Z has been loving Earth Science! I made my own blend of various topics and utilized books we own, library books, DVDs, lots of YouTube videos and games. Here are the topics I picked to divide up our studies:
Earth Science Topics
Earth - inside the earth, rotation/revolution/orbit, seasons, atmosphere
Weather - water cycle, rain, snow, rainbows, clouds, wind, storms, lightning/thunder, tornadoes, hurricanes
Rocks & Fossils
Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, avalanche
Rivers, waterfalls, floods, monsoon, lakes, ponds, etc.
Oceans - seashore, seas, under the sea in relation to earth science
Under the ground, caves, caverns
Desert, grasslands, rainforests, polar
Cities/towns, resources, pollution
I'm amazed at how well it is going and all the materials I have found to supplement each topic! Here are some pictures of things I've utilized to teach and include in our studies:
Here are some more books we read already that I forgot to get photos of from the library:
We did a very in-depth study of the ocean in August and then actually went to the ocean in September!
I had some ocean things already but we bought several more at the ocean to keep with our collection for future ocean study:
Books about our caves/caverns and underground study:
We had a lot of books about the different biomes:
There wasn't much I could find on natural resources:
That completes our earth science study! We will be following it up with a study on astronomy.
