Science 2- Volcanoes

Third week of Science- VOLCANOES

The Magic School Bus Blows it's Top
Magic School Bus Youtube
Types of volcano
diagram
image in colour diagram
Volcano info
volcanic information
National geographic volcano for kids

Island volcanic growth

videos
volcano 1
volcano lava
volcano eruption
10 amazing facts a bout volcano
Mt Helens Eruption
Mount Etna eruption
deep ocean eruption

Activities-
make a volcano like we do in sandpit
menthos volcano eruption

colouring page
mini book

Blessings,
 

Poems for Rogan to Learn

Unfinished List- 2014:

To Rivendell- J.R.R. Tolkien
The Land of Story-Books- Robert Louis Stevenson
Journey's End- J.R.R. Tolkien
The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon-J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lamplighter- Robert Louis Stevenson
The Road Goes Ever On and On- J.R.R. Tolkien

Add the others soon Rogan :)

Blessings,
 

Poems for Vellvin to Learn

Term 1- 2014:

To Rivendell- J.R.R. Tolkien
Charge of the Light Brigade- Alfred Tennyson
A Thing of Beauty(Endymion) John Keats
The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon- J.R.R. Tolkien
The Road Goes Ever On and On-J.R.R. Tolkien
Proverbs 31
A Word- G.K. Chesterton
Cradle Song- Alfred Tennyson
He Who Serves- Edgar Guest
Peace- Edgar Guest
The Englishman- G.K. Chesterton
A Bird Came Down- Emily Dickinson
A Christmas Carol- Christina Rosetti
A Prayer in Spring- Robert Frost

Blessings,
 

Nature 2 - Sugar Glider

Our second week of Nature Study will be Sugar Gliders-
Books- we don't actually own any so all work will be form the Book Australian wildlife and online

Information Australia
Enchanted Learning
Fun Facts

Make  a sugar glider from the Australian Wildlife packet similar to this one

Youtube-
gliding
Lifecycle by young children
Eating and again eating
More
Cool whip
Sugar glider barking
Kung Fu

Blessings,
 

Vellvin's Assinged Reading -1

ASSIGNED READING FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2014

Information-
Italy: the land and its people
Britain is my Country
We live in Argentina*

Classics-
Persuasion- Jane Austen
Mardie- Astrid Lindgren**
Little Men- Louisa May Alcott

Nature/ Science-
All About Dogs- Carl Burger*
The Ox-team- Elizabeth Coatsworth
Gatie the alligator- Rhoda Leonard & William S. Briscoe

Saint-
Saint Ignatius and the Company of Jesus- August Derleth*
Pauline Jaricot- Mary Fabyan Windeatt
The Spear- Louis De Whol

G.A. Henty
One of the 28th
In the Irish Brigade
At Aboukir and Acre*

History-
That Girl of Pierre's- Robert Davis*
The Mitchells: Five for Victory- Hilda Van Stockam
Sword Song- Rosemary Sutcliff

Blessings,
 

Rogan's Assigned Reading -1

ASSIGNED READING FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2014

Information-
Italy: the land and its people
We live in France
We live in the U.S.A.*

Nature/Science-
The Yearling- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Young Astronomer- Harry Ford*
Animal Stories- Ruth Manning Sanders

Classics-
Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain
Anne of Green Gables- L.M. Montgomery
Mardie- Astrid Lindgren**

History-
My Heart Lies South- Elizabeth Borton de Trevino*
Midshipman Quinn-Showell Styles
Enemy Brothers-Constance Savery

G.A. Henty-
True to the Old Flag
Winning His Spurs*
A Roving Commission

Saint-
Saint Paul the Apostle- Mary Fabyan Windeatt*
Saint Hyacinth of Poland- Mary Fabyan Windeatt
St. Thomas More of London- Elizabeth M. Ince

Blessings,
 

Science 1- Bees

We will be doing  quick Science based projects each week or two. Just following our interests and using mostly any internet based resources and books we have at home or can be borrowed easily form the library

The first one is bees and we covered this today.
We read aloud and watched these interesting youtube sessions as well as listen to the cute song at the end.

Books: Inside a Beehive (Magic Schoolbus Series)
Honey in a Hive - Anne Rockwell
How do Bees make Honey- Usborne

Youtube resources_
Magic School Bus- Inside a Bee Hive a favourite with the children always
Honey Bee Lifecycle
A look inside a Beehive
How do bees make Honey
Extracting Honey by Hand
Cleaning Melting and Filtering Beeswax
Extracting Honey on the Cheap
Cutting and straining honey

Information-
Beeright Facts
Beeright videos

Honey Bee Song Youtube the kids loved this one

And the Bee Movie. Not accurate in lots of ways but fun to watch.

Activities: make a fleece bee and catch and observe bees

Blessings,
 

Nature 1- Kangaroo

Once a week we are looking at Nature
We are starting off with Kangaroos
At the moment we are using this Australian Wildlife book I have had for  14 years and used on and off
Books to read-
Chai the Kangaroo -Pam Blashki
Katy No Pocket- Emmy  Payne

Using the internet for a lot of information-
Basic Facts
Fun Facts
Red Kangaroo
Eastern Grey
Wallaby

You tube-
Joey in a pouch
Kangaroo
Dot and the Kangaroo Movie
Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport - Ralph Harris

Colouring page and the joey page we have to cut our and put in the mothers pouch

Skippy Series our younger kids love watching this all the time!!

Blessings,