Manna Moment:Genesis 1:6-8- "And God said," Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters. And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day." Where Did the World Come From? By Karyn E. Lukasek is one of my favorite books as it depicts the creation account in a poem. I have developed some hand motions to go along with each of the days of creation to help us remember how God created and ordered our universe. read aloud- Why is the sky blue by Debbie VilardiOur read aloud book today was Why is the Sky Blue by Debbie Vilardi. This is a newer book, published in 2019 and has helpful QR codes that take you to 30 second videos of the actual atmosphere to websites with science activities. I introduced what the atmosphere was by using this book and the video that showed a recording of a spaceship leaving the Earth's atmosphere. We learned that the atmosphere is a thick layer of air that has water particles, dust particles and gas particles. As the light from the sun hits our atmosphere, the colors found in the light hit these particles. During the day, when the sky is blue, the blue wavelengths, being shorter and smaller, are scattered by the particles and we see a blue sky. Science Experiment: model of the sky being blueAfter reading the book, we set out to model or imitate what the atmosphere might be doing on a smaller scale. I grabbed a
Here is the link to where I found this activity from the book above. Science Experiment: Can we make a rainbow?This science experiment is from one of the QR codes from the book mentioned above. This is the link. I used a glass pan and filled it 3/4 full of water. I used a flashlight to shine into the water onto a mirror placed at an angle in the water. As we shined the light on the mirror, it reflected up where I held a piece of white card stock. I had the students tell me what they could see. I moved the paper up and down to see if there were differences and then changed the mirror to a triangular mirror. The straight mirror reflected the light well and the triangular mirror, we were able to see a faint rainbow on the white paper. I grabbed the triangular mirror I used to make the kaleidoscopes in last weeks' activities. why is the sky blue coloring pageI gave out this custom coloring sheet to the students which was a launch pad into reviewing all the big ideas we talked about today. I only gave them one color at a time as we learned the length of each color that come from the sun's light. You will notice that there is a thick layer and different shapes to represent the different particles that the sun's light hits. And then the students can color the world. Review Points to reinforce:
I love what this student did. He didn't mind coloring with crayons and he didn't so much color in the lines but had the colors blend. I really liked this, it reminded me of what I had taught him last semester about the colors running into one another and blending in our Optical Physics book. I highly recommend using crayons over markers for this reason.
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This unit of science will be based on the Days of Creation as depicted in Genesis 1. We will learn about science concepts in the order that God ordered the Days of Creation. Opening ActivityOur first activity when the students came into class was to make a Duplo build. I printed off some Lego Duplo instructions from this website for free, however, only I built one of the suggested builds. All of the students wanted to create from their imagination which was wonderful. We have a magnificent and cleverly built world to live in and it didn't happen by chance. When these students put together their build, they were very intentional about the pieces they wanted to use and how they wanted to use them. They, themselves, are not a duplo and therefore the duplos could not build themselves. It took them being, not a duplo, and outside of the duplo world to be able to create a build. This is a parallel to how God created the universe and everything in it. God Almighty is intelligent, purposeful and loving. He, not being human and finite, was able to create the world that we live in just as the these students are not duplos and intelligent to order pieces so they could create something wonderful. I pointed to the big bin of duplos and asked if that bin of chaos would ever, with enough time, create any of the builds by themselves. They said, 'no' because someone has to build those things intentionally. I agree. Romans 1:20- "For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse." Storytime- God's Creation, Help Tell the Story by Joanne LiuI introduced the Days of Creation to the students using this incredibly interactive book. This book invites the reader to be apart of the creation story. It has you clap your hands to signal the creating of light, then you gently swipe the pages to put the light all on one page, leaving the darkness on another page. It had you rub the page before to see the sun being created on the fourth day. I had the students rub their hands together, creating friction and heat to signify the sun being created. All the students were involved and active throughout the telling of the Creation story. Students were rubbing their hands together to creation friction and heat to signify the creation of the sun on the fourth day. where did the world come from? by Karyn E. LukasekToday's class focused on Day 1 of creation which was the creation of Light. Karyne Lukasek wrote this wonderful poem about creation which resides in an Arch book called Where Did the World Come From? I have developed some hand motions to go with this poem so that we can remember it in a fun way. Here is a video with me doing the hand motions characteristics of LightAfter explaining that God created Light on the first day of creation, we talked about what light is and reviewed what gift we have been given to be able to see light. The students remembered that we had learned last semester in Five Gifts Science that the gift of sight allows us to see light. Light allows us to see form and shape of objects, when you block the light, it creates shadows, and within white light are all the colors of the rainbow. Without light we cannot see color. Jesus is the light of the world and allows us to see wonderful color. Then, I taught them that light travels in a straight path until it hits something. The colors we we see are a result of the light reflecting that color to our eyes while the rest of the colors in light are being absorbed. Making KaleidoscopesIt was so fun to be able to make little kaleidoscopes with the students so that they could see the light being reflected off their mirrors and color wheel into their eyes to see wonderful creations. I found this idea on this website. Here are some circle templates that you can use to go with this activity. If you are wanting to integrate some art into this, one of the templates has the OiLs represented.
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Lead LearnerWelcome! My name is Nicole Fleming and I have been leading science learning in the Bryan/College Station homeschool community for over 10 years. Archives
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