tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49381850680786735722024-03-13T16:03:38.999-04:00Highhill HomeschoolI am an American homeschooling mother of three living in Germany and raising one child with Leukemia. jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.comBlogger1019125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-12990948003443473102021-04-12T15:03:00.002-04:002021-04-12T15:03:21.271-04:00Welcome to Highhill Education<p>This is an ironic welcome post, because it is also serving as my final post on Highhill Education. After homeschooling for 14 years I have one child in college, and two in high school. I'm still homeschooling, but have really said all I have to say. With out a doubt homeschooling has been a huge success for our family. Although there have been ups and downs along the way, we (and I'm including myself) have learned so much and are continuing to learn. Each of my children has developed a love of learning, a fantastic work ethic, and many skills they will use throughout their lives.</p><p></p><p>My oldest graduated from Highhill Education, and is in her second year of college studying mechanical and biomedical engineering. She has a internship job lined up for this summer where she will be working in an injection molding group and a co-op job lined up for Jan-Aug of the following year where she will be working for a company that designs orthodontic devices. My younger two are still finishing up high school and following in her footsteps of success.</p><p>While homeschooling my husband and I created two products which are still available through this blog. <a href="https://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/highhill-educational-supplies.html">Speed!</a> is a skip-counting card game that helps children learn to multiply. <a href="https://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/2018/04/johnnys-jelly-bean-tacos-book-release.html">Johnny's Jelly Bean Tacos</a> is a book my husband wrote and my girls and I illustrated.</p><p>I hope you find this blog a source of inspiration, free unit studies and activity ideas, and a resource for answering homeschooling questions. Links to some of the most popular posts can be found from the tabs above, but there many more posts embedded in the blog if you feel like browsing.<br /></p>jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-8651256107743173372021-04-12T14:13:00.001-04:002021-04-12T14:13:40.437-04:00College Credit Through CLEP ExamsHomeschooled kids often get a head start by earning college credits while still in high school. Since my oldest is 14 and very advanced in math I've spent several months researching this topic. Today many options are available for earning college credit thereby greatly reducing the cost of a college degree.<br />
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Here are three main ways to earn credit.<br />
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1.Testing<br />
AP, CLEP and DSST are three different types of tests which can be taken and are accepted by universities. <a href="https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse">AP, or advanced placement</a> exams are commonly offered by high schools which teach advanced classes such as calculus, English and history. <a href="https://clep.collegeboard.org/exams/offered">CLEP</a> exams cover many subjects typically taught during the first year of college such as American Literature, Foreign Language, Economics, Chemistry, Humanities, and Calculus. <a href="http://getcollegecredit.com/testprep/#courses">DSST</a> exams tend to cover topics more typically gained through on the job experience such as business and computing.<br />
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Most undergraduate programs accept around one years worth of credits, or 32 credits total. They pick and choose which credits from exams they will accept. Sometimes they change their policies, and not all universities accept the same exams. That being said, passing a foreign language exam can earn potential undergraduates a whopping 12 credits. Passing most other exams result in 3 to 6 credits depending on the exam and score. Many universities like to limit the amount of credits accepted by testing to ensure students are capable of learning through more traditional classroom methods. So the bottom line is, testing can be an efficient way to skip ahead, but if the end university is known, it's best to double check with them in advance to see what credits they will accept.<br />
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2. Community College<br />
Many undergraduate university programs will accept up to 64 transfer credits, or credits earned at another accredited institution. That means students could either take two years worth of classes at a community college, or one year of classes combined with 32 testing credits to begin an undergraduate program as a junior. Since community colleges tend to be cheaper than universities and testing cheaper than community college, this combination is an excellent way to save money on education.<br />
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Accreditation is key. There are many colleges offering classes, but not all are accredited. Again, if the university or final degree program is known, then it's best to check with that institution as to whether or not the credits earned at the community college will be accepted. If the final degree program is still being decided, checking the regional accreditation is a good idea. Here's a web link to help verify <a href="http://www.back2college.com/library/accreditfaq.htm">accreditation</a>. <br />
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3. On-line College<br />
Now that the internet has grown by leaps and bounds, many students are obtaining on-line degrees. <a href="http://www.tesc.edu/">Thomas Edison State College</a>, <a href="http://www.excelsior.edu/">Excelsior College</a> and <a href="http://www.charteroak.edu/">Charter Oaks State College</a> are three big on-line degree institutions. What's really neat about several of the on-line programs is that students can earn a degree almost entirely through testing. They tend to accept most testing credits and even offer tests similar to course final exams which if passed, are another route for earning credit.<br />
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Students can learn at home, take AP, CLEP and DSST exams, then select an on-line school and degree program. From there, the students can study the material required by the degree program, enroll, take several tests and wind up with a degree, or enroll and take the courses on-line to complete the program.<br />
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Accredited degrees are normally accepted by universities. Therefore, if the student were to earn an on-line degree and then begin a second degree at a university, depending on the similarity of the degrees, as much as three years worth of classes could be eliminated. <br />
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Just like the numerous options for educating elementary, junior high and high school level children there are many options for college level as well. The ideal scenario would be to know the final destination university and degree program and then select a testing/community college/on-line option to feed into it. Without knowing the final goal, much progress can still be made. Just remember, each university sets its own rules. The important thing is to look for accreditation.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Check out these <a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/05/blog-hops-for-kids-crafts-and-education.html" target="_blank">blog hops</a> for more educational activity ideas.</span> jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-749905962974151032020-08-12T18:30:00.000-04:002020-08-12T18:30:01.520-04:00Homeschooling - How to Teach High School Chemistry<div>When it comes to
highschool level science classes, many homeschool parents begin to doubt
their teaching abilities. Fortunately there are resources available to help teach upper level science classes. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There are two main issues to consider when it comes to teaching
chemistry. One is finding the necessary resources, and the second is
tackling the material. In addition to finding a textbook and lab kit, building an understanding of chemistry application and the history of chemistry can make the study of chemistry much more interesting. Fortunately it is possible to teach high school chemistry at home, and first year college chemistry as well.</div>
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student, but Johnny is no more, what Johnny thought was H2O was H2SO4." <br />
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<br />Life of Fred is one textbook option for studying chemistry at home, but there are several other options. <a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/" target="_blank">Khan Academy</a> offers free video high school and college level chemistry courses. In addition consider textbooks used by colleges and high schools which can easily be purchased through the internet. Many high schools and college students resell their chemistry textbooks. Since chemistry is a subject where the basic principles don't change, purchasing a second-hand chemistry text book can be an economical option. </div>
<br />For lab work purchase the <a href="http://www.thehomescientist.com/kits/CK01/ck01-main.html">CK01A Chemistry Laboratory Kit</a> from The Home Scientist, LLC. It comes with just about everything required: tons of small
bottles of chemicals, beakers, test tubes and goggles. Also included is a
lab manual of high school level experiments.<br />
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<br />Chemistry by Raymond Chang is an extensive college-level chemistry
textbook. It covers at least two full semesters of chemistry and begins
covering organic chemistry at the end of the book. It is
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<br />jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-60929761064735327142020-08-08T18:30:00.000-04:002020-08-08T18:30:04.370-04:00How to Homeschool for Free<div><h3 class="post-title entry-title"></h3>
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</div><div>Homeschooling doesn't have to be expensive to be effective. Often those new to homeschooling believe they need to purchase a full accredited curriculum for their children to get a quality education. Fortunately, this is not the case. It is however, necessary for the parents to have a vested interest and invest time into their child. Parents need to support and encourage the education process by helping their child locate resources to facilitate learning whether expensive, low cost or free. As children become more independent, parents will need to invest fewer hours into education. Children who have learned how to locate information on their own can be extremely independent and educated learners. <br />
</div><div><br /></div><div>The internet and the library are the two best free homeschooling resources. These are followed by the outdoor classroom of nature, and time friends and family are willing to spend when sharing their knowledge, skills and hobbies with children. The internet is loaded with free resources to support education. Libraries are full of physical books, but also offer audio books, on-line books, documentaries and educational seminars. Nature centers routinely offer free programs and have small museums that welcome visitors. Just being outside facilitates learning. Kids can observe nature, but can also learn math outdoors for free. Do they really need counting objects when learning to add and subtract, or would acorns, berries and leaves work the same way?</div><div><br /></div><div>Reading, writing and math are foundational educational skills. Everything else requires a knowledge of the three R's and can be learned in a flexible order based on skills, interests and opportunities. It takes time to locate the resources that will work for your family, but here are a few to help get you started.</div><div></div><div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Youtube - History and Science Documentaries, Skills of Every Kind</h4></div><div></div><div>Of course everybody has heard of Youtube. There are tons of historical
and scientific documentaries on Youtube. Plus, it can be used to look up
information on musicians, artists and how-to crafting instructions. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h4></h4></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h4>Courses and Curriculum</h4></div><div><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/" target="_blank">Khan Academy</a> - Free online video courses - upper level</div><div><a href="https://allinonehomeschool.com/" target="_blank">Easy Peasy All in One Homeschool</a> - full curriculum<br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h4></h4></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h4><b>Computer Programming</b></h4></div>
<a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Scratch</a> is a
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<a href="http://www.gpb.org/salsa/term/episode" target="_blank">Salsa Spanish</a>
is a website with many videos designed to teach Spanish to children in a
fun way. The videos are completely in Spanish and are entertaining. One
episode is a play on Red Riding Hood. They are excellent for elementary
aged children.<br />
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<a href="http://duolingo.com/" target="_blank">Duolingo</a> is a free
language learning website available on the internet. <br />
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<a href="http://librivox.org/" target="_blank">Librivox</a> and <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/" target="_blank">The Baldwin Project</a>
are two websites which contain books who's copyright has run out.
Librivox contains audio files which can be downloaded and The
Baldwin Project contains written files. <br />
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<div><a href="http://www.starfall.com/" target="_blank">Starfall</a> is a website for children learning to read. It uses a combination of phonics and fun games to motivate children.</div><div><br /></div>
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<a href="http://storynory.com/" target="_blank">Storynory</a> is for listening to children’s stories. There are both
classic and delightful new stories which can be downloaded.</div></div><div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Geography</h4></div>
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2013/03/seterra-fun-geography-for-kids.html" target="_blank">Seterra</a>
is a free geography quiz tool. After downloading the game kids (and
adults) can practice worldwide geography including, rivers, countries
and capital cities.<br />
<div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm" target="_blank">Free Printable Maps</a></div><div><br /></div><div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Typing</h4></div><div><a href="mailto:https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr" target="_blank">Dance Mat Typing</a><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Writing</h4><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7MsJC5DS-zQSmoySkJOTVBRNUE/edit" target="_blank">My Book About Me</a>. Please feel free to print it out for personal or classroom use. Kids ages K-3rd.<br />
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<div><a href="http://www.postcrossing.com/" target="_blank">Postcrossing</a> is a web group for exchanging postcards. After signing up members request an address for sending a
postcard. A code is written on the card and after the card is received
and the code recorded the sending member becomes eligible to receive
cards. This is a great
activity for kids to learn geography and improve writing skills. Young
children can help by putting periods at the end of sentences and signing
their name. Older children can write the cards and even manage the web
site interaction. This is free except for the cards and postage.</div><div><br /></div>
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Timelines are an essential tool for helping children understand the order in which past events have happened. <br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7MsJC5DS-zQRk1ORHhiVnZRaEtPa2FBQ3BldFRPdw" target="_blank">Blank Timeline 1000 AD - 2000 AD</a><br />
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The <a href="http://www.postalhistoryfoundation.org/classroom-lessons.html" target="_blank">Postal History Foundation</a> offers stamp packets for educators - (home
school, private school, public school and other educators). On the
website there are spaces to indicate how the stamps will be used and how
many students are involved. The stamps are free, but they accept
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"Mr. Johan Sebastian Bach came from a very musical family. Over 70 of
his relatives made their livings as musicians. He was a German composer
and during his life he made extra money by repairing organs. One time he
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<a href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_blank">gIMP</a> is a free
downloadable photo editing software package. It contains common photo
editing capabilities such as altering brightness and colors of photos,
as well as cropping and rotating. In addition photos can be meshed together, silhouettes can be created and so much
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Download gIMP, open the software and begin playing around with it. Then watch and read on-line tutorials - <a href="http://gimp-tutorials.net/home?page=1" target="_blank">gIMP-Tutorials</a> and <a href="http://www.gimpology.com/" target="_blank">gIMPpology</a>. <br />
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A bird banding station is a place where scientists trap birds and place a
small metal ring around one leg to track migration. The
data is used to learn more about birds, and help to protect them and
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There is one near Denver, CO that can be found through the <a href="http://www.denveraudubon.org/auduboncenter/" target="_blank">Audubon Society</a>. Banding is done twice per year (May and September)
when the birds are migrating. It happens in the morning from about
7:00-11:00 when the birds are most active. After the birds are trapped
they are weighed, measured, banded and then set free. Banding sessions
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Read <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=burgess&book=bird&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Burgess Bird Book for Children. </a>It is free on-line. Then create a lapbook. Spend several weeks learning about birds. Each week focus on researching a different characteristic such as feathers, nests, types of birds, diet, and flight. Then summarize your observations in a little booklet that can be glued into a folder to make an interesting book.<br />
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Create four different types of seeded peanut butter pine cones to find what type of seed the birds prefer.<br />
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After gathering pine cones, generously slather them with peanut butter.<br />
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Roll them in different seeds such as sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, flax seeds and
millet seeds. Watch the pinecones and birds over the course of several days to discover their tastes.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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Winter is the best time to see animal tracks and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007HSPK8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0007HSPK8&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Snow Tracks</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0007HSPK8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
is the perfect book to go with the activity. The story contains several
animals and their adventures. As they go about their day they leave
tracks and many things can be learned from the tracks. <br />
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Another book great for nature hikes is In the Snow. In this book the
kids see clues like berries in the snow and balls of fur and bone, and
wonder who has been there. </div></div>jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-66050170473884729612020-07-28T18:30:00.001-04:002020-07-28T18:30:01.069-04:00Free Simple Machine Unit Study<p class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: left;">This is a five week free simple machine unit study perfect
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kids in grades 3rd-5th which can be adapted to work for older or
younger children. Each lesson connects an application of simple machines to a period of history. This combined study is designed to spark interest that will lead to further study of history and simple machines based on the interests of the student. Don't be afraid to do research and take the learning in a new direction.<br /></p><p class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: left;">The <span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="hgKElc"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="hgKElc">lever, inclined plane, screw, wedge, wheel and axle and pulley</span></span></span></span><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="hgKElc"> are commonly thought of as the six or seven types of simple machines, when in reality there are only really three different types of simple machines. The wheel and axle, lever and inclined plane. The pulley is an extension of a wheel and axle and the screw and wedge are an extension of an inclined plane.</span></span></p><p class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: left;">Here are the three different types of simple machines.<br />
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Learn about Stonehenge and make a simple machine similar to the
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Although the exact purpose of Stonehenge and how it was built remains a mystery, there is much that is known. Read chapter 11 of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1604594926/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1604594926&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Our Island Story</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1604594926" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" />
(a narrative book for children on the history of England). Watch the documentary <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pXtHqAGN6E" target="_blank">Secrets of Stonehenge</a>.<br />
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Built around the year 3000 BC by stone age people living in Brittan,
Stonehenge is aligned with the sun during the winter and summer
solstices. In ancient times, stone was a symbol of the dead and wood was
a symbol of life. Henges (circular structures) were built of both.
While nothing but the post holes remain of the wooden henges, the
remains of many stone henges can still be seen in the British Isles
today. It's likely that the henges were locations where special
religious ceremonies took place. <br />
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Coincidentally, hundreds of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carved_Stone_Balls" target="_blank"> carved stone balls</a>
which date to the same time period in which Stonehenge was constructed
have been discovered in Scotland. Historians have puzzled for years over
the function of the balls. Recently, one researcher noticed that nearly
all of the balls were constructed to a precise diameter of 2.75 inches
and proposed a theory that they functioned as bearings in simple
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Based upon this theory, historians constructed a replica system which
could have been used to move the large stones at Stonehenge. Make a much
simpler version of the simple machine using tennis balls, and pieces of
wood.<br />
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Since the carved stone balls are similar in size to tennis balls,
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Next place a folded up table or sheet of plywood on top of the tennis balls for a
platform. Test the system to see if the table plywood can be easily
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Add weight to the table and move your materials along the track.<br />
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Try testing heavier objects. Can a small person move a large load?
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the seven wonders of the
ancient world. Built during the second Babylonian Empire, the legend
says that the gardens were a gift from Nebuchadnezzar II to his wife.<br />
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There are several mysteries about this ancient wonder, but one has to do
with water. One theory says that the gardens were watered using a system of pulleys. Create a pulley system like one that may have been used to water the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.<br />
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Set-up a goal for your pulley system such as using the pulleys and materials on the left to lift
light-weight balls from the base of the stairs to the blue Ishtar Gate.<br />
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Work on solving problems such as how will the portion
of the string with the cup attached pass through the pulley?<br />
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How will the pulleys stay in place. Tape?<br />
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Try different solutions before deciding on a finished system. One solution may be introducing new materials with wheels instead of the provided pulleys.<br />
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Week 3: Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Archimedes Screw
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</div> Last week a pulley system was created like one that may have been used to water the hanging gardens of Babylon. Another theory says that the gardens were watered using
Archimedes Screws several hundred years before Archimedes, the Greek
inventor of the Archimedes screw lived. An Archimedes screw is a simple machine used to lift material from a low
point to a high point by increasing the distance thereby lessening the
steepness. <br />
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This Archimedes screw is located at the Playmobil Fun Park in Germany.
Kids can spend hours moving material around in this play pit.<br />
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<br /><div>Create an Archimedes screw.<br /></div><div><br /></div>
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Begin by cutting a hole and the end off an empty water bottle.<br />
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Cut six circles out of stiff paper to fit inside the water bottle.<br />
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Cut a slot in the circles and put them onto a skewer.<br />
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Tape them together to form a spiral.<br />
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Stretch the spiral out and tape to the skewer to be held in place.<br />
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Test the screw with cereal. Modify it to get it working. You may have some of these issues.<br />
The cereal gets caught in the tape joints of the disks.<br />
The disks are not spread out far enough.<br />
Many disks are too small so the cereal falls back to the bottom before it can be raised to the top.<br />
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Fix the issues so that each screw can successfully lift at least one piece of cereal.<br />
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Budget about two and a half hours for reworking the
screws to get them to work. This is a challenging project and a true lesson in
engineering, science, history, and patience.<br />
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Week 4: Snowman - Inclined Plane
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How would you get the middle snowball in position on the tall snowman?
This is an awesome winter kid challenge. How do you raise a large
snowball three feet off the ground?<br />
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Here is one solution. Before the bases of the first two snowmen become snowmen, use those structures as a ramp. Roll the snowball up the ramp into
place on the tall snowman. This is an inclined plane simple machine.<br />
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Week 5: Assyrians - Wheel and Lever
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The Assyrians were masters of war. Sargon II paid his army and supplied
them with armor, food and horses. Horses were so valuable that killing
them was highly discouraged. Instead they were captured. Sennacherib
lead the Assyrians to destroy the city of Babylon and enslave the Jews
using his highly trained horsemen, siege towers, chariots and battering
rams. Chariots, battering rams and siege towers all make use of simple machines. Study the Assyrians and build a battering ram, chariot and a siege tower.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Chariots contain wheels and axles. During the time of the Assyrians the
wheels of the chariot were moved from the rear of the vehicle to the
center. This great advancement allowed the Assyrians to place an
additional man in their chariots which gave them a significant battle
advantage.<br />
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Battering rams also contain wheels and the ram mechanism is a lever. A
lever helps people do work through the use of a pivot point. In this
case the load is hung from two ropes to enable the operator to move it
more easily.<br />
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Siege towers sometimes contained battering rams and wheels. This one does not. They were used to breech city walls.<br />
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There are many different versions of siege towers, battering rams and
chariots which were used in the numerous battles between the Assyrians,
Hittites and Babylonians. Combine history and science as you explore these weapons of ancient warfare.<br />
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kids in grades 3rd-5th which can be adapted to work for older or
younger children. Several of the lesson weeks can be expanded to make this chemistry unit cover the entire year. It explores several different chemistry principles through hands-on experiments which can be completed with materials commonly found at home.
</p><h3 class="post-title entry-title">Week 1: Density of Solids
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Read the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0690098995/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0690098995">Archimedes Takes a Bath</a> and do some density experiments. In the book
Archimedes is challenged to determine whether or not the kings
stole some of the gold he was given to make a new crown. Throughout the
story Archimedes is often so focused on his work he forgets to do
normal things like eat and bathe. A young boy even has the job of
ensuring Archimedes takes care of himself. During the course of the
entertaining story he eventually discovers the key to determining if the
gold was stolen. - Density.<br />
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Density is mass divided by volume - d=m/V - It's simple to measure and
calculate. Determine the density of pennies, dry beans, glass and an
orange.<br />
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First weigh the objects to determine their mass in grams. Then
submerge in water to determine their volume in milliliters
(ml). Measure the volume of liquid alone, and then with the solid.
Subtract the two numbers to determine the volume of the solid
alone. One milliliter is equal to one cubic centimeter. The density of
water is one g/cm^3. Next divide the mass by volume. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now the age old question of "What weighs more a
pound of cotton or a pound of bricks?" has a little more meaning.
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Week 2: Density of Liquids
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Density is a measurement of how tightly molecules are packed together.
Calculating density is easy and makes a fun hands on math and science
project. <br />
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To calculate density first measure the quantity of a liquid (ml).<br />
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Next weigh the liquid (grams).<br />
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Water, dish soap and corn syrup are good liquids to try.
Which is the most dense?<br />
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made out of a variety of different metals. Some cleaning methods
work well with certain types of coins, but can ruin others. Start by cleaning pennies. <br />
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Not all pennies are created equal. Older pennies contain more copper
than newer pennies. In order for the penny composition to not have an
effect on the experiment separate the pennies. Check the date. Pennies older than 1982 have a copper composition of at least 95% copper.<br />
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Try cleaning dirty coins with a toothbrush, soap, water and hydrogen peroxide.<br />
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Cover the coin with glue and wrap it in wax paper.<br />
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When the glue dries, open it and peel off the glue.<br />
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Repeat the process several times.<br />
<br />Freezing can be used to clean coins. Freeze the coin with a little water. Once frozen knock off the ice and dirt and debris may come off with the ice.<br />
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Week 4: Experiment with Mylar Balloons
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Did you know Mylar balloons will float after they seem to have lost all of their helium?<br />
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This is a fun experiment to try a few days after a birthday party. <br />
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Bring the balloon outdoors and release it. Tie a string to the balloon and hold the string if you don't want to loose the balloon.<br />
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It should float up into the air and then come down once the air cools. Wind could take the balloon far away and it may not be
recoverable. If your child is young, you may want to try this
experiment indoors. <br />
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Week 5: Get Iron from Breakfast Cereal
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Did you know you can get iron back out of fortified breakfast cereal? <br />
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Crush breakfast cereal into fine grains,<br />
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drag a strong magnet over the plastic bag. Iron can be collected. The dark spot in
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Week 6: Rotting Apples
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Take four slices of apple. Place them in four
different conditions and then observe the decomposition. Try putting the apples in salt water, vinegar, lemon juice and open air. <br />
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Repeat the experiment a second week, but use different
liquids as preservatives. Try placing the apples in corn syrup, apple
juice, oil and plain water. Note the smell of fermentation. <br />
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Week 7: Peeling Eggs
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Remove hard boiled eggs from the shells with very little peeling.<br />
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Take a little off the top of the egg.<br />
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Peel the bottom.<br />
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Then blow.<br />
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The egg pops out the bottom.<br />
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Eggs that are difficult to peel have low PH values and are therefore
acidic. As eggs age, they loose carbon dioxide and become less acidic
and thus easier to peel. Some eggs are coated with oil during the
cleaning process which
inhibits the escape of the carbon dioxide making them difficult to peel.<br />
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7-10 days after the egg has been laid is the optimal time to peel it.
Adding a spoon full of baking soda to the cooking water will raise the
PH value making the eggs easier to peel.<br />
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For this egg blowing method to work the eggs needed to have higher PH
values. <br />
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Week 8: Candy Making
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Making candy is a science. Just melting
chocolate involves measuring temperature and a precise heating and
cooling cycle. If proper tempering isn't done, chocolate can burn or end
up with unsightly white streaks. I liken it to the science of
metallurgy where metals are combined, heated and cooled to precise
temperatures in order to achieve desired characteristics. Candy making for science can last one or several weeks.<br />
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Although there are several science candy making kits on the market, it is easy and economical to put together your own. Reviews of such kits
commonly state there really isn't much inside the boxes. I recommend the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Photo-Guide-Candy-Making/dp/1589237919/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1513298816&sr=8-2&keywords=candy+making+book&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=61ea171e3bb33c8724e642f1e17560e0">Candy Making book by Autumn Carpenter</a>
and purchasing supplies from a grocery or candy making store. <br />
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Begin with simply dipping treats into chocolate and making clusters. The progress to candy coatings, flavorings, peppermint crunch and
more. <br />
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Week 9: Bread Making
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While loosely following a recipe
works out fine for culinary dishes, it is a disaster with baking. Why?
Baking is a science. It requires careful measuring and proportions.
Ingredients must be precisely measured so the chemical reactions can
take place. Improper proportions result in dough that falls, or doesn't
rise properly, or doesn't cook properly.
By making bread kids learn how adding yeast in different
amounts at different times during the preparation process can affect the
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Follow the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Baking-Artisan-Bread-Expert-Formulas/dp/1592534538/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1513277617&sr=8-1&keywords=baking+artisan+bread&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c2de494db0c54efc3a46bc88a1f97af0">Baking Artisan Bread</a>
by Ciril Hitz as a guide. The first section of the book lightly
explains the science of baking and goes in-depth into the differences in
ingredients. The author recommends weighing ingredients instead of
measuring with cups and spoons as it is a much more accurate method for
proper proportions.<br />
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After the introduction section, the book contains ten main recipes for
various types of bread such as brioche, baguette, bagels, and whole
wheat. Each main recipe can be altered to make many more breads. Some
breads can be made in one day, while croissants take three days to
prepare.<br />jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-58707743150396903012020-07-22T09:36:00.000-04:002020-07-22T09:36:44.138-04:00Free Engineering Unit Study<div class="post-title entry-title">
Engineering involves using scientific principals to make useful things. This is a sixteen week, free engineering unit study where kids get to create useful things just like engineers. It is perfect for
kids in grades 3rd-5th and can be adapted to work for older or
younger children. The lessons are very hands-on and make reference to history and science. The references are designed to spark curiosity and can become a jumping off point for further study in many directions. If your child is curious about the historical references, I highly encourage you to take the opportunity and research further.</div>
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Week 1: Making Paper
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The ancient Egyptians, people of Mesopotamia and Ancient Chinese all
made their own paper. Begin by creating a frame out of a cardboard box. It
will only last through one paper making process, so you will need another if you want to make more paper.<br />
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Place the frame on a piece of fabric. Pull the fabric tight and staple around the box lid.<br />
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Paper is typically made from trees, but can also be made from recycled paper. Rip pieces of scrap paper into small pieces and mix with hot water. Put the mixture into a blender or an old
juice container. Turn on the blender for a few seconds or shake the container. Let is sit for three hours shaking or turning on the blender every
30 minutes.<br />
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Pour the water-paper solution onto the frame to drain the
water. Flip it onto a sheet of wax paper. Put another
sheet of wax paper over top and use a rolling pin to squeeze out the
excess water.<br />
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Place the paper next to the heater and it should dry in a few hours. Write something special on your special home-made paper.<br />
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Week 2: Moving Pictures
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Thomas Edison was an inventor and the first person to build a business by employing
inventors. One of the company's inventions was the moving picture. Today we call the moving picture a video. There are many great stories from the life of Thomas Edison. One
of my favorites is about how he pulled a duck off it's nest to try to
hatch the eggs himself. Read <a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=highhihomesc-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=1932971203" target="_blank">The Story of Inventions</a> about several inventors which changed
the world. The phonograph was one of the first and most important
inventions of Thomas Edison. After reading about the phonograph watch this short video to see how it worked.<br />
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Watch this video biography on the life of Thomas
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Since we are living in the age of computers use the computer
to create a moving picture film. Using Paint create a series
of slightly different images. Then load the images into Live
Movie Maker and view them in quick succession to display movement.<br />
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After making a moving picture, experiment with creating videos using today's technology. <br />
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Week 3: Airplanes</h3><div>
Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, but also a great engineer. His
curiosity led him to study human organs, war machines, flight, music,
and the way people lived. Throughout his life he designed a high-rise
city, paddle boat, machine rollers for making thin sheets of tin, a
planetarium, scuba gear, tank, harpsichord-viola, and mechanical drum.
Improving the design of existing devices such as the cannon and catapult
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Of the numerous machines Leonardo da Vinci designed and improved, only a
small handful were ever built. Just like engineers of today, Leonardo
had difficulty securing funding and finishing a design to his personal
satisfaction.<br />
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He did however, improve the catapult by adding a counterweight and improving the throwing arm.<br />
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The cannon was improved by creating a large projectile which broke
apart upon firing releasing numerous smaller projectiles. Coupled with the redesigned projectile,
the power of steam was harnessed to fire the cannon and inflict maximum damage. The above models, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003WRRK9C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003WRRK9C&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Bombard Cannon Leonardo da Vinci Assemble Set</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003WRRK9C" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" />, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XMF5HK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003XMF5HK&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Catapult - Leonardo Da Vinci Kit # EDU-61009</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003XMF5HK" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> are purchased kits. In addition to the catapult and cannon, several other models are available. <br />
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Throughout his lifetime Leonardo kept engineering notebooks. They
contained his ideas and mechanical designs. Since parchment was
expensive, every possible inch of space was filled. Unlike a notebook of
today bound with a spiral ring, his notebooks were a collection of
loose pages held together with scarf-like pieces of fabric.<br />
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The horror of war frightened Leonardo and he worried about his lethal
weapon designs falling into the wrong hands. His style of mirror
writing, coupled with intentional mistakes built into his designs,
reduced the risk of his weapons being built by enemies. His notebooks
were some of the first examples of exploded view drawings commonly used
in engineering practices and instruction for kids building toys today.
Exploded views show parts of an assembly aligned with other parts, but
not in place. Drawing them exploded makes it easier to see how the parts
fit together.<br />
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Create a <i>Leonardo Notebook Page</i> on small pieces of paper.<br />
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1. Create engineering sketches for a custom designed machine. Be sure to include materials, and special instructions.<br />
2. Write down anything you are wondering about.<br />
3. Write down your weekly budget, grocery list and to-do list.<br />
4. Write down anything else you are thinking about.<br />
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Try to write backwards like Leonardo if you want. Remember parchment was expensive, so Leonardo used all available space.<br />
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This one says, "I am hoping to make a machine that makes you never have
to eat. Here is a picture. I am saving up money for nothing right on my
hair is blond and my favorite color is yellow. Then comes red then
orange."<br />
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Leonardo da Vinci was obsessed with flight. Observing birds and
wondering how they flew was a favorite pastime. Purchasing caged birds
and setting them free gave Leonardo more opportunity for up-close
observation. His notebook pages contained designs for airplanes, gliders
and parachutes.<br />
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Fold a <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Paper-Airplane-The-Nakamura-Lock/" target="_blank">Nakamura Lock</a> airplane and learn how to adjust it.<br />
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The four key adjustment elements of paper airplanes are symmetry, dihedral angle
of the wings, ailerons and elevators. Accurate folds and doing the same
thing to both sides of the plane are top priority. A non-symmetric
plane may turn, or fly upside down. Dihedral angle is the angle between
the wings and the body. A Y-shape is best. When the wings point down
instead of up, planes often fly upside down. Ailerons and elevators are
not separate features on paper airplanes, but refer to specific points
in the rear. Elevators are closest to the body and make the plane fly up
and down. Ailerons are farther away and make the plane fly left and
right. Bending the paper in the rear of the plane up or down a little
bit can result in flights which turn, rise up, or nose dive. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePaperAirplaneGuy">John Collins, the Paper Airplane Guy</a> has some great tips for adjusting planes. Watch some of his videos and then fold and adjust several paper airplanes. <br />
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Talk about different types of paper airplanes (gliders,
stunts, and darts) and factors which affect flight. Wing shape and
weight make a big difference. Planes with narrow wings tend to fly fast
and straight. They are known as darts. Wider wings result in longer,
slower flights of gliders. Stunt planes do flips. Adding weight to the
nose of a plane increases stability, but adding weight to the belly, can
make a plane sink to the ground. Experiment with adding weight using pennies,
paper clips, paper airplane design books, straws, pipe cleaners,
different types of paper and more.<br />
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Check for symmetry</div>
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Bring your paper airplanes to a park and set up challenges for your planes. Which planes fly best for which challenges?<br />
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Can you get a plane to stick into the fence? Darts are best suited for this challenge.<br />
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Can you get a plane to fly through the ropes? Can you get it to land on
the platform? Can you hit the cross beam with your plane?<br />
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Which plane flies the farthest, longest, highest, does the most loops? Planes are built with different purposes in mind. <br />
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<b>Books</b><br />
Read one of the following books to learn more about Leonardo da Vinci.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399235760/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0399235760&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Leonardo's Horse</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0399235760" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" />
- This book details one project which consumed Leonardo during his
life. Unfortunately his larger than life horse was not built until the
20th century. Not only does this book provide a great historical
background on the project, it also gives engineering and manufacturing
details.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1887840311/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1887840311&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Leonardo Da Vinci</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1887840311" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" />
by Emily Hahn - Leonardo worked for some of the most prominent people
in Italy, had difficulty in finishing projects for them, and wasn't
always paid. This biography on Leonardo also provides insight into world
events and other important people of the Italian Renaissance.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764138510/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0764138510&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Leonardo and the Flying Boy</a> by Laurence Anholt is a Leonardo da Vinci picture book for young children which tells about some of Leonardo's flying machines.<br />
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Week 4: Make a Paper Gun
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Watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZuUoRboLA">How to Make a Paper Gun that Shoots - With Trigger</a> on Youtube.<br />
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Get paper, a hot glue gun, and tape then start assembling your paper gun.<br />
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Roll paper and use a hot glue gun to attach it together.<br />
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Adjustment the gun until it shoots.<br />
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Week 5: Make a Vending Machine
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Make a vending machine. There are no right or wrong answers, just
a million different ways to create a vending machine. <br />
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Using cardboard, tape, glue, string, straws, items from your recycle bin and other craft supplies<br />
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create a machine that will randomly return coins.<br />
or<br />
create a machine that will sort coins based on size.<br />
or<br />
create a machine that will return one item of the customer's choosing (vending machine).<br />
<br />Here is one example which is a sort of donation collection machine.<br />
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Directions for operation: Place bills into the wide slot. Place coins into the small slot. Place wads of cash into the money drain.<br />
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Coins can be retrieved through the special access panel at the bottom of the box.<br />
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But here's the cool part. The inner workings. Inside the machine, there are levers and rails where money can be channeled out different slots
by pressing or pulling on certain levers on the exterior of the box. In
the photo above, the quarter rolls down the middle rail and out the
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In this photo, a dime drops to the bottom rail and rolls out.<br />
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Week 6: Orange Peel Candles
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You will need olive oil, an orange and a knife.<br /><br />
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This candle is so cool! If the power goes out and there are no candles
to be found olive oil and an orange will do the trick. What a fun and
quick little project.<br />
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Week 7: Make your Own Circuit Board
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Circuit boards are made up of layers, with small strips of metal
winding in maze patterns on each layer. In a real circuit board, each
layer would have several "mazes" connecting to various chips, or small
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Glue aluminum foil in a maze pattern onto a sheet of cardboard.
Put a light in the aluminum foil path. Then see if the light works after completing the circuit with wires connected to a battery.<br />
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Week 8: Make your own electrical switch
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You will need three wires, batteries, a small light bulb and conductive and non-conductive supplies to make a switch.<br /><br />
Connect a wire to the batteries, to another wire, to the light, to another wire.<br />
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Create a switch using conductive materials where the conductor can be easily moved from an on or off position by having all the metal touch or be separated.<br />
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This is a switch made from quarters. When the wires touch the outside quarters the light is either on or off depending on whether or not the middle quarter is touching the other two quarters.<br />
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This is a switch made from a paperclip and two brads.<br />
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This switch is made from paperclips. <br />
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Week 9: Electrical Engineering
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Snap Circuits are a
series of different kits designed to teach young children about
electronics. Electrical components such as resistors and capacitors are
mounted on large plastic pieces. The pieces are labeled with typical
electrical symbols and snap easily into place on a plastic knobbed
board.<br />
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By following the project ideas included in the book kids learn how
electricity can be changed into motion, light and sound. They learn how
current can be routed in parallel or series through circuits with
different results. These concepts are very advanced even for the
majority of adults, but become easier to understand through exposure.
Completing the projects in these kits provides that exposure in a fun
and motivating way.<br />
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If you are interested in Snap Circuits, the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Snap-Circuits-SC-100-Electronics-Exploration/dp/B00008BFZH/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=snap+circuits+SC-100&qid=1595423664&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzUEg4MVBRSVkzUTAwJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzk0MDM5NlZVMkxLRE5LUUlSJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA1NDE0MjczUU04SEZIWVBBWFFNJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=930001a601556268c6a18dd9036f737a&language=en_US" target="_blank">SC-100</a> or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Snap-Circuits-SC-300-Electronics-Exploration/dp/B0000683A4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=snap+circuits+SC-300&qid=1595423592&sr=8-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=1fdb41ea22b901c54ff618fd93f4029a&language=en_US" target="_blank">SC-300</a> kits
are the best places to start as they contain basic components. The
SC-300 is similar to the SC-100, but contains more parts and project
ideas. Upgrade kids are available. We own the SC-300 and the Sound kit. If you purchase a kit it will keep you busy for several weeks of an engineering unit study.<br />
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Week 10: Electrical Engineering
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This is a perfect electronics kit to use when kids outgrow Snap Circuits or have an advanced understanding of electrical principals.<br />
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is an electronics kit designed for kids. Unlike Snap Circuits which
contains electrical components mounted to plastic pieces which easily
connect on a snap board, this kit contains actual electronic components
which connect on what engineers call a bread board.<br />
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A book full of explanations and project ideas is the key to getting
started. Kids begin by reading about the functions of electronic devices
such as resistors and capacitors. Next they learn to determine the
ratings of the devices by decoding the markings. Then the project fun
begins.<br />
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The first few projects include step-by-step instructions for connecting
all of the wires and devices as well as a schematic and wiring diagram.
Later projects include only the items true technicians have available.
In other words, the kids learn to read the schematics and wiring
diagrams and no longer need the step-by-step instructions to complete
the projects.<br />
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The first project is creating a chirping
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Week 11: 3D, Math and Engineering Skills
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Wedgits are square shaped 3 dimensional pieces that fit together.<br />
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Using the cards as a guide is similar to following the instructions from
an engineering drawing to build a sub-assembly. There are four levels
of difficulty on the design cards. The level four cards are quite challenging even for adults. <br />
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Week 12: Magna Tiles </h3>
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are translucent plastic shapes that contain magnets around the edges and easily snap
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Magna Tiles can help children calculate and understand the concept of
surface area. They also provide good preparation for engineering
careers. Many parts used in industry are constructed from sheet metal.
