Winding Down

July has been a busy month making August look calm so far. Jacob helped with VBS then off to Kentucky on a mission trip for a week. He came home on Friday and had his wisdom teeth removed on Monday. That worked out well because he got to rest from the trip and heal from the surgery all at once. Now rested he's ready to hit the floor running.

Jacob has fallen in love with a small community in SC where many of our family lives and their church.He's been trying to get back there since May but we haven't been able to go till now.We are driving down to drop him off with our cousin for the week.Guessing God's preparing me for his new adventures at college.So as we wind down this month I am praying for a slower August.

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Flying with Doctor Aviation Review

When The Review Crew was given the opportunity in June to get a free subscription to

Doctor Aviation I got really excited. Jacob and I flew on an airplane for the first time four years ago

from North Carolina to California and we both loved it, except changing planes in Atlanta, Georgia.

We've decided no matter where you're going to you have to go to the airport in Atlanta. Ha!! On our

flight home Jacob informed me that he wanted to be a pilot. Okay....and the investigating of what it

takes to be a pilot began. My father served in the United States Air Force so Jacob is an Air Force

guy so when I clicked on the Doctor Aviation web site and watched "Intro to Doctor Aviation" I was

even more excited to learn that Daryl Smith, also known as Doctor Aviation,  was a pilot in the Air

Force for 24 years and a professor at the United States Air Force Academy. Two pluses to reviewing

this six month Aviation Online Training Videos  course already.

What is Doctor Aviation?

           Doctor Aviation is an online educational course that covers topics such as flight, aircraft

maintenance, air traffic control and how to run an airport. It is suggested for high school students or

adults. There are 15 sessions in this course which include videos broken down into technical trivia, a

notable figure in aviation and an important  event in aviation. Each video is between 45 minutes to an

hour. There are printable guided notes and additional recommended resources for each video session.

A "Dashboard" will keep you on track during this course.

Session 1: Course Overview: The Aviation System

               I. The Aircraft

Session 2: The Major Components of an Airplane

Session 3: Axes and Forces

Session 4: Why an Aircraft Flies: The Secret of Airfoils and Lift

Session 5: Why an Aircraft Turns, Pitches and Slides: The Flight Controls

               II. Air Traffic Control

Session 6: How We See an Aircraft Miles Away: The Secrets of Radar

Session 7: The Air Traffic Cops: How Air Traffic Control Works

               III.  Maintenance

Session 8: Keep ‘Em Flying: Aircraft Maintenance – Propeller Engines

Session 9: Keep ‘Em Flying: Aircraft Maintenance – Jet Engines

                IV. Airfield Operations

Session 10: The City in and of Itself: Running a Large Airport

Session 11: The Small Airport and Running an FBO

               V. The Aircraft II

Session 12: Flying in the Clear and Not so Clear Air: VMC and IMC

Session 13: Important Pilot Instruments – Attitude Indicator

Session 14: Important Pilot Instruments – Airspeed Indicator

Session 15: Other Aviation Ships: Gliders, Helicopters, Airships

All of this can be yours for $99 for six months. The Doctor Aviation Course can be taken to earn half

high school credit.

How Did We Use It?

Well I thought Jacob would be excited about this course but not so much. I was able to get him to

watch one video and that was all he could watch. I watched/listened to the videos and I tried to do at

least one a week.

Would I Recommend It?

Yes I would definitely recommend it for someone interested in being a pilot or wanting to learn about

airplane or the industry. I suggest trying Session 1 free to show you what you will be getting and reading about what it's about.

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Trust Fund

We enjoy watching good movies and have a wide collection so when the Homeschool Review Crew

was offered the opportunity to receive the movie "Trust Fund" I quickly signed up. In exchange for

watching and reviewing Trust Fund we received the dvd free of charge.

Mapelle Films offers this movie which is  produced by an early homeschool graduate, Isaac Alongi

who has worked for 15 years with Sandra Martin writer/director of Trust Fund. This movie received

the dove seal for age 12+ and younger children when watched as a family. Trust Fund is a modern

day story of  the Prodigal Daughter and very well put together so it can be enjoyed while learning

what many experience today. There's a free downloadable study guide and movie clips that can be

used in conjunction with the movie for families to dig deeper or use in small study groups.

Reese is one of two daughters and seems to get away with anything and everything she wants with

her dad. Eventually some of the things she has gotten into catch up with her and she almost looses

everything. Her sister, Audrey is the one who is more level-headed, working with her dad at the

successful company, earning her way in life unlike her sister. She is very resentful of Reese which

causes turmoil in the family but.........you'll have to watch Trust Fund to see what happens.

