Showing posts with label Ocean Unit Study. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ocean Unit Study. Show all posts

Monday, September 09, 2013

Ocean Unit - Week 2

Hello Friends, 
  
    I have to say today was a pretty good Monday. Why? You might ask. Well friends, we learned about the coral reef and seahorses. Busy day, I might add! So fun though. 

The girls made very neat coral reefs

Learning about seahorses was too fun. We listened to a Pebblego presentation and watched a video of the male seahorse giving birth. Yep, the male! The girls thought that was so weird. 


We decided that we needed an outside break, so we headed over to the park for a little break. When we arrived we saw a beehive, so we observed that for a minute, before the girls dashed off to play. They later returned to shoot off a rocket with their grandma. They thought the rocket was a ton of fun.


Here Are Some Coral Reef Resources






Here are some Seahorse Resources








Thursday, September 05, 2013

Ocean Unit - Day 4




Today turned out to be quite a productive day.
We started out with prayer and writing in our journals. 


We learned about Henry the Navigator, ocean waves, the biggest ocean, and sea otters. Read on to find great resources on each topic. 



Major Accomplishment

He sponsored expeditions of discovery in the Atlantic Ocean, down the western coast of Africa.


Here are a few other things the girls learned today:


                               World Map > DEEPEST OCEANS AND SEAS

What Is the Deepest Part of the Ocean?



What's the Biggest Ocean?


Pacific Ocean


We also learned about Sea Otters

Here Are Some Fantastic Sea Otter Resources







Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Ocean Unit - Day 3


We started off the day working in our ocean journals. We wrote our bible verse for the day which was:


 "And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called Seas; and God saw that it was good."

Genesis 1:10




Then each of the girls worked on their own language arts work, each appropriate for their ages. 



 My oldest used a dictionary to look up and write the following words in her journal


Cast
Chain
Clam
Cod
Continent



 We are using some of the resources found in the Amanda Bennett Ocean Unit Study


We used our Xbox Live which has a neat Internet Explorer option to look up ocean websites and explore the information. The girls asked questions and we spent time looking for the answers. It was nice to be able to lay out on the couches and learn at the same time. Homeschooling pro for sure. :) 

The particular site in the above picture is the Smithsonian Ocean Portal 

Another great site is : NeoK12 - Marine Animals 
A bunch of great videos

Each of the girls worked in their own math workbooks for about 30 minutes



We also learned about Leif Erickson and how he was involved with the Ocean. My daughters wrote a paper on the information they found. My oldest used her Nabi 2 to do her research.




Art project for the day: Crayon pictures of the ocean.

We also learned about the Manta Ray

Here are some Manta Ray Resources 


I love this site, because there is an option to have the article read to your children



In the video below Andrea Marshall talks about discovering a second species of giant manta ray.



Lastly we learned about what a Marine Biologist is.

Here are some wonderful Marine Biology Resources 








Here you will find plenty of marine biology resources 




Monday, September 02, 2013

Ocean Unit

Today we had a whale of a good time. Having fun and learning as well, makes for a pretty productive homeschool day. 


Today was day 1 of our - Ocean Unit

Follow Jennifer Silcott's board Ocean Unit on Pinterest.



Ocean Unit     
      
                           Day 1         Day 6 
                           Day 2         Day 7
                           Day 3         Day 8 
                           Day 4         Day 9 
                           Day 5         Day 10



We started off the day with blank folders barring each of the girls' names. They each decorated the outside with ocean related pictures. I have to say, they turned out pretty darn cute. The folders proved to be useful, as they were able to store all of their work inside. 



 We then learned a very neat ocean song that I found on Pinterest.  Click Here to find it

This song sure makes it easy to remember the oceans. 
Catchy little tune :)

By the time we finished some comprehension stories, book work, and a little computer time, we were getting hungry.  So for lunch I mixed us up some Tuna with cheesy noodles and some corn. Yummy! Tuna was the perfect lunch for an ocean unit.
I didn't think to get a picture, probably because I was huuuunngry, lol  

I did however manage to get a picture of the nifty snack we made up. I also found this on Pinterest. Blue Jello, with candy fish and octopus candy. This treat was a big hit! 




After cleaning up, my mother-in-law had a great idea to make an ocean in a bottle. Excellent idea. So we gathered the materials and started to make it right away. I thought I knew how to do it, but I ended up using way too much food coloring. Anyhow, we rinsed the jug and I pulled up the directions found here and tried again. I'm happy with how it turned out. 


Below is an ocean sensory tub I made to get the girls talking and wondering. 
It is filled with seashells, seashell identification cards, ocean toys, and fish identification cards.


 We finished off the day, reading about dolphins and sharks. We also learned about ocean zones, which we plan to learn more in depth as the week goes by. 

We hope you have fun following us on this ocean journey!





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