The parts are commonly drawn as flat patterns with instructions on where
to fold them to create the finished 3-dimensional form. This can be
easily explained with Magna Tiles.<br />
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Here is a flat pattern for a cube, and the 3-dimensional form. <br />
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All three of these flat patterns fold into the same 3-dimensional form shown below.<br />
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If you don't plan to purchase Magna Tiles, you can still experiment with flat patterns and 3D shapes using paper cut out and then folded into 3-dimensions.<br />
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Build a castle with Magna Tiles.<br />
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Please note this toy is sold in 32 piece and 100 piece sets. The castle was created with the 100 piece set.<br />
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Week 13: Temple Models
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Understanding scale is a very important skill. It has applicability in
mapping, model making and in creating engineering drawings. Select an Ancient Greek temple and build a scale model. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Hephaestus" target="_blank">Temple of Hephaestus</a>
is located in Athens, Greece. It is 104 feet long by 45 feet
wide and the height is estimated to be about 30 feet. The temple has columns
on all four sides. There are six Doric columns on the front and back,
and thirteen along each long edge.<br />
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One long block equals 10 feet in this model. <br />
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Count by 10's and round to determine how many blocks are needed for an accurate scale model. In this case 10 long
blocks and 1 short block down the long wall and 4 long blocks and 1
short block across the front and back are needed.<br />
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Scale model of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, Greece</div>
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Scale model of the Temple of Poseidon in Sounion, Greece</div>
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounion" target="_blank">Temple of Poseidon</a> is very similar to the Temple of Hephaestus. They were both
constructed from marble and likely designed by the same person. Instead
of 34 columns, the Temple of Poseidon has 42. The Temple of Poseidon today stands in a
ruined state in Sounion, Greece. Sounion is located about 1.5 hours from
Athens on the legendary spot where Theseus's father Aegeus saw Theseus
returning from Crete with the black sail hoisted on his ship.<br />
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Week 14: Make Your Own Remote Control Car
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Gears are a part of many engineered machines. Understanding how gears work can be learned by young children with hands-on toys and examples. The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KYXAQO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003KYXAQO&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Thames & Kosmos Remote Control Machines</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003KYXAQO" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" />
kit does just that. It comes with gears, small motors, a remote control, building
pieces and instructions for creating eight different remote control
vehicles. Gears
are one fundamental component in many mechanical devices, and the
literature that comes with the kit begins with hands-on activities that
teach the basics of gears.<br /><br />
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When one gear makes another gear spin, the number of times the driver
gear goes around in a circle compared with the number of times the other
gear goes in a circle is called the gear ratio. The gear ratio is
related to the number of teeth on both gears. Since the gears in this
kit all have teeth which are multiples of 10 (10, 20, 30 and 40). Gear
ratios are easy to predict and calculate.<br />
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It is possible to place too many gears in contact with each other so that they will not spin and will be locked in position.<br />
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One of the tutorials in this kit instructs the gears to be assembled as shown
above. Then it asks the question "What is the gear ratio between the
yellow driver gear on the bottom to the yellow driver gear on the top.<br />
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I assembled this particular model and wouldn't let my son touch it
before giving me a prediction. The gears were locked in place.<br />
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The complexity of the contraptions increase throughout the book. The first car can go forwards and backwards.<br />
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The second remote control car could turn in circles as well as move forward and backward.<br />
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Machine number three is a crane. This model takes a few hours to
assemble. It could move forward and backward,
and the lifting arm both rotated and lifted. <br />
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Week 15: Remote Control Amusement Park Ride
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The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KYXAQO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003KYXAQO&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=UXIVP7AUHLX7DCBL">Thames & Kosmos Remote Control Machines</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003KYXAQO" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> kit comes with gears, small motors, a remote control, building
pieces and instructions for creating eight different remote control
vehicles. It was used in the previous lesson and can be used in follow-on lessons to expand exploration and engineering knowledge to include the creation of engineering drawings.<br />
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After completing the eight machines in the instructions, invent your own machine. Here is an example. It is an amusement park ride.<br /><br />
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It can drive around while the arm spins around a center point.<br />
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When your vehicle is complete make a
drawing of your design so it can be improved and rebuilt in the future.
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First make a parts list and then create several sketches to document your work.<br />
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Week 16: Hydraulics and Pneumatics
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Assemble various hydraulic and pneumatic powered vehicles and run tests to determine how they perform.<br />
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Thames & Kosmos are producers of hands-on science kits for kids. The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KZ0Q4C/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003KZ0Q4C&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=VN6QWWK4F647BTFX">Thames & Kosmos Air + Water Power</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003KZ0Q4C" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> kit comes with about six different project ideas as well as detailed
scientific explanations for how hydraulics and pneumatics work. Follow the directions in the kit to create hydraulic and pneumatic <br />
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The blue box in the photo above is a motor which can be used with either
air or water. A black wheel was attached to the motor. It was filled
with air and the hedgehog received a wild ride. Later the motor was
tested with water in the sink.<br />
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Two identical vehicles were built and raced across the driveway.
The water squirting out the back powering the cars forward is visible in
the above photo. They were also filled with air, but the kids
determined water worked much better for this experiment.<br />
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The vehicles were tested on slopes to see how they could overcome gravity.<br />
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They were also tested on different surfaces to see how they could overcome friction.<br />
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<br />jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-48727899810330445942020-07-16T18:30:00.000-04:002020-07-16T18:30:02.345-04:00Free Computer Programming Unit Study<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
This is a four week, secular, free computer science unit study perfect for
kids in grades 3rd-5th which can be adapted to work for older or
younger children. It uses the Scratch programming language to develop foundational programming skills. The lessons are video based followed by experimentation at the computer. After kids complete the Scratch portion of this unit study, they can continue creating more complicated games and animations using Scratch, progress into programming with Xcode used for Apple products, or learn to program with Javascript which is another programming language. </div>
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Week 1: Scratch Basics
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Scratch is free tool designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for kids to learn the basics of computer
programming. When programming with scratch kids drag commands they want to use into a programming window. The tool eliminates the need to know syntax and instead places the focus on the bigger picture of program structure.<br />
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Watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pxaFzRtx7k&feature=relmfu" target="_blank">Scratch Basics</a>, the first in a series of videos created to introduce kids to scratch. Then open the tool and play around. <br />
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Here is one example of what kids can come up with. In <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/jmommymom/2851630" target="_blank">Fly-O-Rama</a>
the player sees if the shark can catch the bee. The shark moves when
the q key is pressed. The bee moves when the arrow keys are pressed and
the space bar, m and b make the characters talk.<br />
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This program is an animation of a <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/jmommymom/2867408" target="_blank">dancer</a> in action.<br />
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The following keyboard keys control the dancer.<br />
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- next stage and hide dancer<br />
b - show dancer<br />
c - dancer raises arm<br />
d - dancer jumps into the splits<br />
e - dancer kicks leg into the air and catches it<br />
f - dancer does an aerial<br />
arrow keys - move dancer<br />
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To see these programs go to the Scratch website.<br />
<a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/jmommymom/2851630" target="_blank">Fly-o-Rama</a><br />
<a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/jmommymom/2867408" target="_blank">Garde</a><br />
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Week 2: Sensing and Events
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Watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRy1NjDhp14&feature=relmfu" target="_blank">Lesson 2 - Sensing and Events</a>, and then play with the software to try out what you learn. Be sure to import, and modify existing graphics
as well as use different functions to control the characters.<br />
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Here is a sample program called <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/jmommymom/2867497" target="_blank">Movies and Monsters</a>. The following keys on the keyboard control the monsters.<br />
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arrow keys - move monster #1<br />
j, k, l and i - move monster #2<br />
g and z - make monster #3 appear and disappear<br />
a, q and space bar - sounds<br />
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Here is another sample program called <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/jmommymom/2918023" target="_blank">octopus who chases a star around the screen</a>.
The star is set to move to a new random spot on the screen every
second. The octopus always points toward the star and tries to touch it.
If he does, the octopus opens his mouth and the star disappears.<br />
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Week 3: Video Games
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Continue watching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/WPLScratchProject/videos">videos in the tutorial</a> series and writing programs in scratch. Try to create if statements which are tied to
keyboard strokes. <br />
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Here is an example called <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/jmommymom/3158138" target="_blank">Falling Ball Competition</a>.
It's a two person game. When the falling balls reach the corresponding
balls at the bottom of the screen the competitors press a key on the
keyboard to earn a point. If the keyboard key is pressed before or after
the balls are in contact the competitor loses a point. The player with
the highest score after 48 balls fall is the winner. The pink balls are
controlled with the keys a,s,d and f. The purple balls are controlled
with the keys h,j,k and l. To try the game click on the Falling Ball
Competition link above.<br />
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Week 4: Degrees in a Circle
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Watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg2Q9kNUchQ&feature=plcp" target="_blank">Lesson 4 - Drawing</a>
and then play with Scratch. In this lesson create circles with
simple code which included inputting the number of degrees and steps to
go around a circle. For example, if the code in the program says take 10
steps around in 36 degree intervals a complete circle would be drawn
since 36x10 = 360 (number of degrees in a circle). Create unique and interesting geometric designs on the computer.<br />
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Week 5: Xcode
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If your child has enjoyed programming with Scratch but needs a new challenge consider introducing Xcode. Xcode is an Apple
programming tool used to create Apps. The best way to access Xcode is directly through an Apple computer. Look through the <a href="https://www.raywenderlich.com/library?domain_ids%5B%5D=1&group_by_category=true">Ray Wenderlich Library of Tutorials for Computer Programmers</a> for current tutorials on Xcode and other computer programming tutorials. Some tutorials are free and some require payment to become active. Here is one <a href="https://www.raywenderlich.com/3990-your-first-swift-4-ios-11-app/lessons/8">free tutorial</a> to help get you started.<br />
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One simple app that kids can create is called the "Hit Me" app. Basically it is a
simple game where the person playing is given a number and asked to move
a slider bar labeled 1-100 closest to the number given. In the photo
below, you can see the game being simulated on a phone within the
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Once the app is complete it can be transferred to an actual iPhone.<br />
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Week 6: Javascript</h3>
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If your child has enjoyed programming with Scratch an alternative to learning to program with Xcode is to try programming in Javascript. Get a copy of the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Kids-Playful-Introduction-Programming/dp/1593274084/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1489172367&sr=8-1&keywords=javascript+for+kids&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6f4dc5588746bf74c6a9c9360b8ca061">Javascript for Kids</a>. In the first chapter the author explains that
in reality, computers are actually very dumb. They can after all, do
only what humans tell them to do. <br />
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Javascript for Kids starts with the very
basics and builds from there. In discussing variables, the first main
topic, the difference between numbers, strings and booleans is
explained. Short program examples are given and the kids can type them
right into the browser to see how they work. Chapters contain
challenge questions designed to get kids creating their own programs
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">This is an eight week, free tree unit study perfect for
kids in grades 3rd-5th which covers tree features, leaves, bark, aging, sprouting and tree shapes. The unit study can be easily adapted to work for
older or
younger children. The lessons are hands-on but also include learning
from books, videos, research opportunities and field trips.</span></div>
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Week 1: Tree Features
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Trees go through yearly cycles. In the fall deciduous tree leaves change color and fall to the ground while evergreens keep their needles. Purchase a copy of the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000KIITZK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000KIITZK&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">A GOLDEN GUIDE: TREES.</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000KIITZK" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and begin studying trees in the autumn when the leaves are falling or in the spring when the flowers bloom. This book is a pocket guide which contains common
species breaking
tree leaves down into seven categories, and explaining how to recognize trees in
each category. <br />
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<li>Needle-Like or Scaly Leaves - Conifers</li>
<li>Simple Leaves - Edges of leaves neither toothed nor lobed </li>
<li>Simple Leaves - Edges of leaves toothed</li>
<li>Simple Leaves - Edges lobed and toothed - Fruit is an Acorn</li>
<li>Simple Leaves - Edges lobed and toothed - Fruit is not an Acorn</li>
<li>Leaflets - Feather-Like</li>
<li>Leaflets - Finger-Like</li>
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Talk about each of the seven different categories of leaves with your child.<br />
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Go on a neighborhood nature walk with your tree guide book. Try to
identify different types of trees and notice the unique features that
link different types of trees together. Identify tree species if you
can, but if not, just try to put the tree into one of the seven
different categories. Here are some examples. Yours will be different depending on the trees in your area and the time of year you begin your tree study.<br />
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Birch trees tend to have white or light colored bark, the flowers look
like caterpillars, the simple leaves are toothed and turn yellow in the
fall and they are related to Aspen trees which can be found all over
Colorado. <br />
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Magnolia trees bloom with large pink and white flowers in the spring.<br />
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Horse Chestnut trees are common in our area. They were
brought from the Balkins to America and commonly line streets. Just down
the street from our house several Horse Chestnut trees line the street.
They produce large nuts in the fall. If you find any sprouting trees try to transplant them to a spot where you can watch and care for the baby tree.<br />
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Compare two related trees and find ways to tell them apart. For example apple and cherry trees have similar leaves, but cherry trees blossom first and their blossoms are white. Apple tree blossoms are both white and light pink.<br />
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The bark on cherry trees is smooth compared to the rougher bark on the apple tree.<br />
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Determining differences between trees is one way to learn to look at
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Week 2: Tree Age
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Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060586753/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060586753&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Giving Tree</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060586753" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Shel Silverstein.
It is about a little boy who loves a tree. As the little boy ages, he
demands more and more from the tree until the tree has nothing left to
give. Finally the cycle completes when the old man and the tree are
united and happy together again.<br />
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Each year trees grow they add additional rings around their trunks. If a tree is cut down, you can count the rings of the tree to determine its age. Depending on the amount of rain fall and other weather conditions, the rings may vary in size. In addition, each species of tree grows at its own rate which can result in various
diameters for trees of the same age. Go for a nature walk and look for tree stumps. Notice variation in ring size and theorize what may have happened during different years of the tree's life.<br />
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If your child really enjoys this activity suggest they keep a notebook to write down tree age data. After collecting enough data on tree species, number of rings
and diameter your child could create several different graphs and develop strategies to estimate the age of different trees.<br />
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Week 3: Leaves </h3>
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Make or purchase a simple <a href="https://www.amazon.com/BestNest-Nature-Press/dp/B009T818K0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=leaf+press&qid=1594050902&sr=8-12&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=3a587a0a08f3bef751f4fba2449eab0c&language=en_US">leaf press</a> and collect and press leaves from different types of trees. </div>
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Try to identify the trees and put the leaves into a nature notebook. In the notebook write the tree name, location and date the leaf was collected. Have your child draw the tree. Notice leaf features that are similar. For example, Oak leaves share many similarities in leaf shape, but the leaves can vary greatly in size between species. Notice the shape and size of the acorns. Write about these features in the nature notebook. </div>
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Week 4: Apple Trees
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Read the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064451178/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064451178&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">How Do Apples Grow?</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064451178" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />
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The spring is a really great time to learn about apples. When the
blossoms appear it is easy to see the girl and boy parts of the flowers.
The stamens are the boy parts and are hollow like straws. They stand
tall in the middle of the apple blossom. The pistols surround the
stamens and are the pollen producing part of the flower. <br />
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Visit a fruit orchard if possible and look at an apple blossom.
If you don't live near apple trees try to find another fruit tree to
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The book How Do Apples Grow? explains how bees pollinate apple blossoms
resulting in fruit. After looking at apple blossoms, look at other flowers and try to find the pistols and stamens. <br />
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They are easy to see on tulips.<br />
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Week 5: Grow a Fruit Tree from Seed </h3>
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Read the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152661972/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0152661972&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0152661972" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Lois Ehlert. In the book a boy tells the story of his sugar maple tree. One day
workers in the tree nursery went into the forest to find and care for
trees. When the trees grew bigger their roots were wrapped and they were
sold to people who would care for them.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57XoFG0QuMI">Mitchell Boyle MrEastCoastMan</a> has a series of videos on planting and growing various
fruit trees. He is not an expert, but more of an experimenter himself.
Watching him try various methods of getting different fruits to grow
encourages kids and adults to experiment. His enthusiasm is contagious and his
commentary is comical. His language is adult. Please preview his videos without children. <br />
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Collect seeds from lemons, apples, plums, peaches, and anything else you bring home from the grocery store. Wrap the seeds in wet paper towels and sprout in a container in the kitchen.<br />
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Care for your seeds by watering them every day.<br />
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Week 6: Plant a Pine Tree </h3>
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Read<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064435296/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064435296&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20"> The Little Fir Tree</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064435296" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Margaret Wise Brown. It is a Christmas story that creates a warm feeling
inside. A fir tree seed blown into an open field sprouts and grows into
a tree. This beautiful picture book is the type to read over and over
doing activities associated with the story each day. There are songs,
seasons, life lessons, animals and other lessons to be drawn from the
story. Getting seeds from cones and sprouting trees is only one fun
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Have you ever wondered where pine tree seeds come from? I always thought
they came from the pine cone, but haven't known how to get them out. My
son wondered the same thing and as usual, turned to the internet for
the answer. Watch a few videos about where pine seeds come from and then go on a hunt for pine cones.<br />
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The chance of getting seeds from a pine cone are much
higher if the pine cone has come directly from the tree. Most of the
seeds from fallen pine cones have already fallen out or been eaten by
animals. If the cone has not opened, heat helps to release the seeds.<br />
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1. Spy a tree with lots of cones.<br />
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2. Throw sticks, rocks or anything you can find at the cones until one falls down.<br />
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3. Bang the cone on the ground until the seeds fall out.<br />
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Week 7: Plant a Coconut Tree</h3>
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Coconuts are really seeds. Coconuts purchased from a grocery store can be sprouted and grown into trees. There are at least two methods for sprouting coconuts. One is
to place the coconut in a bucket of water with a rock on top of it to
keep it under water. The other is to place the coconut in a sealed
plastic bag with a small amount of water. Both take between two weeks to
three months for the coconut to sprout.<br />
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Coconuts don't like cold temperatures, so store your coconut somewhere that the temperature shouldn't drop below 60 degrees F.<br />
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Place the coconut in a large plastic bag with a small amount of water.<br />
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Patience is key. Coconuts
usually sprout in one month, but can take up to nine months. The white
dot is the sprout as it emerges from the coconut.<br />
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Here is a coconut sprout after one month.<br />
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Growing a coconut palm tree from a seed doesn't take a lot of work, but
it does take a lot of time and patience. This is a coconut sprout after twelve months. It still rests inside a plastic
bag and the coconut palm is about 1 foot
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Week 8: Winter Trees - Identify Trees by Their Shape
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In the spring, summer and fall many trees can be easily identified by
their leaves and fruit, but in winter when the leaves of deciduous trees
fall to the ground the challenge is greater. The simple children's
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An apple trees has "spooky" branches with sharp bends.<br />
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An alder tree has multiple trunks that are shaped like pointy ovals.<br />
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An oak tree has a very round shape.<br />
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A maple is shaped like the arch of a Gothic window with it's pointy top.<br />
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A magnolia looks like an umbrella since the branches are much thicker near the ends.<br />
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A birch tree has a V shape and most have double trunks.<br />
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A silver lime tree is very triangular.<br />
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A horse chestnut tree is oval shaped.<br />
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Create a tree silhouette. Begin by lightly sketching the shape of a tree on watercolor paper. The tree below is an Oak and therefore has a
round shape. Lightly draw the trunk. Add big branches by attaching them to the trunk. Then add small branches.<br />
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Silver Lime Tree Silhouette (daughter age 12)</div>
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Oak Tree Silhouette (by mom)</div>
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This is a five week, free plant unit study perfect for
kids in grades 2nd-4th which covers basic plant parts, seeds, sprouting and growing plants. The unit study can be easily adapted to work for
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Week 1: Eating Plant Parts
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There are many plant parts that we eat including roots, stems, flowers, leaves
and seeds. Asparagus, broccoli,
celery, and rhubarb all have edible stems. Artichokes, cauliflower and broccoli are edible flowers. Seeds such as sunflower and pumpkin are enjoyed in breads and on salads, and those salads are full of leaves such as lettuce, kale, spinach and chard. Finally, potatoes, sweet potatoes are roots, while garlic and onions are root bulbs. Bring your children to the grocery store and search for some of these edible stems, roots, flowers, leaves and seeds to try at home. Spend one day for each plant part incorporating that part into your meals. Here are a few ideas.</div>
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Peel the rhubarb.<br />
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Boil it with some water and raspberries into a sauce. Taste it. It will likely be a little tart. Add sugar and enjoy.
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Clean and wash some celery then chop off the ends.<br />
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Spread it with peanut butter and enjoy.<br />
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Read the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0819310832/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0819310832&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">A Garden For Miss Mouse</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0819310832" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.
In the story Miss Mouse plants a few too many seeds and her garden grows
out of control. So her friends come over to help with the harvest and
make a big salad. This is a good book for K-2nd grade.<br />
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Stems, roots, flowers, leaves and seeds are all different parts of
plants that are commonly eaten. This week focus on flowers and prepare artichokes, cauliflower or broccoli. Bring your kids to the grocery store to search for edible flowers.</div>
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Steam the artichokes in water until the petals can be easily removed. Dip the petals in melted butter and scrape the flesh off with your teeth.<br />
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<b>Seeds
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<i>Popcorn</i><br />
Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823403149/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0823403149&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Popcorn Book</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0823403149" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Tomie de Paola.
In the story two boys learn to make popcorn on the stove. A Native
American popcorn legend is told and there is a bit of popcorn trivia.
Since popcorn is a seed, this book is all about seeds. Make some popcorn after reading the book.<br />
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<b>Seeds on Rolls</b><br />
Purchase some bread rolls sprinkled with seeds and eat them.<br />
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pumpkin seeds<br />
poppy seeds<br />
sunflower seeds<br />
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<b>Coconut Seeds</b><br />
A coconut is actually just a large seed. Eat a coconut seed.<br />
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As you chew it juice is released. It takes a long time to chew just like other seeds.<br />
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Continue eating plant parts until you have spent one day focused on each plant part: roots, seeds, stems, leaves and flowers.</div>
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Week 2: Activities with Plants
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Plants can be grown from seeds, but many can be grown from other plant
parts as well. Temperature, moisture and amount of light needs to be
just right for sprouting to occur. Each type of plant is unique.
Experimenting with plants can be interesting, educational and enjoying. Here are some unique plant experiments to try.<br />
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<b>Grow a Tomato Plant from Suckers</b><br />
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Suckers are branches on a tomato plant that grow at a junction after
another branch has grown which contains flowers. Suckers take away
energy from the growing tomatoes and cause the plant to get bigger. Many
tomato growers break off the suckers.<br />
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Once the sucker is broken off, it can grow into a separate plant.
Place the branch in water and wait for roots to sprout, then bury the
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<b>Grow Celery</b><br />
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Did you know celery will grow from the bottom of the stalk? Take the
part that is normally discarded and place it in water. After a week or
two new celery should start to grow up from the base. Following the
growth of the top, roots should begin to show. Once the roots show,
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<b>Grow Pineapple</b><br />
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A pineapple plant can be grown from the leaves at the top of an existing
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Trim off the pineapple and place the leaves with a little
bit of flesh into water and wait for roots to sprout. This is another
plant that requires patience as it can take four years for a pineapple
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Week 3: Sprouting Seeds
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Go to a grocery or garden store and purchase a variety of seeds. Soak the seeds in water for about 8 hours and then place them in a paper towel and wait for them to sprout. Research the best sprouting and growing methods for the seeds you have and try to answer at least one of the following questions with your experiments.<br />
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Which type of bean seeds sprout the quickest? Pinto, black, red or garbanzo<br />
How long does it take bean seeds to sprout?<br />
How do orange seeds sprout? (hint; there is a coating that needs to be removed from the seed)<br />
How do coconut seeds sprout?<br />
How long does it take for coconuts to sprout?<br />
What sprouts fastest? lettuce, tomato, zucchini<br />
What kind of soil do tomato seeds like? bean seeds like?<br />
Do garbanzo bean sprouts grow better inside or outside in the spring?<br />
How fast to the sprouts grow? <br />
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Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688155952/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0688155952&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm: Three Tall Tales</a>.
The unbelievable growing ability of the farm sweeps kids into a fantasy
world. It's a great book to read in connection with planting a garden.<br />
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Growing a garden is one of the best ways for kids to learn about plants. Gardens require care to thrive and if done well, the gardener is rewarded with good food to eat. In the spring prepare an area of land and grow a garden. If you don't have space look into renting a small plot in a community garden. They are typically low cost and readily available. Look into putting up a small fence to keep animals out and consider purchasing wire stands for pea vines and tomato vines to climb. If you and your children are really interested in plants step it up a notch and build a greenhouse.<br />
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Assemble frames for the walls.<br />
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Screw them together to form a rectangle.<br />
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Consider putting a peak on the roof for water to run off.<br />
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Add panels and a vent.<br />
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Fill with plants and shelves.<br />
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Week 5: Visit a Garden Store
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Give your child a gift
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Let them choose plants and seeds to purchase to fill the green house.<br />
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When at the garden store notice how the desert plants are grouped together, as are the tropical and local
plants. Talk about climate and biomes with your child.<br />
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Have your child round the prices of items to purchase and add them up to estimate how much it will cost. jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-38970795588945187542020-07-10T18:30:00.000-04:002020-07-10T18:30:02.782-04:00How many hours per week does it take to homeschool?This is an interesting question because it is extremely important to those considering homeschooling, but the answer is not straight forward. You could spend anywhere between 0 and 30 hours per week depending on many factors including:<br />
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<li>Number of children </li>
<li>Age of children</li>
<li>Ability of children </li>
<li>Independence of children </li>
<li>How involved the parent wants to be in the education process</li>
<li>Curriculum </li>
<li>Education philosophy</li>
<li>Established routine and expectations</li>
<li>Education history of the child</li>
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In general the younger the child the more one-on-one time they need during the educational process, and the older the child the less time they need. As children get older, they become independent and are able to learn readily on their own.<br />
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The philosophy of most people educating young children tends to include lots of time allotted for free exploration and less time spent with structured learning. This is reversed in older students. In other words, high school children may spend 4-7 hours involved in book learning activities where as younger children may spend 1-3 hours in intense book learning. Because of the need for one-on-one time, it is typically the younger child who requires more time from the parent. <br />
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If you choose to read to your child you will spend more hours
homeschooling than if you assign or allow your child to choose books to read.
If you choose a math program that requires you to give lessons or play
games with your child you will spend more hours homeschooling than if
you select a program where the student watches a video and then does a
lesson. The same goes for science, history, art and music. Bringing your
child to a park to do a nature study will take more time than sending
the child outside. <br />
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It is not only book learning time that is required by the homeschooling parent to give the child a quality education. So much of the time it takes to homeschool depends on your
involvement and circumstances. In general most homeschooled kids require
3-5 hours per day to complete their work and parents are involved in
half of those hours. When parents aren't involved in book learning work,
they may spend time researching resources or preparing lesson plans
depending on the curriculum selected. Parents also spend time making
sure kids have social contacts with others. Will you spend three hours
one afternoon per week at a park with other homeschoolers? This social
time for the kids serves as both social and planning time for the
parent.<br />
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Obviously the number of children you have has a great effect on the
time it takes to homeschool. Can the kids work together? Are they close
enough in age for history, science, art, foreign language and music
lessons to be combined? Can they read to each other? Can they help each
other with math lessons? <br />
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Homeschooling takes time, and the most effective way to reduce the time it takes is to teach the child to be independent. The first step in the independence journey is teaching the child to read. Once a child can read, they can begin to find information on their own. Therefore the next logical step is teaching kids to find resources and
learning opportunities. They can learn to request books from the library, be introduced to quality websites, shown resources such as the History Vault where they can learn by watching documentaries. The possibilities are endless. The key starts with reading. <br /><br />
The second most effective way to reduce the time it takes to teach is to establish routine and expectations. Once the child understands what is required there is much the child can complete on his own even at a young age. For example, once you teach your child to bathe and get dressed, you no longer need to help. Homeschooling works that way as well. Routine and expectations is really an extension of parenting. Good parenting skills transfer into good homeschooling skills. <br />
<br />Because homeschooling is flexible and individual, it is difficult to say how many hours it takes to homeschool. To estimate the time it takes you, begin with an estimate of around 12 hours per week and then add or subtract hours based on the number of children, their ages and how involved you plan to be in the process. <br />
jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-85096894150485506142020-07-08T18:30:00.000-04:002020-07-08T18:30:00.195-04:00Free Earth Science Unit Study Part 5 - Volcanos, Tsunamis and EarthquakesThis is an eleven week Earth science unit study perfect for kids in
3rd-5th grades which covers tectonic plates, earthquakes, mountain formation, sea floor spreading, volcanoes, tsunamis, glaciers and erosion. The lessons are activity intensive but
also incorporate books, video documentaries, research and discussions
opportunities.<br />
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Week 1 - Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes and Mountains<br />
Week 2 - Sea Floor Spreading<br />
Week 3 - Volcanoes Introduction<br />
Week 4 - Strata and Shield Volcanoes<br />
Week 5 - Caldera Volcanoes<br />
Week 6 - Tsunamis<br />
Week 7 - Glaciers<br />
Week 8 - Mountains<br />
Week 9 - Erosion - Science Fair<br />
Week 10 - Erosion Part 2<br />
Week 11 - Erosion - Angle of Rest<br />
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Week 1:Tectonic Plates
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Volcanoes, earthquakes and mountains are all related through tectonic
plates. Tectonic plates are in constant motion. They smash together,
drift apart, slip beneath one another and sometimes crack. Whenever and
wherever they move earthquakes occur. Volcanoes are formed by the magma
seeping out anywhere it has an opportunity. Mountains form when two
plates smash together and crumple raising the ground between them.<br />
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Read the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561453692/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1561453692&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1561453692" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> which is a fictional story written for children. During the earthquake a
young Jewish boy is separated from his family. Soon after the quake, he
rescues and befriends a young Chinese boy. Together the two face
discrimination, and feel the welcome of people from other backgrounds on
their journeys to locate their families. <br />
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days before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake a filmmaker from Chicago
mounted a camera on a street car and set the car in motion while
recording. The film captures the chaos of the busy city with horse drawn
carriages, motor cars, street cars, few traffic rules, no cross walks
and people everywhere. Watch the 1906 San Francisco video.<br />
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There is a stark contrast between the above movie and this one which shows still photos of the earthquake damage.<br />
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To demonstrate how plate tectonics work, spread cream cheese (magma) on a plate and place two crackers (tectonic plates) on the top.<br />
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Move the crackers around and observe what happens to the cream cheese.<br />
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As the plates are pushed together and one slips beneath, magma between the plates is forced up. This is what happens at the Pacific Ring of Fire.<br />
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Now moisten the crackers with water so they will fold.<br />
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As the two plates crash into each other they fold and the ground raises between them. This is how the Himalaya Mountains were formed.<br />
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Week 2: Sea-Floor Spreading</h3>
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Earthquakes, mountains, tsunamis, and volcanoes are all related through
the movement of tectonic plates. Volcanoes are located where tectonic
plates meet, where they part, and at cracks and holes withing the
plates. The Pacific Ring of Fire is a prime example of plates sliding
beneath one another resulting in volcanic activity.<br />
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Earthquakes are common in the region of Indonesia and there are many
volcanoes. The entire west coast of California is an earthquake zone and
contains many volcanoes. Indonesia and California lie on the Pacific
Ring of Fire where tectonic plates collide. On a blank outline maps mark locations of major volcanoes.<br />
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Watch the video<i> How the Earth was Made - The Deepest Place on Earth</i>. It is available on the <a href="https://www.historyvault.com/">History Vault</a>, a low cost streaming service from the History Channel. <br />
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The Marianas's Trench, the deepest place on Earth is the primary
location at which land sinks back into the Earth's core. Originally
discovered during the 1800's, it took almost a century before scientists
could explain how it works.<br />
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Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810945908/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0810945908&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Volcanoes: Journey to the Crater's Edge</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0810945908" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
which is a photo-filled picture book of volcanoes across the
world. The introduction explains the ways volcanoes are created, and
each subsequent page provides a few paragraphs that detail a different
volcano or volcanic landscape.
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When plates slide apart magma can seep out. This phenomenon, known as sea floor spreading, results in
the creation of new land. One place this occurs is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
beneath the surface of the ocean. Follow <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471177709/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0471177709&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects in Earth Science: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471177709" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> to create a model of sea floor spreading.<br />
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In this project, the cylindrical container represents the surface of the
Earth. Cut a slit into the container to represent the mid-ocean
ridge. The paper emerging from the ridge is formed as the tectonic
plates move away from each other and magma rises beneath the surface to
fill the gaps.<br />
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As the magma forming new sea floor cools, the magnetic particles within
the rock align with the Earth's magnetic field. Since the field has
changed directions many times in the past, by matching aligned
particles, rates of spreading can be calculated.<br />
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To model how the magnetic particles align with the magnetic field over
time and move apart from the mid-ocean ridge, color the new land as it emerges from the Earth.<br />
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Over time, land created at the same time on opposite sides of the ridge moves farther and farther apart.<br />
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As new land is created, some land returns to the center of the Earth.<br />
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To represent this, cut two additional slits into the surface of the
Earth. The paper that representes the land is attached to a pencil.<br />
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As the pencil is spun, new land simultaneously is created and destroyed.<br />
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Week 3: Introduction to Volcanoes
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There are four major types of volcanoes; cinder cone, strata, shield,
and caldera. Cinder cone volcanoes tend to be small and have only one
pipe in which magma flows from underground out to the surface. Strata
volcanoes are found throughout the world, but are the primary type which
lie on the Pacific Ring of Fire. They are shaped like mountains and
are extremely explosive because of their sticky lava. Shield volcanoes form
over openings in the Earth's crust and tend to have runny lava that
flows for long distances. Because the lava is runny, shield volcanoes
tend to be much flatter than strata volcanoes. The Hawaiian and
Icelandic volcanoes are shield volcanoes. Caldera are huge regions which
contain geothermic underground activity. They are formed when land
collapses into the underground magma chamber after a volcanic eruption.
Yellowstone is a caldera.<br />
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To learn more about volcanoes watch <i>How the Earth was Made; Ring of Fire </i>and <i>How the Earth was Made; San Andreas Fault. </i>They are available on the <a href="https://www.historyvault.com/">History Vault</a>, a streaming service from The History Channel. In addition, watch the following videos and read the following books. <br />
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This 4 minute video explains the types of rocks produced by volcanic eruptions.<br />
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Read<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590508350/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590508350&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=RSEEL3G2K3LFVJV7"> The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top: A Book About Volcanoes (Magic School Bus)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590508350" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and
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Geologists and construction companies often perform a procedure known as
soil boring, to determine what lies underground. The process results in
cylindrical-shaped tubes of ground in which the underground layers are
visible. By analyzing the layers, scientists can determine the history
of the area where the boring was taken. The layers can indicate events
such as flood, drought, and volcanic activity.<br />
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Make or purchase a cheese cake and do a soil boring project with straws. <br />
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Wrap the cake with aluminum foil so the kids can not see what was inside.<br />
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Stick straws into the cake thereby filling with underground surface layers.<br />
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Blow the borings out of the straws onto a plate where the layers are clearly visible. Make up stories to go with the layer. <br />
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Week 4: Strata and Shield Volcano </h3>
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The lava in strata volcanoes is very sticky or viscous and over time can
plug the opening where magma escapes from the Earth. Strata volcanoes
like those of Krakatoa and Mt. Saint Helens are often very explosive and
have violent eruptions. In contrast, the lava in shield volcanoes, like
those in Hawaii, is runny and flows easily away from the vent.<br />
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Watch <i>How the Earth was Made - Krakatoa and Anak Krakatou</i>
which is available on <a href="https://www.historyvault.com/">The History Vault</a>. Located in Indonesia,
in 1883, Krakatoa blew itself off the map. Today, its child, Anak
Krakatou, grows over 12 feet per year.<br />
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Because the lava in Krakatoa was very sticky it formed a plug. Over time, new magma rising to the
surface increased the pressure on the plug. Just as Krakatoa blew up in the past, one day in the future, a
major eruption of Anak Krakatau is expected.<br />
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Watch <i>How the Earth was Made - Hawaii</i> which tells a very different story. The
Hawaiian Islands were formed from a volcanic hot spot under a tectonic
plate. As the plate drifts, the hot spot just punches a new hole where
lava flows out. The hot spot annually produces millions of cubic yards
of lava which enable the big island to increase in size by over one mile
every year.<br />
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To demonstrate how lava flows, but at different rates, measure the viscosity of several liquids found commonly in the house.<br />
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Compare the viscosity of several liquids by measuring the time
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Test honey, molasses, shampoo, dish soap, ketchup and milk.<br />
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Spoon or pour a small amount of the test substance onto the plate and start a timer.<br />
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Stop the timer when the liquid quits moving.<br />
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Retest all of the liquids after heating them in hot water.<br />
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Create a simple table and record the times.
Heating all the liquids should make them less viscous. Honey should be the most
viscous liquid and milk the least.<br />
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Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0888995318/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0888995318&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Jamari's Drum</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0888995318" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> which tells the story of how Jamari restores order in his African village
after the volcano erupts. It is perfect for ages 4-10.<br />
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Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007FBFTI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0007FBFTI&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The House on the Volcano</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0007FBFTI" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
which is a short chapter book set on
a Hawaiian Island. Two children disagree over whether Madame Pele is
responsible for the volcanic eruption, or whether there is a scientific
explanation. Written in the 1960's a few parts would likely be rewritten
today so you may want to preview this story.<br />
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Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0766015521/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0766015521&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Mount St. Helens Volcano: Violent Eruption (American Disasters)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0766015521" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
which is a non-fiction book that tells the story of the Mount St. Helens
eruption. It gives us a glimpse into what people were doing, how they
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Week 5: Caldera Volcanoes
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Did you know there is a huge volcano under Yellowstone National Park?