I had planned to watch this with Jacob but he's been doing mission work and had his wisdom teeth

taken out so I enjoyed just some me time with this one. Once things settle down I know he will watch

this and hopefully learn something from it. He's got two older brothers and struggles with "why do

you still do for them when they have done bad things?" I've told him that's how God is with ALL

people and we as Christians are trying to be like Christ.

I would highly recommend this movie to families and even youth group movie night would be great.

I was so happy I got to review this movie because we always need reminders in life.

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Today's Wisdom

Today Jacob is having his wisdom teeth taken out.Not a fun thing to have done but after a week of working in Kentucky with our mission team he'll get some much needed rest. He's been a little nervous and asked if he got to keep his teeth so I reminded him to ask the nurse. She told him as long as they could get it out intact he could keep it.I think that made him happy....plus the medicine he took an hour before surgery didn't hurt .LOL!!!
About an hour later and he's all done with the souvenir of one wisdom tooth to take home. When I asked him earlier why he wanted to keep his teeth his response was  "I gotta keep my wisdom". Too funny. When I went back after surgery I asked if he was expecting the Tooth Fairy to visit. With a head-shake of no I could mentally hear him say."Really?"That's his "word" and yes it dopes make a momma go bonkers sometimes but I thank God everyday for allowing me to be his "bonkers mom".
After Grandma and I got him in the car we headed for the closest drugstore because we live about an hour and a half from where we were and we wanted to make sure to keep him from hurting. Poor guy hadn't eaten since midnight and it was now noon so while Grandma was in getting his medicine I get this text. "Can I get some mashed potatoes and mac-n-cheese from KFC?"So yes we stopped and he got maybe 2 bites in before taking medicine and going to sleep.
We made it home, iced his face, removed his hearing aides and back to sleep. Needless to say my house is so quite I may try to sneak a nap in too.
  

Fascinating Education/Fascinating Biology

In June we were offered the opportunity to receive a course for a year free to review

Fascinating Education. This is an online course featuring various Science Education such

as Chemistry, Biology and Physics for high school homeschool students. This program

was developed by Dr. Margulies, a retired neurologist, author and an expert witness in

the field of neurology. We chose to explore Fascinating Biology first but the suggested

course of study is to start with Chemistry and then Biology. If you, like us do choose to

complete Biology first, there is Chemistry Pre-Course for Biology that contains six

lessons that can be completed first, at an extra cost. There’s also a Chemistry Review

included in Fascinating Biology as Lesson 2.Ok so we do things out of order sometimes

 but that makes life interesting.

What is Fascinating Biology?

Fascinating Biology is an online homeschool science curriculum for high school students.

It is an 18 lesson video course complete with written downloadable script of the video

and a test at the end of every lesson. The video/slide presentations are approximately 45

minutes each lesson. The test may be taken online multiple times to learn the correct

answer and pass. The test is set up to let you review what you missed before attempting it

 again.

  

Lessons in Fascinating Biology:

Lesson 1:  What Is Life

Lesson 2:  Chemistry Review

Lesson 3:  The Cell Membrane

Lesson 4:  Take in Nutrients

Lesson 5:  Take in Energy - Part 1

Lesson 6:  Take in Energy - Part 2

Lesson 7:  Take in Energy - Part 3

Lesson 8:  Take in Energy - Part 4

Lesson 9:  Grow

Lesson 10: Reproduce - Part 1

Lesson 11: Reproduce - Part 2

Lesson 12: Reproduce - Part 3

Lesson 13: Homeostasis - Part 1

Lesson 14: Homeostasis - Part 2

Lesson 15: Adapt - Part 1

Lesson 16: Adapt - Part 2

Lesson 17: Prokaryotes, Protists, Animals, Fungi

Lesson 18: Plants

How We Used It

Once logged in I sat with my son and watched the video then discussed the test questions

with him while he was taking the test. The first lesson was pretty easy to get him to do

but the following lessons were a little harder to get him to watch. There’s a menu tab with

the video that shows what is covered in that lesson and the next few lessons overwhelmed

him before he started. He’s a special needs child and to see the menu look like it fills the

whole screen makes him automatically turn his brain off. Tried watching a little at a time

and that worked pretty well. Maybe the option of hiding the menu bar would be

beneficial to special need as well as typical kiddos.

Would I Recommend Fascinating Biology?

Yes I would recommend it to others but more typical kiddos and not special needs. I

would have liked to have seen a few experiments thrown in on a couple of lessons. I did

like that the last few slides in the video was kind of like a review of each lesson, The

videos were bright and eye catching, not boring and along with the menu tab there is a

glossary tab giving the definitions of certain words.

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