2021-22 Homeschooling Projects

The red panda belongs in the kingdom animalia, the phylum chordata, the class mammalia, the order carnivora, the family ailuridae, and the species A. fulgens. This was not always so conclusive. It was named a panda in 1821 by the western scientific community because it eats bamboo and has a pseudo-thumb just like pandas. But it has a long tail that was banded like a lemur’s, as well as a waddling gait that bears lack. That's why in 1825 the red panda was classified as a part of the racoon family because of their odd traits and medium size. Then with the invention of DNA sequencing they were lumped in with bears again. With more extensive research, red pandas were declared part of the weasel superfamily musteloidea. The red panda was too distinct for any existing family, so the red panda had to go into a new family. They chose to call it ailuridae . Currently there are only two known species of red panda: Ailurus fulgens fulgens and Ailurus fulgens styani (also known as Ailurus ful...

Gimble spent his childhood in a large gnomish cave system which opened up to fields and forests. Weather-smiths harnessed magically resonant crystals to keep the weather always sunny and provide a constant flow of clean, refreshing water to the streams and rivers that flowed through the farms and pastures within a certain radius. The temperature was pleasantly warm during the day and briskly cool at night, with occasional rain showers overnight. The weather-smiths maintained all the major crystals and recast the central crystal’s weather spell every ten years.  The townsfolk lived in carved-out homes, and the main working areas were natural caverns. They were friendly with nearby towns and accepted all religions, recognizing that any god could exist and they had no way to prove that one didn’t, but they were not highly religious themselves. Town merchants imported raw materials, and craftspeople made mechanical and magical products for export. While the town took pride in their c...