We belong to the Lego Education on-line community and accepted the Challenge this year to create something to do with renewable energy. Zachary started his project yesterday (due in 4 weeks). He decided to create a police station that uses solar power to run. saves the tax payers money and it's "clean" fuel. He got a great start on it yesterday and will continue with it until he has the solar panels on the roof. He is a LEGO MANIAC to say the least and has created some fabulous things. Legos are a big part of our schooling day, most days. We will submit our lesson plans for the challenge to the Lego Education dept along with pictures of the creation to be entered into the contest. There are great prizes awarded each year! Wish him luck.
May 15, 2012 is National Chocolate Chip Day Today is National Chocolate Chip Day! Chocolate chips are an essential ingredient in dozens of delicious baked goods—chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip pancakes, chocolate chip muffins, chocolate chip brownies, chocolate chip bagels, and many more. You can even find chili recipes that call for these sweet morsels! In the 1930s, Ruth Graves Wakefield created the original chocolate chip cookie at her Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. Ruth intended to bake chocolate cookies for her guests, but she ran out of baker’s chocolate. She substituted with chopped up semi-sweet chocolate morsels and discovered that the pieces did not melt into the dough as she expected. Her cookies were an instant hit. Today, 25% of all the cookies baked in the United States are chocolate chip! To celebrate National Chocolate Chip Day, pick up a bag of chocolate chips at the supermarket and bake something yummy to share with friends and cowor
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