Zoology II, Week 4: Moose, Giraffe

Here are some notes from our fourth and final week of Zoology II.

Zoology II, Week 1: Birds, Rodents

Zoology II, Week 2: Black Bear, Red Fox

Zoology II, Week 3: Lion, White-Tailed Deer

Monday, May 20

• recall, draft, revise, edit, and add White-Tailed Deer to MLB
• look at and sketch White-Tailed Deer antlers
• read "Moose" chapter from Horns and Antlers by Wilfrid Swancourt Bronson

  

Tuesday, May 21 - Pajama Day

• watch episodes from David Attenborough's wonderful documentary series The Life of Mammals (click here to see the contents of all the episodes)
  episode 3 - Plant Predators (ruminants)

  episode 4 - Chisellers (rodents)

  episode 5 - Meat Eaters (carnivores)

  

Thursday, May 23

• recall, draft, revise, edit, and add Moose to MLB
• independently research the Giraffe using a wide variety of resources

  Last year, when we did a block on World Geography: Africa, I compiled a resource list blog post for every one of the plants, animals, and peoples of the Waseca Biomes Africa Cards.

  To do this, I checked out every book by Steve Jenkins. EVERY book.

  And before I sent them back to the library, I sat down and listed every single African animal which he had in his books. This habit of massive list making -- here's Steve Jenkins and the Animals of Africa -- came in very handy when I was looking for Giraffe resources!

  • The Animal Book: A Collection of the Fastest, Fiercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyest―and Most Surprising―Animals on Earth
  • Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics
  • Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
  • Bones: Skeletons and How They Work
  • Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do
  • How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships
  • My First Day: What Animals Do on Day One
  • Time to Sleep
  • What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?

Friday, May 24

• recall, draft, revise, edit, and add Giraffe to MLB

AND RELAX!

On the last day of school, when everyone had finished all of their work, it was time for some fun and games.

All of the children, older and younger, had a great time playing with Zac's new Fagus trucks from Nova Natural. We already had the car carrier with the speedie car and the zippie car, as well as the tractor, the hay wagon, and the horse trailer. For his birthday yesterday he got the fire engine and the garbage truck.

The older children opened up the boxes of vintage Lincoln Logs I just got off of eBay (for the upcoming Housebuilding camp) and I just let them build. Some children also used the patterns in Suzanne Down's Around the World with Finger Puppet Animals to sew wool felt animal finger puppets.

Farm Animals: sheep, pig, donkey, cow, horse, chicken, goat, rooster, dog, cat, duck, swan

Forest Animals: owl, deer, bear, bunny, squirrel, hedgehog, mice, bird

Meadow and Pond Animals: fish, turtle, frog, ladybug, caterpillar, butterfly, bee, snail

Around the World Animals: elephant, lion, zebra, tiger, giraffe, seal, crocodile, whale, polar bear, wolf, caribou, kangaroo, octopus, parrot

And, of course, they had plenty of outside playtime! We also set up our soil testing shake jar for this summer's cob building project. And we looked at the final leaderboard for the Stock Market Game. It's been a rough time to invest and the children certainly learned a lot about the stock market as well as some world economics.

The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical
Guide to Building a Cob Cottage

I hope everyone has a wonderful Summer. It's been a great school year!

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