tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763358098426655968.post7330854179943483899..comments2023-12-19T10:30:46.533-05:00Comments on Home Chemistry: Young Tom EdisonKathy Cecerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188872992635537080noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763358098426655968.post-35766879739492838732007-11-15T21:41:00.000-05:002007-11-15T21:41:00.000-05:00When I get too frazzled to put together lessons, I...When I get too frazzled to put together lessons, I find movies very helpful to keep the momentum going. I found Young Tom and Edison the Man on the list at www.teachwithmovies.org. (I don't subscribe, just browse their lists.)<BR/><BR/>Our library is part of a lending system that is actually pretty complete, between the 2-3 "big" libraries with the up-to-date DVD collections and the little one-room rural libraries that are still hanging on to their old VHS tapes. The two Edison movies (just got Spence this afternoon)are on tape. I don't know if they're available on DVD at the moment.<BR/><BR/>One film I couldn't find at all in the system, was Madame Curie, so I bought a used video on Amazon.com. I'll be blogging that one when it comes. Apparently scientist films were a fad for a while in the '40s: Pasteur, Alexander Graham Bell, even "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet," about the man who cured syphilis. (THERE'S one for the kids!)<BR/><BR/>Oh, don't forget "October Sky." The book is even better in describing kids engrossed in their experiments, though it touches on some more mature themes.Kathy Cecerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18188872992635537080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763358098426655968.post-72640982443700219132007-11-15T19:53:00.000-05:002007-11-15T19:53:00.000-05:00You gave me a start, or rather the picture did! I...You gave me a start, or rather the picture did! I've been hoping for both flicks on DVD for ages, and because neither on video are anywhere in our library system, I've asked my parents in the U.S. to tape them for US from TMC. Young Tom was on not too long ago, and now we're waiting for Spence to complete the set!<BR/><BR/>Tom Edison is one of our home school's <A HREF="http://farmschoolathome.blogspot.com/2007/09/science-with-tom-edison.html" REL="nofollow">guiding spirits</A> :)Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697320319544886978noreply@blogger.com