big or small, anywhere. (Homeschooler doesn't always need her shoes :))

Socialization 2

World Cup Fever

Supporting the national team (South Korea) with korean friends for the World Cup 2006 was more than anything. Yes, homeschooler is allowed to 'socialize' in the middle of the night. Bedtime can always be delayed. It's a great chance to learn country's flag too. Get the flags copy from CIA.

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Skating Club

Homeschooler can always meet new friends in ice skate ring. Guaranteed!

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Karaoke Time

Free time can sometimes mean....karaoke time. Forget the fact that you don't have a stage to perform, you can always get on the table..... and best of all, daddy is always ready to be the backside dancer.

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Mangrove Forest: It's More Than Mud

Why is mangrove special? because it can live in salty water/soil with little oxygen, it has prop roots (see photo) which support the tree from sea water flow, and most of all because mangrove protects the life of many other sea creatures life shrimp, crab, lobster, crane and many more. Read more article on mangrove here. Enjoy interactive learning on mangrove forest prepared by American Museum of National History. (Photo: dahye's exploration in the North Jawa Sea mangrove forest)

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Sandy Beach Habitat Exploration

What life can you find on a sandy beach? Da Hye found two animals living on the sandy beach of Jawa east coast: clam and crab (2 species). Most of them were burried under the sand. Go to Monterey Bay Aquarium (click: about the animals) to see sandy beach habitat and inhabitants in other part of the world.

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Coral Identification

Coral reefs are warm, clear, shallow ocean habitats that are rich in life. The coral provides shelter for many animals in this complex habitat including grouper, snapper, eel, turtle, nudibranch, clownfish, starfish, etc. There are two types of coral, hard coral and soft coral. Hard corals (like brain coral and elkhorn coral) have hard, limestone skeletons which form the basis of coral reefs. Soft corals (like sea fingers and sea whips) do not build reefs. (Photo: Dahye identifying coral during low tide in Bali strait)