It's not just any volcano, but a super volcano. When it erupts it could
create major climate change. The last monstrous eruption occurred
640,000 years ago and covered much of North America with ash and global
temperatures dropped. It has erupted several times in the past and someday
will again.<br />
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Watch <i>How the Earth was Made - Yellowstone</i> on the History Vault. The video tracks scientists as they search
for clues to the volcano's past. <br />
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Watch this short video which explains what a Caldera Volcano is and gives a brief idea of the destruction it can cause.<br />
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Because there are both water and volcanic activity under the ground at
Yellowstone National Park, there are geysers. This video explains how
geysers work.<br />
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<i>Materials</i><br />
stove<br />
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Basically, water is boiled and the steam and water bubbles are channeled out through the funnel<br />
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Week 6: Tsunami </h3>
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Watch How the Earth Was Made- Tsunami available on the History Vault.<br />
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Read the following books.<br />
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- When the ocean pulls back, the villagers are curious and walk towards
it to investigate. Ojisan is a village elder is not fooled. He's
scared, but knows what to do when the Tsunami strikes.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PGIBGW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007PGIBGW&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=WQ4KMFWYRX23MMPS">Selvakumar Knew Better</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B007PGIBGW" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - This book tells the true story of how a dog helped save a young boy during the 2004 tsunami.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064401715/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064401715&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=FV7PHR26J2SW2LP3">The Big Wave</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064401715" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />- This book was about so much more than a tsunami. It told the story of
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Construct a sand village.<br />
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Pour water down a channel aimed at for the village. <br />
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The water flows out of the channel and destroys the structures on the water side of the sea wall.<br />
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Rebuild the village and the repeat entire process several times increasing the amount of water in the tsunami. Note the percent of damage after each trial and create a graph showing water volume vs damage.</div>
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Week 7: Glaciers
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During the ice ages, glaciers covered much of the land. Today glaciers
are located in 15 states and all over the world from the Alps in Europe,
to the mountains of Chile. These slow moving rivers of ice are powerful
enough to reshape the land. By melting and refreezing, they pick up and
retain rocks and other debris within the ice. As the glaciers move, the
debris can leave scratch marks on the landscape.<br />
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To learn about glaciers watch two documentaries from the How the Earth Was Made series; <i>How the Earth Was Made - Iceland</i> and <i>How the Earth Works - Yosemite</i>.<br />
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The geography of Iceland is very unique. Volcanic activity rages
underneath massive glaciers. The intensive heat melts the ice and
results in massive floods. The floods carry huge boulders downward,
while the glacier movement carves the landscape. Yosemite was formed through volcanic and glacial activity. Although most
glacier valleys have U-shaped bottoms, the Yosemite valley is
V-shaped.<br />
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Before the formation was understood, the naturalist John Muir was
convinced glaciers played a role in Yosemite. He saw
evidence of glacier created scratches on rocks in the valley which were
familiar to him from his time spent in the glaciers of Europe. The
moraines present in the valley were further indications of glacial
activity. His theories were proven many years later. Scientists now believe that after the glaciers receded,
the valley was filled with a lake. Sediment from the lake filled in the
valley which was later carved into a V-shape by river activity.<br />
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Read
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by Rose Wyler. <br />
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Do this glacier movement activity explained in
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bottom of the glacier picks up bits of debris as it passes over the
land. In plastic deformation, the bottom layer of ice deforms due to the
intense amount of weight above.<br />
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Place a deck of cards on a tray to represent the bottom layer of
ice. Place a weight on top of the cards. In this case the tape measure serves as a massive weight from the glacier ice
above. As the glacier slides downward, the ice (cards at the bottom
slip past each other so that the bottom layer deforms.)<br />
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A moraine is a pile of debris located at the end of a glacier. As a
glacier moves, the rocks, boulders, trees and other matter are pushed
along in front much like a snow plow. When the glacier melts, the debris
pile remains as evidence of glacial activity.<br />
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Form a glacier by filling a plastic bag with water.<br />
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Then drag it across a tray of sand or a across a sandy play area. <br />
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Again drag the glacier across the sand. This time watch for the formation of the moraine visible in front of the glacier.<br />
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Puncture the plastic bag to model the glacier melting and receding.<br />
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As it melts, a valley is formed below the glacier.</div>
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Week 8: Mountains
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Geologists search for clues to discover how the Earth was made in the
How the Earth Was Made series of videos. Items such as rocks, fossils,
ridges, and soil boring samples hold keys to the geological past. Watch the Mount
Everest, The Alps and The Rockies episodes which all feature the history of
mountain making.<br />
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Read the children's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064451283/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064451283&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">How Mountains Are Made (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064451283" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />
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One way mountains are created is when tectonic plates push against each
other forcing them to rise where they meet. To play with different
scenarios layer modeling clay and push the ends together. <br />
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Elastic, plastic and fracture are the three types of deformation. All three are part of the mountain formation process.<br />
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Elastic deformation is best demonstrated with a rubber band or a piece
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Plastic deformation can be demonstrated by gently pulling silly putty apart. The putty changes shape, but does not break.<br />
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Fracture deformation happens when putty is pulled quickly apart.<br />
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Week 9: Erosion</h3>
One type of erosion occurs when ground gets broken off by a river or a
stream. This is sometimes bad because it can change the river's course by
clogging it up. Sometimes erosion happens right under houses. Erosion is bad for farmers
because it washes away loose ground. Erosion happens fast or slow
on different kinds of ground. <br />
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Test several types of soil by pouring water on equal amounts
of soil to determine which erodes the fastest. <br />
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Weigh the compost, sand and mud. Form the compost, sand and mud into mounds on an incline. In this photo, the shovel was used as the incline. Pour water slowly for five seconds on
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Week 10: Erosion Part 2 </h3>
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Erosion is an ongoing naturally occurring phenomenon which is both
destructive and beneficial. Erosion changes landscapes and is a vehicle
for nature to recover. Continue reading the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007DOLVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0007DOLVO&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Rocks, rivers & the changing earth,: A first book about geology, (Young Scott books)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0007DOLVO" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />
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Watch the video <i>Megastructures - Breaking Up the Biggest Dam. </i>Dams built for people to harness power can become obsolete and are not
always good for nature. This video is about the challenge an engineering
team faced when trying to break up a massive dam and return a river to
its normal state. The amount of sediment accumulated behind the dam
during its existence is quite impressive and an interesting example of
erosion.<br />
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Watch <i>How the Earth Was Made - Grand Canyon</i> available on <a href="https://www.historyvault.com/">The History Vault</a> which explains how the Grand Canyon was formed through a long process of erosion. <br />
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Form a few clay balls and let them sit outside in the weather for several weeks. </div>
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Watch over the course of time as the appearance of the balls changes as the soft
materials are washed away by rain and wind. You may see some
dramatic effects of water and ice due to the cold. Cold can be simulated by placing the clay balls in the freezer.<br />
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Seeds have an enormous capability to cause erosion. Once they are
embedded in rock, water can cause them to sprout. Their sprouting
strength is strong enough to crack rock.<br />
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To demonstrate this, fill a water bottle with beans and
then top it off with water. Screw the cap on tight and then observe the
bottle over the course of several days.<br />
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As the beans soak up the water the pressure inside the bottle
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As time goes on the beans are able to deform the bottle.<br />
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Ice can<b> </b>deform a bottle in the same way. Fill a water bottle full of water and place it into the freezer. Remove the bottle after four hours or more and observe what happens. <br />
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Week 11: Erosion - Natural Angle of Rest
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Some materials have big angles of rest, or will stack into the steepest hill. Hills of
materials such as corn, sand, gravel and rock, each have a unique
steepness. Some materials will stack nicely into a very steep hill,
where as others will slide down until nearly flat. <br />
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Pull several items from the kitchen cupboards to determine angle of rest following the procedure in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895774119/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0895774119&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=5C2VSLKTZJ4POQIX">How the Earth Works (How It Works)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0895774119" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />
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First, pour the material into a one cup container.<br />
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Next poured it against a sheet of white paper held steady with a piece of cardboard, from a height of 8 inches.<br />
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Then sketch the hill onto the white paper.<br />
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Mark the base and top of the hill with points, and connect the points with a strait edge.<br />
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Measure the angle of the hill with a protractor.<br />
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Then repeat the process with many different substances.<br />
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The bigger and smoother the grains the flatter the
hill. Flour stacks into the steepest hill, and both popcorn and pinto
beans are nearly flat. Sunflower seeds and tapioca are in the middle.<br />
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This is a five week water based unit study perfect for kids in
3rd-5th grades. This unit study covers river beds, flowing water, the water cycle and ocean currents. The lessons are activity intensive but
also incorporate books, video documentaries, research and discussions
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Week 1 - River Beds<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">Week 2 - Rivers Flow When it Doesn't Rain</a><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">Week 3 - Ground Water Run-off</a><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">Week 4 - The Water Cycle</a><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">Week 5 - Ocean Currents</a> </div>
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Week 1: River Beds
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When a river is shallow and slow the water can move small bits of dirt,
but when a river is full, the raging water can be strong enough to move
boulders.<br />
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Many of the activities in this unit are described in the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007DOLVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0007DOLVO&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Rocks, rivers & the changing earth: A first book about geology</a>. Read the book slowly over the course of this unit study.<br />
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Read the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/079224141X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=079224141X&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Flood: Wrestling With The Mississippi</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=079224141X" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
which explains the history of
the levee system along the Mississippi River and how people worked
together to fight the unending rains of 1993.
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<b>River Bed Sediment</b><br />
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To learn how water moves sediment in a river bed make a
riverbed channel out of a piece of cardboard folded into U-shape. <br />
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Fill the cardboard with dirt containing rocks.<br />
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Slowly pour water down the channel and collect it in a basin.
Pouring slowly results in some dirt flowing along with the water. Now simulate a flood situtation by emptying the entire contents of the watering can into the channel. During a flood the river is strong enough
to move large boulders and a lot more sediment.<br />
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Sediment is either suspended in water or settles to the bottom depending on the speed of water and the size of the particles. Do this experiment to see how particle size and speed effect settling.<br />
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First place some dirt into an empty water bottle. <br />
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Add some water and swish the bottle slowly allowing it to settle.
During slow movement, only the smallest sediment is picked up by the
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Repeat the experiment with rapid swishing. More sediment will be mixed with water.<br />
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Add different materials to new bottles and repeat the experiment to see how they settle.<br />
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Examine at intervals of 15 minutes.<br />
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After sitting for an hour the different layers of sediment should become distinctly apparent.<br />
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Wait 24 hours and examine the water bottles again. This shows how the sediment sinks to the bottom in a pond or very slow moving river.<br />
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<b>Settling Trail Mix - The smallest materials sink to the bottom.</b><br />
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To reinforce the concept of the smallest materials settling on the
bottom and biggest settling on the top, make trail mix and shake it
up.<br />
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Mix almonds, walnuts, peanuts, raisins, date pieces, dried fruit and tiny chocolate chips in a large container with a lid.<br />
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Agitate the container gently and watch the raisins and chocolate chips move to the bottom while the almonds and walnuts rise to the top.<br />
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Week 2: How do rivers flow when it doesn't rain?
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Water always flows down hill. On its way to the ocean water may flow
over a water fall, through a canyon, or into a delta. When it rains,
water seeps into the ground where it is stored. If the ground is
saturated, after the rain, some water continues to trickle out of the
ground and flow into streams. If the ground can hold the water,
additional water is not released. That's why sometimes rivers dry up
during periods with no rain, but other rivers continue to flow.<br />
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Continue reading the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007DOLVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0007DOLVO&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Rocks, rivers & the changing earth,: A first book about geology</a>
as a reference. In addition, read
the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064460991/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064460991&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary (Trophy Picture Books)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064460991" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> which gives simple definitions of different land and water forms. <br />
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To demonstrate how water always flows down hill and how it flows during
periods without rain, use a washcloth to represent the ground, a
plate to represent the hill, a crumpled up sheet of wax paper so the
ground isn't smooth, some water and a few drops of food coloring.<br />
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Place the wax paper on a plate resting in a tilted position. Pour water onto the upper end of the plate and observe the flow of the water.<br />
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Here it formed a river.</div>
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Reposition the wax paper and repeat the experiment several
times. In this version the water forms several waterfalls.<br />
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In this photo, the water forms a lake which splits in two to reach the sea. - A Delta<br />
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Next add the washcloth to the top of the hill to allow the ground to soak up water.<br />
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When the rain ceases, the rivers continue to flow.<br />
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Week 3: Ground Water
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Continue reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007DOLVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0007DOLVO&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Rocks, rivers & the changing earth,: A first book about geology</a>. Water flows in a continuous cycle throughout our world. Water that falls
onto mountains runs down the side into streams, which flows into rivers
that run into lakes and seas. Eventually water is evaporated back into
the air, rises, and falls as rain again.<br />
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Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0698400771/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0698400771&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The River</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0698400771" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Bernadette Watts. It is a beautiful picture book which follows water as
it trickles from a mountain rock and flows to the sea. Near the
beginning, five pine cones fall into the water and wonder where it will
take them. Each ends in a different place----- will it be near a
meandering stream, a mountain lake or another watery place?<br />
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Sometimes after a rain the creeks, streams and rivers are full and other
times after a similar rain they flow at low levels. The difference
depends on how wet the ground is. If it's full of water, or saturated,
to begin with, the additional water from the rain flows down, but if the
ground is dry, it can be absorbed.<br />
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To demonstrate the difference place two dry washcloths, to represent
dry ground, on top of an upside bowl, to represent a mountain. <br />
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Simulate rain by pouring water onto the mountain.<br />
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As the ground (or washcloths) become saturated rivers begin to form and run down the mountain.<br />
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Repeat the process several times.<br />
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Week 4: The Water Cycle
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Watch the Bill Nye the Science Guy water cycle video.<br />
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Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590508334/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590508334&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About The Water Cycle</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590508334" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />
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Converting water to steam by breathing on the window.<br />
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Create a cloud by putting hot water in a glass and covering it so the steam can not escape.<br />
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Converting steam to water by covering hot water and putting ice on the
top to create a greater temperature difference and increase the speed of
condensation.<br />
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Week 5: Ocean Currents
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Read the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547328605/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0547328605&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=OWJXKHZ5EALKVVLP">Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field Series)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0547328605" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> which tells the story about where the tennis shoes that continuously washed up
along the Pacific coast of Washington came from. As it turns out, the shoes were spilled from a container ship about
eight months earlier. The book explains how ocean surface currents
work, and how scientists have "Tracked Trash" around the world to learn
more about currents.<br />
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Did you know that there is an area in the Pacific Ocean filled with
floating plastic that is as big as the state of Alaska? It wasn't
discovered until the 2000's and scientists are studying its growth and
toxic effects. Some of the trash comes from container ships, but much
more is thought to have originated on land and arrived by flowing down
rivers and streams into the sea.numerous videos on this topic available on youtube. Research and discuss one or two.<br />
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The trash is all moved by surface currents swirling around in the ocean.
Their existence has been known for centuries as they have been used to
aid navigation. Like rivers on land they can and do change their course.
The Northern Hemisphere contains two main gyres which spin clockwise,
and the Southern Hemisphere contains three counter-clockwise spinning
gyres. Where the gyres meet, the water traps debris in a never-ending
loop thousands of miles across. <br />
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In addition to the gyres which circulate water on the surface, the ocean
contains deep circulation currents which move the water between varying
ocean depths. When water freezes at the poles, the remaining water
contains more salt and therefore is more dense. As the water increases
in density it sinks. <br />
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Watch the move Atlas 4D, Hawaii linked below which is primarily about Hawaii, but
includes lots of information
about the sea and explanation deep circulation currents.<br />
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Fill a tub was one-third full with room temperature water. Gently pour the salt water into the tub.<br />
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It is more dense and should sink to the bottom.<br />
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Add the cold water and watch it sink to the bottom.jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-35010869562203651262020-07-04T18:30:00.000-04:002020-07-04T18:30:07.724-04:00Highhill Education Flexible Curriculum I highly recommend putting together your own curriculum. Each child is unique and customizing the curriculum to the child will result in maximum educational success. Below I have described a flexible loosely structured curriculum which is highly customizable. It is easy to add or eliminate material based on interests or learning and development needs. The reading, writing and math curriculum are very sequential as they build upon themselves especially in the early years. It is not necessary to wait until the next school year to level-up. Likewise, if extra time is needed due to learning challenges or family circumstances the time should be taken. The curriculum are flexible because you can work through the material at the child's pace by moving rapidly or slowly. Depending on the number of children you are teaching, subjects such as science and history can easily span multiple grade levels, and in reading, writing and math lessons children can work together. For example, older children can read to younger children. Children can write stories together or brainstorm ideas together and then each write at their own level. Kids can play math games together and work on similar math art projects.<br />
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I have suggested resources listed by subject and grade level. I have not laid out a detailed schedule that says read chapter 10 on week 3 day 3. You can substitute books, read extra books, or read biographies instead of historical fiction if you want. You can watch documentaries and visit museums instead of reading non-fiction books or in addition to reading the books I have suggested. You have chosen to homeschool and you get to determine your child's curriculum with as much or as little input from your child as you deem appropriate. This is meant to be a starting point for you to create a customized curriculum for each child.<br />
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Math</h3>
K - Math<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mattel-Games-Official-Amazon-Exclusive/dp/B07P6MZPK3/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=uno&qid=1592499523&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c981caac0ac50167dd0ac241c1a41b75&language=en_US">Uno</a> - Number and color recognition</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/MAGTIMES-Magnetic-Educating-Educational-Refrigerator/dp/B01D5ZXXK0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=letter+magnets&qid=1592494060&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7c83be43cdc225daa5fd9e71329eb0b2&language=en_US">Plastic and Numbers</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eureka-Classroom-Supplies-Counting-Animals/dp/B000T2YKIM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=11PV8USGJ1Y4W&dchild=1&keywords=counting+animals&qid=1592501249&sprefix=counting+ani,aps,178&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0f3e40c542e6dec687ed7fd510784464&language=en_US">Animal Counters</a>
- The goal this year is to learn to recognize the numbers. Number
manipulatives and something to count are essential. If you don't want to
purchase animal counters you could count buttons, bottle caps, milk
caps, etc. You should spend time playing with your child
with these numbers and counting items. Sort the items into color groups
and count them. Sort them into animal type and count them. Count the
number of shoes in your closet or the number of apples in a bag. Count
and play with the numbers every day until your child can recognize the
numbers. Then move onto two digit numbers and continue counting.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Multipurpose-Copy-Printer-Paper/dp/B01FV0F75G/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=copy+paper&qid=1592494659&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExSEtQR0NQOTdHNDdIJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTc4NTAzTzNLVk4wSkw3WU81JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4MzA3NjUyRjdKQlM2WDFRRlZJJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ffd4d93a9c65e7a937a506360ebe6402&language=en_US">Copy Paper</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crayola-Juego-lavables-limpias-regalo/dp/B07KY2HBCM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=crayons&qid=1592494721&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8be78bfb4611e37b76483ea6820242e2&language=en_US">Crayons</a> and a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bostitch-Office-Heavy-Stapler-B175-BLK/dp/B07994LRXJ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=stapler&qid=1592494782&sr=8-7&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4eea043cb9565eabe329a9329c79d612&language=en_US">Stapler</a>
- Make a Calendar - Teaches number recognition, months, writing - Print
out 12 blank calendar pages. Write a month on the top of each page, and
the days of the week on top of each column. Determine which day the
month starts on and how many days in that month. Write the number 1 in
the appropriate box and have your child write the remaining numbers in
the rest of the boxes. Have your child illustrate the month with an
appropriate seasonal picture. Add birthdays, holidays and special events
as desired.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Standard-Playing-Cards-Piece/dp/B005GLISE8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=bicycle+cards&qid=1592499580&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=84f836fe32856a3cf9e56105a6e1b00b&language=en_US">Card Game War</a> - Teaches greater than, less than - You will need a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Standard-Playing-Cards-Piece/dp/B005GLISE8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=bicycle+cards&qid=1592499580&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=84f836fe32856a3cf9e56105a6e1b00b&language=en_US">standard deck</a>
of playing cards for this activity. Aces are ones. Remove the jacks,
queens and kings from the deck. Divide the deck in half. Each player
flips up a card and the player with the greater number takes both cards.
In case of a tie flip up another card. Repeat until one player has all
of the cards and declare that player the winner.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jelly-Beans-Sale-Bruce-McMillan/dp/0590865846/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=jelly+beans+for+sale&qid=1592845014&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9f2329d0935aef8141127a024586fe93&language=en_US">Jelly Beans for Sale</a> - Count and add jelly beans as you read this book. </li>
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1st Grade - Math<br />
<ul>
<li>Adding War - Teaches addition and greater than, less than - You will need a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Standard-Playing-Cards-Piece/dp/B005GLISE8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=bicycle+cards&qid=1592499580&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=84f836fe32856a3cf9e56105a6e1b00b&language=en_US">standard deck</a> of
playing cards for this activity. Aces are ones. Remove the jacks, queens
and kings from the deck. Divide the deck in half. Each player flips up two
cards and the player with the greater sum takes all four cards. In case of a tie flip up two more cards. Repeat
until one player has all of the cards and declare that player the
winner.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyoh-Ku9TCI">Black Jack 21</a> - Teaches addition - You will need a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Standard-Playing-Cards-Piece/dp/B005GLISE8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=bicycle+cards&qid=1592499580&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=84f836fe32856a3cf9e56105a6e1b00b&language=en_US">standard deck</a> of playing cards for this game. </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Resources-Teaching-Register-Packaging/dp/B0006N8X3M/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&keywords=cash+register&qid=1592500894&sr=8-10">Cash Register</a>
- Play going to the store and buy, sell, and make change to learn how
to count with money. Sell cookies or M&M's. Sell things you make, or
gather all of the winter gear and sell hats and mittens before going
outside to play. Begin with all items costing 1 cent. The next week have
all items cost $1. Play every day changing prices until your child
understands how to count money and make change.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/School-Zone-Addition-Subtraction-Workbook/dp/158947323X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=TWEIN7IG4EKP&dchild=1&keywords=school+zone+addition+and+subtraction+workbook&qid=1592500311&sprefix=school+zone+addition,aps,179&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=df4a5afb2c27773a2b0163bc57bc8c6d&language=en_US">School Zone Addition and Subtraction</a> - Work through a workbook with addition and subtraction problems so your child can see math in its abstract written form.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/SCHOOL-ZONE-Fractions-Workbook-Illustrations/dp/0938256440/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0938256440&pd_rd_r=c20ac556-0a50-4efa-aac2-d7bd14bf2e56&pd_rd_w=yd7mE&pd_rd_wg=jb4Pt&pf_rd_p=4e3f7fc3-00c8-46a6-a4db-8457e6319578&pf_rd_r=0GJ1JN910KWYS76C0EAY&psc=1&refRID=0GJ1JN910KWYS76C0EAY&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a3ff7a2cd64b7cc5a7659d179f7d10a2&language=en_US">School Zone Time, Money and Fractions</a> or equivalent workbook </li>
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2nd Grade - Math<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/highhill-educational-supplies.html">Speed!</a>
- Teaches skip-counting - Begin with the 2's. Play for at least 15
minutes every day until your child can play rapidly. Then play with the
5's until your child can play rapidly. Progress through each deck
spending between 1 week and 1 month per deck. </li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttkfRm5pZr4">Cribbage</a> - Teaches addition and strategy- You will need a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Standard-Playing-Cards-Piece/dp/B005GLISE8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=bicycle+cards&qid=1592499580&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=84f836fe32856a3cf9e56105a6e1b00b&language=en_US">standard deck</a> of playing cards for this game. Play at least two times per week to develop mental math and thinking skills.</li>
<li><span id="bc_0_1b+seedDYfMD" kind="d">Involve your kids in activities that require math such as cooking,
quilting, measuring, laundry (money)</span> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/School-Zone-Workbook-Subtraction-Differences/dp/0887431380/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=W1WV45VT3NTN&dchild=1&keywords=school+zone+math+workbook+2nd+grade&qid=1592500631&s=books&sprefix=school+zone+math+workbooks,+2n,stripbooks,181&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=b92ebd104240eadd6fc88f422a6cc911&language=en_US">School Zone Math Basics 2nd Grade</a>
- Work through a workbook with double digit addition and subtraction
problems so your child can see math in its abstract written form. </li>
<li>Read</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blockhead-Life-Fibonacci-Joseph-DAgnese/dp/0805063056/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3GWLIXVAC7SP6&dchild=1&keywords=blockhead+the+life+of+fibonacci&qid=1592861626&s=books&sprefix=blockhead,stripbooks,176&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=bdb7f9f175887fcba89043a55cd18ecc&language=en_US">Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci by Joseph D'Agnese</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pythagoras-Ratios-Adventure-Charlesbridge-Adventures/dp/1570917760/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3LZKE0I9EGH6T&dchild=1&keywords=pythagoras+and+the+ratios&qid=1592861911&s=books&sprefix=pythag,stripbooks,178&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=bb705268a291c2aa6234634ba29599a1&language=en_US">Pythagoras and the Ratios</a> by Julie Ellis </li>
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3rd Grade - Math<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/highhill-educational-supplies.html">Speed!</a>
- Teaches skip-counting - Continue working through the decks of cards
until your child can play really fast and has the numbers memorized. </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Explorer-Beginning-Mathematical-Reasoning/dp/1601447124/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1ESEC4WFITU4H&dchild=1&keywords=pattern+explorer+level+1&qid=1593469512&s=books&sprefix=pattern+exp,stripbooks,171&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4dfb3fabaf613f2dacecab37f75e05c9&language=en_US">Pattern Explorer</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/SCHOOL-ZONE-Multiplication-Estimation-Illustrations/dp/0938256343/ref=sr_1_18?dchild=1&keywords=school+zone+math+workbooks&qid=1592500508&s=books&sr=1-18">School Zone Multiplication and Division Math Workbook</a> - Work through a workbook with multiplication and division problems so your child can see math in its abstract written form. </li>
<li>Bake Cookies, and Cakes - This teaches fractions if you use measuring cups. Make sure to double and half recipes. </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/School-Zone-Workbook-Multiplication-Division/dp/0887431399/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=school+zone+3+grade+math&qid=1592515060&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4a1b95cdf7d2a6bc0a6b4799cdc28f60&language=en_US">School Zone Math Basics 3</a> or equivalent workbook</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/School-Zone-Multiplication-Equivalent-Fractions/dp/0887431402/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=school+zone+4th+grade+math&qid=1592515013&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a82362f2f7dffb78b301d88c29184f49&language=en_US">School Zone Math Basics 4</a> or equivalent workbook</li>
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4th Grade - Math<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Fred-Ph-Stanley-Schmidt/dp/0970999593/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+fractions&qid=1592501624&sr=8-1">Life of Fred Fractions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/School-Zone-Fractions-Operations-Multiplication/dp/0887431410/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=school+zone+5th+grade+math&qid=1592514966&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=b751c60ff71f2b31a600a7025d486f39&language=en_US">School Zone Basic Math 5</a> or equivalent workbook</li>
</ul>
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5th Grade - Math<br />
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Decimals-Percents-Stanley-Schmidt/dp/0979107202/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2G99URG56DYFS&dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+decimals+and+percents&qid=1592501651&sprefix=life+of+fred+decimal,aps,177&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=b5391bacac619a04fba769cb93b8326e&language=en_US">Life of Fred Decimals and Percents</a> <i>*Essential</i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/School-Zone-Operations-Estimating-Percentages/dp/0887431429/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=PRG9Z7X6I3R8&dchild=1&keywords=school+zone+6th+grade+math&qid=1592514882&sprefix=school+zone+6,aps,177&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=121784f931d53450269efd7d2514bdf5&language=en_US">School Zone Basic Math 6</a> or equivalent workbook <i>*Essential</i> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Explorer-Level-Grades-5-7/dp/1601447132/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1ESEC4WFITU4H&dchild=1&keywords=pattern+explorer+level+1&qid=1593469576&s=books&sprefix=pattern+exp,stripbooks,171&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=1c81e91b3b879969e733ddf9a085088f&language=en_US">Pattern Explorer Level 1</a> *Optional </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Murderous-Math-10-Books-Slip/dp/1407131931/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=murderous+maths&qid=1593469664&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0dc5ac684ebc1709a03131b5eb62aa29&language=en_US">Murderous Maths</a> *Optional </li>
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6th Grade - Math - Pre-Algebra<br />
<br />
Life of Fred does an excellent job of teaching the application of
math. Math-U-See does an excellent job of teaching the mechanics of
math. I recommend working through both. The order is not important. You
can work through one program and then the other or work on them
simultaneously.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://store.demmelearning.com/prealgebra-instruction-pack.html">Math-U-See Pre-Algebra</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Fred-Pre-Algebra-0-Physics/dp/1937032221/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+prealgebra&qid=1592501792&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=2d5cf43d9e38f9f57de5dcb7924e21d5&language=en_US">Life of Fred Pre-Algebra with Physics</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Fred-Pre-Algebra-1-Biology/dp/0979107229/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+prealgebra&qid=1592501816&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=1e335ececc9bbb251012b3b3cfe25c27&language=en_US">Life of Fred Pre-Algebra with Biology</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Fred-Pre-Algebra-Economics-Stanley-Schmidt/dp/B005JY7OEW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+prealgebra&qid=1592501847&sr=8-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=cb5d18c2799a812796204ab29304f101&language=en_US">Life of Fred Pre-Algebra with Economics </a></li>
</ul>
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7th Grade - Math - Algebra<br />
<br />
Life of Fred does an excellent job of teaching the application of
math. Math-U-See does an excellent job of teaching the mechanics of
math. I recommend working through both. The order is not important. You
can work through one program and then the other or work on them
simultaneously. <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://store.demmelearning.com/algebra-1-universal-set.html">Math-U-See Algebra</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Fred-Beginning-Algebra-Expanded/dp/1937032116/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+algebra&qid=1592502226&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9f2df4f823309f9b9243da75f2a56bd5&language=en_US">Life of Fred Beginning Algebra</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Explorer-Level-Grades-7-9/dp/1601447140/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1ESEC4WFITU4H&dchild=1&keywords=pattern+explorer+level+1&qid=1593469619&s=books&sprefix=pattern+exp,stripbooks,171&sr=1-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=29c518e5a8c12250240c85f0a22c3192&language=en_US">Pattern Explorer Level 2</a> *Optional </li>
</ul>
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<br />
8th Grade - Math - Geometry<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://store.demmelearning.com/geometry-universal-set.html">Math-U-See Geometry</a> </li>
</ul>
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<br />
9th Grade - Math - Algebra II<br />
<br />
Life of Fred does an excellent job of teaching the application of
math. Math-U-See does an excellent job of teaching the mechanics of
math. I recommend working through both. The order is not important. You
can work through one program and then the other or work on them
simultaneously. <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://store.demmelearning.com/algebra-2-universal-set.html">Math-U-See Algebra II</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Fred-Advanced-Algebra-Expanded/dp/1937032132/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+algebra&qid=1592502299&sr=8-7&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=37edd3e8efbeb0bc23dfbc28fda5c562&language=en_US">Life of Fred Advanced Algebra</a></li>
</ul>
<br />
10th Grade - Math - Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus<br />
<br />
Life of Fred does an excellent job of teaching the application of
math. Math-U-See does an excellent job of teaching the mechanics of
math. I recommend working through both. The order is not important. You
can work through one program and then the other or work on them
simultaneously. <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://store.demmelearning.com/precalculus-universal-set.html">Math-U-See Pre-Calculus</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Trigonometry-Expanded-Stanley-Schmidt/dp/1937032167/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+trigonometry&qid=1592502652&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6f47392df7824a4f7d81b9df20fd32f8&language=en_US">Life of Fred Trigonometry</a></li>
</ul>
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<br />
11th Grade - Math - Calculus<br />
<br />
Life of Fred does an excellent job of teaching the application of
math. Math-U-See does an excellent job of teaching the mechanics of
math. I recommend working through both. The order is not important. You
can work through one program and then the other or work on them
simultaneously. <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://store.demmelearning.com/calculus-instruction-pack.html">Math-U-See Calculus</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Fred-Calculus-Expanded-Textbook/dp/1937032531/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+calculus&qid=1592502712&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=69e4c50e106601c6ef884efedac45af5&language=en_US">Life of Fred Calculus</a> </li>
</ul>
<br />
12th Grade - Math - Statistics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Fred-Statistics-Stanley-Schmidt/dp/193703254X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+trig&qid=1592502597&sr=8-13&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=bc6c169b4c1d043859c6964e4d073f89&language=en_US">Life of Fred Statistics</a></li>
</ul>
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<h3>
Writing</h3>
K - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Multipurpose-Copy-Printer-Paper/dp/B01FV0F75G/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=copy+paper&qid=1592494659&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExSEtQR0NQOTdHNDdIJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTc4NTAzTzNLVk4wSkw3WU81JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4MzA3NjUyRjdKQlM2WDFRRlZJJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ffd4d93a9c65e7a937a506360ebe6402&language=en_US">Copy Paper</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crayola-Juego-lavables-limpias-regalo/dp/B07KY2HBCM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=crayons&qid=1592494721&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8be78bfb4611e37b76483ea6820242e2&language=en_US">Crayons</a> and a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bostitch-Office-Heavy-Stapler-B175-BLK/dp/B07994LRXJ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=stapler&qid=1592494782&sr=8-7&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4eea043cb9565eabe329a9329c79d612&language=en_US">Stapler</a>
- Make an ABC book putting one letter on each page. On your letter of
the day fill in the page with magazine cutouts, drawings or stickers of
items that begin with the letter.</li>
<li>Color and draw pictures often.</li>
<li>Build fine motor skills with activities: Legos, puzzles, Play-Dough, and crafting and cutting with scissors </li>
</ul>
<br />
1st Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-Starters-Helping-Children-Written/dp/188920904X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=story+starters&qid=1593469122&s=books&sr=1-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a04dcf326b4684c58f21184ae5a2870e&language=en_US">Story Starters</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Multipurpose-Copy-Printer-Paper/dp/B01FV0F75G/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=copy+paper&qid=1592494659&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExSEtQR0NQOTdHNDdIJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTc4NTAzTzNLVk4wSkw3WU81JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4MzA3NjUyRjdKQlM2WDFRRlZJJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ffd4d93a9c65e7a937a506360ebe6402&language=en_US">Copy Paper</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crayola-Juego-lavables-limpias-regalo/dp/B07KY2HBCM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=crayons&qid=1592494721&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8be78bfb4611e37b76483ea6820242e2&language=en_US">Crayons</a> and a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bostitch-Office-Heavy-Stapler-B175-BLK/dp/B07994LRXJ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=stapler&qid=1592494782&sr=8-7&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4eea043cb9565eabe329a9329c79d612&language=en_US">Stapler</a>
- Make a simple word book. Pick a CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) word and
write it on one page in a book with paper stapled together. Have your
child write the word underneath you. Let your child draw a picture
illustrating the word or find magazine cutouts, or stickers that
illustrate the word. Make several books throughout the year.</li>
<li>Free write stories if capable. Don't correct spelling or grammar. Only encourage your child to write at this age.</li>
<li>Have your child dictate and illustrate stories. Do your best to write the words down as your child tells the story. </li>
<li>Color and draw pictures often.</li>
<li>Build fine motor skills with activities: Legos, puzzles, Play-Dough, and crafting and cutting with scissors </li>
</ul>
2nd Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.rfwp.com/pages/michael-clay-thompson/">Royal Fireworks Press</a> Level 1, Island Level </li>
</ul>
3rd Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li>Follow The Writer's Jungle philosophy from <a href="https://bravewriter.com/">Brave Writer</a> which is a very free form way to teach</li>
<li>Have your child free write often and provide lots of encouragement.</li>
<li>Create a blog.</li>
<li>Make your own cook book.</li>
<li>Join a postcard exchange club and write letters to the other members.</li>
</ul>
or<br />
<ul>
<li>Follow the <a href="https://essentialsinwriting.com/course-catalog-4-2/">Essentials in Writing Curriculum</a> which is much more structured </li>
</ul>
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4th Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.rfwp.com/pages/michael-clay-thompson/">Royal Fireworks Press</a> Level 2, Town Level </li>
</ul>
5th Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.rfwp.com/pages/michael-clay-thompson/">Royal Fireworks Press</a> Level 3, Voyage Level </li>
</ul>
<br />
6th Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://essentialsinwriting.com/course-catalog-4-2/">Essentials in Writing Curriculum</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Thinking-Roots-School-Workbook/dp/1601446713/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=word+roots+level+1&qid=1592871109&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=fc93785f01dafc8f5ef4f8a45c3aae9a&language=en_US">Word Roots Level 1 from the Critical Thinking Company</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Thinking-Roots-School-Workbook/dp/1601446721/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=word+roots+level+1&qid=1592871189&s=books&sr=1-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=2dd241bbe65b2bbe1a0f4d65b25d319e&language=en_US">Word Roots Level 2 from the Critical Thinking Company</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.criticalthinking.com/word-roots.html">Word Roots Level 3 from the Critical Thinking Company</a> </li>
</ul>
7th Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://www.rfwp.com/pages/michael-clay-thompson/">Royal Fireworks Press</a> Level 4, Literature Level (RFP is quite advanced. If you haven't completed the other levels I would recommend beginning with Level 3, Voyage)</li>
</ul>
8th Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://www.rfwp.com/pages/michael-clay-thompson/">Royal Fireworks Press</a> Level 5, Magic Lens I (RFP is quite advanced. If you haven't completed the other levels I would recommend beginning with Level 3, Voyage)</li>
</ul>
9th Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://www.rfwp.com/pages/michael-clay-thompson/">Royal Fireworks Press</a> Level 6, Magic Lens II (RFP is quite advanced. If you haven't completed the other levels I would recommend beginning with Level 3, Voyage)</li>
</ul>
10th Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://www.rfwp.com/pages/michael-clay-thompson/">Royal Fireworks Press</a> Level 7, Magic Lens III (RFP is quite advanced. If you haven't completed the other levels I would recommend beginning with Level 3, Voyage)</li>
</ul>
11th Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thank-You-Arguing-Third-Persuasion/dp/0804189935/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2BYO7EZQ28JZK&dchild=1&keywords=thank+you+for+arguing&qid=1593469214&s=books&sprefix=thank+you+for+,stripbooks,185&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=dde5dccdda43a7e5052de83a7106ff8e&language=en_US">Thank You for Arguing</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.criticalthinking.com/word-roots.html">Word Roots Level 4 from the Critical Thinking Company</a> </li>
</ul>
<br />
12th Grade - Writing<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Literature-Like-Professor/dp/0062301675/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2E01A7ZCCN0QI&dchild=1&keywords=how+to+read+literature+like+a+professor&qid=1593469263&s=books&sprefix=how+to+read,stripbooks,192&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=1201aeda214811cf1165afbc9a3c1521&language=en_US">How to Read Literature Like a Professor</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fallacy-Detective-Thirty-Eight-Recognize-Reasoning-ebook/dp/B006M8OZV4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=fallacy+detective&qid=1593469321&s=books&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzRTRPNTE0RzRQQ0ROJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDI3OTYxMUlDSEU4NEk3UkZEWiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTQyNTA2WDdFTzUwMEdVTlNVJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=bdb86fa129ea2a544fa2ae93612dcd86&language=en_US">The Fallacy Detective</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Toolbox-Thirty-five-Lessons-Reasoning/dp/0974531510/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=fallacy+detective&qid=1593469355&s=books&sr=1-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzQldIVDk2NVdGV0owJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDU3NTUwVk0wOEYyV0pSU080JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxNDU1MTIzUVpXNkszUDFKQ09JJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=3509fce501d89335a3e2f2fa287af718&language=en_US">The Thinking Toolbox</a> </li>
</ul>
<h3>
</h3>
<h3>
Reading</h3>
K - Reading (American History)<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/MAGTIMES-Magnetic-Educating-Educational-Refrigerator/dp/B01D5ZXXK0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=letter+magnets&qid=1592494060&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7c83be43cdc225daa5fd9e71329eb0b2&language=en_US">Plastic Letters and Numbers</a> - The goal this year is to learn to recognize all the letters both upper and lower case. Letter manipulatives are essential and the magnetic kind work great. You should spend time playing with your child with these letters and numbers. Go through the alphabet and have a letter of the day. On the letter B day you can gather items in the house that begin with the letter B such as buttons, barrettes, ballet shoes, bubble gum, binoculars and eat some foods that begin with the letter B such as bananas, and broccoli. Put the B in a prominent location on the refrigerator and play hide and seek with the letter B. </li>
<li>Read to Your Child </li>
<ul>
