Mommyfaithe Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Ok. I give up. I am surrounded by boys and girls who just adore poop and farts! I am so sick of it I am pulling out the big guns..... Ready to kill their love of the subject by requiring it as a unit study. So, are there an unit studies on poop and farts? Any ideas you wish to share? My first assignment was a cluster diagram on poop. 3 different kinds.... 3 details. Tomorrow they write the paragraphs! You should see their faces! Wait until they get heir spelling list! I love homeschooling! UPDATE: It worked!! My youngest has not written poop on one of his books in 4 days!! Now, if I can get him to stop drawing fire breathing dragons.....hmmmmmm....I think I may be on to something here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I don't know if this book will kill their fascination, but my dd really enjoyed this book. It's actually really interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 You could find charts that show the scat of many different kinds of animals (along with their tracks). Study the digestive system of cows and visit a dairy barn. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 There used to be a video on netflix called Doggy Poo. Hilarious cartoon about dawgay (doggy with southern drawl) poo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alef Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I love your plan!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Miss Mousie Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Get Mary Roach's Gulp. Make a model of the digestive system with fabric; add cocoa to oatmeal and demonstrate the process from swallowing to peristalsis to the Grand Finale! Maybe there's a youtube somewhere that gives more info on this: http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/live-science/poop-happens/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 There used to be a video on netflix called Doggy Poo. Hilarious cartoon about dawgay (doggy with southern drawl) poo Lol! Can't believe I just spent the last 1/2 hour watching a film about Doggy Poo. What would I do without the WTM boards? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofkids&pets Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 We just had an article in this morning's paper about the "poop pill" for those with recurrent c-diff infections. They were using fecal transplants, but now you can get your feces in pill form. Just don't study this before lunch :tongue_smilie: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Your 10th grader might enjoy Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach. *You* might not enjoy hearing some of the things she'll gleefully tell you. At dinner. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Texican Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 You can tell I have a six year old if I would click on a thread with that title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdobis Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 There is a mythbusters episode about farts. Don't know which one, but Netflix streaming has about all of the episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4ramseys@msn.com Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 And then there is this: http://www.bathroomjokes.com/poop/list.htm I only have boys:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 We just had an article in this morning's paper about the "poop pill" for those with recurrent c-diff infections. They were using fecal transplants, but now you can get your feces in pill form. Just don't study this before lunch :tongue_smilie: . They had an article in Macleans about this. It is also mentioned in the below book. Your 10th grader might enjoy Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach. *You* might not enjoy hearing some of the things she'll gleefully tell you. At dinner. :tongue_smilie: This was a really interesting book! But if you want one more centered on Human waste this books is wonderful: http://www.amazon.com/Big-Necessity-Unmentionable-World-Matters/dp/0805090835/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380907207&sr=1-1&keywords=Human+Waste There is a mythbusters episode about farts. Don't know which one, but Netflix streaming has about all of the episodes. They proved that a man in a closed room could not fart himself to death. They have this book: http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1380906836&sr=8-2&keywords=All+about+poop (But I wouldn't give it to a child since it talks about that for some people going poop can trigger an organism) One fun thing you can do for your kids is print out this scale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_bristol_scale#Bristol_Stool_Chart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 DD did actually do a unit study of sorts, starting with Poop Happened! http://www.amazon.com/Poop-Happened-History-World-Bottom/dp/0802720773 And she proceeded to study about dung beetles and poop and so forth. Well, I had to stop it since adults were looking at her in an odd way every time she wanted to share information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Here's a video on the poop cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Ok. So we totally enjoyed a day of poop videos...and anyone that read Game of Thrones knows the motto "Winter is Coming" my kids have heard us say this many a time joking around...so now they are saying Poop is Coming. Lol good day, good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paceofnature Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Got one for you: http://www.stemmom.org/2013/07/play-dough-scat-animal-poop-lab.html I have been thinking about doing this with my kids, but haven't yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 This thread cracks me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abba12 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 For a spin away from digestion you could look at animal poop as fertilizer, why it is helpful, what remains after digestion. You can also look into why we don't use human poop as a fertilizer (answer, you should not use poop from any animal which consumes meat.). You could examine a worm farm and the fact that, basically, what you are using from that is lots and lots of worm poop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I can send you a pic of wallaby poo if you like. Real homeschoolers have pictures to stick on their walls, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 This thread is hilarious! Also, I wonder if this tactic would work in my house, only to kill the Star Wars obsession. Probably not -- with my luck, it would probably just make them more obsessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Keeping Clean: A Very Peculiar History has a lot of stuff about what things people pooped in through history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraswati Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 My sil sent my kids a copy of this story from Germany: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/081094457X/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1380936174&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX110_SY165 Though, it probably wouldn't help your cause much - my kids giggled like crazy the first time we ready it. They pulled it out of the box, and I said "oh, look! Auntie sent a book about a mole with poo on his head!" That alone sent them on a hysterical laughing fit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 HEE HEE HEE HEE my son and