Sorry I haven't posted any Apologia 5th Day Swimming Creatures posts lately. We got behind in lesson 4. Christmas and New Years we were a bit more relaxed, finally we have completed lesson 4 -- Aquatic Herps!
We went to a local turtle rehabilitation to get more of a hands on experience.
This Loggerhead Sea Turtle was eating conch
This sea turtle is hooked up to medication (the yellow box) due to an injury.
We ended our lesson with one of the experiments. To understand how a frog's skin can absorb oxygen.
Materials needed:
vanilla
balloon
box
We dropped 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla in the balloon, tied it and then put it in a food storage container for 30 minutes. The result was that originally the balloon just smelled like latex but after the 30 minutes was over you could smell the vanilla that absorbed from the balloon.
thanks for info and then i like the picture
ReplyDeleteI am considering using Apologia next year. I'd love to start with Zoology 2- sea creatures because I think my kids would enjoy it more than the birds in Zoology 1. Did you do Zoology 1 first or jump straight into Zoology 2?
ReplyDeleteShaky Mommy - This was out 1st year using this curriculum. I started with this one because I knew it would interest my son. I already bought next year's curriculum - Flying Creatures and plan on using it for my oldest who will be in 2nd grade and with my 5 year old who will start kindgarten. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun experience and a great way to learn! Your pictures look amazing. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! My kids love this kind of stuff too!!! I am dropping by from the Alexa Hop. Have a blessed day!
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Sarah
This is great! We love learning about animals. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. My boys would love stuff like this.
ReplyDeleteOh this reminds me of the turtle hospital we used to go to in the keys! I just found your blog (through the someday crafts giveaway directory) and am so excited, because we are thinking about homeschooling, and this is one of the reasons why--hands-on learning!
ReplyDeletefun experiment looks like fun seeing and learning about the turtles
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information! I was concerned that I would need to start with flying creatures and wasn't sure that would pull my kids in like the sea creatures would! But now that I know it worked well for you, I feel good about going ahead with sea creatures! I'll definitely be visiting your blog more to get some ideas about activities once I have the curriculum in hand! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool experience! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I am thinking about homeschooling my kids:)Love all the hands on ideas!!
ReplyDeleteAdorable!:)
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! What a great real world learning opportunity, great lesson plan!
ReplyDeleteNow I am going to have to see if they have a turtle rehab in my area!
ReplyDeletethanks, we can always use some interesting new experiments to try
ReplyDeleteI wish I was there, great lesson!
ReplyDeleteI want to go there! I love sea turtles.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool experiment, was that one in the book?
Thanks for linking to Science Sunday!
Fun stuff! Great way to learn!
ReplyDeleteA turtle rehabilitation place! How awesome! My girls would love to go there! We just watched "Dolphin Tale" last night, and now they both declare their desire to become marine biologists. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat looks like so much fun! My boys would love that! I wish there was something like that around here!
ReplyDeleteloved the pictures and all the info!~
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