Science - Week 7

Our Science Curriculum for the year is Considering God's Creation. This week, we were learning about the speed of light, sound, and wind. This lesson was pretty simple so there wasn't too much to do.

J began the lesson using the mini flip books that I created for the lesson's vocab. I always like for her to look up the definitions in the dictionary for extra practice.

J then worked on her notebook page for the lesson. We talked about how long it took light to reach the earth. Since last week, J has been interested in tornadoes so .....

I thought it would be a perfect opportunity for her to do a mini-research paper on them. J checked out a few books from the library and read through them to determine what facts she wanted to add.

Here is her all-most finished tornado. I only asked for four facts plus a topic sentence as well as a closing sentence. I really want her to write more so we are starting slow. She wrote her paragraph in a tornado shape and added houses and a flying cow! Loved it.

This last week, we were able to visit our local electric company for a family day. The DH and kids had the opportunity to experience the hurricane tube! Pretty cool (and timely). A simple week for Science. It was nice to have a mini break:) Hope you are having a great week.

Links

Polka Dot Firsties - has the free downloadable printable tornado writing package that I used for J.