Usborne Quicklinks ~ Week 28

History for all

Book: 12,000 Years of World History

Pages 144-145

Website 1
Find out about a religious painting of the Virgin Mary and Jesus.

Website 2
Watch a video clip about splendid tapestries made in about 1500.

Website 3
Examine some 15th century tapestries of hunting scenes.

Website 4
See how wooden panels were prepared for painting and gilding with gold.

Website 5
Zoom in on a painting known as an altarpiece from the 14th century. (Click on the picture to zoom.)

Website 6
Find out how saints were represented by symbols in stained glass windows. (Click on the name of a saint.)

Website 7
Look inside the prayer book of a medieval queen of France.

Website 8
See some examples of gargoyles.

Website 9
More medieval treasures, from a gold pendant to a sumptuous altarpiece. (Click on a period then click on an artifact.)

Pages 154-155

Website 1
Watch a video clip about the battle for power between the Lancasters and the Yorks, the two branches of the English royal family.

Website 2
Discover how life in England was changing for ordinary people whilst kings and nobles continued to battle for power.

Website 3
Find out more about the house of Lancaster and the house of York.

Website 4
Shakespeare portrayed Richard III as an evil King but was this unfair? Read 5 myths that are not necessarily true.

Website 5
Watch a video clip about the Battle of Bosworth. (Video may not be available where you are due to BBC copyright restrictions.)

Science: 6th grade

Book: What's Science All About?

Section: How is Chemistry Useful? Pages 157-169

Website 1
Hunt for elements in an online house and find out more about useful chemicals.

Website 2
Change silicon, iron or carbon into useful materials with "The Transformer".

Website 3
Watch fun cartoons about carbon, and its role in fossil fuels, global warming and much more. (Click on "Episode 1" to begin.)

Website 4
Make steel alloys in a fun game. (Click on "Play". Note: To help you choose the right recipe and "cook" an alloy, listen carefully to the chef's list of properties and memorize the ingredients of the correct recipe.)

Website 5
Explore a house, a hospital and a bus to find products made from chlorine and vinyl.

Website 6
Investigate the everyday uses of plastics then try an online quiz. (Click on the links in the sections "Plastics and Safety" and "Plastics in your Home".)

Website 7
Discover 365 ways chemistry improves the everyday life of people. (Click on the caption under an image to find out more.)

None for 3rd grade science, as we are still studying our biology book.

Week in Photos ~ Week 27

Surprise park visit!

Watching Jerusalem

Early St. Patrick's Day treat! Green ice cream.

Haikus by 3rd graders

Example of using a timeline to solve elapsed time math problems

Library!

Live lady bugs

Love these question boards

Fraction math bingo introduction

Our progress towards donations for Kyiv Christian Academy

Most of the books our students have read

Week 27 Overview

Bible- Completing the Gospels, we looked at Jesus's last week on earth. From Jesus entering Jerusalem to the Passover Meal (which was also the Last Supper) to Jesus's prayer, to his illegal trial, to his crucifixion, to his burial and resurrection. Jesus is alive! Perfect timing as Easter approaches.

We also watched a National Geographic documentary titled Jerusalem. This tied together Bible facts and what we have read in Story of the World. It's a great view of Jerusalem through the eyes of three young ladies: a Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian. We highly recommend viewing it. We rented it from Amazon.

History- In Story of the World, we covered the Hundred Years War between France and England. This included the following: Henry V (became king of England in 1413) and the Battle of Agincourt, Joan of Arc, the Burgundians, and French King Charles VII. We briefly discussed Shakespeare's play titled Henry V. We also had a lot of review from the last couple of weeks by using our Kingfisher Encyclopedia.

Independent Reading- Our students read more chapter books this week and that brings our donation to Kyiv Christian Academy to $16! We've read 16 chapter books in March.

Read Aloud- We are getting to some suspenseful parts in Shakespeare Stealer! Widge was so enthralled with Hamlet that he forgot to write down all the lines. Will he be able to fix this?

