We ended our unit study with ocean life. Here the girls created their own mural. We found out that the ocean contains many zones and the farther down it goes, the darker it gets and the animals that live in each zone vary, including the way God created them to live in those zones. We found a really cool website that allowed the girls to play a game where they descended gradually in the ocean called Journey to the Deep. They started out by picking which creature they wanted to be: a fish, a seal or a whale. At each level they learned things about the creatures that lived there and answered a question after 60 seconds of exploring. Then they were able to descend to a lower part of the ocean. It was really neat. The girls actually got a little intimidated when it got to the lowest zone, sometimes reffered to as the Aphotic Zone (but I found that there are other names for it as well). It was really dark and some rather strange creatures lived there! We also watched some on-line video on different creatures that live in the sea and there were many that we have never known to exist! God is very creative!
Grace and Emily especially like watching video of sharks! There was one where a great white actually leaped out of the water to eat a sea lion! Emily didn't want to watch that one but Grace was very intrigued.
The girls love to do anything that involves crafts, especially painting! They don't get to do it as often as they would probably like because I don't always feel creative :) but it's a great time for them when they get to. They put their all into it.
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Great pictures, Girls! Say, you ought to check out the "Blue Planet" series of videos/DVDs. We have some at the library. They are fascinating about the ocean. You would all love them!
Auntie Patti
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