CREATION: Week 2 (Day 2), Firmament

BIBLE
Read/Write Genesis 1:6-8
Find and write at least 2 Scriptures with each of the following words:

• divide
• water
• sky

SPELLING/VOCABULARY
Define the following words:

• divide
• firmament

Use Thesaurus to find at least two synonyms for Vocabulary.


HANDWRITING
Practice Handwriting while writing Memory Verse and additional Scripture.


MATH
Mathematics Enhancement Program


ENGLISH/GRAMMAR
1)Use Scott Foresman Grammar books,
or
2)Use the Scott Foresman Grammar books to create your own Unit study related work.


SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY
Roman History

Roman Calendar


SPANISH
Read/Write Memory Verse from Spanish Bible


SCIENCE
This week for Science there will be multiple topics: Air, Clouds, Water Cycle, and Weather. Choose one item from each category in each table.

ATMOSPHERE
Books

• An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries Of the Atmosphere, by Gabrielle Walker
• A Field Guide To the Atmosphere, by Jay Paschoff, Vincent J. Schaefer

Media

• Bill Nye, The Science Guy: Atmosphere (free online viewing)
• Living Planet, Episode 7: The Sky Above, by British Broadcasting Corporation

Experiments
None


CLOUDS
Books

• The Book of Clouds (picture book), by John Day
• Shapes In the Sky: A Books About Clouds, by Josepha Sherman
• Once Upon A Cloud, by Robert Walker
• What Do You See In A Cloud, by Allan Fowler

Media
None

Experiments

• The Cloudspotter's Guide*, by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
• Make Fog
• Cloud In A Bottle

***Use The Cloudspotter's Guide to Clouds to plan a field trip. Go to a local park with a wide open space where you can easily view the day-time sky. Take art pads for each child along with pencils. Spend some time watching clouds floating by, attempting to identify the types of clouds you see. Then have the children draw a picture of their favorite cloud in the sky.


WATER CYCLE
Books

• Water, Water Every where: A Book About the Water Cycle, by Melvin Berger
• Water Up, Water Down: The Hydrologic Cycle, by Sally M. Walker

Media

• Bill Nye, The Science Guy: The Water Cycle (free online viewing)

Experiments

• Science Project Ideas About Rain, by Robert Gardner
• Raindrops and Rainbows, by Rose Wyler
• Water Cycle
• Make a Rain Gauge
• Make It Rain

WEATHER
Books

• Twisters And Other Terrible Storms, by Will and Mary Pope Osbourne
• The Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurricane, by Joanna Cole
• Weather: Eyewitness Books, by Brian Cosgrove

Media

• The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm
• Bill Nye, The Science Guy: Storms (free online viewing)

Experiments

• Simple Weather Experiments With Every Day Materials, by Muriel Mandell
• The Kids Book of Weather Forecasting, by Mark Breen and Kathleen Friestad
• Wild About Weather: 50 Wet, Windy, and Wonderful Activities, by Edward Brotak

TO DAY THREE