We have finished up Ice Worlds from our Planet Earth DVDs. Garrett and Tyler ended up trailing off into an iceberg and shipwreck study. We went to the shipwreck exhibit at the Science museum.
We saw some great artifacts recovered from shipwreck sights.
We got to play with the mechanical arm they use to retrieve items when they explore shipwrecks at the bottom of the ocean.
And we got to get inside the "hurricane tunnel." It simulated hurricane winds. It blew all of my kids' curly hair STRAIGHT!
We also learned a lot about different arctic animals and did some activities and crafts.
You can find the directions for these cute little guys here.
We even got a little ice and snow during our unit so we were able to look at some snowflakes through our tiny portable microscopes (these things are so great for nature walks) . Have you ever done that? Snowflakes are amazing! What a fun unit.
Posts
4 comments:
Looks like fun! I have been thinking we need a microscope. That looks like a great small one for going outside. I'll have to add that to my "to buy" list.
We are doing a snowflake unit here in the next week or two based on the FIAR book Snowflake Bentley.
We definitely need those microscopes!
Great job mom! I think I missed something, what are the Planet Earth DVD's?
Here is a link to the dvds
http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-Collectors-Discovery-Channel/dp/B001B1RFSW/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1234842353&sr=8-10
Post a Comment