I have been promising my kids we would visit the MTN Science Center for the longest time!!! I even said we would go during the school holidays, turned out our week off school was during National Science Week!!! Eugh… I thought it would be packed with people… and when we arrived the queues outside were [...]
National Science Week… And The MTN Science Center…
August 7th, 2010 · 6 Comments
Tags: Cape Town · Outings · Saturday Spot · Science · Se7en at School
Se7en’s Seaside Science… with Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom…
July 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments
This book was our book of the week last week and I said I would have to post about it!!! You know when you have a book out of the library and you keep it out for so long that it becomes part of the furniture… Well I have this problem with Mick Manning and [...]
Tags: Outdoors · Science · Se7en at School · Tuesday Art Task
Se7en Natural Factual Links…
July 13th, 2010 · 8 Comments
It is the middle of Winter and absolutely freezing, we didn’t get out much this week. A mad dash to see the penguins, a couple of quick forts for lunch in the garden and catching the tepid sun on the steps but otherwise we are indoors. And everyone is beginning to plot and plan improvements [...]
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Saturday Spot: Save Our Seas Shark Centre…
May 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments
We have a new sport in our house and I am not sure but there may well be a verb: “Rock Pooling…” Last week we gathered some friends and ventured out for an outing to the Save Our Seas Shark Center in Kalk Bay. And we loved every second of it, in fact days later [...]
Tags: Outings · Saturday Spot · Science · Se7en at School
Se7en’s Edible Cell Biology Fun…
April 17th, 2010 · 9 Comments
We had a week of science fun here, catching all our experiments up and then some more. The experiment that outshone all of them – by far – was the making of a cell model. Here is a finished cell to give you the idea of what we did: Let’s meet the Players: One packet [...]
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Saturday Spot: Rondevlei Bird Sanctuary…
March 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments
We live with a birdwatcher – they are a rare breed!!! So we take him to Rondevlei bird sanctuary in the heart of the South Peninsula. In the middle of a busy and bustling area is this perfectly quiet and peaceful wetland and it is always packed with birds and fascinating things to see. There [...]
Tags: Cape Town · Outings · Saturday Spot
Party Theme: Crazy Chemical Chaos in Se7en Steps…
March 5th, 2010 · 12 Comments
Last week we had a bit of a science frenzy and we published three fat science posts in a row: Se7en Science Experiments: Bugs, Birds and Beasts… Se7en Science Experiments: Lights, Lines and Lenses… Se7en Science Experiments: Very Simple Edible Science… I was reminded that there was a party that had gone unreported… and it [...]
Tags: Party Themes · Plenty of Parties
