{"id":526,"date":"2009-11-04T15:30:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T19:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2021-05-12T10:29:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:29:42","slug":"level-1a-science-year1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/science\/level-1a-science-year1\/","title":{"rendered":"Level 1A Science -Year 1 &#8211; ARCHIVED"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #c4a990;\"><strong>THE NATURAL WORLD<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>A year\u2019s study of the natural world, concentrating on insects, birds and plants.<div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<p><strong>Time requirement:<\/strong> Two weekly lessons of approximately 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teacher involvement:<\/strong> You will need to work with your child for these lessons<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Texts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Plant Secrets<\/strong> by Emily Goodman<\/li>\n<li><strong>Science With Plants (Usborne Science Activities)<\/strong> OOP, but used copies readily available<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Burgess Bird Book for Children<\/strong> by Thornton Burgess<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">UK Alternative: Wayland Book of Common British Birds: a Photographic Guide by Nick Williams<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Tarantula Scientist<\/strong> by Sy Montgomery<\/li>\n<li><strong>Home Science Adventures: Discovering Birds<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Home Science Adventures: Discovering Insects<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Further Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nature for the Very Young: A Handbook of Indoor and Outdoor Activities<\/strong> by Marcia Bowden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fun With Nature<\/strong> by Mel Boring<\/li>\n<li><strong>More Fun With Nature<\/strong> by Laura Evert<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/charlottemason.tripod.com\/newsletter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wild Monthly<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; online nature newsletter back issues from MacBeth Derham<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Note: Some of the books included in the optional reading lists are books we know and can personally recommend. Others are titles that sound promising, but that we have not been able to pre-read.<\/em><\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">TERM 1: Insects<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>READING<\/strong> (One lesson weekly)<\/p>\n<p>[PROVISIONAL] <strong>The Tarantula Scientist<\/strong> by Sy Montgomery<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORATION<\/strong> (One lesson weekly)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Home Science Adventures: Discovering Insects<\/strong> (13 lessons)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Optional Extras<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Non-Fiction<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Simon and Schuster Children&#8217;s Guide to Insects and Spiders<\/strong> by Jinny Johnson<br \/>\n<strong>Big Book of Bugs<\/strong> by Theresa Greenaway<br \/>\n<strong>The Tarantula in My Purse: and 172 Other Wild Pets<\/strong> by Jean Craighead George<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Fiction<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Charlotte&#8217;s Web<\/strong> by E.B.White &#8211; classic fiction about a spider and a pig<br \/>\n<strong>The Cricket in Times<\/strong> Square by George Selden<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Poetry<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices<\/strong> by Paul Fleischmann<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">UK: See British Nature Study page for more resources<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">TERM 2: Birds<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>READING<\/strong> (One lesson weekly)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Burgess Bird Book for Children<\/strong> by Thornton Burgess (available <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/burgessbirdbookfburgess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">UK Alternative:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Wayland Book of Common British Birds: a Photographic Guide<\/strong>\u00a0by Nick Williams<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORATION<\/strong> (One lesson weekly)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Home Science Adventures: Discovering Birds<\/strong> (12 lessons)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Note<\/em>: Lesson 3 optional; Lesson 14 to be done before a family trip<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 1:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Constructing Your Bird Feeder<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Recycle a soda bottle by making it into a bird feeder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 2:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Putting Up Your Bird Feeder<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Choose the best spot for your new bird feeder. (optional: 3-Other Types of Feeders<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 3:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>What to Expect at Your Feeder<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Use your Backyard Birds guidebook to complete a crossword puzzle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 4:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Observing Birds at Your Feeder<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Learn how to make detailed observations of birds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 5:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>A Bird&#8217;s Eye View<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Investigate an owl&#8217;s depth perception and a songbird&#8217;s peripheral vision. While you&#8217;re at it, test your own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 6:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Birds of a Feather<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Investigate the differences between flight feathers and down feathers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 7:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Making a Quill Pen<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Make a flight feather into a quill pen, then use it to write a letter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 8:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Energy in Flight<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Use a bird glider to investigate how kinetic energy can change into potential energy and back again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 9:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Gliding<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Investigate how hawks use thermals and updrafts to conserve their own energy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 10:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Aerodynamics<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Float a balloon over a straw to experience how an object is drawn toward a fast moving stream of air.