<li> read a book of Mother Goose poems</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Childrens-Book-Treasury-Picture/dp/0679886478/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=27C4LF0WGFK92&dchild=1&keywords=20th+century+children%27s+book+treasury&qid=1592848882&s=books&sprefix=20th+centu,stripbooks,196&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c530f29aa7c26ab2be18ff535029daa6&language=en_US">20th Century Children's Book Treasury</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152055711/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0152055711&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0152055711" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Carrot-Seed-Board-Book/dp/0694004928/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+carrot+seed&qid=1592843849&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ba3d57dff4a1d4a7ee897b7f95c9c40a&language=en_US">The Carrot Seed</a> by Ruth Krauss </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Billys-Picture-H-Rey/dp/0618494200/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=billy%27s+picture,+ha+rey&qid=1592848675&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e06dcf4c80063ba379db935579f80377&language=en_US">Billy's Picture</a> by HA Rey </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pretzel-Curious-George-Margret-Rey/dp/0395837332/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=pretzel,+ha+rey&qid=1592848744&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=dfb571c9d69170a450167bbeafb9d4a7&language=en_US">Pretzel</a> by HA Rey</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hedgies-Surprise-Jan-Brett/dp/0399234772/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=hedgie%27s+surprise&qid=1592839828&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8a00008cacc66c465d18f097217163fb&language=en_US">Hedgie's Surprise</a> by Jan Brett </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stone-Soup-Aladdin-Picture-Books/dp/0689711034/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=stone+soup,+marcia&qid=1592839959&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9059fc3f4ba3eeab8c47a4e3fe930507&language=en_US">Stone Soup</a> by Marcia Brown</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quiltmakers-Gift-Jeff-Brumbeau/dp/0439309107/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=quiltmaker%27s+gift&qid=1592840009&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=d23f54fe4294d6aa43e97e3fdbfdf6e9&language=en_US">The Quiltmaker's Gift</a> by Jeff Brumbeau</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bee-Tree-Patricia-Polacco/dp/0698116968/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+bee+tree&qid=1592840151&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7abc21efaacc47d9e52e339b0e1714ea&language=en_US">The Bee Tree</a> by Patricia Polacco</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-House-75th-Anniversary/dp/132874194X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=little+house,+burton&qid=1592840215&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=38f9447a902702e4e1fc7c3aee7fad85&language=en_US">The Little House</a> by Virginia Lee Burton More by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mike-Mulligan-More-Classic-Virginia/dp/061825627X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=little+house,+burton&qid=1592840262&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=99d9b093ea2130ac577f7371520abb08&language=en_US">Virginia Lee Burton</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Animal-Other-Peter-Patter-Rhymes/dp/B001MODA28/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=animal+show,+leroy&qid=1592843295&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=52a260911f662b3a621021a3701f249f&language=en_US">The Animal Show and Other Peter Patter Rhymes</a> by Jackson, Leroy</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jesse-Bear-What-Will-Wear/dp/0689809301/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=17OMJ6KCSUH3K&dchild=1&keywords=jesse+bear+what+will+you+wear&qid=1592840450&sprefix=jesse+bear,aps,199&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=71864f2b695433a208a8c81181fa08fc&language=en_US">Jesse Bear, What will you wear?</a> by Nancy White Carlstrom</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Snowflake-Bentley-Jacqueline-Briggs-Martin/dp/0547248296/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=snowflake+bentley&qid=1592844731&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0e68f92081b5cda68556dd437083077a&language=en_US">Snowflake Bently</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Katy-No-Pocket-Sandpiper-Emmy-Payne/dp/0395137179/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=25HS1BVAYW7HM&dchild=1&keywords=katy+no+pocket+book&qid=1592847726&s=books&sprefix=katy+no+,stripbooks,185&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=950780d0943fd7055b17ce8bfdf0d01a&language=en_US">Katy No Pocket</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eric-Carle-Storybook-Collection-Stories/dp/1416934391/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=eric+carl+treasury&qid=1592840382&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=396d26127485cdbd3b484c7e757891bb&language=en_US">Eric Carl Treasury</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Rumphius-Barbara-Cooney/dp/0140505393/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2MXDT0UXHL1U3&dchild=1&keywords=miss+rumphius&qid=1592840724&sprefix=miss+rum,aps,181&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=1dea02ba794b4380ea0d25f2b3cc137c&language=en_US">Miss Rumphius</a> by Barbara Cooney</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cranberry-Thanksgiving-Cranberryport-Wende-Devlin/dp/1930900635/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=PFJZNYBQEQCN&dchild=1&keywords=cranberry+thanksgiving&qid=1592841426&sprefix=cranberry+thanks,aps,179&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=153beb5a4812d17d689c25da935210bd&language=en_US">Cranberry Thanksgiving</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Engine-Could-Original-Classic/dp/0448405202/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1BWQOEA91PMG4&dchild=1&keywords=little+engine+that+could+book&qid=1592847987&s=books&sprefix=little+engine+,stripbooks,177&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=14eaab24c38554b65e4c248fbf623aef&language=en_US">The Little Engine that Could</a> by Watty Piper </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Scarrys-What-People-World/dp/0553520598/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1GLMX1CAQ0B72&dchild=1&keywords=what+do+people+do+all+day+richard+scarry&qid=1592848820&s=books&sprefix=what+do+people,stripbooks,177&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=43482a6eccdacb2e034554de3491f375&language=en_US">What do People do all Day?</a> by Richard Scary </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shes-Wearing-Dead-Bird-Head/dp/0786800658/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2IPO1UDKTJQ7A&dchild=1&keywords=she%27s+wearing+a+dead+bird+on+her+head&qid=1592844033&sprefix=she%27s+wearin,aps,182&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=abdfba68a221a71a68b731ae0d037607&language=en_US">She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Science-Fair-Bunnies-Kathryn-Lasky/dp/0763607290/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=science+fair+bunnies&qid=1592844091&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=37c936a25587f9004c59bf3231cf8d48&language=en_US">Science Fair Bunnies</a> </li>
<li>Tomie De Paola Books - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Magical-World-Strega-Nona-Treasury/dp/0399173455/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=10ZKKEEC637CO&dchild=1&keywords=tomie+depaola+treasury&qid=1592847241&s=books&sprefix=tomie+de+paola+treas,stripbooks,175&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6af957249ca027722fe71b934dde0afb&language=en_US">Strega Nona</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Needs-Cloak-Tomie-dePaola/dp/0671664670/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1VUB9HLQOZUSM&dchild=1&keywords=charlie+needs+a+cloak&qid=1592847337&s=books&sprefix=charlie+needs+,stripbooks,187&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=26b1a5aabb59deb0f76f7a5edbf34252&language=en_US">Charlie Needs a Cloak</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Bluebonnet-Tomie-dePaola/dp/0698113594/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2150ZWFJ9KW43&dchild=1&keywords=legend+of+bluebonnet&qid=1592847393&s=books&sprefix=legend+of+bluebo,stripbooks,166&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c90862cf75026b6e0881c9eabbeaceab&language=en_US">The Legend of Bluebonnet</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bubble-Factory-Tomie-Paola/dp/0590212753/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+bubble+factory,+paola&qid=1592847517&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=62aa455af43ba1eee70a6bfd62aab20c&language=en_US">The Bubble Factory</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Lesson-Paperstar-Book/dp/0698115724/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+art+lesson&qid=1592847550&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=dbcd582c0468ad12cc67e5488a7557c2&language=en_US">The Art Lesson</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Chicken-Feet-Your-Soup/dp/0671667459/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=MOBHM3EMNVA4&dchild=1&keywords=watch+out+for+the+chicken+feet+in+your+soup&qid=1592847586&s=books&sprefix=watch+out+for+the,stripbooks,177&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=417aa0d78c54ea3688c6b76575985ff8&language=en_US">Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tomie-dePaolas-Popcorn-Book-Anniversary/dp/0823440605/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=popcorn+book&qid=1592847622&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=88b3eff11fd50c964de1d3c5ea86c9c0&language=en_US">The Popcorn Book</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bravest-Dog-Ever-Story-Step-Into-Reading/dp/0394896955/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=8H8JC84QP64D&dchild=1&keywords=bravest+dog+ever+the+true+story+of+balto&qid=1592856182&s=books&sprefix=bravest+dog+,stripbooks,183&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=10b137600a3925116d9e9b221cdee863&language=en_US">Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Lighthouse-Great-Gray-Bridge/dp/0152045716/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=22X39CRIVJT0K&dchild=1&keywords=the+little+red+lighthouse+and+the+great+gray+bridge&qid=1592856246&s=books&sprefix=the+little+red+light,stripbooks,185&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7211eaa1bcd24728a0282ed8b57f0846&language=en_US">The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Dresses-Eleanor-Estes/dp/0152052607/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3OBNJ9HPKTTN1&dchild=1&keywords=hundred+dresses+by+eleanor+estes&qid=1592862028&s=books&sprefix=hundred+dresse,stripbooks,174&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0e5bd5d962f5f70015d075137dde4c85&language=en_US">The Hundred Dresses</a> </li>
</ul>
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</ul>
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1st Grade - Reading (World History, Emergency Preparedness, Plants, Animals)<br />
<ul>
<li> Leap Frog Videos: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leapfrog-Factory-Roy-Allen-Smith/dp/B018N0JXGU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=letter+factory+video&qid=1592495008&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=74812b3787266fb36596cf14cdc02b2f&language=en_US">The Letter Factory</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Talking-Roy-Allen-Smith/dp/B001U7NW20/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2DYCHP5B2AJIT&dchild=1&keywords=talking+words+factory+dvd&qid=1592495041&sprefix=talking+words+,aps,175&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=23446675b6a8b26ae70cfee9062ca157&language=en_US">The Talking Words Factory</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002V7U0U/ref=as_li_ss_tl?&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=47d4509ec6bf8ae8617dbc58995a98f8&language=en_US">Code Word Caper</a> - These are the best learn to read videos ever. Watch The Letter Factory until your child knows the letters, then move onto The Talking Words Factory and finish up with Code Word Caper.</li>
<li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/MAGTIMES-Magnetic-Educating-Educational-Refrigerator/dp/B01D5ZXXK0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=letter+magnets&qid=1592494060&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7c83be43cdc225daa5fd9e71329eb0b2&language=en_US">Plastic Letters and Numbers</a> - After your child can recognize the letters both upper and lower case, you should begin playing with the letters making short consonant-vowel-consonant words such as dog, mat, pig, and hop. Letter manipulatives are essential and the magnetic kind work great. Make the word hop with the letters and then hop around the room. Make the word cap with the letters and then find a baseball cap. Put three letters into a plastic egg, hide the egg, let your child find the egg, then unscramble the letters to form a word. </li>
<li>School Zone Phonics Books: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jog-Frog-Level-Start-Read/dp/0887430066/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/131-5459106-3620240?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0887430066&pd_rd_r=3e4ffd80-c9df-4123-a8b3-918df4ccffe1&pd_rd_w=3Popn&pd_rd_wg=MZem6&pf_rd_p=bdc67ba8-ab69-42ee-b8d8-8f5336b36a83&pf_rd_r=BZTKA59B5DGRA76KMDTN&psc=1&refRID=BZTKA59B5DGRA76KMDTN">Jog Frog Jog</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/School-Zone-Start-Read-Level/dp/0887434037/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=fox+on+box&qid=1592495205&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=508a044ef37978da952fa0dc83a4c64f&language=en_US">The Fox on the Box</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nine-Men-Chase-Hen-Level/dp/0887430090/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0887430090&pd_rd_r=3e4ffd80-c9df-4123-a8b3-918df4ccffe1&pd_rd_w=3Popn&pd_rd_wg=MZem6&pf_rd_p=bdc67ba8-ab69-42ee-b8d8-8f5336b36a83&pf_rd_r=BZTKA59B5DGRA76KMDTN&psc=1&refRID=BZTKA59B5DGRA76KMDTN&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8b565d13b57e4f5af90af2ffe7bda4f8&language=en_US">Nine Men Chase a Hen</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Want-Pet-Start-Read-Level/dp/0887430031/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0887430031&pd_rd_r=3e4ffd80-c9df-4123-a8b3-918df4ccffe1&pd_rd_w=3Popn&pd_rd_wg=MZem6&pf_rd_p=bdc67ba8-ab69-42ee-b8d8-8f5336b36a83&pf_rd_r=BZTKA59B5DGRA76KMDTN&psc=1&refRID=BZTKA59B5DGRA76KMDTN&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a214f7490c58c0b3046134854beaf5d8&language=en_US">I Want a Pet</a> - There are many more books. After your child can recognize and read some words with the magnets begin reading these books together.</li>
<li>If you want a more structured approach for learning to read look into the <a href="https://www.logicofenglish.com/">Logic of English</a> curriculum. </li>
<li>Read to your child - </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Tales-Poems-Winnie-Pooh/dp/0525467262/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=29CAHVWGJBO7B&dchild=1&keywords=the+complete+tales+of+winnie+the+pooh&qid=1592860888&s=books&sprefix=the+complete+tales+of+,stripbooks,178&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=35934de8895793d0834817483aff2220&language=en_US">The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-Peter-Rabbit-Original-Presentation/dp/0723257639/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=peter+rabbit+series+by+potter&qid=1592848384&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c04cdd3fd5c7b91990d301a5dfeba4a0&language=en_US">Beatrix Potter Stories</a> - Tale of Peter Rabbit </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679926399/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0679926399&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Fat-Cats at Sea</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0679926399" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - Poetry</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Frog-Dianne-Las-Casas/dp/1455614599/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=blue+frog,+legend+of+chocolate&qid=1592841253&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=711f15aa60aa3b6256d238b4becaaab9&language=en_US">Blue Frog: The Legend of Chocolate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rag-Coat-Lauren-Mills/dp/0316574074/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+rag+coat&qid=1592845089&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c489bdedfe49ca3c2ab4985f4730fc94&language=en_US">The Rag Coat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-about-Ping-Marjorie-Flack/dp/0448421658/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=story+about+ping&qid=1592841746&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a91393e654c114ffa4e1f1c7f9a478df&language=en_US">The Story About Ping</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Empty-Pot-Demi/dp/0805049002/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=empty+pot,+demi&qid=1592841374&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c2b3bb43e5230e06009b982e973ac116&language=en_US">The Empty Pot</a> by Demi</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Make-Way-McCloskey-Robert-Treasury/dp/067005934X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=337MKSMXYMDP6&dchild=1&keywords=robert+mccloskey+treasury&qid=1592844911&sprefix=robert+mcclo,aps,187&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=25ed470df281db3381e72ab56cd0cc84&language=en_US">Make Way for Dumplings: A Robert McCloskey Treasury</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Daisy-Head-Mayzie-Classic-Seuss-Dr/dp/0553539000/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=J7GSV64BZ8DS&dchild=1&keywords=daisy+head+mayzie+by+dr.+seuss&qid=1592855887&s=books&sprefix=daisy+head+ma,stripbooks,173&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9a1c970fcce04cbb78f2619f320752cc&language=en_US">Daisy-Head Mayzie</a> by Dr. Seuss </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Caps-Sale-Peddler-Monkeys-Business/dp/0064431436/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=caps+for+sale&qid=1592855975&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=93c27a5dc052dc4f84f06da682942b30&language=en_US">Caps for Sale</a> by Esphyr Slobodkina </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Imogenes-Antlers-Reading-Rainbow-David/dp/0517562421/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=X1XQHJG93VQT&dchild=1&keywords=imogene%27s+antlers&qid=1592856044&s=books&sprefix=imogene,stripbooks,189&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ffff5f9085c3d67a13478cc400622fb9&language=en_US">Imogene's Antlers</a> by David Small</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Capyboppy-Bill-Peet/dp/0395383684/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3LKX9SXMXYUWH&dchild=1&keywords=capyboppy&qid=1592868170&s=books&sprefix=cappybo,stripbooks,178&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7442dc3932a9eb384c6f374e0384c94f&language=en_US">Cappyboppy</a> by Bill Peet</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-Doctor-Dolittle-Hugh-Lofting/dp/0440483077/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3NPOX7IGDP1P8&dchild=1&keywords=the+story+of+dr+doolittle&qid=1592869866&sprefix=the+story+of+dr+,aps,173&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=3349c87cd4efe9ba3fabf43ba7e8cc1f&language=en_US">The Story of Doctor Dolittle</a> by Lofting</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Duchess-Bakes-Cake-Virginia-Kahl/dp/1930900147/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=duchess+bakes+a+cake&qid=1592843500&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=21ce251a3910af6636fe83f2d289cab7&language=en_US">The Duchess Bakes a Cake</a> by Virginia Kahl</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Annas-Goat-Janice-Kulyk-Keefer/dp/155143153X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=anna%27s+goat&qid=1592843568&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6ea1e446e5d8e851e944c4c663f1aef9&language=en_US">Anna's Goat</a> by Keefer</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Dumplings-Jeanne-M-Lee/dp/0374399662/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=bitter+dumplings&qid=1592844328&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=cc84df1644451fdf3517064d8b9a1d57&language=en_US">Bitter Dumplings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Erandis-Braids-Picture-Puffin-Books/dp/0698118855/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=erandi%27s+braids&qid=1592844659&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=888bf9b8662f3da12f14c456b537e2e0&language=en_US">Erandi's Braids</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Boxes-Katje-Shine-Candace-Fleming/dp/0374309221/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=boxes+for+katje&qid=1592841835&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ddc0373236d01d80e2ba266ab936175d&language=en_US">Boxes for Katje</a> post WWII</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lisettes-Angel-Amy-Littlesugar/dp/0803724357/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=lisette%27s+angel&qid=1592844579&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=328273b213e5dfdc175356d63eca754d&language=en_US">Lisette's Angel</a> - WWII </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Butterfly-Patricia-Polacco/dp/0142413062/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=HP8LWI5KHVDA&dchild=1&keywords=the+butterfly+by+patricia+polacco&qid=1592848319&s=books&sprefix=the+butterfly,stripbooks,182&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=29a8c03028fa36f85a0ab8b2adcc426a&language=en_US">The Butterfly</a> by Patricia Polacco - WWII </li>
</ul>
</ul>
2nd Grade - Reading (Ancient Civilizations, Wegits, Magnatiles, Simple Machines, Bridge Study)<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/MAGTIMES-Magnetic-Educating-Educational-Refrigerator/dp/B01D5ZXXK0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=letter+magnets&qid=1592494060&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7c83be43cdc225daa5fd9e71329eb0b2&language=en_US">Plastic Letters and Numbers</a>
- After your child can read CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words you should introduce silent e, vowel and consonant blends. Continue playing with the plastic letters and reading simple phonics books.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Planet-Earth-StoryBots-Reading/dp/1524718572/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=step+into+reading&qid=1592837201&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=bfee6885900aa1f60ac9cc66ca7b4955&language=en_US">Step into Reading Books</a> - Once your child has read through the School Zone Phonics books move onto the Step into Reading series. There are four levels and a plethora of books to choose from. Find books that interest your child to read together. </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bedtime-Frances-Russell-Hoban/dp/0064434516/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=frances+book+set&qid=1592843022&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4306e9339ad8902fa115dccd3720e68e&language=en_US">Frances Books</a> by Russell Hoban </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Bear-Can-Read-Book/dp/0064440044/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=frances+book+set&qid=1592843105&sr=8-8&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=2a53e2db63a11a7aeba0c6adee0764ec&language=en_US">Little Bear Books</a> by Sendak</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frog-Toad-Collection-Box-Set/dp/0060580860/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1K0OTFOQH8MAR&dchild=1&keywords=frog+and+toad+book+set&qid=1592843167&sprefix=frog+and+toad,aps,186&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4bde74769df047055deb228ddee2ffd8&language=en_US">Frog and Toad Books</a> by Arnold Lobel</li>
<li>Library Card or Large Home Book Selection - The goal this year is to become proficient in reading and foster a love of reading. Spend at least 30 minutes reading every day. Read to
the kids, have the kids read to you, have the kids read to each other, have the kids do silent reading. Let the kids pick their own books from a selection you have pre-approved. </li>
<li>Read to your child - </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Childrens-Book-Virtues-William-Bennett/dp/068481353X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=a+children%27s+book+of+virtues&qid=1592839650&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6c141d26dfb0799b4a06baa7d63060c0&language=en_US">A Children's Book of Virtues</a> by William Bennett</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wind-Willows-Sterling-Illustrated-Classics/dp/1402782837/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3VEG4V68UG011&dchild=1&keywords=the+wind+in+the+willows&qid=1592862360&s=books&sprefix=the+wind+in+the+,stripbooks,183&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=10fb86d094d2cb8275a8df9464277a5e&language=en_US">The Wind in the Willows</a> by Grahame</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0888995318/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0888995318&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Jamari's Drum</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0888995318" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064434249/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064434249&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Winged Cat</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0698113578" target="_blank">The Five Chinese Brothers</a></li>
<li>
<a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B005ZO6UT6" target="_blank">The Legend of the Kite: A Story of China</a> by Chen Jiang Hong </li>
<li><a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0823413179" target="_blank">Ten Suns</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0805060499" target="_blank">Cat and Rat</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stories-India-Multicultural-Vayu-Naidu/dp/0739813358/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=stories+from+india,+naidu&qid=1592847166&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9474a93206aeecd57eb0ddec75c34ed5&language=en_US">Stories from India</a>, Naidu </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Madeline-Treasury-Original-Stories-Bemelmans/dp/0451470516/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=madeline+treasury&qid=1592839552&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=558d759a822d29f1e5f566ae610f1e72&language=en_US">A Madeline Treasury</a> by Ludwig Bemelman</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pippi-Longstocking-Astrid-Lindgren/dp/0140309578/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=30LSWNTMLBEJF&dchild=1&keywords=pippi+longstocking&qid=1592867320&s=books&sprefix=pippi+,stripbooks,182&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4e8d8eeb110d12d64f4dad3030877b61&language=en_US">Pippi Longstocking</a> by Astrid Lindgren</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064451283/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064451283&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">How Mountains Are Made (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)</a></li>
<li><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064451283" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590508334/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590508334&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About The Water Cycle</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590407600/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590407600&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (Magic School Bus)</a></li>
<li><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590407600" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590508318/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590508318&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Magic School Bus: All Dried Up: A Book About Deserts</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590508318" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590187236/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590187236&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Magic School Bus Takes A Dive: A Book About Coral Reefs</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590187236" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064420167/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064420167&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064420167" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064420388/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064420388&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">One Day in the Desert (Trophy Chapter Book)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064420388" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590818376/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590818376&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">In the Rain Forest: A Book about Rain Forest Ecology (Magic School Bus)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590818376" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/043958745X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=043958745X&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">North Pole South Pole</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=043958745X" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
</li>
<li>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590818376" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064440400/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064440400&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=Q2U5TVIKKSHOZH4Z">Hill Of Fire (I Can Read, Book 3)</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<br />
3rd Grade - Reading (Ancient Civilizations, Geology, Astronomy, Prehistoric Creatures)<br />
<ul>
<li>Read to your child - </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Childs-Garden-Verses-Robert-Stevenson/dp/1402750625/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=22EDLVOHJSIMH&dchild=1&keywords=a+child%27s+garden+of+verses+by+robert+louis+stevenson&qid=1592856096&s=books&sprefix=a+child%27s+gard,stripbooks,176&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=2f706fb0607c30009fb99b973d7ced8a&language=en_US">A Child's Garden of Verses</a> by Robert Louis Stevenson </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Chimpanzees-Jane-Goodall/dp/0671562711/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2ZMXMLBJ869NE&dchild=1&keywords=my+life+with+chimpanzees+jane+goodall&qid=1592862286&s=books&sprefix=my+life+with+chim,stripbooks,226&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c8e8afdf3d31f752a3d2c99d8ea4758e&language=en_US">My Life with Chimpanzees</a> by Jane Goodall</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Charlottes-Web-B-White/dp/0061124958/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=NJLLX6VQAZQY&dchild=1&keywords=charlotte%27s+web&qid=1592868715&s=books&sprefix=charlott,stripbooks,182&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c581943e8463696d408624b1aae17a2d&language=en_US">Charlotte's Web</a> by EB White </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Just-Stories-Illustrated-Rudyard-Kipling/dp/1515428311/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=just+so+stories&qid=1592505378&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=bf5a7cdef6b01db159eebbf5047198ab&language=en_US">Just So Stories</a> by Rudyard Kipling </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/James-Herriots-Treasury-Children-Creatures/dp/1250058139/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=james+harriot%27s+treasure+for+children&qid=1592842934&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8f0a8be593d1a530ac74d5aca0bef45f&language=en_US">James Harriot's Treasury</a> for Children</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Milly-Molly-Mandy-Storybook-Joyce-Lankester-Brisley/dp/0753474719/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1C4Y5UDZO2H5N&dchild=1&keywords=milly+molly+mandy+storybook&qid=1592861326&s=books&sprefix=milly+m,stripbooks,178&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=b9d7781002bbeb1a132a840a2ee785eb&language=en_US">Milly Molly Mandy Storybook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Chocolate-Factory-Roald-Dahl/dp/0142410314/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=CN3JTN7TX0V0&dchild=1&keywords=charlie+and+the+chocolate+factory+book&qid=1592861722&s=books&sprefix=charlie+,stripbooks,181&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=cda006d8a122d9422ed1ac9c64c2a532&language=en_US">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</a> by Ronald Dahl</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0528826727/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0528826727">Tales from the Arabian Nights</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0528826727" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by James Riordan</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<br />
4th Grade - Reading (Middle Ages and Renaissance, Bread Baking Chemistry, Candy Making Chemistry, Cells)<br />
<ul>
<li>Reading </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Andersens-Complete-Leather-bound-Classics/dp/1626860998/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=25I0K6EGWTKYS&dchild=1&keywords=hans+christian+andersen+complete+fairy+tales&qid=1592860590&s=books&sprefix=hans+c,stripbooks,204&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=f7eb362b3a43228d5f7d408a6a64947b&language=en_US">Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whipping-Boy-Sid-Fleischman/dp/0060521228/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+whipping+boy&qid=1592862089&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8702b54ee2122d6d5c261da169955773&language=en_US">The Whipping Boy</a> by Sid Fleischman </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1402725035/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1402725035&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (Sterling Unabridged Classics)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1402725035" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Howard Pyle</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0698400771/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0698400771&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The River</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0698400771" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Bernadette Watts (water cycle)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064432181/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064432181&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=RCMEROT5MVHKUCFH">How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064432181" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561455911/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1561455911&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">A Storm Called Katrina</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1561455911" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> tells the story of how the people dealt with the hurricane.
</li>
<li><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590508334" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pinocchio-Puffin-Classics-Carlo-Collodi/dp/014133164X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=pinocchio&qid=1592861538&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=938da484e6123a23967cab9511388ebc&language=en_US">Pinocchio</a> by Carlo Collodi</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Carry-Mr-Bowditch-Jean-Latham/dp/0618250743/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=175WC71T97URK&dchild=1&keywords=carry+on+mr+bowditch&qid=1592869597&s=books&sprefix=carry+on,stripbooks,183&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e429f76418d651c261f64d7f55e056ad&language=en_US">Carry on Mr. Bowditch</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PGIBGW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007PGIBGW&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=WQ4KMFWYRX23MMPS">Selvakumar Knew Better</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B007PGIBGW" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
</ul>
</ul>
5th Grade - Reading (Age of Exploration, Human Body)<br />
<ul>
<li>Reading </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://librivox.org/beautiful-stories-from-shakespeare-by-edith-nesbit/" target="_blank">Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Shakespeare-Student-Complete-Unabridged/dp/1441405658/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2FDEXE1LYXKQW&dchild=1&keywords=tales+from+shakespeare+by+charles+and+mary+lamb&qid=1592869536&s=books&sprefix=tales+from+shak,stripbooks,176&sr=1-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=3611b63eb9696d89e69c3dc8bdc72fce&language=en_US">Tales from Shakespeare</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Book-Original-Illustrated-1894/dp/1947844679/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+jungle+book&qid=1592869203&s=books&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e35e69c8d61b236dc37c5ce66da44eb6&language=en_US">The Jungle Book</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Journey-Sheila-Burnford/dp/0440413249/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=V5A2Q09IH20N&dchild=1&keywords=incredible+journey&qid=1592869140&s=books&sprefix=incredi,stripbooks,209&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=56c8eb6e3d202c07c9d246646cb88f79&language=en_US">Incredible Journey</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heidi-Unabridged-Classics-Johanna-Hardcover/dp/B00OVM2YJI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=ILI36PI8QT67&dchild=1&keywords=heidi+by+johanna+spyri&qid=1592870266&s=books&sprefix=heidi,stripbooks,189&sr=1-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=48b15eb0182a29f1e12930c9273ebb5a&language=en_US">Heidi</a> by Spyri </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1883937752/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1883937752&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Galen and the Gateway to Medicine (Living History Library)</a>
was an Ancient Roman doctor. He learned about internal organs by
treating gladiators. Medical knowledge during Galen's time was very
different than today. </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<br />
6th Grade - Reading (Civil War to Modern, Earth Science)<br />
<ul>
<li>Read to your child - </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Esperanza-Rising-McDougal-Littell-Library/dp/043912042X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=esperanza+rising&qid=1593643001&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ae4167d8c0b1d38053ef55e94690803c&language=en_US">Esperanza Rising</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Where-Fern-Grows-Wilson-Rawls/dp/0440412676/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3AKO1YQNNYZ1T&dchild=1&keywords=where+the+red+fern+grows&qid=1593643083&s=books&sprefix=where+the+red,stripbooks,177&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=1890412fa7fb48c3d4139d3dddcfc23b&language=en_US">Where the Red Fern Grows</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Fourth-Norton-Critical-Editions/dp/0393930750/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=N4R1WYFHQB70&dchild=1&keywords=red+badge+of+courage&qid=1593643134&s=books&sprefix=red+badge,stripbooks,261&sr=1-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c17a2670129868f5a07bbe8c6255b59a&language=en_US">Red Badge of Courage</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roll-Thunder-Hear-My-Cry/dp/0142401129/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=36XGWF5GN12P6&dchild=1&keywords=roll+of+thunder+hear+my+cry&qid=1593643037&s=books&sprefix=roll+of+,stripbooks,203&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=f41025a4129c708347e33e8e9bee3bbd&language=en_US">Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060540958/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060540958&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Julie of the Wolves</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060540958" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Big-Wave-Pearl-S-Buck/dp/0064401715/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+big+wave&qid=1592869082&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=de1b6b9f5f2e2ae6a12fdb8398e27c4e&language=en_US">The Big Wave</a> by Pearl S Buck</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Red-Scarf-Girl-Cultural-Revolution/dp/0064462080/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1IGNRJW1RKD24&dchild=1&keywords=red+scarf+girl&qid=1592870819&s=books&sprefix=red+scarf+,stripbooks,182&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=94a80858523dad898216902a2bc4a2e1&language=en_US">Red Scarf Girl</a> - China Cultural Revolution </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quake-Disaster-San-Francisco-1906/dp/1561453692/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=quake,+disaster+of+1906&qid=1592867176&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6df452f32b62af69290b6e5e91a38e43&language=en_US">Quake: Disaster in San Francisco 1906</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Getting-know-two-Vietnams-books/dp/0698301676/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+two+vietnams,+fred+west&qid=1592868585&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=f2c9e1632fdd2a836586f0e3a0ae433e&language=en_US">Getting to Know the Two Vietnams</a> by Fred West </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399250069/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0399250069&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Tsunami!</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0399250069" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064401715/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064401715&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=FV7PHR26J2SW2LP3">The Big Wave</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064401715" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <b> </b></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007FBFTI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0007FBFTI&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The House on the Volcano</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0007FBFTI" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
- Set in Hawaii, two children disagree about legend and scientific
explanation for volcanic eruptions. (Written in the 1960's, some parts
would likely be altered today.) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0766015521/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0766015521&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Mount St. Helens Volcano: Violent Eruption (American Disasters)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0766015521" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810945908/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0810945908&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Volcanoes: Journey to the Crater's Edge</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
</ul>
<br />
7th Grade - 8th Grade Reading (American and Native American, 3D Modeling and Computer Programming)<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Sleepy-Hollow-Washington-Irving/dp/1530176514/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=33TCVDZBV1MNQ&dchild=1&keywords=legend+of+sleepy+hollow&qid=1592870722&s=books&sprefix=legend+of+sleep,stripbooks,184&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c9c9e8cf2c5e3b46b5646bb0a4af63e7&language=en_US">Legend of Sleepy Hollow</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Winkle-Other-Stories-Puffin-Classics/dp/0141330929/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0141330929&pd_rd_r=5d3cbfdb-2379-40d8-b4d9-a30d27c798eb&pd_rd_w=MFo2y&pd_rd_wg=WTGYK&pf_rd_p=4e3f7fc3-00c8-46a6-a4db-8457e6319578&pf_rd_r=C08590XPD9GMGT7Z75ZX&psc=1&refRID=C08590XPD9GMGT7Z75ZX&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e8e1b994274ba4b3e25a039aef0c414a&language=en_US">Rip Van Winkle</a> and Other Stories </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Call-Wild-Original-1903/dp/1645940098/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=call+of+the+wild&qid=1593652979&s=books&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8c784451694eed65b6950d5fb549b684&language=en_US">Call of the Wild</a> - Jack London </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0060935464/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1SQOWM3XBKAB9&dchild=1&keywords=to+kill+a+mockingbird&qid=1593653162&s=books&sprefix=to+,stripbooks,191&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=1d63477b58a2c09b4d92e6c9297c708e&language=en_US">To Kill a Mockingbird</a> - Harper Lee </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Gatsby-F-Scott-Fitzgerald/dp/0743273567/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1N5NEY74HM18O&dchild=1&keywords=great+gatsby&qid=1593653223&s=books&sprefix=great+g,stripbooks,189&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ca3b52a90eb070d1a92a4d7eb62689c8&language=en_US">Great Gatsby</a> - Fitzgerald</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pearl-John-Steinbeck/dp/014017737X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+pearl&qid=1593653357&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a225ff3ac6334ba4bb1da5b3e13ef035&language=en_US">The Pearl</a> - Steinbeck </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Grapes-Wrath-John-Steinbeck/dp/0143039431/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=steinbeck&qid=1593653410&s=books&sr=1-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=240c0bc432a59d752aa30eddc16e28ce&language=en_US">The Grapes of Wrath</a> - Steinbeck</li>
<ul>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Island-Blue-Dolphins-Scott-ODell/dp/0547328613/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=38SGHTQP7BOJU&dchild=1&keywords=island+of+the+blue+dolphins&qid=1592870113&s=books&sprefix=island+of,stripbooks,189&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=180a35fa9c9caca0a22f2ca3e2d693ab&language=en_US">Island of the Blue Dolphins</a> by O'Dell</li>
<ul>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Huckleberry-Finn-Illustrated-First/dp/1949460819/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1EMDA3YGC53Z7&dchild=1&keywords=adventures+of+tom+sawyer&qid=1592870402&s=books&sprefix=adventures,stripbooks,187&sr=1-8&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4e56d4dfbb19629c1323c69dc16d6da8&language=en_US">The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</a> </li>
<ul>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Tom-Sawyer-Original-Illustrations/dp/1948132826/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1948132826&pd_rd_r=0a9665bb-7af6-47d9-a81a-544747e89ebd&pd_rd_w=OvitJ&pd_rd_wg=59tMp&pf_rd_p=4e3f7fc3-00c8-46a6-a4db-8457e6319578&pf_rd_r=6ZDG61ZJNZMWNX1GYHSD&psc=1&refRID=6ZDG61ZJNZMWNX1GYHSD&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8f21482c5446449e0e7a1a1fd3a876b0&language=en_US">The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</a> </li>
<ul>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Volumes-Set/dp/0064400409/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=17AM3HZM2VNGA&dchild=1&keywords=little+house+on+the+prairie+complete+series&qid=1592868796&s=books&sprefix=little+house+,stripbooks,187&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=fb8b96c5dd0eaa69197c9f9e681ac34f&language=en_US">Little House Series</a> by Laura Ingalls Wilder </li>
<ul>
</ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316286125/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0316286125&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">By the Great Horn Spoon!</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0316286125" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Sid Fleischman - Gold Rush - </li>
<ul>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Indian-Captive-Story-Mary-Jemison/dp/0064461629/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=26ABRM9RAU0UK&dchild=1&keywords=indian+captive+the+story+of+mary+jemison&qid=1592869763&sprefix=indian+capti,aps,176&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=60c377934d8fd6e8a342b45fe755c520&language=en_US">Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison</a> by Lenski </li>
<ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<br />
<ul></ul>
9th Grade - 12th Grade - Reading (British History, Ancient Greeks and Romans, chemistry)<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613823460/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1613823460&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Children's Homer </a>by Padriac Column</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Jekyll-Hyde-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/1853260614/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1BSXRRSG32DRA&dchild=1&keywords=dr+jeckle+and+mr+hyde+book&qid=1593653090&s=books&sprefix=dr+jeck,stripbooks,179&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=aabaaa69302b94d1a3872308f49c517a&language=en_US">Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</a> - Stevenson </span></li>
<li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frankenstein-Mary-Shelley/dp/0486282112/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2NWRGGXV0S9Z6&dchild=1&keywords=frankenstein+mary+shelley&qid=1593653517&s=books&sprefix=frankens,stripbooks,188&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=833183bc6a6e2e0ee59755cb637a9a73&language=en_US">Frankenstein</a> - Mary Shelley</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sophocles-Complete-Plays-Signet-Classics/dp/0451531531/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2A2MW30BVLZ04&dchild=1&keywords=sophocles+the+complete+plays&qid=1593653603&s=books&sprefix=sophocles+the+co,stripbooks,203&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6b8026aa6f89b5b5e5f2b2a6efbeb38c&language=en_US">Sophocles the Complete Plays</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Plays-Signet-Classics-Euripides/dp/0451527003/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0451527003&pd_rd_r=4fc3b5f8-f87d-4a02-8e16-9db51f576bb9&pd_rd_w=i8yGS&pd_rd_wg=uxnXs&pf_rd_p=4e3f7fc3-00c8-46a6-a4db-8457e6319578&pf_rd_r=VF6KD7FVFZ0NP92JXJR8&psc=1&refRID=VF6KD7FVFZ0NP92JXJR8&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=56179734414d0ea69d115212cefda24c&language=en_US">Euripedes Ten Plays</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Monkey-Novel-China-Wu-Ch%C3%AAng-%C3%AAn/dp/0802130860/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=monkey+king,+folk+novel+of+china&qid=1593653731&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9e6995546937bab81454a631437d6103&language=en_US">Monkey: Folk Novel of China</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jane-Bantam-Classics-Charlotte-Bronte/dp/0553211404/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=jane+eyre&qid=1593653877&s=books&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4b1ca11779628043bdad2d2ed85b7d4a&language=en_US">Jane Eyre </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Undaunted-Courage-Meriwether-Jefferson-American/dp/0684826976/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=FHQ8FCLOGCHC&dchild=1&keywords=undaunted+courage+by+stephen+ambrose&qid=1593654083&s=books&sprefix=undaunted,stripbooks,183&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=cbab87b4599f57c0703804a7c0678d2e&language=en_US">Undaunted Courage</a> Steven Ambrose</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Last-Mohicans-narrative-1757-ebook/dp/B0083ZXXIA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=EWNQBOX16P44&dchild=1&keywords=last+of+the+mohicans&qid=1593654151&s=books&sprefix=last+of+the+,stripbooks,186&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=62a40e92ca7f31fcd0fe72646c4b964a&language=en_US">Last of the Mohicans by Cooper</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Cabin-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486440281/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3OY9CDF1PGYZP&dchild=1&keywords=uncle+toms+cabin&qid=1593654206&s=books&sprefix=uncle+to,stripbooks,182&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=5fc6f99accf5546dbe2a2dda6d20a93d&language=en_US">Uncle Tom's Cabin</a> Stowe</li>
<li>GA Henty Novels</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chosen-Novel-Chaim-Potok/dp/0449213447/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=35NLK34VH4EP7&dchild=1&keywords=the+chosen+by+chaim+potok&qid=1593654405&s=books&sprefix=chosen,+po,stripbooks,178&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=29aad6fd26c91763a51fcb66ce9cb929&language=en_US">The Chosen</a> by Potok</li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Letter-Nathaniel-Hawthorne/dp/1512090565/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3H8IFGBBRT1Z3&dchild=1&keywords=scarlet+letter&qid=1593653288&s=books&sprefix=scarlet+letter,stripbooks,176&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e72ec0ba4eb785869766f96c01022c56&language=en_US">The Scarlet Letter</a> - Hawthorne </span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gone-Wind-Margaret-Mitchell/dp/068483068X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2NFKPEB22Z6K9&dchild=1&keywords=gone+with+the+wind&qid=1593653028&s=books&sprefix=gone+with+,stripbooks,203&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=f71c3e1949347634ea94ad2755386fa2&language=en_US">Gone with the Wind</a></li>
</ul>
<br />
<h3>
History</h3>
These books are grouped by topic and approximate grade level, but many of these books are well suited for a range of grades. Therefore you could study one year of curriculum with multiple age groups or at different grades than recommended below. <br />
<br />
K - History - American History Stories<br />
<br />
<i>Picture Books</i><br />
<br />
The Children's Book of America is the only book I consider essential. All others are optional but highly recommended.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002IM2AG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0002IM2AG%22%3EThe%20Children%27s%20Book%20of%20America%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0002IM2AG&camp=217145&creative=399373%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">The Children's Book of America</a> by William J Bennett <i>*Essential</i></li>
<li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556522134/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1556522134&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=U5MUFKP25PB4LMBZ">More Than Moccasins: A Kid's Activity Guide to Traditional North American Indian Life (Hands-On History)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrsFTlg2jGs">Liberty's Kids</a> Video Series Episodes 1-40 </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Set-Illustrated-DAulaire-biographies-Pocahontas/dp/B0015N36ZC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=d%27aulaire&qid=1592840894&sr=8-7&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c52b731f8a4f40e75178cb22b3a6614f&language=en_US">D'Aulaire's American History Biographies </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tapenums-Day-Wampanoag-Indian-Pilgrim/dp/0590202375/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=395A2S127A09W&dchild=1&keywords=tapenum%27s+day+a+wampanoag+indian+boy+in+pilgrim+times&qid=1592860091&s=books&sprefix=tapenum,stripbooks,194&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=316aa8fd7db1c6f140e390c833b4b2b5&language=en_US">Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hiawatha-Picture-Puffins-Wadsworth-Longfellow/dp/0140558829/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=song+of+hiawatha&qid=1592867559&s=books&sr=1-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=51d3bcb7d336ec2c4c67a408a43bc74d&language=en_US">Hiawatha</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590436953/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590436953&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ZFBXUTIP5ABVZS2R" rel="nofollow">Eskimo Boy ~ Life in an Inupiaq Eskimo Village</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590436953" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0936335084/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0936335084&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=I2NUJEOTA7E363MD" rel="nofollow">Kayuktuk: An Arctic Quest</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0936335084" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823408647/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0823408647&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6IFI2JC2EF3NGGWO" rel="nofollow">Pueblo Storyteller</a></li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525650601/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0525650601&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=JAYBD443QJLHKT7H" rel="nofollow">Pueblo Boy: Growing Up in Two Worlds</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0525650601" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0822526506/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0822526506&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=GJVU2C65PLVTGXLP">The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering (We Are Still Here : Native Americans Today)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/088899043X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=088899043X&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=UTNJ4B4LCH6I4F6O" rel="nofollow">Very Last First Time</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=088899043X" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ox-Cart-Man-Donald-Hall/dp/0140504419/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=ox+cart+man,+hall&qid=1592842849&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=777fe314627554829f083df84710e48f&language=en_US">Ox-Cart Man</a> - pioneers</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Follow-Drinking-Gourd-Jeanette-Winter/dp/0679819975/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1LQI0EAXNRD1I&dchild=1&keywords=follow+the+drinking+gourd&qid=1592860412&s=books&sprefix=follow+the+,stripbooks,180&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9c3ad48efd0ad00f75082745eaa89614&language=en_US">Follow the Drinking Gourd</a> - Underground Railroad</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Who-Owns-Sun-Stacy-Chbosky/dp/1930900996/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=who+owns+the+sun&qid=1592840527&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0ca04a0f61402fd8c702dddfe3dabf8c&language=en_US">Who Owns the Sun</a> by Stacy Chbosky</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Clara-Freedom-Reading-Rainbow/dp/0679874720/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=EMTEL08Y4GDM&dchild=1&keywords=sweet+clara+and+the+freedom+quilt+by+deborah+hopkinson&qid=1592843228&sprefix=sweet+clara+,aps,171&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8d7c99674fad8267105309fbe9bcfb38&language=en_US">Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mailing-May-Michael-Tunnell/dp/0064437248/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=mailing+may&qid=1592856386&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=d54aa9be6d99a8777f010b244275656d&language=en_US">Mailing May</a> - 1914 Railroad</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Bridges-Goes-School-Scholastic/dp/0545108551/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=EDCCJ2Y6B62V&dchild=1&keywords=ruby+bridges+goes+to+school&qid=1592839891&sprefix=ruby+bridges+goe,aps,180&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=676b978299c236002df54e33bd8c676a&language=en_US">Ruby Bridges Goes to School</a> - segregation</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Menu-Carole-Boston-Weatherford/dp/0142408948/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=freedom+on+the+menu&qid=1592860171&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=752b954420d3d1d7004d1b6fa38b76e1&language=en_US">Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-ins</a></li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064441075/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064441075&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=VSDKGXV72TXXC7BP">Sam the Minuteman (I Can Read Book 3)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Penny-Goose-Can-Read-Level/dp/0064442500/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1460412875&sr=8-1&keywords=18+penny+goose&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=b6297fcdd9a355f88688c9440a4cd251">18 Penny Goose<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064441075" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></a> </li>
