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Science Sunday on Saturday: Louisiana Crawdads

March 3, 2012 Ticia 5 Comments

 

So do you say Crayfish, crawfish, or crawdaddy?

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We read one of the Johnette Downing books I referred to earlier, “Why the Crawfish Lives in the Mud?”  You like how Aunt Tara got suckered into reading to them when visiting?

Afterwards we took some time to read through it again more slowly and we talked about what was true in the book (where crawdads live, what the eat) and what wasn’t true (the animals talking, crawfish being a trickster).

 

Sigh, and sigh again, I have no pictures of them doing this.  None, my computer ate them, bad computer.

 

My follow on was going to be to study one from the grocery store, like we did shrimp, but timing never worked out right.  Maybe we’ll check it out again someday and do that.

 

Have you ever looked for truth in fiction books?

 

 

A couple of weeks ago Mama to 4 Blessings linked drawing out a primeval reptile’s head.  I love the visual of that, and we forgot to do that when we covered that chapter.

I loved these snakes over at Learning Hypothisis to demonstrate gravity.

Over at All Things Beautiful she found these great worksheets on whales and a few other fun things on the course website for Apologia Swimming Creatures.  I keep forgetting to check these out.

Books 4 Learning reviewed a cute picture book about insects this week.  I’ve pinned it for next time we get to Flying Creatures.

science Louisiana, Science Sunday, swimming creatures, zoology

Comments

  1. Phyllis says

    March 3, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    That is a great idea…crawdads and Louisiana. Fits in with swimming creatures, too.

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  2. MaryAnne says

    March 4, 2012 at 2:56 am

    I love the idea of looking for truth in fiction books!

    And I say crawdad, just because that's what I learned from Wee Sing as a kid 🙂

    Reply
  3. Mama to 4 says

    March 4, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    Don't beat yourself up, you do a great job! I love your homeschooling passion – it's an encouragement to the rest of us homeschoolers. XOXO
    Have a great day!
    Nicole

    Reply
  4. Karen says

    March 5, 2012 at 4:32 am

    Crawdad…we used to catch them in the river behind our house when I was a kid. (:

    Reply
  5. Andrea says

    March 10, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    Love the Science Sundays idea! I'll join in tomorrow. I'm a new follower 🙂
    Andrea
    http://www.nodoubtlearning.blogspot.com

    Reply

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