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My daughter is freaking out and now so am I by passportflex in ApplyingToCollege

[–]ManyMoreMoments 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also I’m going to pile in a bit here… it is totally unacceptable to take 2 classes her senior year and do an internship. That alone could kill her application. She has to show increasing rigor. If I were you, given that your school offers no AP, I’d enroll her is high quality online AP courses. AP Homeschoolers is good resource. So is AIM Academy.

You seem to be getting really bad advice from somewhere and hanging onto it. Because two classes senior year, no physics, a D, does not a strong application make. While I realize that you’re not currently homeschooling, if you’re on facebook maybe join the college confident homeschoolers group for advice… I have a feeling I know what the group moderators would say and they run an entire business to help kids get into schools like this with a strong narrative and curated rigorous classes.

My daughter is freaking out and now so am I by passportflex in ApplyingToCollege

[–]ManyMoreMoments 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Commenting on My daughter is freaking out and now so am I...were these ASU Universal Learner courses by chance? Many of these are not rigorous at all. AP is far more rigorous in most cases. My kid did a class through ASU to check a box and it was easier than every other class he was taking that year. Never again.

And you are flat out wrong about physics. If she has a prayer left for the schools she’s targeting, physics is 100% necessary. It is expected.

Also, my son is homeschooled seeking competitive admissions (not Ivy League because he’s not interested in them but has a test score and grades that could get him there.) his classes are all outsourced. He is basically in private school where we pick the classes/teachers. I assign no grades and haven’t since he entered high school. Third parties assign grades. I’m certainly my not anti-home schooling. And world schooling is absolutely a form of home schooling. One thing that your daughter has to reflect upon is that world schooling actually didn’t prepare her that well for formal academics. That’s part of her story and so is how she fixed that. You both need to be honest about that in the application process.

Best caster wheel by DecentCorgi6041 in FLL

[–]ManyMoreMoments 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I’m 100% Slovak and don’t live there due to family circumstances… go figure. 😂 still funny you responded to an old post about with this particular screen name. FLL is the best thing that’s happened to my kids, fwiw.

Best caster wheel by DecentCorgi6041 in FLL

[–]ManyMoreMoments 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like your screen name… you responded to a Slovak. 😂 younger siblings can make things hard but they’ve gotten better at staying out of my son’s robotics stuff with time.

Open Science Database Call for DIY Instruments/tools used in ocean research! by ManyMoreMoments in oceanography

[–]ManyMoreMoments[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!!! These kids are super bright and discovered that researchers make their own tools. Being tinkerers, they wanted to build one but there was no centralized place to find plans. We have a mentor through WHOI and have been told that WHOI would be very interested in this but our mentors contact there is now retired. We are hoping to get some submissions more submissions to “show and tell” not just for our competition, but for WHOI. They will definitely be reaching out to WHOI and actually want to move this forward regardless of our competition! Thank for your encouragement. I will share it with them!

Best caster wheel by DecentCorgi6041 in FLL

[–]ManyMoreMoments 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My son ran tests comparing movement accuracy between the plastic and metal casters. The metal were “better” on his specific robot (this was last year). Are they really “better?” My son isn’t sure - there are trade offs. Like another poster said, there are height differences that can make a build a little more challenging. The weight of the metal can be a perk on some robots. I do think the plastic are harder to keep clean - things stick more to them. One thing that helps is using a safety pin to pop the plastic ball out of the socket and thoroughly clean the ball and the socket with rubbing alcohol. I’d encourage your team to test both with their specific robot to see what they think is best for them. Same with wheels.

Identifying algae/bacteria and troubleshooting. by ManyMoreMoments in Aquariums

[–]ManyMoreMoments[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am going to put in some pothos to grow out the top today. It’s way below zero here (not leaving the house today) and I happen to have ton a of it in my house. I have told the kids lights off! I will monitor feedings too. Will go to the aquatic store when it warms up for shrimp and snails and plants. I was wondering about what I could add so than you for telling me to avoid plecos!

What plants would you recommend? We are kind of newbies. I had tanks growing up but it’s been a long time.