Here are the activities that we did for both Alaska and Hawaii....
1. Mapping skills
2. Learn about polar bears and life on the Tundra. Last year while we were camping in the Rocky Mountain National Park we drove through and visited the Tundra areas. They are nothing quite like the ones in Alaska but they got the idea that the snow never melts and trees no longer grow at certain elevations.
3. Eskimos The kids made their own igloo out of a Styrofoam ball. After I cut the Styrofoam balls in half I had the kids scoop out the middle with a spoon. Then they cut a door. Dancer is still using it for her dolls.
4. For Hawaii we learned how pineapple are grown and harvested.
5. We tasted some strawberry, pineapple and banana smoothies. Yum Yum!
I know we could of done more stuff for these two states and several others that we didn't do justice for but I was glad to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. This unit was very long this year.
Here is a list of the books that we read for this Region:
- Sled Dogs Run - Jonthan London
- A Polar Bear Journey - Debbie Miller
- Life in the Tundra - Penny Clarke
- Eskimos - M. Wilson
- Tundra - Lynne Stone
- Welcome to the USA Alaska- Ann Heinrichs
- Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear? - Bill Martin
1 comments:
Neat igloo!!! My youngest was just looking over my shoulder and said yummmmm to the smoothie. You inspire my creative juices - too bad we are on summer break & just don't have time to fit in anything educational. lol
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