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| Topics: Art: northern lights project Bible: The Bible is our compass Geography: Australia, labeling a map Science: northern lights, earth’s poles, making a compass, tree bark, the age of a tree, states of matter | |||||
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| Books | |||||
 The Science of Seasons | Have your kids see if they can find the pages that match this week’s activities as they do them. | ||||
 The Science of Seasons Learn-and-Play Activities | p. 51 Geography, Maps and Globes | p. 52 Northern Lights | p. 53 Northern Lights Art Project Supplies: card stock (thick paper), watercolors & paintbrush, black construction paper, sponge or napkin or paper towel, water, scissors, glue | ||
 Explore Spring | Activity: Be a Bark Detective Supplies: 3 trees, pencil, science journal, tree identification guide (optional) | Activity: How Old Is That Tree? Supplies: tree, measuring tape, pencil, science journal | |||
 The Wheel on the School | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 |
| Read each book on the day it’s listed: |  Option 1: Australia |  Option 2: The Mystery on the Great Barrier Reef: Sydney, Australia | |||
| Other suggestions for this week: Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #8: The Australian Boomerang Bonanza Florence Young: Mission Accomplished (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) This is a long book. We used this series as read-alouds. It would take 2-4 weeks to read it aloud. Australia (Country Guides, with Benjamin Blog and his Inquisitive Dog) | |||||
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| States of matter You may want to review or teach the states of matter, so children understand what a “cloud of gas” is in the northern lights lesson in The Science of Seasons Activities. | Australian map with animals | ||||
| Online | |||||
| Make your own compass | Bible lesson: The Bible is our compass | ||||
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