Sep. 16, 2009 - The finish of our flight unit

On Labor Day weekend, we attended the Fly In/Cruise In at our small local airport.  They had small airplanes taking off and landing about every minute throughout the day.  They were giving helicopter rides.  But the highlight was the B-17 World War 2 Bomber that was there.  We got there just in time to see it take off.  I circled the area and landed about 1/2 hour later.  Then we were able to go up close to it.

This last picture is of a Navy plane (not sure what kind.)  We also saw it take off.

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Sep. 1, 2009 - Wilbur Wright Museum

For our field trip, we visited the Wilbur Wright birthplace and museum near Hagerstown.

This is a "to scale model" of the airplane that the Wright brothers invented and was able to fly.

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May. 18, 2009 - Indianapolis Zoo

For our final co-op field trip, we went to the zoo.  It was a beautiful day - not too hot, not too cold, and sunny.  We saw the dolphin show and fed the giraffes.  Most of the animals were happy to be out.

The boys pet the sharks in the shark pool.

Then we went to the gardens to see the butterflies. 

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Oct. 20, 2008 - Pumpkin field trip

We went to Minnetrista today for a field trip on pumpkins.  The boys used their senses to explore the pumpkin - feel the smoothness of the outside, feel the sliminess of the inside, taste the pumpkin meat (raw and in a cookie), and taste the pumpkin seeds (raw and cooked).

We learned the life cycle of the pumpkin - seed, to leaf, to flower, to pumpkin.  They made a vine with pictures of each of these items glued to it and made a pumpkin bag to keep it in.

Then we learned the differences between a pumpkin and a squash and gourd.

Finally, we got to see a real pumpkin vine and the boys each picked a pumpkin to bring home.

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Oct. 13, 2008 - Central Indiana Ethanol Plant

We hadn't really planned this as a school field trip.  Our church planned a tour of the new ethanol plant in our area.  The boys went along.  Most of what they said was not presented in a kid friendly manner, but the boys picked up some of what is done at the plant.  Here are some pictures:

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