Books to Share: Leonardo and His Times by Andrew Langley (Dreams of Flying pp.44-45), Renaissance by Alison Cole (Leonardo’s Explorations pp. 38-39), World Book Online: Leonardo, The Wright Brothers
Craft: Make Paper Airplanes
Instructions from Manual p. 136
Air Shark, Whisper Dart, Tail Spin, Long Ranger from Paper Airplanes: Copilot Level 2 &
Paper Airplanes: Flight School Level 1 by Christopher Harbo
Origami Twirling Bird
Experiment: Test Your Creations
Books to Share: Excerpts from Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist by Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young, Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella by Tony Johnston or The Loch Mess Monster by Helen Lester
Game: Sea Serpent Race
Craft: Origami Plesiosaurus
Take Home: Make Your Own Bigfoot craft, Loch Ness coloring sheet
Books to Share: The Watcher by Jeanette Winter, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (10 minute selection)
Activities:
Bird Songs & Animal Sounds (Apps from Zell Enterprises)
Animal Tracks ID (from 2012 SRP)
Bird ID (Flannel Board)
What’s in a Seed? (idea from manual)
Take Home: Mini Nature Hunt (Manual p. 221), Leaf Prints Craft idea (from internet)
Books to Share: Greater Estimations by Bruce Goldstone, That’s a Possibility by Bruce Goldstone
Experiments: Estimation Jars (erasers, pompoms, table scatter), Dice Roll, Coin Toss
Craft: Binary Code Necklaces (manual p. 187)
Book to Share: Who Sank the Boat? By Pamela Allen
Experiments: Sink or float (feather, pompom, penny, toothpick, rock, die, eraser, paperclip), Sink the boat (try to sink boat made of aluminum foil & craft sticks with toy dinosaurs)
Activity: Build boats with aluminum foil, craft sticks, and tape. Then see if they float with and without passengers (toy dinosaurs)
Books to Share: Too Tall Houses by Gianna Marino, If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen
Game: Life Size Angry Birds
Book to Share: Pop: The Accidental Invention of Bubble Gum by Megan McCarthy
Experiments from www.candyexperiments.com:
What Makes POP ROCKS Pop?
WARHEADS Acid Test
Sink/Float (with candy bars)
Floating Letters (Skittles & M&M’s)
Hot/Cold Dissolving Race (Skittles)
Book to Share: excerpts from How to Clean a Hippopotamus by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
Game: using Peculiar Pairs in Nature Cards (manual p. 233) …Find Your Partner & Animal Partners Charades (p. 216)