Day 92 & 93
Basket day: pick two
For this unit we've collected a basket of fun lessons and activities that Sophie can choose two-three from for each basket day (once or twice a week). This is our first week and so far Sophie really seems to enjoy the process and the lessons.
We did this two days in a row and here’s what she chose
& did
Brain Quest
Presidents 20 question Quiz. We choose and read aloud 20 Questions and both Sophie and I wrote our answers without discussing, then we checked to see how we did. Sophie got 7 our of 20 wrong and I got 5 out of 20 wrong. Not bad when some of the questions were about President Garfield and McKinley! But it was a great exercise to test our knowledge and then improve when we learned the correct answer.
Science Question and
Answer Book—choose 3 subjects, “teach” Mom
*This is an older library textbook that is rich with colorful pictures and simple Q & A formatSophie chose 3 subjects to learn about then "teach" me.
For the record, she did in fact teach me some things I did not know!
Sound
1.
Form of energy that is transferred by pressure
waves in the air or other materials
2.
Question: Can you measure sound? A: Yes, sound
is measured in many ways such as frequency, wave length, and amplitude
3.
Q: Does sound travel as fast as light? A: sound
travels slower than light. Light travels 299,337 kilometers per second and
sound travel at about 340 meters per second
4.
When sound energy enters the outer ear, the
eardrum that separates the outer and middle ears transmits the sound inside
5.
Q: How do I speak? A: humans have vocal chords
inside the larynx that produces sound, when air passes through a gap between the
chords, the chords vibrate and produce sound
6.
Music to the ears! Music generally conforms to 8
notes on the octave, all other sound is noise
Electricity
1.
Q: Who discovered electricity? A: Ancient Greece
knew that electricity could be produced by rubbing two pieces of felt together
but Sir Thomas Brown of the 18th c. used the word “electricity”
first and Ben Franklin used lightning to create it
2.
Without electricity we wouldn’t be able to feel
anything because the human body has a continuous flow of electric current
through our nerve cells
3.
Q; Can electricity make your hair stand on end?
A: static electricity is created when you rub against a changed surface, the
extra electrons move your body the other way around and a tiny spark of
electricity is created
4.
Alessandro Volta was an 18th c.
scientist who created the voltaic pile, which was later turned into a battery
5.
As you might know, Thomas Edison invented the
lightbulb but most of us, at least I, didn’t know how it worked. Apparently
there are support wires inside the inert gas. There’s what’s called a tungsten
filament that connects the two support wires to the bulb, this turns the bulb
on when it has been instructed using electricity.
6.
Q: How is electricity measured? A: Voltage is
the measure of an electric current. The unit for measuring voltage is the volt.
A voltameter tells us how many electrons are sent from one end of the circuit
and how many are received at the other end. The distance electricity travels
affects its quality especially if it is prevented from flowing freely because
of resistance.
Magnetism
1.
Q: How did people find out about magnets? A: the
magnet was discovered in China as early as 200 BC. Around the same time the
Chinese found that from one magnet one could find out directions like North and
South.
2.
Q: What is a magnet field? A: the area around a
permanent magnet is a strong force also called a magnet field. This is the
force that attracts other magnets and metal materials to the magnet
3.
Q: Why do things stick only to the poles of
magnets? A: Magnets are strongest on their poles, so objects most easily stick
to the poles
4.
Q: How can you destroy a magnet? A: although
magnets can be natural or manmade, dropping, heating or hammering them can
destroy them, especially if they are small and weak
5.
Q: Can you store a magnet? A: Magnets can get
weaker over time so the best way to store them is to keep them in pairs with
the unlike poles next to each other
6.
Any magnetic material that’s in touch with the
magnet starts behaving like a magnet itself.
Latin: Lesson 1
First we watched a couple of YouTube videos about the “Why
Study Latin?” and the Latin alphabet and pronunciation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oWWOJW3948&feature=related
Minimus: Starting Out
in Latin Book
Chapter 1
Sophie did and great job with her first Latin lesson. We
watched the videos and worked through the first chapter together, which uses an
on-going cartoon story of a Roman family in Great Briton near Hadrian’s Wall.
We worked through some new vocabulary and conversation, we introduced ourselves
to each other in Latin, and she wrote out 6 Latin vocabulary words 5 times each
while saying the word aloud each time with its meaning in her notebook.
For the record: I have never taken Latin. I studied Greek in
college and German in high school and have a limited but workable relationship
with Spanish, and I would say I am familiar with Latin but these lessons and
the language is new for me too—Sophie and I are learning together!
Story Cubes: This is a super-cool new games that Sophie and Lily got for Christmas from Courtney (funny sidenote: I got them this game too and now it is in our gift closet).
Sophie:
Once
upon a time…
I
went on a trip to a Native American reservation because I wanted to know about
my heritage. I was scared about going on a plane though because the reservation
was in Louisiana and I lived in Maine. So we hopped on a plane and I looked out
my window. I got scared. So my father tried to comfort me but I still was
scared. So then an elderly Native American man was walking down the aisle and
realized I was scared. So he sat down in the extra seat and told me a story
about Natives Americans and that story took my mind off the plane and it made
me feel much better. I had the best trip of my life and I learned all about my
heritage!
Lily:
Once upon a time…
There was a magical key, I found this key in my room one day
and I didn’t know what it did. So I tried it in every door. I tried on a sheep,
on a flower, and finally I tried to put it into a credit card! The Credit card
became a key hole and it lead me to a magical princess land where I lived with
Blue Jeans forever and ever!
Mom:
Once upon a time I found a magical die. Now whenever I
rolled this die it would take to a magical place anywhere in time! One time
when I rolled this die it took me to King Arthur’s palace, it was magnificent.
Now I told my friends all about this die but they didn’t believe me and I was
the only one that could roll the die and make it actually work. Sometimes I
would roil the die and it would take me exactly where I was, home. Home was a
magnificent place but I liked the magical places that this die took me to as
well. Sometimes when I rolled the die and it landed on six, it would take me to
scary places. One time when I rolled this die it took me to Pompeii’s palace
when it was burning down. I then thought about my die. If no one believed me
and didn’t want to be friends with me because they thought I was lying, and if
this die takes me to scary places sometimes such as Pompeii’s palace when it
was burning down, I should just get rid of it. So he through the die in the
fountain in the city so another lucky person could roll this die and maybe have
better luck with it than I did.
LA Book: 2 lessons
Math books: 5
pages, 2 books
Weather Encyclopedia
Chapter 1 “What is weather” Part 1: Read and Summarize
1.
How weather affects us: Many of the clothes we
wear and activities we do and the way we feel is connected to the weather.
2.
The Sun: The giant ball of gas in the sky
affects the weather in a lot of ways. Our bodies need sunlight to make Vitamin
D, which is important for healthy growth but too much sunny weather is bad for
your body.
3.
In the sky: All of Earth’s weather occurs in the
atmosphere. As well as having most of the air in the atmosphere, it also
contains water in the form of gas which is called water vapor.
4.
Clouds: Clouds form when water vapor in the air
condenses. That’s how clouds are weather. Clouds shade the Earth from the sun.
5.
Name that Cloud: The three main types of clouds
are cirrus, cumulous, and stratus. Stratus clouds are the ones closest to
Earth. Cumulous clouds are smaller than stratus and are farther away from the
Earth’s surface. Cirrus clouds are the farthest away.
6.
Rain: Rain is what happens when the water from
rivers and lakes evaporates into the air and into clouds,. Rain then falls from
the clouds to either shower or pour onto humans and refilling the lakes and
rivers.
Weather Log
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