The emphasis of the Earth chapter was on how God created our home to be the perfect place for us, with perfect rotation speed, atmosphere, mass, etc. The kids also learned about the layers of the Earth and made a compass out of a sewing needle floating in water.
For our "field trip", each of the kids pretended to be from somewhere besides Earth, and that they were on a field trip to the Earth. Brennan was from the sun, Ella from Venus, and Kyler from a planet in another solar system. They made special hats and did a presentation for their fellow visitors on what they'd learned about Earth. After that, they created alien lunches, followed by an "Earth Dessert", which we pretended was actually made of earth (chocolate pudding, Oreos, and gummy worms).
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| Alien Hats |
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| mmmm...worms |
We also learned about the phases of the moon, the tides, and Apollo 11, capping the lesson off with a peek at the full moon with Kyler's telescope.
You guys always have so much fun doing your school! Did you know that I'm from Pluto, but I moved to Earth ever since they said Pluto wasn't a planet??☺ You'll have to make me some dirt dessert sometime! Yum...
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ReplyDeleteNext time you come to our house, we'll feed you dirt dessert! I hope you come soon! - Ella
I always thought you looked like a Plutonian (that's what they call them, right?)! - Kyler