</ul>
<i>Chapter Books </i><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Tall-Tales-Puffin-Books/dp/0140309284/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1FTL9FRI6KG7X&dchild=1&keywords=american+tall+tales+by+adrien+stoutenburg&qid=1592868116&s=books&sprefix=american+tall+tales,stripbooks,191&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e52261983d9e6f51ffd6e1c1bd37beee&language=en_US">American Tall Tales</a> by Stoutenburg</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Clyde-Robert-Bulla/dp/0064403335/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=29EMOLVSEPLGZ&dchild=1&keywords=a+lion+to+guard+us+by+clyde+robert+bulla&qid=1592861380&s=books&sprefix=a+lion+to+,stripbooks,168&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=948ef1bf19bc7b435a8695e1947060bd&language=en_US">A Lion to Guard Us</a> by Clyde Robert Bulla - Colonial America </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Shining-Mountains-Sacagaweas-Story/dp/0786804920/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=14QO6MJRAG18U&dchild=1&keywords=girl+of+the+shining+mountains&qid=1592868226&s=books&sprefix=girl+of+the+shini,stripbooks,174&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=5e41da06662bf1576f8affc9724dd0c7&language=en_US">Girl of the Shining Mountains</a> by Roop </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Naya-Nuki-Shoshoni-Amazing-Children/dp/1880114003/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1HRCOPCDBDXV7&dchild=1&keywords=naya+nuki&qid=1592870329&s=books&sprefix=naya+,stripbooks,175&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ac5e404da01f6f71c92ec83bd85d4850&language=en_US">Naya Nuki: The Girl who Ran</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=jean+fritz+american+history+books&i=stripbooks&crid=382BT76EZ9L0Q&sprefix=jean+fritz+ameri,stripbooks,181&ref=nb_sb_ss_fb_1_16&linkCode=ll2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0f2a2cce09bea579adbe46d3b4e97bdb&language=en_US">Jean Fritz American History Books - Revolutionary America</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Texas-Carol-Hoff/dp/0937460818/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=johnny+texas&qid=1592867116&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a4097ec2af09ea5bf0913d80893611fc&language=en_US">Johnny Texas</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/story-Annie-Oakley-Signature-books/dp/B0007DYG6Y/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=story+of+annie+oakley&qid=1592869356&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=547619ca747778483036ab09203f500a&language=en_US">The Story of Annie Oakley</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786814543/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786814543&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=5L2UDQOGWKRWLDHO">The Birchbark House</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0786814543" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Volumes-Set/dp/0064400409/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2C4AZWNRON8SC&dchild=1&keywords=little+house+on+the+prairie+complete+series&qid=1593470044&s=books&sprefix=little+house,stripbooks,226&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8443e11d8f19cf542fe13f4416837c4e&language=en_US">Little House on the Prairie Series</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316517305/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0316517305&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=YQEW7R4YICFEAY2H">Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Poor-Richard-James-Daugherty/dp/189310303X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1460125941&sr=8-1&keywords=poor+richard+by+james+daugherty&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=409e7576bbbfb430d90d7b7055455ee3">Poor Richard by James Daughterty<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0316517305" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZYETO6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003ZYETO6&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=TTHIRQKSJ76LW3NT">Sarah Bishop</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003ZYETO6" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
</ul>
<br />
1st Grade - History - World History Overview<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00069BKF4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00069BKF4%22%3EA%20Child%27s%20History%20of%20the%20World%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00069BKF4&camp=217145&creative=399373%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">A Child's History of the World</a> - by V.M. Hillyer <i>*Essential</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463740131/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1463740131%22%3EFifty%20Famous%20Stories%20Retold%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1463740131%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Fifty Famous Stories Retold</a> - by James Baldwin <i>*Essential</i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Magic-House-Library-Ultimate-Osborne/dp/B07WGJTYYC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=magic+treehouse+series&qid=1592868052&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=156e8f96ace530291596644564e38d59&language=en_US">Magic Tree House Series</a> - for kids to read on their own </li>
</ul>
<br />
2nd - 3rd Grade - History - Ancient Civilizations<br />
<br />
<i>Story of the World</i> is the only book I consider essential. All others are optional but highly recommended. <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-World-History-Classical-Earliest/dp/1933339004/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=141VFCLEONLCC&dchild=1&keywords=story+of+the+world+volume+1&qid=1592498711&s=books&sprefix=story+of+the+worl,stripbooks,174&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=60835a6cade9110757c2cf77772d38db&language=en_US">Story of the World Volume 1 - Ancient Times</a> <i>*Essential</i> </li>
<li>Aztecs, Incas and Mayans </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Montezuma-Fall-Aztecs-Eric-Kimmel/dp/0823414523/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=G8ZAH2WWT4UG&dchild=1&keywords=montezuma+and+the+fall+of+the+aztecs&qid=1592843769&sprefix=montezuma+and+the,aps,180&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4d126a7745da5cd36ea0ffd5eddbd35d&language=en_US">Montezuma and the Fall of the Aztecs</a> </li>
</ul>
<li>Greek History </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/DK-Readers-Atlantis-Level-Proficient/dp/0789466821/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=atlantis+the+lost+city&qid=1592841473&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6cdd79b946eacc633b8119e7f2870c66&language=en_US">Atlantis the Lost City</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/0440406943/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=d%27aulaire&qid=1592840975&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9b3f56549b1f4a81ea97038925e7efed&language=en_US">D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Librarian-Who-Measured-Earth/dp/0316515264/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1EF2DDRIL2DQR&dchild=1&keywords=the+librarian+who+measured+the+earth&qid=1592843969&sprefix=librarian+who+mea,aps,174&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=58116d8b29ab6fe5a676db6b430754e5&language=en_US">The Librarian Who Measured the Earth</a></li>
</ul>
<li>Celts </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/history.html">Free Celtic Unit Study</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Norse-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/159017125X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=d%27aulaire&qid=1592841099&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=20030eb7d1162aa00ed39e3f738b15ca&language=en_US">D'Aulaire's Book of Norse Myths</a></li>
</ul>
<li>Vikings </li>
<ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/history.html">Free Vikings Unit Study</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leif-Lucky-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/0816695458/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=d%27aulaire&qid=1592841040&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=51d1ce50af83e96a73d28d6b2ba424f4&language=en_US">Lief the Lucky</a> by D'Aulaire </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Viking-Adventure-Clyde-Robert-Bulla/dp/1887840419/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=viking+adventure+by+clyde+robert+bulla&qid=1592861475&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6543c9359ae06403f8ae7c2fa15e2066&language=en_US">Viking Adventure</a> by Clyde Robert Bulla </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Viking-Tales-Jennie-Hall-ebook/dp/B004SQTF6M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2SMFF9K8V9GXA&dchild=1&keywords=viking+tales+by+jennie+hall&qid=1592864238&s=books&sprefix=viking+tales,stripbooks,174&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=f441b4c8b8c912b37c763717c3942715&language=en_US">Viking Tales</a> by Jennie Hall </li>
</ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/history.html">Free Scythian Unit Study</a></li>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/history.html">Free Mesopotamia Unit Study</a><span id="goog_278075009"></span><span id="goog_278075010"></span> </li>
<li>Ancient Egypt</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/history.html">Free Egyptian Unit Study</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Egyptian-Art-History/dp/1575725509/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=ancient+egypt+art+hodge&qid=1592866997&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=5941938160888434ba71bd79add9a9f1&language=en_US">Ancient Egyptian Art</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HTJPMEE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00HTJPMEE&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=CFLPDLB4JOU6BQR2">Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. (8.2.1999)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00HTJPMEE" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394846990/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0394846990&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=UU4J7ZIPTBMPWVDB">The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014133259X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=014133259X&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7JP6JMMBWA6OJAS4">Tales of Ancient Egypt (Puffin Classics)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=014133259X" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1466229403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1466229403&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=DKBNPPKR224ZL23X">The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1466229403" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618333452/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0618333452&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=C5JAHVJYZM2HGWPN">Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0618333452" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689830467/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0689830467&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale with Hieroglyphs</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0689830467" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590446819/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590446819&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Ancient Egypt</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590446819" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064432793/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064432793&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=TC2OIFZRQEJR46GH">The Egyptian Cinderella</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/184507873X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=184507873X&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=SJLFKDNRUDLQVLO6">Pepi and the Secret Names: Help Pepi Crack the Hieroglyphic Code</a><i> </i></li>
<li><i>Great Pharaohs of Egypt</i> - is a four part series of videos which tells the stories of many significant pharaohs. </li>
</ul>
<li>Ancient China </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/history.html">Free China Unit Study </a></li>
<li><a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0439139570" target="_blank">Confucius: The Golden Rule</a> </li>
<li>
<a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0064434680" target="_blank">The Silk Route: 7000 Miles of History</a></li>
<li>
<a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0698116445" target="_blank">The Emperor and the Kite</a></li>
<li>
<a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=1878217313" target="_blank">Empress of China: Wu Ze Tian</a>
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</li>
<li>
<a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=015205023X" target="_blank">The Lost Horse</a> </li>
<li>
<a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0805008012" target="_blank">Liang and the Magic Paintbrush</a> </li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0208022872/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0208022872" target="_blank">Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horde</a></li>
<li>
<a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B000ODYG80" target="_blank">Beautiful Warrior</a></li>
<li>
<a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0590108239" target="_blank">Ms. Frizzle's Adventures in Imperial China</a></li>
<li>
<a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=highhihomesc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B005ZOJ89A" target="_blank">The Chinese Violin</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-China-Aladdin-Picture-Books/dp/0689801785/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+wall+of+china&qid=1592841681&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0f1d95b751f19eab5fd51513814cfeff&language=en_US">Great Wall of China</a></li>
</ul>
<li>Africa</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Glorious-Age-Africa-African-Empires/dp/0865431671/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1MQ4Y3S6ALOSU&dchild=1&keywords=glorious+age+in+africa&qid=1592869279&s=books&sprefix=glorious+age+in,stripbooks,174&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=38bdd8cf5e71154cf3e2b11c259adb07&language=en_US">A Glorious Age in Africa</a> </li>
</ul>
</ul>
4th Grade - History - The Middle Ages<br />
<br />
<i>Story of the World</i> is the only book I consider essential. All others are optional but highly recommended. <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-World-History-Classical-Renaissance/dp/1933339098/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3QMJOBFH2F88N&dchild=1&keywords=story+of+the+world+volume+2&qid=1592498820&s=books&sprefix=story+of,movies-tv,185&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ad9044757b426a2d6723f05051c701fe&language=en_US">Story of the World Volume 2 - The Middle Ages</a> <i>*Essential</i> </li>
<li>Middle Ages </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/history.html">Free Middle Ages Unit Study</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cathedral-David-Macaulay/dp/B001IB000K/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1FMTXE8HNGO5B&dchild=1&keywords=cathedral+david+macaulay&qid=1592867635&s=books&sprefix=cathedral,stripbooks,180&sr=1-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6788dd71dd7319626495b4ab08bf01e2&language=en_US">Cathedral</a> by David Macaulay </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Castle-David-Macaulay/dp/0395329205/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0395329205&pd_rd_r=83368236-f917-4ab5-9fe0-2dde37794c5b&pd_rd_w=gYIWU&pd_rd_wg=GhEed&pf_rd_p=bdc67ba8-ab69-42ee-b8d8-8f5336b36a83&pf_rd_r=C67B1KZ9KVP13NE7W505&psc=1&refRID=C67B1KZ9KVP13NE7W505&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9c19a0ec17d3aaf4e6a8e94f57f57bf3&language=en_US">Castle</a> by David Macaulay</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-into-Print-Before-Printing/dp/0316503762/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=breaking+into+print&qid=1592843908&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=53bdaa05075e7cdea7439c71070af48d&language=en_US">Breaking Into Print</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D59X3VQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00D59X3VQ&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00D59X3VQ" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Tomie de Paola</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763621641/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0763621641&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0763621641" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Richard Platt </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590108204/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590108204&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Medieval Castle</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688062016/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0688062016&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Canterbury Tales</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0688062016" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Barbara Cohen- These stories are best for ages 9 and up.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316367958/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0316367958&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Saint George and the Dragon</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0316367958" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Margaret Hodges</li>
<li><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590108204" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1550745387/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1550745387&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Adventures in the Middle Ages (Good Times Travel Agency)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1550745387" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Linda Baily and Bill Slavin</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Midwifes-Apprentice-Karen-Cushman/dp/0547722176/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=JGRGLG94BOV4&dchild=1&keywords=the+midwife%27s+apprentice&qid=1592869434&s=books&sprefix=midwife%27s+appre,stripbooks,177&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=b0ad9852492ae7f664f0e9261d6d5dbf&language=en_US">Midwife's Apprentice</a> Cushman </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064405842/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064405842&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064405842" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Karen Cushman </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1564020983/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1564020983&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1564020983" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Rosemary Sutcliff </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0142406597/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0142406597&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Adam of the Road (Puffin Modern Classics)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0142406597" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Robert Lawson</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1887840826/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1887840826&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Great and Terrible Quest</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1887840826" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Margaret Lovett</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486217841/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0486217841&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Otto of the Silver Hand (Dover Children's Classics)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0486217841" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Howard Pyle</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440227798/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0440227798&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Door in the Wall</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0440227798" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Marguerite de Angeli</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689715714/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0689715714&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Trumpeter of Krakow</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0689715714" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064421325/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064421325&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Sword in the Tree (Trophy Chapter Book)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064421325" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Clyde Robert Bulla </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684194376/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0684194376&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Of Swords and Sorcerers</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0684194376" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
(King Arthur)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763631973/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0763631973&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Chancer's Canterbury Tales Retold And Illustrated by Marcia Williams</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0763631973" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Marcia Williams (great version for younger kids) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823410633/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0823410633&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0823410633" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Margaret Hodges (A story of King Arthur's Knight Sir Gareth)</li>
</ul>
<li>Persia </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/history.html">Free Persian Unit Study</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887764371/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0887764371">Gilgamesh the King (The Gilgamesh Trilogy)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0887764371" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399224157/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0399224157&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Legend of the Persian Carpet</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0399224157" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Tomie de Paola</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689830513/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0689830513&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Shadow Spinner</a></li>
</ul>
<li>Renaissance</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/history.html">Free Renaissance Unit Study</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1887840311/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1887840311&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Leonardo Da Vinci</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1887840311" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Emily Hahn</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399235760/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0399235760&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Leonardo's Horse</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0399235760" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764138510/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0764138510&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Leonardo and the Flying Boy (Anholt's Artists Books for Children)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152164561/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0152164561&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Mary, Bloody Mary</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0152164561" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688179614/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0688179614&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Good Queen Bess : The Story of Elizabeth I of England</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0688179614" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688162940/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0688162940&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0688162940" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060521139/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060521139&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Michelangelo</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060521139" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Diane Stanley </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0711212775/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0711212775&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Bravo! Zan Angelo!</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0711212775" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
</ul>
</ul>
5th Grade - History - Age of Exploration<br />
<br />
<i>Story of the World</i> is the only book I consider essential. All others are optional but highly recommended. <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/History-Classical-Child-Elizabeth-Forty-Niners/dp/1945841443/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=story+of+the+world+volume+3&qid=1592498889&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=fc730e4d00051b5322fa387113ca77f0&language=en_US">Story of the World Volume 3 - Early Modern Times</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Trapped-Ice-Shackletons-Antarctic-Adventure/dp/0802776337/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=trapped+by+the+ice&qid=1592867989&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=72d5c8a3c3c41bcf67b2308aea9d64ef&language=en_US">Trapped by the Ice: Shackleton</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Marco-Polos-Adventures-Horizon-Caravel/dp/B000JC5U7W/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=marco+polos+adventures+in+china&qid=1592870184&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=d5fdafc50a18cf88d225ff2b3701b24c&language=en_US">Marco Polo's Adventures in China</a> </li>
</ul>
6th Grade - History - Civil War to Modern Age<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-World-History-Classical-Victorias/dp/0972860339/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=story+of+the+world+volume+4&qid=1592498966&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=706bbc69295f0d969eb20ae1da200014&language=en_US">Story of the World Volume 4 - The Modern Age</a></li>
</ul>
7th Grade - History - Native American and American History<br />
<br />
<i>The US Kids Series </i>or <i>The Landmark History of the American People </i> are essential. It is not necessary to read both, but they are different and you could cover both if you have time. <br />
<ul>
<li> US Kids - </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/USKids-History-American-Indians-School/dp/0316222089/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=uskids&qid=1591304005&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=5e03af47a377c6d9b7d7f4437eb80b0e&language=en_US">American Indians</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/USKids-History-American-Colonies-School/dp/0316222011/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=uskids&qid=1591303951&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=bd00ee7a6450a6d0831a1a1d1e875042&language=en_US">American Colonies</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/USKids-History-American-Revolution-School/dp/0316222046/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=uskids&qid=1591304037&sr=8-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ecb243faddf83969ae75bec2e44727a1&language=en_US">American Revolution</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/USKids-History-American-Nation-School/dp/0316222062/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=uskids&qid=1591304105&sr=8-7&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6a4df1ea4b3233fdc587c9c66d89141a&language=en_US">New American Nation</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/USKids-History-American-Civil-School/dp/0316223247/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=uskids&qid=1591304072&sr=8-6&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=74c0932dc7f12bc74eb49b8c31e91148&language=en_US">Civil War</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Landmark-History-American-Revised-Updated/dp/0394891201/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=landmark+book+of+american+history&qid=1591304170&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4f1f21944b8b4ec807bc9dc48b6ce538&language=en_US">Landmark History of the American People</a> </li>
</ul>
8th Grade - History - American History II<br />
<br />
<i>This Country of Ours</i> is the only book I consider essential. All others are optional but highly recommended. <br />
<ul>
<li>America - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=marshall&book=country&story=_contents" target="_blank">This Country of Ours </a><i>*Essential</i> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Endless-Steppe-Growing-Up-Siberia/dp/006440577X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3031TZJXG574J&dchild=1&keywords=endless+steppe&qid=1592870554&s=books&sprefix=endless+,stripbooks,188&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=57f46887c80c2eacfea4040b49654e30&language=en_US">The Endless Steppe</a> - WWII </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Facing-Death-G-Henty/dp/1590870557/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=facing+death,+henty&qid=1592870636&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6bbb7473ac19bd11b7a0876570d9d845&language=en_US">Facing Death</a> by Henty - Coal Mines</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Benjamin-Franklin-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486290735/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1460125996&sr=8-1&keywords=autobiography+of+benjamin+franklin&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=da61204ca59d14c7a673f25bc62eff22">Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</a></li>
</ul>
9th Grade - History - British History, Ancient Greeks and Romans<br />
<ul>
<li>English History </li>
<ul>
<li>United Kingdom - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=marshall&book=island&story=_contents" target="_blank">Our Island Story </a><i>*Essential</i></li>
</ul>
<li>Roman Empire </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=macgregor&book=rome&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Story of Rome</a> by Mary MacGregor <i>*Essential</i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/City-Story-Roman-Planning-Construction/dp/0395349222/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0395349222&pd_rd_r=6aba178d-bf71-4997-83c1-58ac6d22e058&pd_rd_w=qkCMU&pd_rd_wg=Iwh1V&pf_rd_p=4e3f7fc3-00c8-46a6-a4db-8457e6319578&pf_rd_r=FHZY29A6SFWMM2MNP5MS&psc=1&refRID=FHZY29A6SFWMM2MNP5MS&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=080c19617d567e0317f08bad8d165a6d&language=en_US">City</a> by David Macaulay </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Myths-Geraldine-McCaughrean/dp/0689838220/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2IDQ0IX718YC5&dchild=1&keywords=roman+myths+geraldine+mccaughrean&qid=1592867921&s=books&sprefix=roman+myth,stripbooks,182&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ea206ece60f208843639e9e79275eefc&language=en_US">Roman Myths</a> by McCaughrean</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599152088/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1599152088&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=5PX3KHTXWDGGT4EI" rel="nofollow">Our Young Folks' Plutarch (Yesterday's Classics)</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312564341/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0312564341&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=KE4Y45PFUFMRNDGM" rel="nofollow">The Eagle (The Roman Britain Trilogy)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0312564341" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0872266508/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0872266508&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=FI4N6Q3OSYEMP46Q" rel="nofollow">A Roman Fort</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0872266508" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689838220/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0689838220&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=C5YKYKAKM4LO6IAU" rel="nofollow">Roman Myths</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0689838220" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Geraldine McCaughrean</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394888669/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0394888669&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=67FI43DJBM34QRPN" rel="nofollow">Pompeii...Buried Alive! (Step into Reading)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0394888669" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786815418/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786815418&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=JEN6NDVWMYXQKL5O" rel="nofollow">The Buried City of Pompeii: Picturebook</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009NIJ9DY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B009NIJ9DY&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=MB2DYSKOCVPPXQBJ" rel="nofollow">Galen and the Gateway to Medicine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560063882/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1560063882&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=3WOJEEEWOTDH53RV" rel="nofollow">Life of a Roman Slave (Way People Live)</a> </li>
<li>Free Roman Unit Study</li>
</ul>
<li> Greece</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=macgregor&book=greece&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Story of Greece</a> by Mary MacGregor <i>*Essential</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440406943/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0440406943&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths</a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></li>
<li>
<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1235955974/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1235955974&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Our young folk's Plutarch</a></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689800363/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0689800363&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Odysseus And The Cyclops</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0689800363" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="background-color: white;"> by Warwick Hutton</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0789454556/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0789454556&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Odyssey</a><span style="background-color: white;"> by Adrian Mitchell</span> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1423128648/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1423128648&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Tales from the Odyssey</a> series by Mary Pope Osborne</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0789466821/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0789466821&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Atlantis, The Lost City by Andrew Donkin</a> </span></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394896742/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0394896742&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War</a></div>
</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Greek-Art-History/dp/140348774X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=ancient+greek+art+hodge&qid=1592864312&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=da3e7d2c6b0dbbdd4e49bc2274056c08&language=en_US">Ancient Greek Art </a></li>
<li>Free Greek Unit Study</li>
</ul>
</ul>
10th Grade-12th Grade - History<br />
<ul>
<li>Study for a history <a href="https://clep.collegeboard.org/exams">CLEP</a> exam and earn college credit. Be sure to use the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/CLEP-Official-Study-Guide-2020/dp/1457312212/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1R48UE9YTZZGI&dchild=1&keywords=clep+official+study+guide+2020&qid=1592516900&sprefix=clep+offi,aps,184&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=f374bfde802fc42ecb3f6bf410e275a6&language=en_US">study guide</a>.</li>
<li>Get a subscription to <a href="https://www.historyvault.com/">The History Vault</a> and watch history documentaries.</li>
<li>Read any of the following books based on history interests. </li>
</ul>
<br />
<ul style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li><b>Author H.E. Marshall</b></li>
<ul>
<li>Germany - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=marshall&book=germany&story=_contents" target="_blank">The History of Germany</a></li>
<li>United Kingdom - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=marshall&book=cromwell&story=_contents" target="_blank">Through Great Britain and Ireland with Cromwell</a> </li>
<li>England - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=marshall&book=empire&story=_contents" target="_blank">Our Empire Story</a></li>
<li>Scotland - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=marshall&book=scotland&story=_contents" target="_blank">Scotland's Story</a></li>
<li>Europe - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=marshall&book=sketches&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Story of Europe</a></li>
<li>France - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=marshall&book=napoleon&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Story of Napoleon</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li><b>Author Mary MacGregor</b></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=macgregor&book=netherlands&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Netherlands</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=macgregor&book=vikings&story=_contents" target="_blank">Stories of the Vikings</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=macgregor&book=france&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Story of France </a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li><b>Author Eva March Tappan</b></li>
<ul>
<li>Middle Ages - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=tappan&book=european&story=_contents" target="_blank">European Hero Stories</a></li>
<li>Middle Ages - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=tappan&book=middle&story=_contents" target="_blank">Heros of the Middle Ages</a></li>
<li>Greece, Rome and Persia - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=tappan&book=oldworld&story=_contents" target="_blank">Old World Hero Stories</a></li>
<li>Greece - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=tappan&book=greek&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Story of the Greek People</a></li>
<li>Middle Ages - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=tappan&book=bold&story=_contents" target="_blank">When Knights were Bold </a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li><b>Author M.B. Synge</b></li>
<ul>
<li>Europe, Reformation - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=awakening&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Awakening of Europe</a></li>
<li>Explorers from Babylon to the South Pole - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=discoverybook&story=_contents" target="_blank">Book of Discovery</a></li>
<li>From Romans to Spanish Conquest - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=brave&story=_contents" target="_blank">Discovery of New Worlds</a></li>
<li>Europe - Middle Ages - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=brave&story=_contents" target="_blank">Brave Men and Brave Deeds</a></li>
<li>England - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=englishmen&story=_contents" target="_blank">Great Englishmen </a></li>
<li>England - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=englishwomen&story=_contents" target="_blank">Great Englishwomen</a></li>
<li>England - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=growth&story=_contents" target="_blank">Growth of the British Empire </a></li>
<li>Mediterranean Sea (Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, etc) - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=greatsea&story=_contents" target="_blank">On the Shores of the Great Sea</a></li>
<li>European Colonization - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=seapower&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Struggle for Sea Power</a></li>
<li>England - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=victoria&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Reign of Queen Victoria</a></li>
<li>England - <a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=tudors&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Tutors and the Stuarts</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li><b>Author Robert VanBergen</b> </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bergen&book=china&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Story of China</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bergen&book=japan&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Story of Japan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bergen&book=russia&story=_contents" target="_blank">The Story of Russia</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<br />
<h3>
Science</h3>
K - Science<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002O0YJAG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B002O0YJAG%22%3EInquisiKids%20Discover%20&%20Do%20Volume%201%20Science%20with%20Air,%20Science%20in%20the%20Kitchen,%20Science%20with%20Plants%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=" target="_blank">Discover & Do Level K DVD: Air, in the Kitchen, Plants</a></li>
<li>Read to your child</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140565981/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0140565981&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Man on the Moon (Picture Puffin Books)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0140565981" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> tells the story of the first moon landing. It's a great picture book for young children K through 3rd grade.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Glorious-Flight-Channel-Bleriot-Picture/dp/0140507299/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+glorious+flight&qid=1592848535&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=f26a7e5adb57af14682a7e6cbd0caaaa&language=en_US">The Glorious Flight</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064432181/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064432181&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064432181" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
tells what happens when a child digs a hole through the earth. Kids
learn about the different layers and what the earth is made of through
this entertaining picture book perfect for young children. </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Magic-School-Bus-Set-Books/dp/B00I480VK4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=magic+school+bus+series&qid=1592840601&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6c4c5eeccdfa541663eacf8c64fe87fa&language=en_US">Magic School Bus</a> Series of Picture Books </li>
</ul>
</ul>
1st Grade - Science - Emergency Preparedness, Plants, Animals<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00456PKRI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00456PKRI%22%3EDiscover%20&%20Do%20Level%201%20Science%20with%20Water,%20Magnets,%20Lights%20and%20Mirrors%20%28Discover%20and%20Do,%20Level%201%29%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=" target="_blank">Discover & Do Level 1 DVD: Water, Magnets, Light and Mirrors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/2020/06/free-emergency-preparedness-unit-study.html">Free Emergency Preparedness Unit Study</a></li>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Free Plant Unit Study</a></li>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Free Animal Unit Study</a></li>
<li>Read to your child</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545057442/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0545057442&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Stellaluna</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0545057442" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
is a bat who has a run-in with an owl as a baby. She ends up being
raised by birds and learning their habits until she is reunited with her
mother.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dolphin-Adventure-Story-Wayne-Grover/dp/0380732521/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=dolphin+adventure&qid=1592842778&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=d65733e3377dcd92b3e0fb9b2305638a&language=en_US">Dolphin Adventure</a> by Grover </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wiggling-Worms-Lets-Read-Find-Out-Science/dp/0064451992/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=200HHXNGSRINC&dchild=1&keywords=wiggly+worms+at+work&qid=1592847815&s=books&sprefix=wiggly,stripbooks,186&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=1153075a6ef028bd433ec190130e262a&language=en_US">Wiggly Worms at Work</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Drew-Birds-Outstanding/dp/0618243437/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=boy+who+drew+birds&qid=1592841165&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=f56aac675ed34b9fc71a3d5e373d2c83&language=en_US">The Boy Who Drew Birds</a></li>
<li>Jim Arnosky's Crinkleroot Books - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crinkleroots-Guide-Knowing-Birds-Arnosky/dp/0027058573/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1C73H9XUCAG62&dchild=1&keywords=crinkleroots+guide+to+knowing+the+birds&qid=1592839194&sprefix=crinkleroot,aps,180&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=cb7813558efdbc0e7868ca316d3b6715&language=en_US">Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Birds</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crinkleroots-Guide-Knowing-Animal-Habitats/dp/1481425994/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1C73H9XUCAG62&dchild=1&keywords=crinkleroots+guide+to+knowing+the+birds&qid=1592839314&sprefix=crinkleroot,aps,180&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=aec30d728ba92bac078f7216b3290643&language=en_US">Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crinkleroots-Guide-Knowing-Trees-Arnosky/dp/0027058557/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1C73H9XUCAG62&dchild=1&keywords=crinkleroots+guide+to+knowing+the+birds&qid=1592839345&sprefix=crinkleroot,aps,180&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7c2b4e214c6d65d08c8cdfa047561303&language=en_US">Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seasons-Arnolds-Apple-Tree/dp/0152712453/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1BNDYUVKT5123&dchild=1&keywords=the+seasons+of+arnolds+apple+tree&qid=1592841944&sprefix=season%27s+of+arnold,aps,174&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=b9849946d8cd83c13b2e3d10111c7d6b&language=en_US">The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CDWFFI0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00CDWFFI0&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Holling Clancy Holling SET of 5</a> -<i>Minn of the Mississippi, Paddle to the Sea, Seabird, Tree in the Trail, Pagoo - </i>Holling C Holling's books entertain while children learn about
science and geography. In Paddle to the Sea, an boy carves an Indian in
an canoe and places it on a mountain top. When the snow melts the toy
travels throughout the Great Lakes and Out through the St. Lawrence Sea
Way. </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486276341/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0486276341&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Favorite Thornton Burgess Animal Stories Boxed Set (Sets)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0486276341" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - Thornton Burgess wrote many story books about animals. In The Adventures
of Jerry Muskrat, the Laughing Brook quit laughing because all the
water disappeared. When the animals go on a quest to discover the cause
they meet Paddy Beaver. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1467945145/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1467945145&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Burgess Bird Book for Children</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1467945145" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1163213926/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1163213926&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Burgess Animal Book for Children</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1163213926" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />The Bird and Animal Book are slightly more difficult than Burgess's
Animal Stories. These stories explore the relationships between animals
and are more focused on specific animal groups.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
2nd Grade - Science - Wegits, Magnatiles, Simple Machines, Bridge Study<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Free Bridge Unit Study</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Free Simple Machine Unit Study</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002O0YO3S/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B002O0YO3S%22%3EInquisiKids%20Discover%20&%20Do%20Volume%203%20Science%20with%20Batteries,%20Science%20and%20Your%20Body,%20Science%20with%20Weather%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=" target="_blank">Discover & Do Level 2 DVD: Batteries, Your Body, Weather</a></li>
<li>Read to your child</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1883937124/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1883937124&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Archimedes and the Door of Science (Living History Library)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1883937124" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Archimedes was an ancient Greek engineer who was interested in simple
machines. He lived in the city of Syracuse and helped to defend his
island during war.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Archimedes-Takes-Bath-Joan-Lexau/dp/0690098995/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1CO5ZZPWWTAFU&dchild=1&keywords=archimedes+takes+a+bath&qid=1592867257&s=books&sprefix=archimedes,stripbooks,181&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9db3da414f062ea772380015c2f68402&language=en_US">Archimedes Takes a Bath</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Liners-Exploring-Worlds-Greatest/dp/0316080209/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=36KIC4TYQCYMJ&dchild=1&keywords=ghost+liners+exploring+the+world%27s+greatest+lost+ships&qid=1592861080&s=books&sprefix=ghost+liners,stripbooks,185&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=114401048b1c0bfc021d24f45891456d&language=en_US">Ghost Liners: Exploring the World's Greatest Lost Ships</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Bismarck-Time-Quest-Book/dp/0590442694/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=exploring+the+bismark&qid=1592861162&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7e0a5a5e957d2e5417ca5f00e7d76908&language=en_US">Exploring the Bismark</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-Inventions-Michael-McHugh/dp/1930092407/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2AJA1DBC2RC24&dchild=1&keywords=the+story+of+inventions+mchugh&qid=1592869959&sprefix=story+of+inventions,+m,aps,178&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e60e25a6248c25ae090ece5992838065&language=en_US">The Story of Inventions</a> by McHugh</li>
</ul>
</ul>
3rd Grade - Science - Geology, Astronomy, Prehistoric Creatures<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/2020/06/free-geology-unit-study.html">Free Geology Unit Study</a></li>
<li><a href="https://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/2020/06/free-astronomy-unit-study.html">Free Astronomy Unit Study</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/2020/06/free-evolution-unit-study.html">Free Evolution Unit Study</a></li>
<li>Read to your child or have your child read</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Magic-School-Bus-Chapter-Book/dp/0545127211/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=magic+school+bus+series&qid=1592840677&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8dea8d7e251935757b6580885f3c85b5&language=en_US">Magic School Bus</a> Chapter Books</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Beetle-Too-Many-Extraordinary/dp/0763668435/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2GUJEL6NNE4J7&dchild=1&keywords=one+beetle+too+many&qid=1592844142&sprefix=one+beetle+too,aps,178&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=043088173fada6e0a673bd36b25a0b73&language=en_US">One Beetle Too Many</a> - Charles Darwin Story</li>
</ul>
</ul>
4th Grade - Science - Bread Baking Chemistry, Candy Making Chemistry, Cells<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Free Cells Unit Study</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Baking-Artisan-Bread-Expert-Formulas/dp/1592534538/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1513277617&sr=8-1&keywords=baking+artisan+bread&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c2de494db0c54efc3a46bc88a1f97af0">Baking Artisan Bread</a> by Ciril Hitz </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Photo-Guide-Candy-Making/dp/1589237919/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1513298816&sr=8-2&keywords=candy+making+book&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=61ea171e3bb33c8724e642f1e17560e0">Candy Making book by Autumn Carpenter</a> </li>
</ul>
5th Grade - Science - Human Body<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Free Human Body Unit Study</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY11Hu_ju5M&list=PLtAciEfQHAwvs1hIkWN_YNpD8E4sno--C">Once Upon a Time Life</a> video series</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Way-We-Work-Getting-Amazing/dp/0618233784/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+way+we+work&qid=1593480598&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6bc8cff8540d3e18194a9262b70033bf&language=en_US">The Way We Work</a> by David Macaulay</li>
</ul>
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6th Grade - Science- Earth Science<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">Free Earth Science Unit Study</a> </li>
<li>Earth Science<b><br /></b></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007DOLVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0007DOLVO&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Rocks, rivers & the changing earth,: A first book about geology, (Young Scott books)</a> - Explains how the Earth works in a story format from a scientific perspective. <i>*Essential</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895774119/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0895774119&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">How the Earth Works (How It Works)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0895774119" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556524420/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1556524420&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">How the Earth Works: 60 Fun Activities for Exploring Volcanoes, Fossils, Earthquakes, and More</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1556524420" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471177709/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0471177709&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects in Earth Science: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471177709" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><b> </b></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/079224141X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=079224141X&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Flood: Wrestling With The Mississippi</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=079224141X" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
- This book tells the story of the 1993 flooding which occurred all up
and down the Mississippi River. The causes are explained beginning with
the history of the levee system, with top-quality photographs in a way
that is easy to understand. Here's an excerpt, <i>"And so the French
built a wall of earth, a levee, between themselves and the river. When
finished, the levee was more than a mile long, 4 feet high, and 18 feet
wide at the top. That levee was the first human attempt to wrestle with
the Mississippi and to tame it. It was also the first of many levees to
be built."</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547328605/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0547328605&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=VNGJUKNK7YPUZODU">Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field Series)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0547328605" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064460991/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064460991&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary (Trophy Picture Books)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064460991" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </li>
</ul>
</ul>
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7th Grade - Science - Computer Programming<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Kids-Playful-Introduction-Programming/dp/1593274084/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3O398LKR7SCG9&dchild=1&keywords=javascript+for+kids&qid=1593643490&s=books&sprefix=javascrip+for+,stripbooks,177&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=31ad2ca6c35b043c453f6d2efbc59687&language=en_US">Javascript for Kids</a></li>