Writing- Writing Haiku poetry ourselves

Math in 3rd grade- telling time to the minute and elapsed time. We are practicing using a timeline to solve these problems (students are told not to use a traditional addition or subtraction problem at this time because conversions are often involved and students are not able to solve the problems accurately using that method. This is common at this grade level. Studies show that the best way for most 3rd graders to accurately solve elapsed time problems is to use a timeline). We will add an example in our Week in Photos. 

Math in 6th grade- Geometry ~ Angles in triangles, quadrilaterals, & congruent and similar figures. Also, Chapter 13 quiz.

Science in 3rd Grade- Biology ~ Protists and the differences between the three types: amoeba (with pseudopod), paramecia (with cilia), and euglena (with a flagellum). We learned how they move and how they get food. (Watch a short video on Protists- link located in our Usborne Quicklinks post week 27).

Science 6th grade- Chemistry ~ activation energy, reactivity, catalysts and inhibitors, balancing equations, and six types of reactions.

Happy learning!

Usborne Quicklinks ~ Week 27

In addition to our Usborne Links, check out this introduction video about Protists (Protozoa) that our 3rd graders watched! It is made like a movie trailer, so it was highly interesting to our students.

https://youtu.be/0-6dzU4gOJo

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Everyone! I am so excited! I figured out how to post the links directly into each blog post. Now, students do not have to write down their pages and look up everything in the Usborne Quicklinks page. Students can just click below. Yay!


History for all ~ Book: 12,000 Years of World History

Pages 125 The Hundred Years' War (between France and England)

Pages 136-137 Traders and Towns between 1300-1500

Website 1
Watch a video about a medieval trading town in France, and its fairs.

Website 2
See pictures of a medieval merchant's house in Southampton, UK. (Scroll to the bottom of the page to see photos of the rooms.)

Website 3
Visit the German city of Lubeck, the capital of the Hanseatic League and a major trading center in the Middle Ages.

Website 4
Find out about trading routes with a game. Can you tell Queen Elizabeth I where each object comes from?

Website 5
Watch a video clip of the Doge's Palace in Venice, Italy. (The ruler of Venice was called a doge.)

Pages 138-139 The Power of the Popes & Enemies of the Town between 1000-1500

Website 1
Listen to a story about King Henry II that illustrates the battle for power between king and church.

Website 2
Watch a video about the city of Avignon and the popes who lived there.

Website 3
See the Palace of the Popes in Avignon, and its rooms. (Click on "9 Popes" to find out about the Popes who lived there.)

Pages 140-141 Building a Cathedral and Going on a Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages

Website 1
Visit Reims Cathedral in France, built in the thirteenth century.

Website 2
Examine a medieval crane and find out how medieval builders could raise blocks of stone to such heights.

Website 3
Paint a medieval cathedral to return it to its former glories.

Website 4
Visit Chartres Cathedral in France and discover some of the stories depicted in the stunning stained-glass windows.

Website 5
Can you build an arch? Find out how medieval masons built cathedral arches without the benefits of modern technology.

Pages 150-151 Kingdoms of the Celts

Website 1
Watch a video clip about Edward I's conquest of Wales.

Website 2
Fly over Beaumaris Castle, in Wales, built around 1300 by Edward 1 of England.

Website 3
Play a game and see if you can break through the defenses of English castles in Wales.

Website 4
Watch a video clip trailer for a film about the Battle of Bannockburn between Robert Bruce, King of Scotland and Edward II of England.

Website 5
Interactive guide to the characters, locations and weapons of the Battle of Bannockburn with quizzes. (Click on "Find out more" under "Battlepedia".)

Science for 6th grade ~ Book: What's Science All About?

Section: Chemistry, Subsection: Let's Make Things Happen

Website 1
Discover chemistry in a virtual kitchen!

Website 2
Make some virtual candy, then learn about the chemistry involved. (Click on "Candy-o-matic".)

Website 3
Find out about the chemistry of fireworks. (Click on "Launch interactive".)

Website 4
Construct some virtual polymers.

Science for 3rd grade: none this week (we have been using a non-Usborne book for biology, so there are no links).