Hannah started the third book in Hakim's history series. She read Traitor, the Case of Benedict Arnold. She actually thought it was very boring. She is progressing well in her math and language arts. In science, she made a 100% on her test about genetics. She has found it to be a very interesting subject.
David began studying the American Revolution. He read the Magic Treehouse about it, and has requested more Magic Treehouse books. We read The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, as well as a book on his life called A Picture Book of Paul Revere. A funny book he read was John, Paul, George, and Ben by Scholastic.
David is enjoying doing science with our neighbors. We are using Real Science Odyssey, Life Science. The study right now is about the human body. This week we covered the heart and circulation system. We did a lab checking pulse rates after various activities.
The boys enjoyed learning about the components that make up our blood. They made a model of blood using corn syrup, lentils, beans, and Craisins.
Cool blood model! Can you share what each item represented??
ReplyDeleteIf your son is interested in another American Revolution book, I highly recommend the audio version of Mr Revere & I, by Robert Lawson!
Lee (5wolfcubs)
Bright Sky Mom,
ReplyDeleteThanks for looking! The corn syrup was the plasma, red lentils represented platelets, the Craisins represented red blood cells, and the lima beans were the white blood cells. The lab said to use red hots candy for the red blood cells, but we didn't have time to get them. Thanks for the recommendation on the book!