Earth Science: Weather Week 4

Wind

(All posts before this should be caught up and up to date with photos.)

So  as always things don't go as planned. :) We had planned on spending the week of Thanksgiving getting caught up on our Science-y stuff, but that didn't happen, we got horribly distracted (and not by family, since we had none come by! LOL!)  So we took another slow week, and the Wind got pushed over to this week. :)  (no you are not seeing things, you might have seen the last post got deleted! ya, trying to keep things accurate!)

Monday

Creating Artificial Wind

• Read - Can you See the Wind by Allan Fowler
• Read - The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
• Completed - The Mailbox Investigating Weather, Grades 1-3  "Wind: Creating Artificial Wind" (page 20). 
• Watched - Bill Nye the Science Guy: Wind DVD by Disney. (Clip)

Giraffe read Can You See the Wind all by herself (since we're working on increasing her reading skills along with understanding of science skills.)  We had a good laugh at The Wind Blew, so today's books were definitely enjoyable!

We didn't have balloons in the house so we used a ziplock bag, to make the artificial wind.

Tuesday

• Read Millicent and the Wind by Robert Munsch
• Completed The Mailbox Investigating Weather, Grades 1-3  "Wind: Windy Matchup" (page 22).

I love Robert Munsch stories - have for a very long time, so any opportunity to read one!  Giraffe didn't share my love for it though.  The Windy Matchup game wasn't really her cup of tea either, but it does explain a point and she got it, so it is now on our table with our weather tools.

Thursday

• Read The Gates of the Wind by Kathryn Lasky
• Read the Whirlys & the West Wind by Christine Ross
• Complete The Mailbox Investigating Weather, Grades 1-3  "Wind: Wonderful Windsocks" (page 23).

Friday

• Read Wind by Marion Dane Bauer

All in all, this week wasn't really a hit with Giraffe or I.  The books were fun but the projects not so much.  Effective but un-fun.