After a long summer of blog negligence, I have returned with some photos of our most recent project. We are doing a small project on animals, their habitats, and their coverings (fur, feathers etc.) and ability to blend in. We read What Color is Camouflage?, How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots, and I See Animals Hiding about animal coverings and about animal habitats we read Guide to the Planet and Animals at Home. Then each of the kids picked an animal and habitat with the stipulation being that they would each be doing a different habitat. We printed out pictures of their animals from the internet and they made models of them using model magic. Then the kids colored pictures of their habitats which we glued into plastic bins to give their model animals each a home. In order of the pictures above, Jack made an anteater living in the rainforest, Zeke made a rhinoceros living in the savanna, and Ukiah made a bat living in a cave. They all made some cute details! Jack drew a colorful snake hanging from a tree in his rainforest. Zeke really concentrated on getting the colors right and drew acacia trees, and Ukiah put slime and cave paintings on his cave walls. It was fun and I’ll follow up shortly with pictures of our trip to the zoo scheduled for tomorrow.
Tags: habitats, home school, homeschool, science activities
