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Parachutes

I teach science to all my students.  Today was my day for the beginner 7 year olds.  There are only four of them, but they can be a handful.  OK, the two boys are a handful… the girls are fine.  :)

Today we made parachutes.  It’s really easy.  All you need is a plastic bag, some string or thread, tape and a small toy.  Cut a large circle out of the plastic bag.  The bigger, the better, really.  Cut four pieces of thread approximately equal to the diameter of your circle.  That’s the distance across the circle for those of you who forgot high school geometry.  Tape the thread at equal intervals around the circle.  Tie the four pieces of thread into a knot at the bottom.  Use more tape to secure the toy to the thread.  Now, hold your parachute up and drop it!  Watch how it falls slower than if you dropped the toy without the parachute.

As an extension, you can ask the kids what they think would happen if your parachute was smaller or the toy was bigger.  See what they say, and then try it!  That’s science.

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Frog Puppets

OK.  First post about my new school, Maple Square.  I teach a variety of things to 5 and 7 year olds.  Today was arts & crafts with the advanced 7 year olds.  We made frog puppets, which go with this weeks theme.  Well, last week’s theme.  I misread the schedule and got off a week.  Anyhow, we made frog puppets using this site for directions.  Unlike previous arts & craft projects, these turned out really great.  Sorry about the crappy pictures.  I left my camera at home, and all I had was my cell phone.

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Cheese Rabokki

How to describe it?  Cheesey.  Noodley.  Fishy.  Chewy.  Spicy.  Yup.  That pretty much sums it up.  My version of this is a somewhat modified version of this recipe I found on the net.

It’s a pretty easy dish to make.  One pot and a plate to serve is all it takes.  Start by gathering your ingredients (the brown sugar is missing from this picture because I forgot about it).

Here are some better views of everything…

Odang in Bag

Odang

Dduk in Bag

Dduk

Dduk

Brown Sugar

Ramen Noodles

Mozzarella Cheese

Gochujang Container

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Gochujang

Start by turning on the stove to low.  Addi about 1.5 cups of water to a saucepan.  To that, add about 3 tablespoons of brown sugar and 3 tablespoons of gochujang.  I also (sometimes, not always) add a bit of garlic and some salt.  I use a whisk to mix it all together as the gochujang is kind of sticky.

Then add your noodles.  Here in Korea we can buy raman noodles without any sort of seasoning packet.  They’re about half the price of the other kind.

Cut your odang into bit size chunks.

Odang

And add it to the pot.

Stir and then add your dduk.

Let cook until the ramen is done.  Stir every minute or so to keep it from sticking to the pot.  The ramen cooks fast, this should only take a few minutes.

Then dump your cheese on top.  This is completely optional, but ever so yummy.

Stir and dish out.

Believe me when I say it… This makes enough for 3-4 people/servings.  It can be reheated.  Don’t try to eat it cold.  Cold dduk is like trying to eat a very gummy rock.  The microwave works well to reheat.  I’ve never tried to reheat on the stove.  You could probably make a bit of just the sauce and then dump the leftover rabokki in to reheat.

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Food Pyramids – D4 Class

Welcome to the world of D4 class.  They are a group of 4th-5th graders.  I teach them science, math and listening skills.  Recently, we’ve been talking about health in our science classes.  As a culminating activity, I had them make food pyramids on poster boards.  Ignore the fact this is the “old” food pyramid.  It was what was in their books.  And ignore the fact that I really messed up when I drew the skeleton on the board for them to copy.  I’m used to teaching the “new” food pyramid.

And here are the pictures I used.  I’ve converted my word file to a pdf.  Please let me know if you would like the original file.  They’re pretty perfectly sized for the approximately 3 foot by 2 foot boards we had.

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Mooga-dong

Moogadong is the area around Ulsan University.  It has a much different feeling than the areas around where I live.  It’s about a 15-20 minute cab ride from downtown (Samsangdong).  I spent the afternoon on what’s called “Babo Street” (literally translated it means silly/crazy four way intersection).

We found there is a Cold Stone Creamery there.  Ally was very excited to see they had cake batter icecream (*drool*).  We didn’t stop for any because Ally and Richard had icecream earlier in the day and I had some cheesecake at the coffee shop.

We ended up stopping at an outdoor restaurant type place to have a few drinks before heading home for BBQ (yummy Korean BBQ….)

I happened to have my camera with me, so I took some pictures for fun.  Enjoy!

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Planting Seeds

These are pictures of August Class.  They are a group of 7 year olds in their second and third years of English studies.  I teach them science and math as well as reading.  They are a handful…

In science, we’ve been talking about plants.  They been learning about the parts of plants, their life cycle and what they need.  As a culminating activity, we planted chive seeds today.  We’ll observe them over the next few weeks and record their growth.

Pictures for your enjoyment….

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Blue and Kathryn Teacher

This is a picture of one of our 5 year olds named Blue.  He picked the name.  His new English name is David, but we all still call him Blue.  He’s too cute and silly to be a David.  I could see him as a Davy, but not a David.  But I digress.  This is possibly the smartest kid I’ve seen in a long time.  He makes full sentences and has a very good vocabulary.  Remember Korean ages are different.  He’s probably not much more than 4 really.

He’s even cuter in person…

Kathryn and Blue

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