Q: How does a =
home schooler change a light bulb? (this is based on real life and not a =
joke)
A: Mom checks =
three books on electricity out of the library
Kids make =
models of light bulbs
Read a =
biography of Thomas Edison and do a skit based on his =
life
Everyone =
studies the history of lighting methods, wrapping up with dipping their =
own candles
All take a =
trip to the store where they compare types of light bulbs as well as =
prices and figure out how much change they’ll get if they buy two bulbs =
for $1.99 and pay with a five dollar bill
On the way =
home, a discussion develops over the history of money and also Abraham =
Lincoln, as his picture is on the five dollar =
bill
Finally, after =
building a homemade ladder out of branches dragged from the woods, the =
light bulb is installed
And there is =
light.
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ANSWERS TO THE =
CANDY QUIZ
1. Five =
slippery ones =3D Butterfingers
2. Fourth =
planet =3D Mars
3. Heaps and =
piles =3D Mounds
4. Devious =
laughter =3D Snickers
5. Annual =
income (we wish) =3D $100,000
6. Famous New =
York street =3D Fifth Avenue
7. Favorite =
day of the week =3D Payday
8. Flotation =
device =3D Lifesaver
9. Writer of =
irony =3D O Henry
10. A little =
‘smooch’ =3D Kiss
11. Pleasingly =
plump =3D Chunky
12. Super nova =
=3D Starburst
13. Two female =
pronouns =3D Hershey
14. Our galaxy =
=3D Milky Way
15. Happy nut =
=3D Almond Joy
16. =
President’s daughter =3D Baby Ruth
17. Sticky =
bruins =3D Gummy Bears
18. Alphabet =
repeaters =3D M&M
19. Two minus =
two =3D Zero
20. Happy =
cattlemen =3D Jolly Ranchers
21. French =
swordsmen =3D Three Musketeers
22. Two names =
for a ‘purr’ pet =3D KitKat
23. =
A-maize-ing kernels =3D Candy Corn
24. Suckers =
for dads =3D Tootsie Roll Pops
25. What a dog =
does for ‘tweets’ =3D Twix
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Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] =
www.grif.net
"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I Love!"