<li><a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/">Khan Academy Computer Classes</a> - Computer Programming, Computer Science, AP Computer Science, Hour of Code, Computer Animation </li>
</ul>
8th Grade - Science - Biology<br />
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/">Khan Academy</a> offers Biology, High School Biology and AP Biology</li>
</ul>
9th Grade - Science - Chemistry<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Fred-Chemistry-Stanley-Schmidt/dp/1937032191/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=life+of+fred+chemistry&qid=1592871783&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4b15f29b0d3bb3e9a047b7080ff736a5&language=en_US">Life of Fred Chemistry</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thehomescientist.com/kits/CK01/ck01-main.html">CK01A Chemistry Laboratory Kit</a> from The Home Scientist, LLC.</li>
<ul>
</ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/188393771X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=188393771X&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Mystery of the Periodic Table (Living History Library)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=188393771X" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
tells the story of chemistry from the first experimenters to how each of the elements was discovered.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/">Khan Academy</a> offers Chemistry, AP Chemistry and Organic Chemistry </li>
</ul>
10th Grade - Science - Physics<br />
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/">Khan Academy</a> offers Physics, AP Physics I and AP Physics II</li>
</ul>
11th and 12th Grade - Science<br />
<br />
Depending on future goals and where the child is in current studies, you may want to look into biology, chemistry or physics. If the basic level was completed, Khan Academy offers AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics. You could look into revisiting astronomy, the human body, plants, animals or another interest area. You could also look into science classes at community college.<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/">Khan Academy Cosmology and Astronomy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/">Khan Academy Health and Medicine</a> </li>
</ul>
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Foreign Language </h3>
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K - 5th Grade - Foreign Language<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&x=0&ref_=nb_sb_ss_i_0_9&y=0&field-keywords=muzzy%20language&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=rolf%20zuck&_encoding=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22%3EName%20Your%20Link%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=ur2&o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Muzzy</a> – Children’s cartoon for learning foreign languages. Many languages available.</li>
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Look for music and cartoons in the target language made for children who speak that language. Here are resources for learning German and Spanish.<br />
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German Kid Music Musicians<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&x=9&ref_=nb_sb_ss_i_0_9&y=22&field-keywords=detlev%20joecker&url=search-alias%3Dpopular&sprefix=Detlev%20Jo?url=search-alias=popular&_encoding=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22%3EDetlev%20Jocker%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=ur2&o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Detlev Jocker</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&ref_=nb_sb_ss_i_0_10&field-keywords=rolf%20zuckowski&url=search-alias%3Dpopular&sprefix=rolf%20zucko&_encoding=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22%3EName%20Your%20Link%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=ur2&o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Rolf Zuckowski</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/277-0751401-4842822?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=die+maus&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">Die Maus</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&field-keywords=sesamstrasse&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">Sesamstrasse</a> (Sesame Street in German) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.de/Die-kleine-Hexe-Neue-Tonfassung/dp/B002H2WRGO/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1320402949&sr=1-3" target="_blank">Die KleineHexe</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&x=0&ref_=nb_sb_noss&y=0&field-keywords=Der%20Kleine%20Eisbar&url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&_encoding=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22%3EName%20Your%20Link%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=ur2&o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Der KleineEisbar</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=lauras+stern&sprefix=laura" target="_blank">Lauras Stern</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&x=0&ref_=nb_sb_noss&y=0&field-keywords=Benjamin%20Blumchen&url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&_encoding=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22%3EName%20Your%20Link%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=ur2&o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Benjamin Blumchen</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005OW7W/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B00005OW7W%22%3E100%20Clasicas%20De%20Cri%20Cri%202%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00005OW7W&camp=217145&creative=399369%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Cri Cri</a> - Children's Music in Spanish</li>
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Spanish Language Cartoons </div>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWZXm6rOhYo&feature=related" target="_blank">Pororo</a> – Spanish Penguin on youtube </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&ref_=nb_sb_ss_i_1_7&field-keywords=pocoyo%20en%20espanol&url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&sprefix=pocoyo%20&_encoding=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22%3EName%20Your%20Link%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=ur2&o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Pocoyo</a> – Spanish cartoons. Also available in some form on youtube.</li>
</ul>
Programs<br /><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.gpb.org/salsa/term/episode" target="_blank">Salsa Spanish</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743523571/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0743523571%22%3ESpanish%20I%20-%202nd%20Rev.%20Ed.:%20Learn%20to%20Speak%20and%20Understand%20Spanish%20with%20Pimsleur%20Language%20Programs%20%28Comprehensive%29%20%28English%20and%20Spanish%20Edition%29%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743523571&camp=217145&creative=399369%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Pimsleur Spanish</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743518365/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0743518365%22%3EPimsleur%20German%20I%20Comprehensive%20CDs,%20Second%20Edition%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743518365&camp=217145&creative=399369%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Pimsleur German</a> </li>
</ul>
6th Grade - 12th Grade - Foreign Language<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.duolingo.com/">Duo Lingo</a> - Free Language Learning on-line and app **Highly Recommended, Many Languages Available </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617160857/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1617160857%22%3ERosetta%20Stone%20Spanish%20%28Latin%20America%29%20Level%201-5%20Set%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1617160857&camp=217145&creative=399369%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Rosetta Stone Spanish</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617160075/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1617160075%22%3ERosetta%20Stone%20German%20Level%201-5%20Set%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1617160075&camp=217145&creative=399369%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;" target="_blank">Rosetta Stone German</a> </li>
</ul>
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<h3>
Government and Economics</h3>
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K - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Doreen-Cronin/dp/0689863772/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=duck+for+president&qid=1592840784&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e02835799a89e56a9fbf803b83fab4c9&language=en_US">Duck for President</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sneetches-Other-Stories-Dr-Seuss/dp/0394800893/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=sneetches&qid=1592841570&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=d82291276a89ac56ea3f65d7a10428db&language=en_US">The Sneetches and Other Stories</a> by Dr. Seuss</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Johnnys-Jelly-Bean-Tacos-Norkoli/dp/1987655079/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=johnny%27s+jelly+bean+tacos&qid=1592870984&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=8d86e7ce0cb4d1bdcf8d6208006dc8c5&language=en_US">Johnny's Jelly Bean Tacos</a></li>
</ul>
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1st Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Toothpaste-Millionaire-Jean-Merrill/dp/0618759255/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=toothpaste+millionaire&qid=1592870038&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=bd6f8a98e96f427691836560ff63371e&language=en_US">The Toothpaste Millionaire</a> </li>
</ul>
2nd Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tuttle-Twins-Set-8/dp/B07PRNJFKL/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=connor+boyack,+tuttle+twins&qid=1592861238&s=books&sr=1-8&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6d8c4a5de4c4a14271e85e78e0ee9673&language=en_US">The Tuttle Twins</a> books by Connor Boyack </li>
</ul>
3rd Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lemonade-War/dp/0547237650/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3RU8ESP34LOL6&dchild=1&keywords=lemonade+war&qid=1592861782&s=books&sprefix=lemon,stripbooks,186&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9afcc6c8a0c63b8d9e9d6871cc236462&language=en_US">The Lemonade War</a></li>
</ul>
4th Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ragged-Dick-Horatio-Alger-Jr/dp/1420961411/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=XC320FV54FDA&dchild=1&keywords=ragged+dicks+horatio+alger&qid=1592868989&s=books&sprefix=ragged+dick,stripbooks,190&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a516b02690eda7b8ea9a3f302261c53c&language=en_US">Ragged Dick</a> and other books by Heratio Alger </li>
</ul>
5th Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scammed-Statistics-Edward-Zaccaro/dp/0967991579/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=395UJSCLJP0YC&dchild=1&keywords=scammed+by+statistics&qid=1592871358&s=books&sprefix=scammed+by+s,stripbooks,193&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=86f524cdc0dceed73c72b4926d9a27aa&language=en_US">Scammed by Statistics</a> by Zaccaro </li>
</ul>
6th Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Complete-11-Book-Latest-Editions/dp/B006YKEN4E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2VMEV65Q6N6L2&dchild=1&keywords=richard+maybury+uncle+eric+series&qid=1592870905&s=books&sprefix=richard+maybury,stripbooks,173&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a1851d114762777a9caa2993b51be157&language=en_US">Richard Maybury Uncle Eric Series</a> </li>
</ul>
7th Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Animal-Farm-George-Orwell/dp/0451526341/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=animal+farm&qid=1592871021&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=72f9082ea2579a7e3d54efb307007c56&language=en_US">Animal Farm</a></li>
</ul>
8th Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-You-Profit-Coming-Devaluation/dp/0985253908/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1460245978&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+profit+from+the+coming+devaluation&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4ef9adb5a09b438f6f5bb98288e2fedb">How to Profit from the Coming Devaluation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591846846/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1591846846&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=CGEA7W7FQWW7FHZH">How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1591846846" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262681358/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0262681358&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=CJA4DTDQD5JWTGEQ">The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0262681358" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131433547/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0131433547&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=UL3GH2HILHLJDTTN">The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protection (3rd Edition)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0131433547" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691143358/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0691143358&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=WO3RKBUKPKOBTXMP">The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity</a> <br />
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</ul>
9th Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Five-Thousand-Year-Leap-Anniversary/dp/0981559662/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1460246342&sr=8-3&keywords=five+thousand+year+leap&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=48832644f93c8e31245c67f36da4634d">Five Thousand Year Leap</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Answer-Book-Government-Constitutional/dp/1400320291/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=freedom+answer+book&qid=1592871442&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=da7c144f019301b347dafa465a73a859&language=en_US">Freedom Answer Book </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Socialism-Rand-Paul/dp/0062954865/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=ron+paul&qid=1593651956&s=books&sr=1-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0f45ebfee216ec15c9b5db8990c921c0&language=en_US">The Case Against Socialism</a> - Rand Paul </li>
</ul>
10th Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Economics-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0465060730/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=sowell&qid=1593651056&s=books&sr=1-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=395769effef596ebaed41487b956c558&language=en_US">Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vision-Anointed-Self-Congratulation-Social-Policy/dp/046508995X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=sowell&qid=1593651116&s=books&sr=1-6&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e494cfbe6bd34111f6479c4f1ef7cca7&language=en_US">The Vision of the Anointed - Thomas Sowell</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Black-Rednecks-Liberals-Thomas-Sowell/dp/1594031436/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=sowell&qid=1593651222&s=books&sr=1-7&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0993be820592006f516129bde24e6f17&language=en_US">Black Rednecks and White Liberals - Thomas Sowell</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Defined-Essential-Issues-Freedom/dp/1455501441/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=ron+paul&qid=1593652034&s=books&sr=1-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a3c5642662a30fcd17498fa420fe0d11&language=en_US">Liberty Defined</a> - Ron Paul </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/End-Fed-Ron-Paul/dp/0446549177/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=ron+paul&qid=1593652074&s=books&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=455a4e52ac1cb148ff6fc8295819b887&language=en_US">End of the Fed</a> - Ron Paul</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Manifesto-Ron-Paul/dp/0446537527/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=ron+paul&qid=1593652135&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c5b47329dadbc919387ed4064a218567&language=en_US">The Revolution</a> - Ron Paul</li>
</ul>
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11th Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Theodore-and-Woodrow-audiobook/dp/B00A7DOALK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=andrew+napolitano&qid=1593651462&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=643bbb885cef8a0a12fe08e206a5f761&language=en_US">Theodore and Woodrow - Andrew Napolitano</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/CONSTITUTION-EXILE-Andrew-P-Napolitano/dp/1595550704/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=andrew+napolitano&qid=1593651513&s=books&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a55a7aa96d06d25f42873e65c65f53d7&language=en_US">Constitution in Exile - Andrew Napolitano</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dred-Scotts-Revenge-History-Freedom/dp/1595552650/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=andrew+napolitano&qid=1593651564&s=books&sr=1-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=d8c826f53dabe4206f2c1782a0aeaf07&language=en_US">Dred Scott's Revenge - Andrew Napolitano</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Right-When-Government-Wrong/dp/1595553509/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=andrew+napolitano&qid=1593651612&s=books&sr=1-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=1f31c472e7b6fc65eecd5c108c0ca67c&language=en_US">It's Dangerous to Be Right When the Government is Wrong</a> - Andrew Napolitano </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nation-Sheep-Andrew-P-Napolitano/dp/1595550976/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=andrew+napolitano&qid=1593651663&s=books&sr=1-7&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ea1d03c80925252a457e2448be781938&language=en_US">A Nation of Sheep</a> - Andrew Napolitano</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Suicide-Pact-Expansion-Presidential-American/dp/0718021932/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=andrew+napolitano&qid=1593651705&s=books&sr=1-8&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e07010d5b71794f472e258a39bb601f0&language=en_US">Suicide Pact</a> - Andrew Napolitano</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lies-Government-Told-You-Deception/dp/1595552669/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=andrew+napolitano&qid=1593651748&s=books&sr=1-9&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=78b9796f958194d9049d43742149b8a5&language=en_US">Lies the Government Told You</a> - Andrew Napolitano</li>
</ul>
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12th Grade - Government and Economics<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Shrugged-Ayn-Rand-1999-08-01/dp/B01FEK8J94/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=ryand,+atlas+shrugged&qid=1593651337&s=books&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=fa24ad09f55faee1531a8d9992ef62ab&language=en_US">Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Federalist-Papers-Signet-Classics/dp/0451528816/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1RVRQVG289XTQ&dchild=1&keywords=federalist+papers&qid=1593651802&s=books&sprefix=feder,stripbooks,194&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=07aab30dc46c5025fe8796b92c979d45&language=en_US">The Federalist Papers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Declaration-Independence-United-Constitution-Amendments/dp/1680920561/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1OPSCARY3CMM&dchild=1&keywords=declaration+of+independence&qid=1593651857&s=books&sprefix=declaratio,stripbooks,190&sr=1-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=d594e91120507de21e72a5e359e93d7c&language=en_US">Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Articles of Confederation</a> </li>
</ul>
<h3>
Geography </h3>
Becoming familiar with maps is a must for understanding geography. There are many puzzles available which introduce young children to geography. Beyond that geography is best studied in the context of other subjects. For example, when studying Earth Science be sure to locate different habitats, the Pacific Ring of Fire, and
unique geological formations such as the Grand Canyon and the Great Rift
Valley on the map. When studying history, be sure to find the geographical region you are studying. Here are a few geography resources that work well when studying related topics.<br />
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K - 2nd Grade - Geography<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KPQQ0KS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0cbeebac319e3cb9c077d7b7d1e85dbe&language=en_US">Talking USA Puzzle</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/GeoPuzzle-World-Educational-Geography-Jigsaw/dp/B003F1E7K0/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=geo+puzzle+world&qid=1592506476&sr=8-2">GeoPuzzle World</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/GeoPuzzle-U-S-Canada-Educational-Geography/dp/B000LFUKV8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=geo+puzzle+world&qid=1592506476&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFBQlJLU0tMTFlRWlUmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTEwNDc5NTczMUVYTlVGTDM5QjJaJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4NDIzMDUxSVk4NENDMkhQN09FJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==">GeoPuzzle US and Canada</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000K3A1JW/ref=sspa_dk_detail_2?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B000K3A1JW&pd_rd_w=5cDv4&pf_rd_p=a64be657-55f3-4b6a-91aa-17a31a8febb4&pd_rd_wg=PkjB4&pf_rd_r=49KGPQ0YQJ57E0GM7TS0&pd_rd_r=27c6a1e5-973c-4409-aa37-d25f03ce8890&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzOUc0TTVIR1pTSlpRJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODcwMjUyM0daOExFWVNBMjNTVyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwODYyOTQ0MjZJMDg3ODFYM1hNUCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbF90aGVtYXRpYyZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=">GeoPuzzle Europe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/GeoToys-GeoPuzzle-Africa-Educational-Geography/dp/B000K3C2QC/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=geo+puzzle+world&qid=1592506476&sr=8-4">GeoPuzzle Africa</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/GeoPuzzle-Latin-America-Educational-Geography/dp/B000LFSQSC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=geo+puzzle+asia&qid=1592506594&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=A33HDDT3N5QQM5&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMTRJSUs1VUlKSkZKJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUExMDM0Njg5Mk5GM0w3QkdTQ1VZSiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwODQxMDc3MU5NRVZRTlhOV1hJTiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=d7dfad97b8d712c9ba79ac9f98a4ecfa&language=en_US">GeoPuzzle Latin America</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/GeoPuzzle-Educaci%C3%B3n-Geograf%C3%ADa-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B000K3BZNS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=geo+puzzle+asia&qid=1592506594&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9a4ebcdb54969e496c25bdec5cad4b80&language=en_US">GeoPuzzle Asia </a></li>
<li>Read</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Throw-Your-Tooth-Roof-Traditions/dp/0618152385/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=through+your+tooth+on+the+roof&qid=1592839465&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=96bd94c13ea6fec8385430637c16a7f8&language=en_US">Throw Your Tooth on the Roof</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Make-Apple-World-Dragonfly-Books/dp/0679880836/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2P84H8HSFLNDP&dchild=1&keywords=how+to+make+an+apple+pie+and+see+the+world+by+marjorie+priceman&qid=1592848467&s=books&sprefix=how+to+make+an+,stripbooks,185&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=fb305da92ccc531f3bd0d017a969ba54&language=en_US">How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pumpkin-Runner-Marsha-Diane-Arnold/dp/0803721242/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=pumpkin+runner&qid=1592839137&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=247f3f41da9fb42283cc5759e2dc4e5f&language=en_US">The Pumpkin Runner</a> -Australia</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-Little-Babaji-Helen-Bannerman/dp/0060080930/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2YJX06BUDYZU6&dchild=1&keywords=the+story+of+little+babaji&qid=1592839407&sprefix=story+of+little+b,aps,174&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=46e903a4ca9755ccb3bea1cc766ed6de&language=en_US">The Story of Little Babaji</a> - India</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Village-Round-Square-Houses/dp/0316328626/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3I7UWUE77HL13&dchild=1&keywords=village+of+round+and+square+houses&qid=1592842590&sprefix=village+of+round,aps,239&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=aacd0b0fb68e2de2f27f467aaa147637&language=en_US">Village of Round and Square Houses - Africa</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jamaris-Drum-Eboni-Bynum/dp/0888995318/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=jamari%27s+drum&qid=1592840323&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0a253eae98c3aba9fc3628d30b706f93&language=en_US">Jamari's Drum</a> by Eboni Bynum - Africa</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brunov-White-Emperor-Brian-Jacques/dp/0399237925/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2AQSH5SWEBO5B&dchild=1&keywords=the+tale+of+urso+brunov&qid=1592843379&sprefix=urso+brunov,aps,182&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0f0853e3239e0b2741d0961b488f63b1&language=en_US">Urso Brunov and the White Emperor</a> - Russia</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eskimo-Inupiaq-Village-Kendall-1992-03-01/dp/B01K13IB4W/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=eskimo+boy,+life+in&qid=1592843651&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=b32a0fee251e54afeccc5e88b9ac8dc2&language=en_US">Eskimo Boy - Life in an Inupiaq Eskimo Village</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Vietnam-Journey-Ready-Read/dp/068980797X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=leaving+vietnam&qid=1592843721&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4d3ad131273cb64eb654ef55263f80af&language=en_US">Leaving Vietnam</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-Ferdinand-Munro-Leaf/dp/0670674249/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=the+story+of+ferdinand&qid=1592844217&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=88293e6e5dc2dfabf35f01babe46a1bc&language=en_US">The Story of Ferdinand</a> - Spain </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Swim-Swaziland-Southern-African/dp/B009J1DXTG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=BR1SVU560IYC&dchild=1&keywords=learning+to+swim+in+swaziland&qid=1592844388&sprefix=learning+to+swim+in+s,aps,221&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=96c480addf90c535403383edb2a79cc1&language=en_US">Learning to Swim in Swaziland</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Balarama-Royal-Elephant-Adventures-Around/dp/1620141868/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=balarama,+royal+elephant&qid=1592844442&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c9f439c9da52a4cab42dd5d60f4d5bb4&language=en_US">Balarama A Royal Elephant</a> - India</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hill-Fire-Read-Book-Level/dp/0064440400/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=hill+of+fire&qid=1592844522&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=34b5345b9ac5f1451e2e6c09bed6c454&language=en_US">Hill of Fire</a> - South America</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ahmeds-Secret-Florence-Parry-Heide/dp/0688140238/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=10SQ5C4JSO4II&dchild=1&keywords=day+of+ahmed%27s+secret&qid=1592847667&s=books&sprefix=day+of+ahme,stripbooks,185&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=cbce971523cca35e50eb4b913ea76a70&language=en_US">Day of Ahmed's Secret</a> - Egypt </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Papa-Piccolo-Carol-Talley/dp/1559420286/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=35TRGYCVNKSXW&dchild=1&keywords=papa+piccolo&qid=1592856325&s=books&sprefix=papa+pico,stripbooks,194&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c8f131a8195f2f08ab2f7f4157366167&language=en_US">Papa Piccolo</a> by Carol Talley - Italy </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Babars-USA-Laurent-Brunhoff/dp/0810970961/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=babar%27s+usa&qid=1592861859&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=91ded119aaddcd7a00f983e25ddd202f&language=en_US">Babar's USA</a> </li>
</ul>
<ul>
</ul>
</ul>
3rd Grade - 5th Grade - Geography<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JLVJIM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000JLVJIM&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">A Child's geography of the World</a> - Read slowly over the course of a school year </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974650536/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0974650536&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Mozart, The Wonder Boy</a> - Read when studying European History</li>
<li><a href="http://www.seterra.net/" target="_blank">Seterra</a> - an on-line geography quiz game that's free to download</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Facing-Lion-Growing-African-Savanna/dp/0792272978/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3O9CFWPCVZDW7&dchild=1&keywords=facing+the+lion+growing+up+maasai+on+the+african+savanna&qid=1592869678&sprefix=facing+the+lion,aps,246&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=9623e5526f37bfcf734d9a98e301b0fc&language=en_US">Facing the Lion: Growing up Maasai</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paddle-Sea-Sandpiper-Books/dp/0395292034/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=paddle+to+the+sea&qid=1592506786&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=48b0aa91f04e1135baddc74e785779a1&language=en_US">Paddle to the Sea</a> by Hollings C Hollings - Read when studying Native American History, or the Great Lakes Region </li>
</ul>
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<h3>
Music</h3>
K - 2nd Grade - Music<br />
<ul>
<li>Learn to play the piano or another instrument</li>
<li>Listen</li>
<ul>
<li>Classical Kids CD's - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Classical-Kids-Collection/dp/B00000212C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=classical+kids&qid=1591410186&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=d5504a7e6db032cb8da251ec043900ee&language=en_US">Volume 1</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Classical-Kids-Collection-Tales-Enchantment/dp/B00001SIBF/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00001SIBF&pd_rd_r=87466b16-9f94-4808-823d-53d1807f9492&pd_rd_w=5rLOY&pd_rd_wg=7J8Dq&pf_rd_p=4e3f7fc3-00c8-46a6-a4db-8457e6319578&pf_rd_r=TNHAG5NQ5D7A3WY2DJCT&psc=1&refRID=TNHAG5NQ5D7A3WY2DJCT&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=3f49e80fdb6bd73c9a537b68caf7d2f6&language=en_US">Volume 2</a> - Audio CD's with classical music intertwined with stories for kids, secular, K-5th</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Maestro-Classics-12-CD-Collection/dp/1932684174/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=peter+and+the+wolf+cd&qid=1592872007&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExNFQ0VENDTUU2WUxXJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjEzMjAyM0lDVFAwSDVDUkVGVCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNDA4NDM4M1QyUDZJRjlXVUFLTyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=672146d982d125f9d996a62f265968b5&language=en_US">Peter and the Wolf and other Musical Stories</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Childrens-Classics-Prokofiev-Saint-Saens-Orchestra/dp/B0000062CZ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1WY73RA45WG5D&dchild=1&keywords=young+person%27s+guide+to+the+orchestra&qid=1592872093&sprefix=young+person%27,aps,180&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=f70ab2c11ca77823849c828e9f08cbb6&language=en_US">A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra</a> by Benjamin Britten </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Great-Composers-Bk-Imaginary/dp/0739012797/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=18WF3PV2NINAZ&dchild=1&keywords=stories+of+the+great+composers&qid=1591410571&sprefix=stories+of+the+great+,aps,178&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e3c2d87f4770417bb6d362bcd76d79c7&language=en_US">Stories of the Great Composers</a> - book and audio CD, K-5th, workbook</li>
<li><a href="https://www.colortheclassics.com/">Color the Classics </a> - K-3rd, coloring book and stories, Christian</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coloring-Book-Great-Composers-Berlioz/dp/088388058X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1ZRGAHN4RN9QV&dchild=1&keywords=a+coloring+book+of+great+composers&qid=1591410979&sprefix=a+coloring+book+of+great,aps,182&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=51d5e552611c66596178297efa905601&language=en_US">A Coloring Book of Great Composers</a> - K-5th, coloring book and stories, Christian</li>
</ul>
<li>Read </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Duke-Ellington-Piano-Prince-Orchestra/dp/0786814209/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=Q438YETVUGLY&dchild=1&keywords=duke+ellington&qid=1592847897&s=books&sprefix=duke+ell,stripbooks,180&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=653fd59f7ac1047b6f8b4b0002acc59b&language=en_US">Duke Ellington</a> by Andrea Pinkney </li>
<li>Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Johann-Sebastian-Getting-Greatest-Composers/dp/053122242X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591408631&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=ec8d03ae0153f9b35ca98de6f6768137&language=en_US">Bach</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Revised-Getting-Greatest-Composers/dp/0531222438/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591408997&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-7&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7e42c5ae4e6fd86210deecbd82a51d04&language=en_US">Beatles</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ludwig-Beethoven-Getting-Greatest-Composers/dp/0531222411/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591408878&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4bb757ed7dc5b26704594bc2cc147115&language=en_US">Beethoven</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leonard-Bernstein-Getting-Greatest-Composers/dp/0531230341/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591409096&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-10&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=2ead452ecd2e606d8c1338c5846607c9&language=en_US">Bernstein</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Johannes-Brahms-Getting-Greatest-Composers/dp/0516264672/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591409140&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-11&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7d5b56705251ca49b1fbb59b585883b3&language=en_US">Brahms</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frederic-Chopin-Getting-Greatest-Composers/dp/053123035X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591408934&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=2c9abc0b95a533e890e800f47988cb36&language=en_US">Chopin</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Copland-Getting-Worlds-Greatest-Composers/dp/0531233707/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591409029&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-8&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0b00f1919fb0499037b635fbfae5552c&language=en_US">Copland</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ellington-Getting-Worlds-Greatest-Composers/dp/0531230368/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591409204&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-13&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=2673fdf3f0cc7ef0fcc51a77fe12383c&language=en_US">Ellington</a>,
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/George-Gershwin-Getting-Greatest-Composers/dp/0531230376/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591409061&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-9&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=3409cd9f664033fad9b3d5950f364ca8&language=en_US"> Gershwin</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/George-Handel-Getting-Greatest-Composers/dp/0531233731/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591408965&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-6&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=d3368a47ed35507c88533c919ab4e699&language=en_US">Handel</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Getting-Greatest-Composers/dp/0516445413/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591408904&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a1e9b783adb90ce9f01ecacade59ca6e&language=en_US">Mozart</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Philip-Getting-Worlds-Greatest-Composers/dp/0531233723/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591409174&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-12&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=1335303b7cda6d48fefb7d97d5576727&language=en_US">Sousa</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stravinsky-Getting-Worlds-Greatest-Composers/dp/0516200542/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591409234&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-15&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=7fd44b17a5fda7441f41cd114d69b721&language=en_US">Stravinsky</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Getting-Worlds-Greatest-Composers/dp/0531233715/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=391W9A1SEP2BQ&dchild=1&keywords=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+composers&qid=1591408838&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,aps,340&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=af97b560daca10c2a5be407a2d67fb25&language=en_US">Tchaikovsky</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Opera-Cat-Tess-Weaver/dp/0618096353/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=opera+cat&qid=1592860234&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=f39d6d3ab4dd8ea4619a08a1b36286ad&language=en_US">Opera Cat</a> by Tess Weaver</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<br />
3rd Grade - 5th Grade - Music<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.zeezok.com/Great-Musician-Series-Book-Collection_p_252.html">Great Musician Series Books by Opal Wheeler</a> </li>
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sebastian-Bach-Thuringia-Opal-Wheeler/dp/097465051X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series+zeezok+collection&qid=1591409720&sr=8-1-fkmr1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=dc7251b7b9f2c19c8827450dbffeeba3&language=en_US">Sebastian Bach, The Boy from Thuringia</a></li>
<li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Wonder-Boy-Great-Musicians/dp/0974650536/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series+zeezok+collection&qid=1591409502&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=b9004b30ddc06238e90548b2ca13f5c3&language=en_US">Mozart, The Wonder Boy</a></li>
<li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Haydn-Merry-Little-Peasant/dp/1933573007/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series,+haydn&qid=1591409865&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=80eb1dae277c5b222278a99b30e88a61&language=en_US">Joseph Haydn, The Merry Little Peasant</a></li>
<li> The Young Brahms</li>
<li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Franz-Schubert-His-Merry-Friends/dp/1933573139/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series,+schubert&qid=1591409946&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=80758613906e85a1c10ae2393aec587e&language=en_US">Franz Schubert and His Merry Friends</a></li>
<li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frederic-Chopin-Poland-Later-Musicians/dp/1933573090/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series+zeezok+collection&qid=1591409635&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=cea015686d0af2f9e7d95a73e7a80082&language=en_US">Frederick Chopin, The Early Years</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frederic-Chopin-Poland-Later-Musicians/dp/1933573090/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series+zeezok+collection&qid=1591409635&sr=8-4&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=cea015686d0af2f9e7d95a73e7a80082&language=en_US">Frederick Chopin, The Later Years</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Foster-Little-Great-Musicians/dp/193357318X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series,+foster&qid=1591409995&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a73df0b9bb7ed2441785f835b1f42c98&language=en_US">Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray</a></li>
<li>Edward MacDowell and His Cabin in the Pines</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Handel-Court-Kings-Opal-Wheeler/dp/1933573031/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series+zeezok+collection&qid=1591409770&sr=8-2-fkmr1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=cec19ea6d8657f779e4e003d193fb1d3&language=en_US">Handel at the Court of Kings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Schumann-Mascot-Ziff-Wheeler/dp/0525385088/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series,+schumann&qid=1591410055&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c0ddcfff074e6c5ca72790e5576fff82&language=en_US">Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Peter-Tchaikovsky-Nutcracker-Ballet-Musicians/dp/1610060121/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series+zeezok+collection&qid=1591409687&sr=8-5&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=b233bde2dffb3818c5935059129f2fe0&language=en_US">Peter Tchaikovsky and the Nutcracker Ballet</a></li>
<li>The Story of Peter Tchaikovsky</li>
<li>Paganini, Master of Strings</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Richard-Wagner-Opal-Wheeler/dp/1610060113/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=great+musician+series,+wagner&qid=1591410129&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=e3022be45ab5e57b8d24e57d8b3261d3&language=en_US">Adventures of Richard Wagner</a> </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<br />
<h3>
Art</h3>
K - 2nd Grade - Art<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Visit an Art Museum </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/365-Things-Make-Do-Hand-crafted/dp/1405459077/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=JB5J6B8HO5M4&dchild=1&keywords=365+things+to+make+and+do&qid=1592839750&sprefix=365+things+to+make,aps,197&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=291430c32d628c86dccda014099846a4&language=en_US">365 Things to Make and Do</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Babars-Museum-Laurent-Brunhoff-2003-09-01/dp/B01K3PLRWG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=babar%27s+museum+of+art&qid=1592840071&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=cb44b947175ccb0e678bc4acf1836ca6&language=en_US">Babar's Muesum of Art</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mayhew-Bundle-Collection-Picture-Impressionists/dp/9444468453/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=james+mayhew&qid=1592844794&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=98827bc404fd39ac7d79a7a93e20d003&language=en_US">James Mayhew's Katie Books</a></li>
<li>Laurence Anholt Books - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Dancer-Anholts-Artists-Children/dp/0764138529/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=laurence+anholt+set&qid=1592838560&sr=8-8&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4ad774d1c5366e73b6b062cdcb4f136d&language=en_US">Degas and the Little Dancer</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sunflowers-Anholts-Artists-Books-Children/dp/0764138545/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=laurence+anholt+set&qid=1592838702&sr=8-11&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6afed6910bf783567fb4957d8f4e0472&language=en_US">VanGogh and the Sunflowers</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Garden-Anholts-Artists-Children/dp/0764138553/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=laurence+anholt+set&qid=1592838735&sr=8-12&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=a403ef9f6b924f5f92c367e4acd25f8c&language=en_US">The Magical Garden of Claude Monet</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Us-Story-Papa-Chagall/dp/1847806589/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=laurence+anholt+set&qid=1592838810&sr=8-13&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=afa8faca38906ae0f064313e945ba0df&language=en_US">Tell Us a Story Papa Chagall</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Camille-Sunflowers-Anholts-Artists-Laurence/dp/0812064097/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1H5S9DKD5RZFV&dchild=1&keywords=camille+and+the+sunflowers+by+laurence+anholt&qid=1592838873&sprefix=camille+and+the+su,aps,182&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c93d74723b4b9b41f4ab2f55fff8ac7c&language=en_US">Camille and the Sunflowers</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Picasso-Girl-Ponytail-Anholts-Artists/dp/0764150316/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=3TGDB78KLGDM4&dchild=1&keywords=picasso+and+the+girl+with+a+ponytail&qid=1592838926&sprefix=picasso+and+the,aps,182&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=0e95d40b3632f590517ec6753ddbc872&language=en_US">Picasso and the Girl with a Pony Tail</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-and-the-Flying-Boy/dp/1847808166/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=leonardo+and+the+flying+boy&qid=1592838973&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=26a96c465af9d0519f8b2202260d98ad&language=en_US">Leonardo and the Flying Boy</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Matisse-Color-Anholts-Artists-Children/dp/0764160478/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=matisse+and+the+king+of+color&qid=1592839022&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c02fa07c76d1741ac5a12b974b9c511c&language=en_US">Matisse the King of Color</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Caczanne-Apple-Boy-anholt-laurence/dp/1845079108/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2APDVIQW8WCKQ&dchild=1&keywords=cezanne+and+the+apple+boy&qid=1592839072&sprefix=cezanne+,aps,186&sr=8-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=29405e99b3a23d597a0bd6fa8bbaa15a&language=en_US">Cezanne and the Apple Boy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=getting+to+know+the+world%27s+greatest+artists+series&i=stripbooks&crid=N12NSZOTMCT9&sprefix=getting+to+know+the+,stripbooks,178&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_20&linkCode=ll2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=4b942e6bb5ef649a6b069906c15d3cc7&language=en_US">Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists</a> by Mike Venezia</li>
</ul>
3rd Grade - 5th Grade - Art<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=come%20look%20with%20me&linkCode=ur2&tag=highhihomesc-20&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Come Look With Me</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
- This is a series of books to study famous works of art. Go through the books very slowly covering one picture
every two weeks. Just read about the painting and answer the
questions in the book. Then set the picture as the desktop background
on the computer. </li>
<li>Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=mike%20venezia&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amike%20venezia&sprefix=mike%20ven%2Caps%2C320&tag=highhihomesc-20&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Mike Venezia</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - This is a series of books on famous artists.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0935607099/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0935607099&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Discovering Great Artists</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0935607099" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
- This is a book of art projects. Use it in conjunction with Mike Venezia's series of Getting To Know
The World's Greatest Artists. Try to read one book and do a
project every two weeks. </li>
</ul>
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<h3>
Electives</h3>
Elective courses can develop into life long hobbies. This is a chance to inspire your kids to try something new and see if they like it. If you don't have these skills or hobbies, seek out a friend and see if they will introduce it to your child or take a class. Here are some elective ideas to introduce new topics.<br />
<br />
K - 12th Electives<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Weaving-Cardboard-Simple-Looms-Make/dp/0800881206/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=weaving+on+cardboard,+alexander&qid=1592838452&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=62b27eb9fe641fbc0762178b9131e496&language=en_US">Weaving on Cardboard by Alexander</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Knifty-Knitter-Round-Looms/dp/B003IH8A5E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=1K5HL5GNBF4E9&dchild=1&keywords=knifty+knitter+loom+set&qid=1592872618&sprefix=knifty+knit,aps,184&sr=8-6&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=34d676258830b5801d4436072c4f994d&language=en_US">Peg Loom Knitting</a></li>
<li>Knitting, sewing, spinning, and needle felting </li>
<li>Pottery</li>
<li>Any Sport - soccer, skiing, dance, baseball, tennis, etc</li>
<li>Learn an Instrument - harmonica, piano, trumpet, violin, etc</li>
<li>Fishing, hunting</li>
<li>Woodworking </li>
<li>Community Theater </li>
<li>Metal Detecting</li>
<li><a href="http://Candy Making book by Autumn Carpenter">Learn to Make Candy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://Baking Artisan Bread by Ciril Hitz">Learn to Bake Bread</a></li>
<li>Learn to program computers - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Kids-Playful-Introduction-Programming/dp/1593274084/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1489172367&sr=8-1&keywords=javascript+for+kids&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=6f4dc5588746bf74c6a9c9360b8ca061">Javascript for Kids</a> </li>
<li>Photography, Photo Editing</li>
<li>Grow a Garden</li>
<li>Raise a Farm Animal - Chickens, Pigs, Sheep </li>
<li>Refinish a piece of furniture </li>
<li>Renovate a room in your house such as a bathroom </li>
</ul>
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Parents who have some concern about their ability to homeschool are some of the most successful homeschooling parents. They are dedicated to their children and strive to do the best they can for them. <br />
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Parents with children ready to be homeschooled have already taught those children how to speak, walk, eat, and get dressed. They have likely worked on teaching their kids colors, animals, numbers, how to swim, ride a bike and so much more. Homeschooling is just an extension of parenting and there are many ways to teach the same skills.<br />
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The number one factor which determines life-long success is the dedication of the parents. Both public and homeschooled children can be successful, but it is the parent and not the teacher that has the most influence. In addition, it is the parents dedication to education and not the parents knowledge that determines success. Parents do not need a PhD in education to be successful educating their children. Parents need to establish routine and expectation, and give plenty of encouragement. After all that's what works best when teaching children to speak, walk, eat and get dressed.<br />
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Imagine if one teacher taught 25 toddlers how to walk. Do you
think that would a more or less efficient way to learn than one parent
and one toddler? Public school teachers have more training but
homeschooling parents have many more advantages. Obviously the
parent-teacher ratio is in the favor of the homeschooling parent, but
parents also know their children so much better than teachers. Parents
know learning styles, interests, and what motivates their children. They
can accommodate individual needs and work one-on-one when needed.<br />
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When parents are involved, they notice issues and have the ability to make changes much more rapidly than public school teachers. Most public school teachers are wonderful people, but they have 25 students to worry about. When the curriculum doesn't work well for one student, that student doesn't learn effectively and is sometimes accommodated, and sometimes not. When there is only one student, if there is a problem with the curriculum, the parent can easily make a change.<br />
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Successful homeschooling parents need to know how to find resources and information to help their children learn. They do not need to be familiar with the material in advance. They can learn along side their child or they can find resources that work well for their child to learn on his own. Once children learn to read and write, they begin to learn how to learn on their own. They can be taught how to find resources for material they are interested in learning and become independent learners. The homeschooling parent needs to act as a guide, facilitator, cheer-leader, and librarian to help their child succeed. They do not need to be full of knowledge. They need to be eager learners willing to seek new information.<br /><br />
If you are dedicated to your children and want what's best for them, you can homeschool them successfully!jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-25750008519794565352020-06-29T18:30:00.000-04:002020-06-29T18:30:07.957-04:00Free Earth Science Unit Study Part 3 - Biomes<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
This is an eight week biome unit study perfect for kids in
3rd-5th grades. This unit study covers deserts, rain forests, grasslands, chaparral, tundras, soil, and water biomes. The lessons are activity intensive but
also incorporate books, video documentaries, research and discussions
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<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/05/earth-science-unit-study-biomes.html" target="_blank">Week 1 - Biomes</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/05/tropical-rain-forest-project-for-kids.html" target="_blank">Week 2 - Rain Forests - Hygrometer</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/06/earth-science-unit-study-desert.html" target="_blank">Week 3 - Deserts</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/06/desert-activity-for-kids-make-sand-storm.html" target="_blank">Week 4 - Sand Storms</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/06/desert-oasis-activity-for-kids.html" target="_blank">Week 5 - Desert Oasis - Water Beneath the Surface</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/06/grasslands-and-soil-drainage-project.html" target="_blank">Week 6 - Grasslands - Soil Drainage</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/06/soil-acidity-test.html" target="_blank">Week 7 - Soil Acidity</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/07/earth-science-unit-study-water-biomes.html" target="_blank">Week 8 - Water Biomes</a><br />
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Week 1: Biomes </h3>
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Plants and animals each have their own preferred climate. Some like the damp heat found in
tropical rain forests, while others prefer the dry heat found in deserts. Watch the video<i> Biomes of Our Earth: Major Life Zones</i> which describes characteristics of the major biomes and explains how latitude effects land.<br />
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Going
up in elevation is much like going north in latitude when it comes to
biomes. Tropical rain forests are typically found near the equator (0
latitude) and near sea level in elevation, where as tundras, a cold
treeless area of land, is typically found high on mountain tops and
above the arctic circle. The other biomes such as chaparral and
temperate rain forests are found at mid latitudes and mid elevations.<br />
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Read these picture books set in different biomes.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/043958745X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=043958745X&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">North Pole South Pole</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=043958745X" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590508318/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590508318&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Magic School Bus: All Dried Up: A Book About Deserts</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590508318" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590818376/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590818376&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">In the Rain Forest: A Book about Rain Forest Ecology (Magic School Bus)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590818376" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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How does ground cover affect the temperature of the environment? Do the experiment in chapter 25 of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471177709/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0471177709&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects in Earth Science.</a><br />
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Materials<br />
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<li>Shoe boxes</li>
<li>Ground materials such as sand, rocks, mud, grass, leaves</li>
<li>Thermometers </li>
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Fill three shoe boxes with different ground materials such as sand, soil and grass.<br />
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Place the boxes in the sun and put thermometers on top of
the ground materials. Read the thermometers every 15 minutes over the course of
an hour. Which box was the hottest?<br />
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Discuss any visits you have taken to biomes different from the one you live in. Have you ever been at a beach that contains grass and sand?
