This post has been back dated. Sorry about the delay in getting it up.
These are the pictures for February’s Birthday Friday. Enjoy!
Our birthday boys and girls
Blow out the candles and make a wish!
Archive for February, 2008
26
Feb
Cabbage in Space
Remember that old Muppet’s skit, “Pigs in Space“? Well, apparently there will soon be kimchi in space. A South Korean astronaut will be staying aboard the International Space Station sometime in the coming months. To help combat homesickness, guest astronauts are allowed to bring foods from their home country. So…
Three top government research institutes spent millions of dollars and several years perfecting a version of kimchi that would not turn dangerous when exposed to cosmic rays or other forms of radiation and would not put off non-Korean astronauts with its pungency.
Read the full articles at the New York Times.
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23
Feb
June and July Class Graduation
Our 7 year old students graduated today. Many of them will be moving to A and B classes in the afternoon. I wish them the best of luck in the first grade!
For graduation each class prepared a song and a poem. The children also memorized short passages from their reading books and presented those.
June Class
July Class
22
Feb
January Birthday Friday
I figured I better get this up seeing as tomorrow (errr rather today, Photobucket was being a pain last night) is February Birthday Friday… Yeah, I’ve just been a little bit distracted lately.
Our Birthday Boys and Girls
Blow out those candles!
19
Feb
Sparkler
I have a pet now. This past weekend I bought a little guinea pig from Lotte Mart. She’s a little girl weighing no more than a pound. I’ve named her Sparkler, but she goes by Sparks or Sparkie for short.
Sparks is doing well. She goes nuts when I drop oranges into her cage. I’ll have to appropriate some more from work tomorrow (they put out huge bowls of them in one of the work rooms).
The two of us had a nice chat earlier this evening. I worked out some stuff that was running through my head. Even if she is just a little guinea pig, she’s a good listener. And sometimes that’s all we need.
And I also got some pictures.
18
Feb
Yeast Project
My B1 Speaking/Writing class combined with Christine’s B1 Speaking/Writing class to do an experiment with yeast as part of their bread project. We were investigating what the best food is for yeast and the affects of salt on yeast growth. This little experiment is really simple. You just combine yeast and sugar with some warm water in a plastic zipper bag. Observe it to see how much gas (carbon dioxide) is produced. Do the same with a combination of yeast and flour, yeast, sugar and salt, and yeast, flour and salt.
Authors
B1 Speaking/Writing Class
Kathryn Teacher
Christine Teacher
Cindy Teacher
Title
What Yeast Eats
Purpose
To see what is the best food for yeast
Hypothesis
Sugar is the best food for yeast
Materials
Sugar
Flour
Yeast
Warm water
Salt
Zipper bags
Procedure
Put sugar, yeast and water in the first bag. Put flour, yeast and water in the second bag. Put sugar, yeast, salt and water in the third bag. Put flour, yeast, salt and water in the fourth bag. Mix the contents of the bag well. Put the bags in a warm place for about one hour.
Results
The bag with sugar, yeast and water produced the most gas. The bag with the flour, yeast, salt and water produced the least gas.
Conclusions
Sugar is the best food for yeast. Yeast can eat flour, but it is not a very good food. Salt stops yeast from eating food.
And here are their completed posters…
Christine’s Class: Eric, Eddie, Joe, Flora and Mary
Kathryn’s Class: Sean, Kitty and Lizzy
07
Feb
Happy Seollal!
Seollal is the Korean Lunar New Year. I love Korean New Year. We get New Years Day plus the day before and the day after off. And the way it works out, with New Years being on a Thursday, means we have a five day holiday.
But now some information about Seollal. It’s the celebration of the lunar new year. Unlike in China, Seollal is pretty low key. People travel home to be with their families. Most of my students, when asked what they were doing for the holiday, said they were going to their grandparents’ house. They also mentioned that grandma would be cooking good food. That I can believe.
Many Korean families play Yut (pronounced yoot) during New Years. I’ve never seen a set, but I’d like to find one.
Kathryn Marks
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