Here's the breakdown:
-learned about icebergs and glaciers (rivers of ice)
-learned about the continent of Antarctica and all things related (seals, penguins, ice houses...)
-Watched Ice Age movie
-made our own icebergs ("Mudpies..." book, pg. 85)
Resources:
-"Encyclopedia of Our World" (Usbourne)
-"Winters Across America" by Simon Seymour
-"Icebergs and Glaciers" by Simon Seymour
-I have never taken advantage of the internet links in the Usbourne Encyclopedia. We used it for this subject and there were some really neat things on there. They got to dress a person for the cold in Antarctica, watch some real video of icebergs and glaciers moving, penguins, seals, etc.) They really enjoyed this!
Here is the 'iceberg' we made. It was kind of a lame experiment as far as practicality goes, but the kids just thought it was fun freezing this block of ice with a toy fish inside. We made each half a different color. Then when it was frozen solid we put it in a bowl of water and timed how long it took to melt, noted if the shape changed, etc. For the record, it took like 46 minutes to melt completely. While we waited, the kids worked on their pages for their science notebooks (drew a picture of anything they learned, wrote down 3 things they had learned, and wrote up their experiment page).
Kendall takin' a little snoozer during science class. :)
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