When stepping onto the sand from the grass, feet can sometimes burn with
the heat. Sand covers the desert. Did you have a box with sand? Was it the hottest one?<br />
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Week 2: Tropical Rain Forest
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Tropical rain forests are the most inhabited places on the planet.
Plants thrive in hot, humid and wet environments and provide an
abundance of food for animals. Watch David Attenborough's Living Planet - Jungle which provides glimpses of many unique plants
and animals of the rain forest including a native tribe who have learned
to live in the unusual environment. If you can't find that video, watch another video on rain forest life.<br />
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<b>Rain Forest Books </b><br />
Read<b> </b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0698114450/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0698114450&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Welcome to the Green House</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0698114450" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Jane Yolen. It is a picture book of the rain forest good for young
children.<br />
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Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618062262/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0618062262&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Rainforest Babies</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0618062262" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.
Each page details a different rain forest animal with interesting
information such as frogs so poisonous they can
kill an entire village. Did you know chameleons aren't born knowing how
to change color? They learn it like we learn to walk, and they
communicate through color. <br />
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Read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590818376/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590818376&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">In the Rain Forest: A Book about Rain Forest Ecology (Magic School Bus)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590818376" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
As the Magic School Bus kids journey
through the rain forest they learn where chocolate comes from and see
many plants and animals.<br />
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<b>Rain Forest Maps</b><br />
Print a world map and label the rain forests. Notice that most rain forests are located near the equator.<br />
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<b>Hygrometers</b><br />
Rain is an essential component of the rain forest, and humidity measures the amount of water in the air. Hygrometers are a device that measure humidity. Construct two hygrometers using two short pencils,
two glass jars, two empty spools of thread, newspaper, aluminum foil,
and tape as described in the
book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471177709/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0471177709&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects in Earth Science: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471177709" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.
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Cut a strip of newspaper and tape it to a slightly larger strip of
aluminum foil. Then coil the newspaper and aluminum foil around one of the pencils. Stick the pencil into the spool and place in one jar. <br />
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Simulate a dry environment for one hygrometer and a humid environment for the other by drying one jar out with a hair dryer, and placing a bit of warm water into the other.<br />
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Put the lids onto the jars and let the hygrometers adjust. Notice that the one
in the humid environment is coiled looser than the one in the dry
environment. As the newspaper absorbs water, the paper pushes against
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Create another hygrometer using a strand of hair. As humidity in the air changes, the length of hair strands change. <br />
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Attach a strand of hair to one thumb tack, and punch a hole in a piece of triangular paper which will be used as an indicator. Next stretch the hair tight and tack down the
indicator to the cardboard so that it can rotate as
its length changes. Mark a line to show the
initial position of the indicator. Check the indicator daily and notice how it moves with respect to humidity.<br />
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Week 3: Desert and Rain</h3>
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Watch How the Earth was Made - Sahara which is available on the History Vault. A low cost streaming service operated by the History Channel. In the video scientists search for clues to
unlock the secrets of the Sahara desert. Scientists believe that since
the Earth rotates on its access, every
20,000 years, there are major shifts in the locations of the Earth's
deserts. Nummulite, tiny ancient sea creatures, were found in the blocks
used to construct the pyramids. Bones of extinct whales have been found
throughout the desert. Both of these clues indicate the desert was once
a great sea. <br />
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Watch the video the Baking Deserts, where scientist also point to the evidence
proving that the desert was once a sea. Cypress trees estimated to be
3000 years old still live today in the desert. Cave art showing
antelope, giraffe and cattle has been found in the Sahara.<br />
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David Attenborough describes how several desert plants and
animals have adapted to survive in the harsh environment. Animals such
as rabbits and foxes have extra long ears which act as cooling fins.
Birds learn to breath in a special way which helps them keep cool.
Squirrels use their tails as umbrellas to shield them from the sun. Some
plants coat their leaves with salt to reflect heat. Others, such as
American cactus, have turned their leaves into thorns and use the stem
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Since rain is scarce in the desert, complete two hands-on projects centered on rain from the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471177709/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0471177709&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects in Earth Science: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471177709" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. In
the first project, determine the diameter of different types of rain. In the second project form rain droplets around crystals of
salt. <br />
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Thundershowers, mist, and drizzle all describe different types of rain,
and each type has unique characteristics. One trait scientists use to
distinguish between types of rain is the diameter of the droplets. <br />
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Begin by sifting flour into a pan and using a spray bottle to simulate rain.<br />
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Next scoop the rain drops out of the flour and sifted again to collect them.<br />
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View the rain droplets on a dark background through a magnifying glass and measure their diameters.<br />
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Place the pan in the rain so actual rain drops can be
collected. Measure and compare with the spray bottle drops.<br />
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High in the atmosphere, rain drops form by condensing onto specks of
dust. To simulate this process, place a few grains of salt in a
humid environment and observe to see if drops of water condense onto
them.<br />
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Cut a dark sheet of construction paper to fit inside a lid of an old
container. The dark color makes it easier to view the salt.<br />
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Next, smear the paper with petroleum jelly to prevent water
absorbing into the paper and place a few grains of salt on top of
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Place a small amount of water in the pan and float the lid on the water. Cover the lid with a slightly larger container.<br />
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Check the size of the water droplets after a few hours and the next day. What happens to the water droplets?<br />
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Week 4: Desert Sand Storm
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Sand can fly in dry deserts. In fact, some sand from the Sahara desert
in Africa travels with the jet stream and lands in the Amazon rain
forest of South America providing vital nutrients for the plants. Watch the video<i> How The Earth Was Made - Sahara Desert</i> available at the <a href="https://www.historyvault.com/">History Vault</a>.<br />
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Follow the desert sand experiment detailed in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895774119/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0895774119&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">How the Earth Works (How It Works)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0895774119" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.
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Place a small pile of sand on some wooden blocks adjacent to an ice cube tray.<br />
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Use a hair dryer to create a sand storm.<br />
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Examine the ice cube tray to determine which grains traveled the farthest. Do smaller grains or larger grains travel farther? Discuss the similarity of sandstorms and erosion.<br />
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Sand blown into the air can be carried hundreds of
miles by the wind and it's the smallest grains that travel the
farthest. Boulders, rocks, and pebbles on mountains can be carried
hundreds of miles by water in rivers, and it's the smallest rocks which
travel the farthest.<br />
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Week 5: Desert Oasis</h3>
Beneath the surface water flows down through the soil. In some places
there are underground rivers, lakes and streams. Once water reaches the
water table, it can even rise through the soil.<br />
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Follow the experiment in chapter 22 of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471177709/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0471177709&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects in Earth Science: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471177709" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
which explores how water percolates down through soil, how capillary
action enables water to move up through the soil just above the water
table, and how an aquifer or oasis forms even in very dry regions such
as a desert.<br />
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<b>The Water Table</b> <br />
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To see what water does as it seeps into soil simply poured some water into a mixture of sand and gravel.<br />
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An impermeable layer is a layer of rock or clay beneath the surface
which is so densely packed that water cannot penetrate. For this
experiment the impermeable layer is the bottom of the jar.<br />
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Once the water reaches the impermeable layer some of it begins to rise back up through tiny air pockets.<br />
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Then it finally settles and a water table line is clearly visible.
Above the line the spaces between the sand and gravel are filled with
air, and below the spaces are filled with water.<br />
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<b>Rising Water - Capillary Action</b><br />
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Because there is a molecular attraction between liquids and solids,
liquids can defy gravity and rise into small spaces. Seeing colors run
up through coffee filter paper dipped in water, water rising into a
paintbrush, and surface tension are other examples of this phenomenon. <br />
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To see how capillary action is related to Earth science, fill a plastic cup containing holes in the bottom with sand and and placed the cup into a
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It's so strange the way an oasis can pop up in the middle of a dry
desert. Water is trapped beneath the surface in many locations
throughout the desert. With an impermeable layer both above and below, it
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To create an oasis in a bowl, first line a bowl with clay. The clay serves as the impermeable layer under the water.<br />
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Next place a permeable layer of sand on top of the clay.<br />
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Then add more clay on top of the sand for the upper impermeable layer.<br />
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Press all three layers into a bowl shape. Then place a hole
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layer. It is important for access to the permeable layer to be left
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Week 6: Grasslands and Soil Drainage
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Grasslands are found all over the Earth, but are known by several
different names. The Savannah in Africa, the Stepps of Asia and the
Grasslands of North America are all similar habitats. Watch BBC's video <i>Wild Africa</i> which explores several different plants and animals
living on the African Savannah as well as the origins of these
grasslands.<br />
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Much of the food we eat is grown on the grasslands of
America, as the soil is rich and the absence of trees facilitates easier
planting. One factor which influences the success of growing food is the drainage
of the soil. Soil that doesn't drain well is wet and can become very
muddy. Conversely, soil that drains too quickly may not hold sufficient
moisture required by the plants. Learn about soil grains and water drainage rates by following experiments in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471177709/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0471177709&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects in Earth Science: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit.</a><br />
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Separate soil by sifting with three different sized strainers. <br />
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The double sifting results in fine, medium and coarse grain soil.<br />
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Measure the quantities of each sample to determine what size particles are in the soil.<br />
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Now determine the drainage rate of the fine grains, coarse grains, rocks and clay. Place a sample of soil into a yogurt container containing holes poked through the bottom. Make sure the holes are not excessively large. Pour 200 ml of water into the sample. Once the water is added start a timer to measure how long it takes for
the water to slow to a drip. Collect the drained water and
measure to see how much drained out. Then calculate the drainage rate by dividing the amount of water collected by the time it took
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Week 7: Soil Acidity
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Acidity levels in soil are one variable which can lead to a successful
or unsuccessful garden. Most plants prefer neutral PH levels around 7.
Soil located under pine trees is often acidic and using nitrogen
fertilizers can lead to acidic soil issues.<br />
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At our previous residence there was a pine tree located very close to a
plum tree which never produced any plums. One year the pine tree was
chopped down, and the next year the plum tree was loaded. At our current
residence there was a similar incident. A garden located near a pine
tree produced very little and contained few worms and life. One year the
pine tree became a Christmas tree for the local church and the next
year the garden thrived. <br />
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Water dyed dark purple, which is produced upon boiling red cabbage in
water can be used to determine if a substance is basic or acidic. Bases
will turn shades of blue and green, while acids turn pink. Here's a <a href="http://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/equipment/ph-indicator.html" target="_blank">color chart for cabbage water PH</a>. <br />
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Before testing the soil, use some of the cabbage water to test milk,
dish soap, lemon juice and vinegar. The results should indicate that the milk
has a PH around 4, dish soap around 9, and lemon juice and vinegar
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Gather six samples of soil in white or clear containers and add cabbage water to each one. <br />
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Determine the acidity of the soil based on the color of the cabbage water after it is added to the soil.<br />
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Week 8: Water Biomes
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A water biome is an area of water characterized by types of plants and
animals which inhabit the area. IS THE WATER - Fresh or salty? Deep or
shallow? Still or moving? Warm or cold? These questions related to water
are prime factors in determining what type of life can thrive.<br />
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There are several short videos available which each focus on a different water biome from <a href="http://www.untamedscience.com/" target="_blank">Untamed Science</a>
- a website with many quality introductory science videos for kids. If
you cover science its worth checking out. (Not all the videos below are
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<b>Fresh Water </b><br />
Wetlands<br />
Streams and Rivers<br />
Ponds<br />
Lakes <br />
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Free Earth Science Unit Study - Part 2 - Advanced Mapping </h3>
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This is a six week advanced mapping unit study perfect for kids in 3rd-5th grades. Before beginning this unit study kids should be familiar with basic maps and map reading. This unit study covers land forms, latitude and longitude, elevation, contour maps, mapping the ocean floor and making a sundial. The lessons are activity intensive but
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Week 1 - Land Forms <br />
Week 2 - Latitude - Astrolabe<br />
Week 3 - Elevation - Measure a Hill<br />
Week 4 - Contour Maps<br />
Week 5 - Mapping the Ocean Floor
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Week 6 - Make a Sundial
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Week 1: Land Forms </h3>
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While some geographic land form terms such as lake and island are part of
our everyday vocabulary, others such as atoll, fjord and palisade may
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Cape and Bay<br />
Lakes and Archipelago<br />
Peninsula and Gulf<br />
Lake and Island<br />
Strait and Isthmus<br />
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Each term above represents a unique land form, and each pair of words indicate land forms where the water and land are opposites. For example, a lake is water surrounded by land and an island is land surrounded by water. Read the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064460991/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064460991&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary (Trophy Picture Books)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064460991" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />
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Next make a set of land forms you can eat. Select your favorite cookie or recipe where the dough holds its shape when baked, and make or purchase a frosted topping such as icing.<br />
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With the dough, place a different land form into each muffin tin.<br />
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The above land form is a delta with a river and nearby mountain.<br />
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Make an icing to represent water and add the water to the land forms.<br />
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Week 2:
Latitude</h3>
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The Equator runs around the middle of the Earth and is at 0
degrees, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are at 22.5 degrees north and south
and the Arctic and Antarctic circles are at 66.5 degrees.Watch a short video on the five important lines of latitude and the longitudes.<br />
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After watching the video and before beginning the project make sure the kids understand degrees. With a protractor under them, have them turn their bodies to
face 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees and 270 degrees with a little
jumping game. Then look at how degrees on a protractor relate to
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Create dough balls to represent
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First roll dough into a ball.<br />
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Then wrap embroidery floss or dental floss around the ball to represent the equator. Wrap the floss four more time to represent the arctic and antarctic circles, and tropics of cancer and capricorn.<br />
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Next, use a protractor, cardboard, straw, scissors, tape and a key chain for a weight to create astrolabes.<br />
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The project is very simple and takes less than 30 minutes to complete.<br />
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First trace the protractors onto cardboard and cut out. Create a small hole in the center.<br />
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Fasten a string to the hole with a weight on the end. Place a straw with a slit on the top for a sight.<br />
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Mark the cardboard from 0 to 90 degrees. 0 degrees should be at the bottom and 90 goes near the straw.<br />
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To determine latitude, sight the north star through the straw and
read the angle where the string crosses the astrolabe. That
angle is latitude. Compare your latitude reading with the latitude of your location on the globe. <br />
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Week 3: Elevation
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Surveying is the technique professionals use to measure and map the earth. Follow <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471177709/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0471177709&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects in Earth Science: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471177709" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> to use surveying techniques to measure the elevation of a hill. <br />
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Using a level, two old broom handles, scissors, string, permanent
marker, ruler and tape make a simple tool used to measure elevation. <br />
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Mark the broom handle with measurements as follows.<br />
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Stand the two broom handles upright, side-by-side, and mark a 0 at the same height on both handles near the center of the pole. On
one of the poles, mark distances of every 5 inches above and
below the 0 mark.<br />
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On the other pole, tie a string tightly around the pole at the 0
mark and tape it in place so it won't move. Tie the opposite end of a 60 inch long
string to the other pole loosely so
it can slide up and down.<br />
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Go to your hill.<br />
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Starting at the bottom of the hill, make the string level by sliding
it up or down the pole with the measurement marks. Record the height on the
marked pole and record it in a table as interval 1. Then place the downhill
pole at the location of the uphill pole, and bring the uphill pole farther up the hill. Stretch the string taught and
level it again. Then record the elevation as interval 2 and repeat the process until the top of the hill is reached.<br />
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Returning home and transfer the data points to a graph. Color the graph and notice how it looks like the hill. <br />
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Week 4: Contour Maps
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Contour maps are valuable navigating tools for hikers and naturalists.
The wavy lines indicate elevation and are always closed loops. The video
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsQoY48i6z0" target="_blank">How to Read a Map & Contour Lines</a>
explains several unique features of contour maps. For example, when the
wavy lines point towards a peak, that is an indication there is a low
path such as a stream bed running down the mountain.<br />
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After watching the video create contour maps using clay, toothpicks, rulers and embroidery floss (or dental floss) as described in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471177709/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0471177709&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">Janice VanCleave's A+ Projects in Earth Science: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471177709" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />
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Next stick toothpicks into the mountain parallel to the table at every centimeter of height.<br />
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Add additional toothpicks every centimeter of height in four lines running down the
mountain.<br />
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Place the mountains on a piece of paper and use a pencil to trace around the base. Mark the locations of the four
columns of toothpicks on the paper.<br />
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Wrap floss around the mountain and pull the ends together
just under the bottom row of toothpicks to slice the bottom layer off the mountain. Place the mountain on the paper lining up the toothpick marks with the mountain. Trace around the base of the mountain to draw a contour line. Repeat the process until the
top of the mountain is reached. <br />
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Looking at the above contour map, several features of the mountain can
be seen. There are two peaks indicated by the two small circles. The
slope on the left side is gradual which is indicated by the larger
spaces between the contour lines. There is a valley between the two
peaks indicated by the contour lines pointing toward the peaks.<br />
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Week 5: Map the Ocean Floor</h3>
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Did you know that cold water corals dominate much of the ocean floor and
they sometimes build colonies taller than skyscrapers? During the last
century scientists have gained vast insight into the ocean. Major
advances in technology such as sonar and submersible vehicles have led
to many discoveries. Unknown creatures have been identified, much of the
floor has been mapped and soil boring samples have helped to unlock the
mysteries of how certain underwater topology was created. <br />
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Watch the National Geographic documentary <i>Drain the Ocean</i> which provides fascinating views of the underwater world.<br />
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Before sonar technology, oceanographers first mapped the ocean floor in
certain locations by lowering a rope into the water. This painstaking
method is explained well in the beginning of How The Earth Was Made, The
Deepest Point. The How the Earth was Made series of videos is available on the <a href="https://www.historyvault.com/">History Vault</a>. A low cost streaming service from the History Channel.<br />
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Create a sketch of the floor of a model ocean.<br />
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Create an ocean floor by placing a few objects in the bottom of a cardboard box.<br />
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Then fill the box with packaging peanuts "water".<br />
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Create a tool for measuring depth. One option is to use a butter
knife, string and tape to hold the string in place on the knife. <br />
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Create a grid above the water and draw a proportional grid
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Measure the depth at each crossing
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Color the grid blending different colors for various measured depths.<br />
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Or draw concentric circles to represent a data depth point. Add more circles for
deeper water.<br />
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Week 6: Sundial</h3>
A time when the feudal system with kings and queens, knights and ladies,
craftsmen, servants and peasants determined status, life was very
different than today. Few people could read and write. Girls learned to
cook and sing, and were married around 12 years old. Boys learned the
skills of their fathers. People dumped chamber pots into the streets and
slept together on beds of hay. Bath water was shared between family
members and blood letting was a common medical procedure. The maypole
and egg dances were performed during special events and children played
games such as hoops, bad mitten, chess and marbles. Early geared clocks
had been invented, but only the very rich could afford them. Most people
kept time with sundials. <br />
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Construct a sun dial using a paper plate and a straw.
To have a successful sundial project the following items are key.<br />
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<li>A dry sunny day</li>
<li>A spot which receives sun most of the day</li>
<li>Rocks, duct tape or some other method to prevent the sundial from flying away in the wind</li>
<li>An alarm to go off every hour as a reminder to mark the shadow on the sundial</li>
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To make sundials use a thumb tack and pencil to
pierce a small hole in the center of a paper plate. Next a insert straw into the hole and dab with glue to secure into place.<br />
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Place the sundials outside in a sunny spot and secure in
place with rocks. At each hour of the day mark a line and label
to mark the time.<br />
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The numbers will not be evenly spaced around the plate like a clock. They will vary according to the angle of the sun and your location on Earth. If they are evenly spaced the result will be a
sundial which does not work.<br />
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Depending on the location of the sundial, the numbers will end up being spaced in more of a semi-circle shape.jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-32113129217673261622020-06-25T18:30:00.000-04:002020-06-25T18:30:01.668-04:00Free Earth Science Unit Study Part 1 - Earth Formation and Atmosphere<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
This is a year long, secular, free Earth science unit study perfect for
kids in grades 3rd-5th which can be adapted for older or
younger children. It is broken into five parts which cover the formation of the Earth and Earth's atmosphere, advanced mapping skills, biomes, water, and the ever changing Earth due to volcanoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes. The first part of this earth science unit study takes approximately six
weeks to complete and covers the formation of the Earth, Earth's layers,
atmosphere, and magnetic field. The lessons are activity intensive but also incorporate books, video documentaries, research and discussions opportunities. </div>
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<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/03/earth-science-unit-study-formation-of.html" target="_blank">Week 1 - Formation of the Earth</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/03/earth-science-unit-study-week-2-earths.html" target="_blank">Week 2 - Earth's Layers</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/03/earth-science-week-3-atmosphere.html" target="_blank">Week 3 - Atmosphere</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/03/atmospheric-pressure-barometer-project.html" target="_blank">Week 4 - Atmospheric Pressure - Barometer</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/04/earth-science-unit-make-your-own.html" target="_blank">Week 5 - Wind Speed - Anemometer</a><br />
<a href="http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.de/2014/04/magnetic-field-make-your-own-compass.html" target="_blank">Week 6 - Magnetic Field</a></span></div>
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Week 1: Formation of the Earth
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Watch the video documentary <i>Birth of the Earth</i> and make almond cookies to model how the Earth was made.<br />
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According to scientific theory, the Earth was formed 5 billion years ago
from the remains of a super-nova explosion. Some stars grow to gigantic
sizes and explode at the end of their life cycles. These super-nova
explosions leave behind huge amounts of dust and debris. Eventually the
debris orbits a new star. Over time, static electricity holds the tiny
bits together. As the bits combine and grow larger in size, gravity
between them attracts them to one another. With yet more time, the dust
particles can combine to form rocky asteroids, meteors and planets.<br />
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Watch the video Birth of the Earth which explains the entire process, as well as
how the moon was formed. Did you know scientists believe there were
originally two moons orbiting Earth?<br />
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To simulate the Earth formation process make almond cookies in a food process by combining raisins,
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The whole nuts represent the star at the end of its life-cycle.<br />
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Over time add dates and raisins. Watch the planets begin to form with the gravity of the food processor.<br />
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Add the rest of the ingredients, and watch the planets increase in size. <br />
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It may become one big sticky mass. Help it form into smaller planets by rolling chunks of the mass into balls.<br />
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Notice how the planets are all different sizes. Feel free to eat your planets.<br />
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Week 2: Earth's Layers
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Begin by reading the fictional picture book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064432181/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064432181&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064432181" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and think about what you think is inside the Earth. Then read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590407600/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0590407600&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20">The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (Magic School Bus)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0590407600" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. In this book Ms. Frizzle and the kids journey
inside the Earth and learn about rocks, volcanoes and Earth's layers.<br />
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Beginning with the birth of a hurricane, the film Earth from Space
covers many Earth
science topics that are covered in Highhill Education's free earth science unit studies. Off the
coast of Antarctica, when the ice freezes, saltwater sinks
rapidly to the bottom of the ocean creating currents which help to
regulate the Earth's temperature. Hurricanes actually drop the
temperature of the ocean by releasing heat into the atmosphere.
Everything is connected and the common thread is the Earth. Watch the Nova video Earth from Space.<br />
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Go on a hunt to find objects that have layers and a core. Compare the objects with the Earth. Here are a few ideas. <br />
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Just like an egg, our Earth is broken into layers. It is hottest at the
core in the center. Liquid magma surrounds the core in the mantle, and
although the crust varies in thickness, it is very thin in comparison to
the diameter of the Earth. Hard boil an egg and cut it in half. Compare the egg's layers with the Earth's layers.<br />
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An apple has a thin skin similar to the crust of the Earth. Inside, the
core is shaped like a star, so the thickness varies just like the
thickness of the Earth's layers vary at different locations. Cut an apple in half and compare the layers with the layers of the Earth.</div>
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The pit of a plum is covered with skin. This is similar to the way the Earth's core is broken into an inner and outer core. Cut a plum in half and compare it's layers with the layers of the Earth.<br />
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Draw a cross section of the Earth showing the different layers. Try to make the thickness of
each layer proportional with the actual layers. In this drawing the dark ring around the outside is the crust. The red and
orange show the mantle changes a bit with depth, and the yellow and
white in the center are the inner and outer core.<br />
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Create a model of the Earth with layers of dough. Add salt, water, spices and oil to the crust layer to represent
rocks, coal, gold, diamonds or animal bones that may be found in the surface layer.<br />
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Once the models are complete, slice them open so the layers can
be seen. This model shows the inner core - yellow, outer core - red,
mantle orange, and crust - green.<br />
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There are layers above the Earth, just like there are inside it. Our
atmosphere is comprised of five layers; troposphere, stratosphere,
mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. Over the past 60 years
scientists have done extensive studies on the various layers. In the
1950's Joseph Kittinger performed a series of high altitude jumps.
Project Excelsior was an important precursor to space exploration. From
19 miles above the ground, in the stratosphere, he made his final
successful jump.<br />
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Oxygen fills our atmosphere, but it hasn't always been that way. Over
2.5 billion years ago tiny cyanobacteria were the first known living
organisms. They were able to convert the carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere into oxygen. Today, oxygen is produced by green plants which
contain an organ which was derived from cyanobacteria.<br />
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Watch the National Geographic video Our Atmosphere.<br />
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After watching the video, do these activities to learn more about our atmosphere. <br />
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<b>Activity 1: Atmospheric Layers - Blankets</b><br />
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5 blankets <br />
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more blankets are added they will be able to feel the weight of the atmosphere
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<b>Activity 2: Air Expands as it Rises</b><br />
<i>Materials</i><br />
glass<br />
straw<br />
cooking oil<br />
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As air rises it expands because, the pressure decreases. There is less
atmosphere or weight on top of it. To show that air expands as it rises,
blow an air bubble into a glass of cooking oil. As the bubble
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<b>Activity 3: Air Pressure</b><br />
<i>Materials</i><br />
Hot Water/Steam<br />
Cold Water/Ice<br />
Empty Water Bottle<br />
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Even though air cannot be seen it is a powerful force. Our bodies are
uniquely designed to withstand the pressure. To visually see the power
of air pressure, cool hot air inside a plastic bottle. Because the
air is sealed inside the bottle, the amount of air does not change.<br />
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As the hot air cools, it takes up less space. When this happens the
weight of the outside air is strong enough to crush the plastic bottle
allowing us to see the power of air pressure. <br />
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A barometer is a device used to measure air pressure. In general, the
pressure is higher near sea level since there is so much air above
pushing down. Conversely, air pressure is lower in the mountains since
there is less air above.<br />
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Elevation effects air pressure and, as does temperature.
Warmer temperatures result in low pressure air since the molecules
spread apart. Cold temperatures result in air molecules packed closer
together and higher pressure. Watch a short video on air pressure.<br />
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<b>Barometers and Weather</b><br />
Barometers are important devices in forecasting weather. Moisture is
stored in low pressure air. Therefore, if the barometer is dropping it
can mean a storm is coming. Often when weathermen speak of hurricanes,
low pressure is discussed.<br />
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High pressure systems are
commonly associated with nice days. The high pressure keeps the moisture
out, but if a high pressure hangs over an area too long it can mean
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Since air likes to move from areas of high pressure towards areas of low pressure, barometers can help to predict wind.<br />
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<b>Make Your Own Barometer </b><br />
Since mercury changes its size so dramatically in accordance with
pressure, it is the key element in many barometers. However, since it is
toxic and difficult to obtain, construct a barometer from an
empty glass jar, balloon, straw and tape.<br />
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of a jar with tape. Tape a straw to the balloon and mount a triangular
piece of card stock to the end of the straw to serve as an
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Place the barometer near the wall and draw pressure lines
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Week 5: Wind
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An anemometer is a device meteorologists use to measure wind speed. Make your own anemometer.<br />
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<b>Materials</b><br />
Egg Cartons or Small Disposable Drinking Cups<br />
Tape<br />
Straws<br />
Thumb Tacks (push pins) or Sewing Pins<br />
Pencil with eraser<br />
Craft Sticks<br />
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First tape the straws together at right angles.<br />
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Use a skewer, nail or scissors to make an initial hole. <br />
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Tape four egg carton/craft sticks onto the ends of straws ensuring that the cups all pointed in the same direction.<br />
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Use a
thumb tack to poke a hole through the center of tape and straw
and then place a pin through the hole and into the eraser of the
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Use the anemometer to measure the wind speed . Place a marker on one of the cups so the
revolutions can be easily counted. Set a timer for one
minute and count the revolutions. Repeating the experiment
several times, and average the results.<br />
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Meteorologists
measure wind speed in miles/hour. Ask the older kids how the
measurements from the anemometers could be converted into miles per hour
and let them think about it overnight. This is an excellent
brain workout in logical thinking.<br />
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To convert
revolutions per minute to miles per hour the revolutions need to be
changed into a distance of miles and the minutes need to be converted
into hours. Measure the distance between two cups and multiply
by 4 to find the distance traveled in one revolution. Then convert inches into miles. There are 63360
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Here's what the conversion calculation looks like using the formula for circumference. <br />
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Week 6: Magnetic Field</h3>
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The Earth's magnetic field is generated by the liquid iron continuously
flowing in the core. Today our compass needles point north, but it
hasn't always been that way. Scientific evidence found in pottery,
Hawaiian volcanic lava flows and ancient lava flows suggest the Earth's
magnetic field changes direction every 200,000 years or so. Being that
it's been over 700,000 years since the last reversal, we are overdue for
a flip.<br />
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The magnetic field protects us from the sun and from solar weather.
Without it, solar weather would bombard our planet with radiation and
strip away the atmosphere as it has done to Mars. On the positive side,
the gorgeous northern lights are a visible reminder of the magnetic field.
