The work continues on the lapbooks. A little slower than I planned but we are making progress. Today we read that the first Olympics was held in Olympia which is in the southern part of Greece near the Ionian Sea. This was important so that people coming to the games could travel by boat. One very interesting fact we learned is that one month prior to the games all wars must stop so that everyone can travel to the games safely. If someone broke this ban they were not allowed to compete in the games.
We have two more chapters left of the God King book and it has been really exciting. Taharka is attempting to reclaim his position as Pharoah of Egypt. I hope to begin working on some Greek projects tomorrow and into next week. Will be posting pictures once they are complete.
For science we just completed a chapter on echinoderms which includes star fish, sea urchin, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, etc. It was a pretty fun chapter to read. The kids learned that star fish will attach themselves to clams or other bivalves and pull them appart with the suction cups on there rays. Then their stomach will come out of there mouth and squeeze into the shell of the clam. It will then start to ingest the clam into his stomach. Once it is all in the stomach it will withdrawal back into the starfish. We also did a fun science experiment making a brittle star with salt crystals. First we boiled water and then added salt until it would not dissolve anymore. Than we poured it into a glass measuring cup. We then took 5 short strings and tied them together at the end. The knot was then put into the water with the ends of the strings hanging over the edge. After two or three days this was the result.
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