Your cart is currently empty!
Tag: observation
Science Sunday: Snakes
I’m finally getting our snake post written, it feels like I’ve been trying to write it forever. The good news is, since I took so long I was able to get almost every one of our snake activities done. First, as I mentioned before, in the “learning how to use a microscope” post, we…
Notebooking animal observation
Can you guess what animal this is based on their observations and drawing? 1. He is small. 2. He has a small tail. 3. He eats bugs. I’ll add the answer in a comment later today. One of my goals for this year is to work on having more nature studies. I’m…
Bring your notebook to the zoo
We finished up our study of the canine family with a field trip to our local nature center. I will take any excuse to go there, and this was a perfect one: observe and write down about the animals from the canine family. This is now my new standard for going there: bring…
Science Sunday: herbivore or carnivore teeth
We’re attempting to get a head start on our land animals science for the year, and this week we learned about teeth. Teeth you say? That’s right, how can you tell whether an animal is an herbivore or a carnivore from it’s teeth. Short answer: Herbivores have flat teeth for grinding, and…
Science Sunday: The Nature Center
We have an absolutely amazing nature center here in the Austin area. If you are ever vising here I highly recommend it. It’s calming, it’s a rescue zoo for local animals that can’t be adapted back to the wild, and the thing my kids were obsessed about recently, you can trade in your nature finds…