Third Grade, Science, Set Seven

We did some different things during this set.

1. We completed the last three Nature Friend magazines.
2. We watched a pumpkin rot.
• First, we carved it and let a candle burn in it for six (or so) hours.
• Then we put it outside by our compost pile.
• We put an un-cut pumpkin by it for our control
• Each day K. journaled the progress of its decomposition.
3. We learned about Thomas Edison.
• I had a study guide/activity book that went with a video about Edison.
• We watched the video and completed selected sections of the book.
4. We learned about the Galapagos Islands.
• In Clipper Ship (see Reading) they mentioned the Galapagos Islands, so I thought it would be fun to learn more about them.
• Here are the books we read:
• Galapagos Islands by Cynthia Kennedy Henzel
• Into Wild Galapagos by Jeff Corwin
• A Galapagos Island Food Chain by Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
• We're Off . . . to the Galapagos by Michael Mastorakis
• "Galapagos" Means "Tortoises" by Ruth Heller
• We're Sailing to Galapagos: A Week in the Pacific by Laurie Krebs