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 11:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Lift &#8211; the Key to Flight<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Feel the lift on a flight feather. Learn how this lift is caused by the feather&#8217;s shape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 12:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Bird Song Safari<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Learn how to identify birds by their songs.\u00a0<a class=\"style1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.homeschoolscience.com\/sample_lessons\/sample_birdcalls.html\">(see this activity)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Optional for a family trip:<\/strong> \u00a0<em>Bird Watching on a Family Trip<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; This game can add a bit of fun to a family trip while pointing out birds you otherwise might not notice.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Optional Extras<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Non-Fiction<br \/>\n<\/em><strong><em>All About Owls<\/em><\/strong> by Jim Arnosky<br \/>\n<strong><em>Looking for Seabirds: Journal From an Alaskan Voyage<\/em><\/strong>, by Sophie Webb<br \/>\n<strong><em>The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon<\/em><\/strong> by Jacqueline Davies<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Fiction<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>The Trumpet of the Swan<\/strong><\/em> by E.B.White<br \/>\n<strong><em>Coot Club<\/em><\/strong> by Arthur Ransome<br \/>\n<strong><em>Pigeon Post<\/em><\/strong> by Arthur Ransome<br \/>\n<em><strong>Mr. Popper&#8217;s Penguins<\/strong><\/em>, by Richard Atwater<br \/>\n<em><strong>The Wheel on the School<\/strong><\/em> by Meindert de Jong &#8211; story about storks set in Holland<br \/>\n<em><strong>There&#8217;s an Owl in the Shower<\/strong><\/em> by Jean Craighead George<br \/>\n<strong><em>Owls in the Family<\/em><\/strong> by Farley Mowat<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Poetry<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>I Am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voices<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0by Paul Fleischmann<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">UK: See British Nature Study page for more resources<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Helpful Links:<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturesongs.com\/birds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birdsongs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.50birds.com\/coloring-books\/bird-coloring-book.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coloring pictures of birds<\/a> (American)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080512091600\/http:\/\/museum.gov.ns.ca\/mnh\/nature\/nsbirds\/bons.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bird Pictures<\/a> <\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n\n<h3><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">TERM 3: Plants<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>READING <\/strong>(One lesson weekly)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plant Secrets<\/strong>\u00a0by Emily Goodman<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">UK Alternative: Provisional: <strong>A Child&#8217;s Guide to Wildflowers<\/strong> by Charlotte Voake<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORATION<\/strong> (One lesson weekly)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0746009763?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=materamabil07-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0746009763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science With Plants<\/a> <\/strong>(Usborne Science Activities) (out of print)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 1:<\/strong> Starting to grow (2 pages)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 2:<\/strong> Growing (2 pages)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 3:<\/strong> Plants and water (1 page)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 4:<\/strong> Make a bottle garden (1 page)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 5:<\/strong> Using light (1 page)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 6:<\/strong> Looking at leaves and leaf prints (1 page)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 7:<\/strong> Flowers (2 pages)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 8:<\/strong> Trees (2 pages)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 9:<\/strong> New plants from old (2 pages)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 10:<\/strong> Plants leaving home (2 pages)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 11:<\/strong> Plants and soil (2 pages)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Week 12:<\/strong> Useful plants (2 pages)<\/p>\n<p><em>Optional Extras<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots<\/strong>, by Sharon Lovejoy &#8211; gardening for children<br \/>\n<strong>Catholic Traditions in the Garden<\/strong> by Ann Ball<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/campus.udayton.edu\/mary\/resources\/m_garden\/marygardensmain.html\">Mary Gardens<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; website with lots of information about how to make a Mary garden, and flowers associated with Mary<br \/>\n<strong>The Flower Hunter: William Bartram, America&#8217;s First Naturalist<\/strong> by Deborah Kogan Ray<br \/>\n<strong>Miss Lady Bird&#8217;s Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America<\/strong> by Kathi Appelt<br \/>\n<strong>Wildflowers and the Stories behind their Names<\/strong> by Phyllis E. 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