a friend are the same way when they get together......thankfully it has died down for a bit as the friend hasn't been over in a few weeks......I feel your pain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Our local science center had an exhibit called "Grossology" I think it has toured (and possibly still is touring) the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I never thought about having the kids study up on the subject, but when they went through that phase of on command farting, I made a rule that whenever someone farted, they had to clean the toilet. We had pretty clean toilets during that time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I never thought about having the kids study up on the subject, but when they went through that phase of on command farting, I made a rule that whenever someone farted, they had to clean the toilet. We had pretty clean toilets during that time! Brilliant! I see a very clean toilet in my future! Lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Poop Happened. A book about how disposal (or not) of poop contributed to the downfall of civilizations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 The roman toilet horrible history episode? My kids think that is hilarious. I think there is something called a history of toilets somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Oh, good...so, it's just not my 6-year-old then? I'm sick of it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddlemomma Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Go to http://kidshealth.org Select the kids section Search for poop and see the topics that come up. Do the same for farts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Actually, you can use composted human waste as fertilizer. Google "humanure handbook." The trick is composting. This is also true of omnivorous domesticated animals such as pigs and chickens. Proper composting kills disease bacteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaya Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 this thread is great! I might do a unit on this as well. when we were fixing up our bathroom I actually did look into a composting toilet, but dh said no because it needed electricity and he was worried about power outages. oh well. it was also really expensive. we do compost our dog's poop though, that's a fun poop-lab :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2queens&1princenmyhouse Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Other angles are also waste water treatment and what ways poop is used other than fertilizer (we just finished a book on wagon trains and they burned dried buffalo dung in place of firewood). And there's always cow-chip bingo! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hebandgene Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 This makes me giggle. As mom to two boys I am seriously thinking of using this idea. Thanks for sharing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymonster Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Not sure where you are located, but Seattle has great underground history tours. Seattle had quite the problem with exploding toilets back in the day, and the tour guide's explanation of the problem was hilarious and educational... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 We "made poop" last year - there is a homeschooling family that had a video online of what they did. Spaghetti with sauce and soda crackers, some dishsoap as saliva, blender as stomach, green food coloring as bile, nylon pantyhose as the intestines, squeeze the water out, then squeeze it out one end - poop! I did it with a bunch of middle-grade kids too and they were so disgusted it was awesome. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 This is an awesome unit study idea lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I forgot the vinegar stomach acid. I'm sure there is more if you look it up. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 This a very educational thread. Don't forget the snacks! Kitty Litter cake (made with cake mix, tootsie rolls, etc.): http://allrecipes.com/recipe/kitty-litter-cake/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upward Journey Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 There is a mythbusters episode about farts. Don't know which one, but Netflix streaming has about all of the episodes. And also one about the differences in poo of carnivores vs. herbivores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyinthegarden Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 This reminds me of Walter the Farting Dog, I checked it out of our library about 5 years ago. We had just started homeschooling and DS was in first grade. I thought it would be great for a laugh, but he looked at me like my hair was on fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 The "Horrible" series of science books is super for all subjects gross. We got the whole boxed set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 My (slightly radical farmer) cousin recommended a book to me a few years ago called "The Humanure Handbook". It's about composting, ah, EVERYTHING and the author was really serious about it - lots of lab reports, etc. My husband perfected his eye-roll over it. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 This reminds me of Walter the Farting Dog, I checked it out of our library about 5 years ago. We had just started homeschooling and DS was in first grade. I thought it would be great for a laugh, but he looked at me like my hair was on fire.My fil showed up with that bookone morning...read it to my kids then left to read it to their cousins...the other set of grand kids! These boys NEVER grow up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I'm glad the poop drawings have stopped but is there a reason drawing dragons is wrong? Doodling and drawing while thinking, listening, and talking is sometimes very beneficial for the learner in some cases. Maybe if you aren't wanting the drawings on his actual work to be turned in, you could provide scrap paper to doodle while working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Doodles are creative people. Save the dragons! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 What You Never Knew about Tubs, Toilets, and Showers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 I'm glad the poop drawings have stopped but is there a reason drawing dragons is wrong? Doodling and drawing while thinking, listening, and talking is sometimes very beneficial for the learner in some cases. Maybe if you aren't wanting the drawings on his actual work to be turned in, you could provide scrap paper to doodle while working? Nah, it is not the dragons that bug me....but, the pointy teeth and fire! LOL! Actually, I always have reams and reams of paper for kids to draw on. ( see my " ream method" of art lessons). What bugs me about the dragons is that it is his opinion of his school work....and I kinda agree. Also, I have repeatedly asked him to knock off the drawing on his school books and keep it to the paper or his sketch pad. I know the workbook method of schooling does NOT work for this kid. He is NOT your workbook kinda guy. BUT, until I figure out how to approach his education, he and I need to humor each other a bit. He needs to learn to do an assignment, and I need to figure out his quirks and how to make the best of his time with me. And that in itself is another LONG post for another day. :-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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