If the magnetic field does change directions during our lifetime, the
northern lights would be visible all over the planet.<br />
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If you can find it Watch the video "Will the Earth's
Magnetic Field Shift?" This film not only
explains how the magnetic field works, but gives plenty of explanation
as to how it has behaved in the past and is expected to behave in the
future. If you can find it watch a few other magnetic field videos.<br />
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Since the interaction between the magnetic field and solar radiation is
responsible for the northern lights, watch a few videos on how the northern lights are generated and legends associated with the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis.<br />
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<b>Playing with Magnets </b><br />
After learning about the magnetic field, play with magnets.<b> </b><br />
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<b>Earth's Core and Magnetic Field in a Bottle</b><br />
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Next, using steel wool, cooking oil and an empty water bottle, make a toy which represented the Earth's core and the magnetic field.<br />
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With scissors, cut the steel wool into smaller pieces.<br />
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Fill a water bottle with cooking oil.<br />
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Put the steel into the oil.<br />
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Place magnets near the bottle to explore what happens.<br />
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The magnets act like the Earth's core and the steel pieces are like the
magnetic particles of the magnetic field. By moving the magnets, the
field adjusts.<br />
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<b>Make a Compass</b><br />
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It is surprisingly easy to make a compass. All that's needed is foam or
something that floats and a pin can stick into, a magnet, a pin and a
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The first and most important step is to magnetize the needle. Rub the needle with a magnet 50 to 100 times in the same
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Then stick the needle into the foam and place it in water so that it
can move about freely. Use a large container of water as the compass tends to move against the side with smaller
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Move the compass in the water and watch while it repositions
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to college or onto other paths that require a high school diploma isn't
much of an issue these days because homeschooling is now accepted and
HSLDA continues to work in all 50 states to ensure Americans have the right to
homeschool. Without attending a traditional high school, many people unfamiliar with homeschooling ask how the process works.<br />
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If a child has been homeschooled, the parent issues the diploma and creates the transcript. This is shocking to those unfamiliar with homeschooling, but the parent has served as the teacher and is the person most knowledgeable of what the student has accomplished. Before the 1990's when homeschooling was less common this practice was resisted by many institutions. As homeschooling has become more common, transcripts and diplomas issued by parents became accepted. This is because <a href="https://hslda.org/">HSLDA</a> (Homeschooling Legal Defense Association) has consistently challenged practices that exclude homeschool students, and homeschool students have proven themselves again and again to be proficient and competent members of society.<br />
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When a homeschool student graduates from high school they graduate from homeschool and not public school. If the student has taken any external classes it is important to include them on the transcript. Homeschool students regularly attend elective courses at local high schools, and take classes at community college and tech centers. Some students are graded by others through homeschool co-op classes or have taken community center courses such as first aid. When these external courses are included in the transcript, the courses graded by the parent begin to carry more weight with those skeptical of a homeschool transcript.<br />
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When applying to college a student's homeschool transcript should
include all of the classes taken at every institution. In addition official
transcripts from the high school and other institutions should be included with the application. Transcripts may include a very traditional list of classes, but may also include unique classes taken by the student. For example, the homeschooled child who is a cooking master should have a culinary credit on the transcript. Any topic that the child has spent a significant amount of time learning should be included on the transcript. Other examples include cake decorating, computer networking, or mythology. 1 credit equals approximately 120 hours of work.<br />
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Because homeschooling is a non-traditional educational path, many homeschool students earn college credit through CLEP and AP exams. These credits should also be listed on the transcript. Here is an example high school transcript from my daughter who currently attends Michigan Technological University.<br />
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One of the main purposes of grades are to communicate how well a
child is doing in school. When the teacher and parent are different
people, grades are a valuable communication device. When the parent and the teacher are the same person, the communication provided by grades is only between the parent and student. Parents have a variety of options from which to offer feedback to their children. Instead of giving feedback with grades, some homeschool parents will tell their child they did a good job or need to redo an assignment. For example, if a child gets one problem wrong out of ten
on a math assignment, parents will review the incorrect problem and move
on. If however, the child gets seven problems wrong out of ten on a
math assignment, the parent would redo the entire lesson until the
percentage correct is within an acceptable range thereby ensuring
understanding. With an exchange like this the child gains knowledge through feedback making the grading process irrelevant.<br />
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When a parent teaches with knowledge and understand as the main goal, they begin to work through material at a pace appropriate for the child. Instead of working through each assignment and giving a grade, assignments begin to be covered faster, more in depth or at a slower pace according to the needs of the child. As parents become less concerned with grade level curriculum and ranking their child they become more interested in challenging their child at their level. Requiring a child to work through an assignment below or above his capability is a much less effective way to learn than teaching the child his level. When children are challenged based on their ability and interests they commonly cover some subjects in much more depth
than their public school counterparts, and stay relatively on pace with
their counterparts in subjects which interest them less. Parents who do not grade don't worry about how their children compare with their public school counterparts and teach their children for knowledge and understanding. Ironically, this lack of concern with rank and status is one of the main reasons homeschool children have consistently outperformed public school children on standardized tests.<br />
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Some parents give grades because they want to send their children to public school in the future. Again, grades serve as a communication tool, but this time from the homeschooling parent to the school. While providing consistent grades during the homeschooling process can facilitate creating a transcript to communicate grades to the public school system, grades can also be given by the parent to the school in the form of a transcript when they are ready to register the child for public school. Each public school and state has their own requirements for admitting homeschooling students, so check with your district and <a href="https://hslda.org/">HSLDA</a> (Home School Legal Defense Administration) if you need additional information regarding entering public school. <br />
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Grades can also serve as an extrinsic motivator. By definition, extrinsic motivation involves doing something for an external reward or to avoid a punishment. Intrinsic motivation involves doing something because it is personally rewarding to you. Many public school students study to earn good grades as opposed to studying to learn interesting material. There are homeschooling families who are at both extremes in this regard, but most are somewhere in the middle. Homeschooling families who believe exclusively in intrinsic rewards tend to teach with the unschooling philosophy of education. They expose their children to a wide variety of learning opportunities and encourage their children when they display interest, but don't require studying of particular subjects. Those falling to the other extreme tend to teach with a traditional method of education. They follow a public school like curriculum which includes tests and question/answer homework assignments which can be easily graded. Some parents tack on additional extrinsic motivators such as dollars,
clothes, dinners out, or entertainment items for achieving good grades.<br />
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The vast majority of homeschooling families fall between these two extremes. Homeschoolers in the middle will have certain expectations such as reading, writing and math assignments. They loosely follow a curriculum, or pick and choose curriculum for certain subjects trying to match the curriculum to the child's interests and learning style. They will also include exposure and encouragement of non-traditional learning opportunities striving to develop a love of reading in their children and encouraging them to increase knowledge and improve skills through hobbies and interests. While children can develop a love for learning and thrive either with or without being graded, these are the primary reasons parents give or do not give grades. jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-17089272287838726702020-06-18T18:00:00.000-04:002020-06-18T18:00:08.755-04:00Learning StylesParents who have more than one child quickly realize that what works
for one child does not necessarily work for another. Among other things learning style tends to vary between children. While some learn well by listening (verbal),
others do better by watching someone else (visual) and still others must
figure things out for themselves (logic). There are seven dominate
learning styles and most children lean towards one method. Knowing and
understanding the learning style of the child can make educating that
child much easier and more effective. Just as the child favors different
learning styles, educational materials and curriculum tend to be more
suited for educating specific learning styles.<br />
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Visual - Learn with the eyes - reading, watching videos, observing the world<br />
Aural - Learn with music; rhythm and pitch - songs, rhyme, poetry, lyrical language<br />
Verbal - Learn with words - understands word meaning - reading, writing, mnemonics, audio stories<br />
Physical - Learn by moving and doing - crafts, dancing, sports, building models, repair<br />
Logical - Learns by thinking, reasoning, recognizing patterns, categorizing<br />
Social - Thinks out loud, works well in groups and by sharing ideas with others<br />
Solitary - Thinks before speaking, analyzes situations and problems<br />
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Learning styles have to do with how information is absorbed and processed. Because we absorb information through the senses, the
more senses involved in learning, the better information is remembered; Seeing (Visual), Hearing (Verbal and Aural), Touching (Physical). Some people process information through reflection in a quiet environment (Solitary), while others bounce their ideas off people to gauge their reaction (Social). Although one learning style may be
dominant, most children are readily able to learn using a variety of
learning styles.<br />
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The best way to determine the child's dominant learning style is through observation. Think back to when the child was learning to walk, potty training and playing as a young toddler. My son used to get on his hands and knees in the kitchen while he opened and closed the drawers for hours on end. He was observing the slide mechanism of the drawer trying to figure out how it worked. He displays traits of logical, visual, and physical learners.<br />
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On the other hand, my oldest daughter almost always did as she was told. If we were leaving the house and both children received the same instructions - <i>"Go brush your teeth, grab a snack, get a warm jacket because it's getting cold outside, and bring something to do in the car,"</i> my daughter would have done everything and be waiting in the car, while my son would be in the living room fiddling with something, or if I was lucky, he would be in the car, but without a jacket of course. He is not a verbal learner. Everyone has a preferred learning style. <br />
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Traditional education methods tend to favor verbal and visual learners. To educate a class the teacher gives a lecture (the verbal learners are learning), and then gives a homework assignment which involves reading (the visual learners are learning). Often times the logical learners never get the chance they need to figure the information out for themselves and the physical learners don't get enough opportunity for hands-on activities.<br />
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If a child is struggling with academics, it doesn't mean the child is not smart. It may mean the child has a learning disability, but it may also mean that the child's dominate learning style is not being well stimulated.<br />
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I learned this the hard way. As I mentioned, my older daughter is a strong verbal learner. She also learns well visually. Hence, when I began educating her using many of Charlotte Mason's principles, which relay heavily on reading, she thrived. We read loads of books together and she remembered everything. When I began the same curriculum with my son, it seemed he could not learn. After reading the same books he had no idea what the story was even about. After struggling together for quite some time, we changed our educational materials and methods.<br />
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Here's an overview of how curriculum relates to learning style.<br />
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<b>Traditional Approach - Verbal, Visual</b><br />
Verbal and visual learners tend to thrive with the traditional approach to education because lectures are easily absorbed as are reading assignments.<br />
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<b>Classical - Verbal, Visual, Musical/Aural, Solitary</b><br />
The Classical philosophy of education does an excellent job stimulating musical/aural learners. During the elementary years children learn many different songs designed to help them remember information. There are songs for presidents, states, skip-counting numbers and more. Since the Classical method relies heavily on literature, visual learns also tend to thrive. However, since many novels are now available in audio format, the method can work well for verbal learners as well. <br />
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<b>Montessori - Physical/Kinaesthetic, Logical/Mathematical, Solitary </b><br />
The Montessori approach to education provides great stimulation for
physical and solitary learners. Children choose their own activities.
Most are hands-on and they often consist of manipulatives constructed
from natural materials. While using the manipulatives, children learn to recognize patterns with letters and numbers thereby developing reading, mathematical, scientific and other skills. <br />
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<b>Waldorf - Musical/Aural, Physical/Kinasthetic, Logical/Mathematical, Social</b><br />
One principle of Waldorf education is to educate the head, heart and hands. In other words, knowledge for the brain, exercise for the heart and handicrafts for the hands. Waldorf students regularly participate in group circle time activities
involving music. Children explore nature and natural playthings. Kids
learn to knit, crochet and draw geometrical/mathematical works of art. Due to the diverse nature and methods of topics, musical, physical, logical and social learning styles are all well stimulated. <br />
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<b>Charlotte Mason - Verbal, Visual, Solitary</b><br />
This literature based philosophy of education involves reading lots of fictional books that teach. Children primarily work alone and are encouraged to reflect on the books they have read. Visits to natural environments are taken regularly and observations are recorded in dedicated nature notebooks. Through listening and observation, children learn about great composers and works of art. Thus the Charlotte Mason philosophy well stimulates visual and verbal learners. <br />
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<b>Unit Study, Interest Based, Eclectic - All Learning Styles</b><br />
Because unit study, interest
based and eclectic educational philosophies are flexible and adaptable,
they work well with all learning styles. Using these methods, materials and topics enable educators to create a tailor-made education for the
child thus stimulating the learning style of the child. <br />
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As curriculum can be evaluated on how children with varying learning styles will respond, knowing the learning style can aid in the selection of educational materials and influence the choice of experiences in which to partake.<br />
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<b>Verbal - Traditional, Classical, Charlotte Mason </b><br />
Verbal learners enjoy tours, audio books, audio language learning programs.<br />
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<b>Aural - Classical, Waldorf</b><br />
Aural learners remember anything set to music and the internet is packed with this type of information (especially youtube). Poetry tends to stimulate aural learners and today there are many CD's which introduce foreign language, math, history and other topics which are set to music. Playing music in the background can help aural learners think and replaying the music at a later time can actually help them remember.<br />
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<b>Visual - Most Curriculum</b><br />
Since most curriculum tends to have a strong visual component, visual learners are very adaptable. However, they thrive in a visual environment. Museums and video documentaries are great additions to curriculum designed for visual learners.<br />
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<b>Physical - Montessori, Waldorf</b><br />
Montessori and Waldorf are two very different approaches to hands-on education. Both tend to work well for physical learners. While Montessori students work in a solitary environments, Waldorf education is more group oriented. Physical learners thrive at hands-on museums and tend to love crafts, and activities. Handicrafts are great for physical learners; sewing, building bridges, origami, blocks and models. Physical learners also thrive in laboratory environments; Chemistry lab, metal shop, wood shop, cooking in the kitchen, etc.<br />
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<b>Logical - Montessori, Waldorf</b><br />
By recognizing patterns and through internal reflection logical learners make sense of their world. The Montessori philosophy encourages this by presenting a variety of manipulatives to children. They are taught to explore the materials until they fully understand concepts. Waldorf incorporates an extensive amount of pattern within artwork and handicrafts. Through continued increasingly difficult exposure children learn to recognize patterns and create new patterns on their own. Logical learners also tend to do well with computer-based educational materials as they are pre-programmed with patterns designed to provoke a desired response.<br />
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<b>Social - Waldorf</b><br />
Children learning using the Waldorf philosophy of education spend a lot of time learning together. They participate in circle time and learn to discuss their ideas. Book clubs, team build activities, and group projects allow social learners to thrive as they receive much feedback on their ideas in these environments.<br />
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<b>Solitary- Traditional, Charlotte Mason, Montessori</b><br />
In traditional education settings, children are taught to primarily work alone. Charlotte Mason involves lots of reading which is easily done alone. Using the Montessori philosophy children discover through play with manipulatives. Solitary learners need down time to explore their ideas in their own way. Books, documentaries, computer-based learning, and tinkering space is good stimulation for solitary learners. <br />
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Whatever the child's dominant learning style, they are bound to encounter situations which stimulate both their dominant and non-dominant styles. Exposure to input from a variety of styles improves non-dominant tendencies, but exposure to information through dominant learning styles will allow children to thrive.<br />
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first week kids will learn to recognize an emergency. The second week
covers what to do in an emergency - stay calm, call 911, check Airway, Breathing and Circulation (ABC's). The third
week is reserved for hands-on practicals. It can be completed with a family or group of families.<br />
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Week 1: Recognizing and Emergency</h3>
Discuss different emergency situations. Learn about different types of emergencies. Talk about emergency related vocabulary and make family fire emergency plans. Prepare for an emergency by exploring different scenarios. <br />
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<b>What is an Emergency?</b><br />
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Should emergency services be called if:<br />
the house is on fire?<br />
mom falls down the stars and is acting strange?<br />
the roof blows off the house and a sister is stuck under a bookshelf?<br />
the baby is playing with blood pressure medicine and the top is off the bottle? <br />
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Give the kids sticky notes and pens to write down possible emergencies.
Then have them decide if the emergency is a Natural Hazard or Disaster, Man-Made Hazard, Criminal
Emergency or an Injury/Medical Emergency.<br />
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<b>Emergency Language</b><br />
Many words associated with emergencies aren't part of our everyday conversations and are therefore unknown to lots of children. Introduce the kids to the words unconsciousness, impaled objects, and possible neck or back
injuries. Give them an opportunity to tell personal stories relating to
emergencies and injuries.<br />
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<b>Fire Emergency/Family Plan </b><br />
Discussing what to do in case of fire before hand is of critical importance as it makes reactions automatic. Go over the following information with the kids.<br />
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In case of fire the number one priority is to get to a safe place. Assist siblings if necessary, but don't put yourself in greater danger by searching for a pet or phone inside a burning house. Know your designated family meeting spot away from the house. Stop, Drop, and Roll if hair or clothing catches on fire. If the smoke is think crawl because the low air is more breathable. <br />
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<b>Phone Number List</b><br />
Placing a sheet of paper near the phone with fire, police, poison, and other emergency numbers can help those who forget everything under pressure. <br />
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Week 2: What to Do in an Emergency</h3>
Thinking about emergency situations in advance helps both kids and adults prepare. Tell the kids to:<br />
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<li>Make sure the scene is safe. </li>
<li>Decide whether to call 911. </li>
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If kids are involved in an emergency situation, there are actions they can take before the paramedics arrive. Knowing what to do, and what not to do, is very important. This week the kids will learn basic first aid techniques. <br />
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ABC is an emergency acronym which stands for Airway, Breathing and Circulation. In an emergency, the first responder should first check to see if the injured person's airway is clear. Once it is, the first responder should check to see if the injured person is breathing. Once the person is breathing, circulation is checked. Discuss the ABC's of emergency response. <br />
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When somebody is choking (has a blocked airway) and cannot cough, performing the Heimlich maneuver can sometimes dislodge the blockage. It can be performed with the person who is choking both sitting down and standing up. Using additional leverage from the back of a chair will assist small people trying to perform the Heimlich on bigger people. Take turns pretending to choke and pretending to do the Heimlich Maneuver.<br />
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Other ways to open an airway include tilting the head back or rolling a person who has been vomiting on his/her side. Take turns simulating these scenarios.<br />
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Once the airway is clear, the first responder should check to see if an unconscious injured person is breathing by listening for breaths. If the person is not breathing, rescue breathing can be performed. Take turns listening for breaths. Watch a video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wq5Mup29JQ">rescue breathing</a> and talk about protective equipment.</div>
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Sometimes, in order to perform rescue breathing, the person needs to be repositioned. If no head, neck or back injury is suspected and the person is not breathing, even a small child can roll him/her onto his/her back. Rolls may also be required to move a person away from a hazard. Practice rolling from stomach to back.<br />
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Rolling should not be done if a fall or any type of spinal injury is suspected.<br />
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If the injured person is talking it can be assumed that the airway is clear and he/she is breathing. The next step is to check circulation. Bleeding could be a problem. The first responder should work to stop the bleeding by applying pressure and elevating the wounded area. Something clean should be held against the cut if possible; towel, shirt, tissues. Impaled objects should not be removed. Take turns pretending injuries and fetching towels to stop bleeding.<br />
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If the person has severed a body part completely - the bleeding should be first stopped, then the bleeding area should be kept clean and finally the search for the severed part should begin. The severed part should be wrapped in a clean towel and kept cool by setting on ice if possible. Discuss and/or act out this scenario.<br />
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Discuss medical emergencies such as heart attacks and watch a video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaSovqEimyA">CPR</a>. Act out a heart attack scenario.<br />
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The purpose of this unit study is to prepare kids for various types of emergency situations, not to make them into first responders. Learning to recognize an emergency and having an idea of what to do will make them more confident and effective should they ever need to use those skills.<br />
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Week 3: Emergency Scenarios</h3>
Last week several different emergency scenarios were discussed and acted out. This week similar scenarios will be enacted and the kids will decide what action to take.<br />
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Prepare emergency scenario cards for participants. Each
scenario should be outlined with symptoms and steps for the children to take. Don't show the cards to the children acting as first responders. The cards should serve as a check-list to
help the injured actors make sure the first responders take appropriate action in the simulated emergency.<br />
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If you are into make-up or stage theater you can make the injuries look very real.<br />
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Here are some scenario ideas. <br />
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<b>Scenarios</b><br />
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Mom was found unconscious and not breathing.</div>
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Mom was having difficulty breathing and then fell into an unconscious state.</div>
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In each case the rescuers should decide whether or not to call 911 and what to do while waiting for paramedics to arrive. All of this practice will make everyone feel much better prepared for an
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<br />jmommymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038986572848163326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938185068078673572.post-7827951261645397022020-06-14T12:34:00.000-04:002020-06-14T12:34:03.193-04:00Free Evolution Unit StudyThis is an eleven-week, secular, free evolution unit study perfect for
kids in grades 3rd-5th which can be adapted to work for older or
younger children. It covers how life evolved from single celled organisms into the current diverse forms of today. The lessons are video documentary intensive but also incorporate a few story
books, activities, research opportunities and discussions opportunities for an
adult to work on with a child. <br />
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Lesson 1: Timeline</h3>
Before jumping into a single prehistoric time period or evolutionary event such as the ice age, age of dinosaurs or human evolution it is important to have an overall view of time. To do this create a floor to ceiling timeline beginning with the formation of the Earth and ending with modern day. Draw a line down the paper and divide it into the three Era's of time; Paleozoic, Mesozic and Cenozoic. Leave a small section at the bottom for the pre-Cambrian time period when the Earth was formed and life began. Divide each era further as follows:<br />
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A. 4.5 billion-570 million - Pre-Cambrian<br />
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I. 570-245 million - Paleozoic Era</h4>
A. 570-500 million - Cambrian<br />
B. 500-440 million - Ordovician<br />
C. 440-410 million - Silurian<br />
D. 410-360 million - Devonian<br />
E. 360-290 million - Carboniferous<br />
i. 360-320 million - Mississippian<br />
ii. 320-290 million - Pennsylvanian<br />
F. 290-245 million - Permian<br />
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II. 245-65 million - Mesozoic Era (Dinosaurs)</h4>
A. 245-210 million - Triassic Period<br />
B. 210-140 million - Jurassic Period<br />
C. 140-65 million - Cretaceous Period<br />
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III. 65 million-present - Cenozoic Era</h4>
A. 65-23 million - Paleogene Period<br />
i. 65-54 million - Paleocene Epoch<br />
ii. 54-37 million - Eocene Epoch<br />
iii. 34-23 million - Oligocene Epoch<br />
B. 23-2.5 million - Neogene Period<br />
i. 23-5 million - Miocene Epoch<br />
ii. 5-1.8 million - Pliocene Epoch<br />
C. 2.5 million-present - Quaternary Period<br />
i. 2.5 million-11,700 - Pleistocene<br />
ii. 11,700-present - Holocene<br />
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As you journey through evolution, you will be adding images of the creatures that lived during each time period.<br />
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Week 2: Mass Extinction Events, Creatures, and Evolutionary Changes
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It is important to have an overall understanding of how life evolved
into its current diverse forms before we can truly understand any one
part of evolution. Read the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756690773/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0756690773&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=PEDMOS3IVQC4BYS4">DK Eyewitness Books: Prehistoric Life</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0756690773" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
slowly over a period of several weeks. The
book begins with an evolution timeline, followed by a section describing the characteristics of the creatures which were
living during each time period.<br />
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Add the following mass extinction events and types of creatures to the timeline. Add images of the creatures if you desire.<br />
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A. 4.5 billion-570 million - Pre-Cambrian<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - one celled organisms</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"> * MASS EXTINCTION EVENT (99% of species died, Earth's surface completely frozen)</span> <br />
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I. 570-245 million - Paleozoic Era</h4>
A. 570-500 million - Cambrian<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - shells evolved </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - shallow seas</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - molluscs, sponges, trilobites</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - all animals were aquatic</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"> * MASS EXTINCTION EVENT</span><br />
B. 500-440 million - Ordovician<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - jawless fish</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - early land based plants</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - 1st vertebrates </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"> * MASS EXTINCTION EVENT (60% of marine species died, Earth cooled)</span><br />
C. 440-410 million - Silurian<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - jaws evolved </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - spore based plants</span><br />
D. 410-360 million - Devonian<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - lots of oxygen</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - limbs evolved (1st tetrapods) </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - 1st land animals (amphibians)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - wingless insects and spiders</span><br />
E. 360-290 million - Carboniferous<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - plants evolved</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - mostly spore based plants</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - amniotic eggs evolved</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - 80% Oxygen</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - lots of giant insects </span><br />
i. 360-320 million - Mississippian<br />
ii. 320-290 million - Pennsylvanian<br />
F. 290-245 million - Permian<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - primitive reptiles</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"> * MASS EXTINCTION EVENT (95% of species died, Severe volcanic eruptions)</span> <br />
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II. 245-65 million - Mesozic Era (Dinosaurs)</h4>
A. 245-210 million - Triassic Period<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - ferns in south, conifers in north</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - hot and humid</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - 1st flowering plants</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - marine reptiles (plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - flying dinosaurs (pterosaurs)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - 1st dinosaurs (size of small turkeys)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - primitive mammals </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"> * MASS EXTINCTION EVENT</span> <br />
B. 210-140 million - Jurassic Period<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - plant and meat eating dinosaurs</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - pterosaurs were abundant</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - marine animals (ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, crocodiles, bivalves)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - brachiopods, allosaurs</span><br />
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C. 140-65 million - Cretaceous Period<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - ray fish widespread</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - 1st sharks</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - 1st flowers and grasses</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - dinosaurs (T-Rex, triceratops, velociraptor, spinosaurs)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - birds evolved</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - 1st ants, butterflies, grasshoppers </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"> * MASS EXTINCTION EVENT (Asteroid Impact)</span> <br />
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III. 65 million-present - Cenozoic Era</h4>
A. 65-23 million - Paleogene Period<br />
i. 65-54 million - Paleocene Epoch<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - turtles, crocodiles, lizards, fish</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - nocturnal mammals </span><br />
ii. 54-37 million - Eocene Epoch<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - running animals (horse)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - grasses evolved and prairies formed</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - beech elm, chestnut, magnolia, redwood, larch, cedar trees</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - small mammals </span><br />
iii. 34-23 million - Oligocene Epoch<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - elephants and rhinos</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - cooler climate (woodlands)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - 1st apes </span><br />
B. 23-2.5 million - Neogene Period<br />
i. 23-5 million - Miocene Epoch<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - increased grasslands</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - cooler, dryer climate</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - cattle and deer evolved</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - wolves, horse, deer, birds - similar to today</span> <br />
ii. 5-1.8 million - Pliocene Epoch<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - modern climate - deciduous and coniferous forests, tundra, grasslands and deserts </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - 1st humans</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - seals and sea lions thrived (mammals)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - Mediterranean Sea formed</span><br />
C. 2.5 million-present - Quaternary Period<br />
i. 2.5 million-11,700 - Pleistocene<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - Great Lakes formed</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - glaciers formed and retreated </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - some mammals became extinct (mastodons, saber-toothed cats, grounds sloths, cave bears)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - Neanderthals became extinct</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - migratory birds evolved</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> - smaller, swifter mammals developed</span><br />
ii. 11,700-present - Holocene<br />
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Week 3: Pre-Cambrian</h3>
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Surprisingly, it was a mass extinction event which gave rise to life on the planet during the Cambrian period of history. Before the Cambrian the only known life was single celled organisms. The seas were filled with a type of blue-green algae known as scieno-bacteria. Then a series of events took place which caused the Earth to freeze. It was the devastating ice age which caused the bacteria to evolve by surviving the harsh conditions.<br />
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Watch the series of videos, Catastrophe: Miracle Planet, which focuses on mass extinction events throughout the history of our planet. The first two episodes detail the ice age which took place between the pre-Cambrian and Cambrian periods of evolution.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hHbiWBwmY">Miracle Planet: Snowball Earth</a></div>
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Scientists believe the Earth was completely covered with ice at least two times since it was formed, hence the title of the video "Snowball Earth". At one time the air was filled with methane gas giving the atmosphere a reddish hue. Then one celled organisms which produced oxygen began to thrive changing the red to blue. The abundance of oxygen then caused the planet to freeze. Although the surface was frozen, forces beneath were still very active. Plates continued to move and volcanoes continued to erupt. Volcanoes erupting on the surface spilled carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. After years of eruptions, the carbon dioxide built up and rewarmed the planet. The increased temperature caused the ice to melt and life to once again thrive.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOLbE8frMrM">Miracle Planet: Snowball Earth - Episode 2 </a></div>
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Episode 2 of Miracle Planet, Snowball Earth continues discussions of how the Earth was once completely covered by ice. 650 million years ago, there were no plants and animals to balance the carbon dioxide, oxygen and other gases within the atmosphere. Scieno-bacteria, one of the only living creatures, absorbed carbon dioxide. After years of carbon dioxide use, the gas became depleted in the atmosphere. Since carbon dioxide keeps the Earth warm, the lack of carbon dioxide allowed the planet to freeze. In addition to exploring how the Earth froze and later thawed, scientists explore winter caves to see how single celled organisms may have survived when the Earth was frozen. They also explain how they had altered DNA which enabled them to survive. It was this mass extinction event between the Pre-Cambrian and Cambrian period that was the turning point for life to thrive.<br />
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Week 4: Paleozoic Era</h3>
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Cambrian </h4>
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The Cambrian Period was the first time of widespread life on Earth. While the land was barren, the seas saw an explosion of life. The single celled organisms of the Precambrian developed into multi celled creatures. At first creatures had soft bodies, but during the Cambrian Period, the first shells were developed. Watch this video on the Cambrian Explosion of life.<br />
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<b>Ordovician</b></h4>
During the Ordovician Period the warm shallow seas were filled with trilobites, sea scorpions and coral. Nautiloids evolved and after 25 million years of volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere was filled with carbon dioxide. The major evolutionary advancement of the backbone led to the evolution of the first fish.<br />
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Watch this video which features Nigel, who travels back in time to venture into
the ancient seas. In addition to featuring the Ordovician Seas, Nigel
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MissoCefH-w">Sea Monsters - A Walking With Dinosaurs Trilogy</a></div>
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<b>Silurian</b></h4>
The Silurian Period gave rise to the first land based plants. The evolution of jaws was a major event as predators became much more dangerous. Watch this video on the evolution of jaws.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ascCgHzMc">Evolution of Jaws</a></div>
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<b>Devonian</b></h4>
During the Devonian Period large armored fish ruled the seas and the first sharks evolved. The air was rich with oxygen, and the first creatures developed the capabilities of breathing air and walking on land. Plants which had evolved during earlier periods became numerous upon the land. Forests began to grow and the shade proved by the trees provided shelter for land animals. Watch this video which explores the links between prehistoric creatures and the first tetrapods.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ascCgHzMc">Evolution - Link to Our Past</a></div>
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<b>Carboniferous</b></h4>
This was the age of giant insects as 80% of the atmosphere was filled with oxygen. The mass of trees led to the first dirt. Creatures developed the capability to produce hard shelled and amniotic eggs which led to the evolution of mammals and reptiles. Hearing developed and the relationship between carnivores and herbivores was established.<br />
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<b>Permian</b></h4>
During the Permian Period mammals and reptiles continued to evolve on land.<br />
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<i><b>Paleozoic Era</b></i></h3>
Overall the Paleozoic Era saw major changes in life on Earth. From single celled organisms to shells, backbones, jaws, limbs, lungs and eggs - specialization was beginning to take place. The video linked below covers the entire era.<br />
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To remember the major events of the Paleozoic Era, memorize this song to the tune of <i>Little Bunny Fu-Fu</i>.<br />
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5-4-3-2-1 Boom<br />
4.5 billion years ago the Earth was formed<br />
Single celled bacteria lived in blue-green water<br />
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5-4-3-2-1 Frozen<br />
Carbon dioxide levels fell and Earth became a snowball<br />
Volcanoes warmed the Earth after 25 million years <br />
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C-O-S-D-C-P Cambrian<br />
Multi-celled creatures evolved in the seas<br />
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C-O-S-D-C-P Ordovician<br />
Shallow seas, warm water, lots of carbon dioxide<br />
The first fish developed without any jaws<br />
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C-O-S-D-C-P Silurian<br />
Creatures developed backbones and fish got jaws<br />
Plants began to grow upon the land<br />
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C-O-S-D-C-P Devonian<br />
The air was full of oxygen and forest began to grow<br />
Tetrapods with four limbs walked upon the land<br />
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C-O-S-D-C-P Carboniferous<br />
Giant insects flew about in oxygen rich air<br />
Reptiles evolved with shelled eggs and hard scales<br />
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C-O-S-D-C-P Permian<br />
The first mammals evolved and they could hear<br />
Reptiles ruled the land until..............<br />
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5-4-3-2-1 Boom<br />
Volcanoes erupted for hundreds of thousands of years<br />
Acid rain, volcanic winters, the food chain collapsed<br />
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Carbon dioxide in the air warmed the Earth and sea<br />
95% of species died but some survived<br />
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Add creatures which lived during the Paleozoic Era to your timeline.<br />
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Lesson 5: End of the Paleozoic Era </h3>
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What brought the Paleozoic Era to its end?<br />
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The Paleozoic period of evolution was brought to a close with a mass extinction event which lasted over 100,000 years. Massive volcanic eruptions, known as flood basalt eruptions, took place in Siberia. The eruptions released sulfur dioxide gas into the atmosphere which mixed with water causing acid rain. The acid rain lead to a series of volcanic winters which caused the food system to collapse. As if that wasn't bad enough, the carbon dioxide released by the volcanoes then caused the Earth to warm. The warming resulted in altered global weather patterns. In addition, the warm air caused the ocean temperatures to rise eventually causing them to stop circulating. This created a lack of oxygen in the seas which in turn resulted in numerous creatures becoming extinct. Watch the video Catastrophe - Episode 3: Planet of Fire which is part of series which focuses on mass extinction events.
Episode 3 focuses on the extinction which occurred at the end of the
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Lesson 6: Mesozoic Era </h3>
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Mesozoic Era was the time of the dinosaurs. It can be broken into three
time periods; Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. The first flowering
plants, marine reptiles, flying dinosaurs and first small dinosaurs
evolved during the Triassic. During the Jurassic Pterosaurs were
abundant. The Cretaceous gave rise to the first sharks, birds and dinosaurs. Triceratops, and t-rex roamed the land. Mammals made their first appearance during the Mesozoic.<br />
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Miracle Planet Part 4, Extinction and Rebirth describes how volcanic eruptions lead to a change in composition of the Earth's atmosphere. Among other elements, oxygen levels first rose and then fell dramatically to around 10%. The video explains how one change led to another such as the unique formation of mammal rib cages. In early species the rib cage completely surrounded the chest, but in later species, the ribs only surrounded the upper chest much like our ribs do today.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAGGQ9gzbx0">Miracle Planet - Part IV: Extinction and Rebirth</a></div>
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Pterosaurs evolved during the Mesozoic Era with wings, huge breast bones and unique landing tactics. Watch the National Geographic video <i>Largest flying Creature Ever - Pterosaurs</i> which features scientists who try to replicate pterosaur flight. <br />
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Sauroposeidon were a species of long necked dinosaur which laid numerous small eggs. It's believed that the parents abandoned their babies (500 per season) and let them fend for themselves. T-Rex dinosaurs, on the other hand, are believed to have been devoted parents. Watch <i>Dinosaurs Part 1 Extreme Survivors</i> which explores different species of dinosaurs and their behavior characteristics.<br />
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Long neck dinosaurs, abounded during the Jurassic. During the Cretaceous the t-rex preyed upon creatures. It is believed that these two species didn't live at the same time and that there may have been even larger dinosaurs. Watch <i>Extreme Dinosaurs</i> which explores the possibility of a dinosaur even bigger than t-rex discovered in South America - giganatosaurus, living at the same time as the giant Argentinosaurus, the largest plant eater. While exploring the theory, scientists examine evidence that suggests these species of large dinosaurs may have lived in family groups.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59wf4Ropfbc">BBC Documentary - Extreme Dinosaurs</a></div>
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While dinosaurs roamed the land, the seas teamed with life. Watch the National Geographic video <i>Sea Monsters - A Prehistoric Adventure </i>which gives a historical fiction account of a dolichorhynchops (a pre-historic dolfin which lived during the late Cretaceous.) Follow the dolichorhynchops and her brother as they journey through life. The video introduces several other sea creatures of the late Cretaceous.<br />
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Add Figures to Your Timeline</h4>
After learning about different Mesozic Era creatures add images to the timeline.<br />
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Search through books to locate creatures and sketch them for the timeline.<br />
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Photocopy creatures pictured in books and cut them out for the timeline or print images from the internet for your timeline.</div>
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Lesson 7: End of the Cenozoic Era</h3>
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Scientists divide time into three eras; Paleozoic, Mesozoic and
Cenozoic. Each era is further divided into periods. At the end of each
era and period extinction events wiped out life. The extinction events
which occurred at the end of each era were much more devastating than the extinction events which happened during the eras. Both caused large numbers of creatures to become extinct. After each extinction event new and different life forms were allowed
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The first major extinction event began with a complete freeze of the
Earth and happened at the beginning of the Paleozoic Era. The second mass extinction event
occurred between the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Eras and was brought on by a
massive volcanic eruption in Siberia. The final mass extinction event was
caused by an asteroid impact at the end of the Mesozoic Era. <br />
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Today it is widely accepted that 65 million years ago an asteroid struck our planet and wiped out most life on Earth including the dinosaurs. The video below tells the story.<br />
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Lesson 8: Cenozoic Era Creatures</h3>
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The first mammals evolved during the Mesozoic Era, but after the mass extinction event which wiped out the dinosaurs, those mammals began to develop individual features. Horses, elephants, and hundreds of other mammals developed unique characteristics which enabled them to thrive. As the mammals continued to evolve, so did the reptiles and fish. Unique creatures such as turtles, lizards, and crocodiles became abundant. Grasslands spread across the land and with them mammals such as cattle and deer became equipped to survive in their new environment.<br />
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The Cenozoic Era also gave rise to human evolution which will be the subject of the next lesson. The last great ice age when the woolly mammoths and saber toothed cats ran wild was part of the Cenozoic Era as well as modern humans living today. This video gives an overview of the time period. <br />
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For much of history the continent of Australia was separated from the rest of the Earth's land mass. Therefore, the creatures which evolved in Australia are the most unique on the planet. Poison, pouches and combinations of features found nowhere else are found in unique creatures that live in Australia. The platypus is perhaps the oddest of them all. Watch <i>And the Mammals Laid Eggs</i> which describes several Australian animals and their history of evolution.<br />
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Search the internet for images of creatures to place onto your timeline.</div>
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Lesson 9: Human Evolution</h3>
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Six million years ago chimps and humans shared a common ancestor. In the years in between numerous human-like creatures lived on the planet. "Lucy," the name given to a 3.2 million year old fossil found in Africa was the species Austrolopitheaus Afarensis. From the waist down she was like a human, but from the waist up, her features were more ape-like. Living in a tropical rain forest, it is believed that some ape like creatures developed legs that enabled walking thus giving them an advantage over certain other apes.<br />
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Watch the video <i>Becoming Human</i> from which describes several species of early humans that evolved from Austrolopitheaus Afarensis. Some lived only to evolve into other species and die out. The traits common and unique between species closely related are explained in detail.<br />
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Neanderthal were a species of early human which lived at the same time as Homo Sapiens, 35,000 years ago. They lived primarily in Europe and western Asia and were well adapted to survive in the cold climate of the period. </div>
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Neanderthal: Episode 1 - Evolution History Documentary shows the species living their lives. Separated into small family groups of 7-20 people, they lived in caves and ate mostly meat. They were great hunters, cared about members of their clan and rarely lived to the age of 40. </div>
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The History Channel video<i> From Ape to Man</i> follows the discoveries of different human like species during the 1800s and 1900s. If you can't find the video on youtube, try the History Vault, a low cost streaming service from the History Channel. When Charles Darwin wrote about his evolution theory, the scientific world didn't pay much attention. Several years later his ideas gained popularity and anthropologists began searching for "the missing link." At first scientists believed they would discover one species which would be a transition between humans and apes, but after several different discoveries, their ideas changed. Many human-like species have been discovered. Some are direct ancestors of humans, and others are more like cousins that became extinct.</div>
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<i>Birth of Civilization</i> is a video which serves as a good transition between the human portion of evolution study and ancient history studies as it explaines how people began living together in groups. </div>
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After learning about how humans evolved, add pictures of pre-historic species of human-like creatures to your timeline.</div>
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Notice how close to the top of the timeline the human-like creatures lived.<br />
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Also note that humans did not live at the same time as the dinosaurs, but did live at the same time as early three-toed horses, woolly mammoths and other early mammals.</div>
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Lesson 10: The Last Great Ice Age </h3>
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At the end of the last great ice age humans made an extraordinary journey which brought them to a new continent. Several theories explain how humans could have come to live in the Americas, but scientists and historians currently lack the evidence to know with certainty. Rather than explain how humans evolved, the video linked below describes how early humans lived. During the time when woolly mammoths roamed the planet, these early humans would have likely been the prey of saber toothed cats. </div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz91Gzk-pPA">Europeans and Asians in Pre-historic America - Journey to 10,000 BC</a></div>
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Around the end of the last ice age an extinction event occurred which
wiped out the mammoths, saber toothed cats and other ice age creatures.
It devastated human populations, but didn't destroy human life. Many
scientists believe an asteroid hit the United States in the area of
Ohio, but since impact was atop of a glacier, there is no crater
evidence.<br />
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Lesson 11: Wolves in Yellowstone </h3>
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Mankind didn't understand the process of evolution until Charles Darwin
introduced his theory. Scientists have greatly expanded on his
foundational ideas and have an even better understanding of evolution today.
Read the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Beetle-Too-Many-Extraordinary/dp/076361436X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=darwin,+one+beetle&qid=1592065288&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=c3bad822b15233e2dcc44509bf01b00c&language=en_US">One Beetle Too Many</a> to understand how Charles Darwin was transformed from a bug collector into a revolutionary thinker. Evolution is an ongoing process that is still happening today. <br />
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The children's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618111204/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0618111204&linkCode=as2&tag=highhihomesc-20&linkId=Z2TLAXU2EN4FD3RG">Once A Wolf: How Wildlife Biologists Fought to Bring Back the Gray Wolf</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=highhihomesc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0618111204" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> tells the story about how wolves became extinct in the American West and were later reintroduced. Shockingly it was laws which commonly encouraged practices that led to extinction. In 1995 scientists and biologists decided to reintroduce the wolves to Yellowstone. The population has since boomed and led to numerous ecological changes as discussed in the short video below.<br />
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Creatures don't have much control over mass extinction events such as ice ages, meteors and volcanic eruptions. They do have some control when it comes to the extinction of individual species in the short-term of time. After studying wolves in Yellowstone, discuss when humans have and do not have control when it comes to evolution.</div>
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