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Science-Sea Creatures Part 1

11/1/2015

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Science can be a bit scary to teach but it can be so fascinating! For science, we use Apologia!  We've used this curriculum since we began homeschooling and it is excellent!  Jeannie Fulbright does just an incredible and thorough job with both the outline and the presentation of the curriculum.  There are many different "helps" to assist in the class whether its a journaling notebook, lapbook, experiments or just using "Pinterest" for ideas from other families!

​Here is the textbook and Journal we use:
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Apologia Science is one of the main academic classes we have at our local homeschool co-op.  In the past at the co-op, we've used Botany, Astronomy, Zoology, Physical Science and we just keep coming back to it...because it is fantastic!  I love that it is written so well and has the "Creation Confirmation" inserts throughout to assure the kids about how Amazing and Intelligent our Creator is.  He carefully and precisely made each and every animal.
                   (some of them are crazy cool too...I especially love those cute manatees)

~This year, grades 1-4 are using Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day, 5-6th are using
​Human Anatomy and Physiology, 7th is using General Science and 8th and up are using Biology.~

I am teaching the 3rd Graders Zoology 2 Sea Creatures and it is so fun!  I team up with the 2nd and 4th grade teachers 
(who are super creative and gifted I might add) to put together a fantastic syllabus to follow for the 27 weeks of classes we have.  We cover approximately 1 chapter over a 2 week period  (so just 2 classes per chapter since we only meet on Fridays) with minimal homework for the kids to do at home.  Our classes are PACKED full of fun!

But first, before the amazing study of sea creatures can begin, it's helpful to start collecting fun resources to use during the year.  

Here are some books we've collected (using library books are great too...and FREE):
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And other neat and fun resources, prizes, and fun class activities. Below is a
Melissa and Doug floor puzzle (link is located at the bottom of this post) I found at our local teacher supply store and an Ocean Adventure DVD which talks about the Nature of God and His magnificent design (we are super excited to watch this in the upcoming weeks).

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We also collected various stuffed animals, small plastic sea creature figures (we found them on Amazon...check out the link at the bottom of the page) and some super neat stickers that we've used in lots of our class folder activities.
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Stay tuned for part 2 and part 3 of Sea Creatures Science where I'll go more in-depth on our class research notebook, folder activities, chapter 1 bottle craft, our walrus craft, and TADPOLES!  
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Science Research Notebook

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Walrus Craft
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Walrus Creative Writing
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Tadpoles!!!
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Ocean Zones Bottle Craft

Happy Homeschooling with your little Marine Biologist!
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Hairy Alberta link
1/31/2021 01:40:12 am

Thannks great blog

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