At-Home Activities: Desert Adventures - Special Equipment

January 11-15

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Workshop Class Activities

  1. Craft – Sand Art

  2. Key Points – Desert Survival Needs

  3. Collaborative – Aquifer Model and Experiment

  4. Language Arts – Desert Journal

  5. Math/Logic – Desert Temperatures Graphs

  6. Prepare for Adventure – Survival Water

  7. Big Activity – Water Cycle Skits

  8. Movement - Relay Race for Water

At-Home Activities

See a suggested week schedule at https://www.celebrationeducation.com/single-post/free-curriculum


Materials

• various fiction and non-fiction books that relate to deserts

• notebook or lined paper

• world map: https://www.freeusandworldmaps.com/images/WorldPrintable/WorldMercator6NoLinesPrint.jpg

• tens cards and number tiles, print and cut apart (included)

• a deck of cards

• 3x5 cards

• drawing paper

H14 Rounding Cards and Tiles
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Reading

Various fiction and non-fiction books that relate to deserts


Writing


Copywork

  • “The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it.” - Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.

  • “I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.” - Viggo Mortensen

Language arts lesson

A character sketch is a written description of a character. A character sketch can include information such as:

• physical features like hair color and height

• personality (funny, serious, quiet, etc.?)