This post has been in queue, but I've been busy and whatnot. Too bad, because it's a pretty good one.

Last week my dad and brother were driving to Maryland in order to get Kyle and his car to University of Maryland (see yesterday's post). On their way they made a slight detour and stopped in the Delta for a day and a half. They came to school with me for a day and I made them teach. Here's what happened.

Kyle taught the kids about heart rates, since he has EMT certification, which I tied into learning about rates in general.

Kyle taught them how to measure their heart rates and got them doing it.

It was a big hit. Everybody enjoyed it. Doesn't Kyle look so cute dealing with kids?

Some of the kids' estimates were way off, which Kyle tried to plausibly explain. But it was fun and an awesome kinesthetic activity. I'm really bad at coming up with those unless it's when we study physics.

After that my dad proceeded to teach my kids how to make the best paper airplane that my dad knows how to build.

He was explained what makes an airplane lift, which the kids were really interested in. We then took them outside for a test-run, and I must say that they flew pretty far. I had to preface that lesson by warning them that no such airplane flying would be tolerated in class.

Later in the day for science I did a comparison chart on what traits Kyle and I inherited and didn't inherit. We just happened to be studying inherited traits that day. That was fun because the kids asked about all kinds of funny things and found some inherited traits that I never thought about. For example, it's not clear where Kyle got his dimples and I clearly got my skin tone from the Scottish side of the family, as opposed to the side with some Cherokee Indian in it.