Category Archives: Earth Science
The Rocky Cycle
Paul made starburst rocks.
Continue readingLearning about the Coral Reef
We played a game to practice reviewing the facts we learned about the Coral Reef.
Continue readingGlobal Warming and How We Can Prevent It
I think global warming is a problem, but the problem is getting smaller as we do better preventing it. To help we can, *turn off electronics and lights when we’re done *when devices are done charging unplug them *plant more plants *use solar, wind, and water power (use water to…
Continue readingThe Hail Storm
Hail! Hail Hail! The hailstorm was on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Dad told me to clean up my room, and then Dad looked out the window. Dad it was going to rain. We could not work in the yard. While I was cleaning up my room, I heard thunder. I…
Continue readingThe Earth’s Crust Game
Mom and I read through a book about the Earth. We learned how the Earth’s crust moves, what volcanoes and earthquakes are, and what all of that means for us. We made an “Earth’s Crust” board game.
Landing on a volcanic eruption costs you two tokens, and the squares before and after it are labeled “volcanic ash” and cost you one token. A “sleeping volcano” earns you a token. Landing on an earthquake also costs you a token.
We made questions from sentences from the book. When we land on a blank space on the board, we have to answer a question. Right answers get us more tokens.
Whoever has the most tokens when we’re done playing the game wins!
The Water Cycle
Water Cycle
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