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WHY? Our Journey Into Homeschooling
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Blues and Humpbacks
Well,
I finally got to answer some of A.J.'s numerous questions today about
whales. He is all about numbers: How many blue whales are there? How
much do they eat? How big are they?
Does it amaze you to know that blue whales eat over 7,500 pounds of
krill a day during feeding seasons (that's equivalent to 40,000,000 of
those tiny shrimp!)? They are 75-80 feet long and can weigh 200,000
pounds! A.J.'s made-up creatures (for example, the "biter shark") could
get even bigger and eat even more!
I love the Internet, as I was able to find some kid-friendly
information on both kinds of whales, along with pictures (Google Images
is great for that part), fairly quickly. There is some great
information on marine mammals at a site called Kids Do Ecology.
I printed out all the stuff on blue whales and humpacks and may go back
later for information on gray whales, dolphins, and sea otters.
With all this fish stuff, I guess you could say we're in the middle of
an unplanned unit study on oceans and ocean animals that has included
games (the two Feeding Frenzies, and there are more we could do),
books, internet resources, and trips to aquariums (we've visited
aquariums in Virginia and New Jersey in the last month or so). This is
fun for me, too, as I wanted to be a marine biologist for a good
portion of my younger life!
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G Is for Googol by David Schwartz
Science
Usborne First Nature: Fishes by Alwyne Wheeler
Usborne Discovery: Sharks by Jonathan Sheikh-Miller
Usborne Discovery: Whales and Dolphins by Susanna Davidson
The Nature Company EcoXplorer Series: Under the Sea by Priscilla Wrubel et al.
Questions and Answers: Mighty Machines by Stephen Angel
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Emeril's There's a Chef in My World by Emeril Lagasse
Emeril's There's a Chef in My Soup by Emeril Lagasse
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Minimus Pupil's Book: Starting Out in Latin by Barbara Bell and Helen Forte
Sign With Your Baby by Joseph Garcia
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