Since Sophie worked really hard this week and we weren't able to go on our intended field trip to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens due to the weather, I gave her the day off from her 5 x 5. She still worked really hard today and we got a lot accomplished but she also got some good creative play time in with Lily this morning.
3 Activities: Web Quest, Science Experiment, Lily
Web Quest: Vikings & Vinland
A: Read Page 1 "Vinland Saga" & Listen to excerpt of Lief's story
B: Enlarge Greenlander's Saga
C: Enlarge Sage Voyages Map & Save As "Viking Image 1"
D: Listen to excerpt of Gudrid's Saga
E: Hit "next" Button
F: Read Page 2 "History"
G: Enlarge Skalholt Map & Save As "Viking Image 2"
H: Hit "Next" button
I: Read Page 3 "Environment"
A: Read & Explore "Viking Voyage"
B: Use interactive map to move your Viking ship along their voyage to Vinland
C: "Click" at least 3 points on the map
D: Choose 3 out of 5 choices for more information
E: Read & take notes (2 facts) for each topic
Topic: Genetics- Fact 1: Genealogy is a study of family groups over history.
- Fact 2: Genetics is used with archeology to prove mass movements.
Topic: Enviroment- Fact 1: Enviromental studies are of past climates.
- Fact 2: Scientists use clues such as, animal bones, fossilized pollen, and more.
Topic: Sagas- Fact 1: Sagas are the most important literature studies about the Vikings.
- Fact 2 : Unlike history books, Sagas tell complete stories.
A: Take the "Guided Tour"
B: Click on Room 1 "Journey of Discovery" & Read page
C: Choose & Save As & Rename Viking image 4
D: Click on Room 7 "Discovering North America" & Read page
E: Choose & Save As & Rename Viking Image 5
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| Eric the Red |
1. The Vikings went back to Norway in the year 1010.
2. The Vikings were not brutal warriors, they were people like farmers, shipbuilders, and explorers.
3. The Vikings found L'Anse aux Meadows in 1,000.
Sophie went on to work on her interactive, 3d Viking map and she made Leif Errikson's and Erik the Red's journey from Greenland to Newfoundland and along the North American northeast coast. I helped her construct, cut, and paste her map while she read more about the Vikings and their voyages to Vinland.
Science Experiment: Make a homemade compass
Resources: http://www.yourwildchild.com/blog1.php/2010/05/25/make-your-own-compass
http://www.green-planet-solar-energy.com/experiments-with-magnets.html
http://www.explainthatstuff.com/magnetism.html
SIX things to know about magnets
Almost everyone knows these six basic facts about how magnets behave:
- A magnet has two ends called poles, one of which is called a north pole or north-seeking pole, while the other is called a south pole or south-seeking pole.
- The north pole of one magnet attracts the south pole of a second magnet, while the north pole of one magnet repels the other magnet's north pole. So we have the common saying: like poles repel, unlike poles attract.
- A magnet creates an invisible area of magnetism all around it called a magnetic field.
- The north pole of a magnet points roughly toward Earth's north pole and vice-versa. That's because Earth itself contains magnetic materials and behaves like a gigantic magnet.
- If you cut a bar magnet in half, it's a bit like cutting an earthworm in half! You get two brand new, smaller magnets, each with its own north and south pole.
- If you run a magnet a few times over an unmagnetized piece of a magnetic material (such as an iron nail), you can convert it into a magnet as well. This is called magnetization.
Why do magnets point north or south? A great English scientist named William Gilbert answered that question in 1600 when he suggested that Earth is a giant magnet.
Gilbert's theory was published in De Magnete (Of Magnets, Magnetic Bodies, and the Great Magnet of the Earth), the first great scientific book published in the English language (previously, scientific books had been written in Latin). Like all great scientists, Gilbert tested many of his ideas with careful experiments.
Photo: We can use magnetic compasses like this to navigate because Earth is itself a giant magnet. Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey courtesy of US Air Force.
We now know that Earth is magnetic because it's packed with molten rocks rich in magnetic materials such as iron. Just like a bar magnet, Earth's magnetic field stretches out into space, in a region called the magnetosphere, and can affect things around it. When energetic particles zooming in from the Sun (the so-called solar wind) interact with Earth's magnetic field, we get amazing auroras in the sky (the northern lights or aurora borealis and the southern lights or aurora australis).
Photo: The Northern Lights above Bear Lake, Alaska. Photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang courtesy of US Air Force.
What about other stars and planets—do they have magnetism too? We know the Sun has a magnetic field several times stronger than Earth's, but the Moon has no little or no magnetism. The other planets have magnetic fields too. Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus have fields stronger than Earth's, while Mars, Mercury, and Venus have weaker fields. It's not yet known whether Pluto has a magnetic field (but then astronomers are still arguing over whether it's even a planet!).
Well, experiment kinda worked. We did get the needle magnetized and it did move on its own volition in the bowl of water but we're not sure how to determine what end of the needle is pointing North. Like many math and sciences quandaries, we have a plan to ask Dad and have him re-do the experiment tomorrow and see what results they come up with! Every day is an adventure~
Lily—Sophie will read and teach Lily to read some "sight words" with 3 Dick & Jane books.
Sophie also completed two math sheets on Rounding numbers today and we placed them in her folder for review with Dad tomorrow.
Sophie's Blog Day Ten
What games did you play with Lily this morning? Who is Snoori and why is he important in American history? What is a saga? Tell us about your Viking web quest—what did you listen to? Name two things you learned about magnets. In the morning I played American girl dolls, and taught Lily how to draw inside the lines with The Project Runway Accessory Design Challenge. Snoori was the first European child to be born in America. A saga is a story, and it is the most important literature told about the Vikings. Mom made my Viking web quest And I learned a lot about Vikings. Magnets have a North and a South Pole. If you rub a magnet on an unmagnitized object, It becomes a magnet also.
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