We are still studying weather around here. We have had QUITE the variety to study, too. LOL Snow, sleet, freezing rain, ice, rain, sun, freezing cold and regular cold. LOL
Here is a link to the resources that I put together for a weather unit study and you can click HERE for some more activities for studying weather. For ALL of my homeschooling resources and activities click HERE.
Now on to our most recent weather activities!!
We made a cloud!!! It was sooooo hard to get a picture of it!! I hope you can tell where it was! LOL
I got the idea from HERE. I didn’t have a pie tin so we used a cake pan instead. 😉 HERE is another one. Darn! I wish I had some matches! LOL
Before creating the cloud in a jar, we made the 3 main types of clouds out of cotton balls.
I had them draw and label the atmosphere, marking where weather happens the most.
Well, I labeled Colin’s for him. 😉
Next, for our weather unit, I plan on using more of the Young Scientist Kit that we have. LOVE those kits!!!!!!
Coming up tomorrow (if it all dries in time) I should have a REALLLLLLLLLLLY cool Middle Ages activity for you! Cailey and Colin had so much fun creating them! 😉
We have been SO busy and SO cold!!! Single digit highs for the south?? INSANE!!!! Our sliding door on the van was frozen shut for DAYS!! It finally opened yesterday afternoon! Thank goodness!
So, just what have we been up to???
We went to the mall last weekend. Cailey and Colin loved the indoor carousel!
It’s a bit different for us here. It takes almost an hour to get to a mall!!! WHAT??? Crazy!!!!
We then headed over to the huge used book store. Unfortunately someone decided to have a massive meltdown so he and I ended up sitting it out in the van. SIGH….. I did manage to snag some great freebies from the free box, though!
We have been studying the weather. Cailey and Colin drew the water cycle.
We made a wind vane!! An actual working wind vane! LOL It was accurate and everything!
We also started our middle ages unit. We were going to make actual dirt, grass and wood models of motte and bailey castles but the GROUND IS FROZEN!!!!!! So they drew them instead. 😉
Yesterday we started making papier mache shields and swords. I’ll be posting the finished products soon! 😉
There are tons and tons of resources out there for weather units. It’s almost overwhelming! Here are the ones I plan to chose from when we do our weather unit study.
Everything we use for our units can be found either FREE or cheap. 😉
SCIENCE KITS –
When it comes to science kits my favorites always come from The Young Scientist Club or Magic School Bus.
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