We have 3 Science Streams + Special Studies, and we do Science communally. (I have a previous post explaining how I curate and work together our material for my high schooler earning credit and my youngest approaching the end of elementary.)
🏜️ Ecology
Right now we’re covering Deserts and Migration.
This week we:
1. Read the Migration info from Learning With Friends: Ecology and narrated in Student Journals.
2. Read “On the Wing” and filled out Bird Observation Notes in LWF journals.
3. Reviewed Migration info in Encyclopedia.
4. Reviewed Desert definition from last week.
5. Read “Desert Elephants”
🪱 Zoology
We’re currently covering invertebrates and this week’s lesson was about worms.
1. Reviewed invertebrate info from last week in “Everything You Need to Know About Science Homework”
2. Read about worms in two encyclopedias
3. Reviewed body structure information from a previous lesson in “Dictionary of Biology”
4. Watch “The Wonderful World of Worms” video from The Brain Scoop
5. Complete Worm Observation from Eva Vargas Zoology Guide
💨 Climatology
Right now we’re focused for a few weeks on Wind Energy and Reducing Waste
1. Read “Energy Island” and complete narration page from Renewable Energy Unit from Books and Willows/ Discuss wind energy
2. Read about energy from “Understanding the Climate Crisis”
3. Read about Waste from “Helping Our Planet”
4. Read a short biography from “Heroes of the Environment”
🐀 Special Studies
This term we’re using Delighting in Animals: Senses and Defenses
1. Read about rats in “Deadly Animals” and narrate in Student Journals.
2. Read about animals working together in “Animal Defenses” and “The Animal Book” and narrate in journals.
3. Read about various animal’s sense of taste in “Animal Senses” and narrate in journals.
4. Answer Discussion Question from Guide.
🧫👨🔬Other
1. Evening Basket:
Various Books
2. Fun Facts:
Read an entry from “100 Things to Know About Saving the Planet” and “100 Things to Know About Food”
3. Nutrition Science:
Read about minerals
(This goes along with our Culinary History stream)
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