Bigger Hearts for His Glory- Unit 30

We hope everyone had a beautiful Easter.  It was a wonderful day here in Virginia. 

The character trait we learned this week in Unit 30 was carefulness.  

Our verse was Proverbs 2:10-11.  'For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you and understanding will guard you.'

 

In History, we read more in the Wright Brothers book.  We learned that the boys carefully researched reading about gliders and flight before they began to build their own glider. 

We learned that a sound is a long, wide ocean inlet that is parallel to the coast.  We found the North Carolina sounds on the map.  We learned that Kitty Hawk is surrounded by 3 great sounds, Albemarle, Roanoke, and Pamlico.

 

The brothers carefully made a model of the glider to try as a kite in the windiest area- Kitty Hawk, NC.  When it worked, they decided to try riding it!  

We learned the boys only visited Kitty Hawk in the winters and then went home to Dayton, Ohio to run the bicycle shop for the summers to earn money. 

When the boys returned the next winter their flight with the bigger glider was not successful.  We learned that no matter how careful we are, we are often still going to make mistakes.  The Wright boys experienced set backs and we're ready to give up. They soon discovered that the air pressure tables were wrong. They experimented with a wind tunnel and different types of wings to find their solution. The boys carefully worked to correct the problems with their gliders and improve them from year to year. 

We visited the Virginia Air and Space Museum this week. The kids enjoyed participating in experiments. It fit perfectly into HOD. I love it when that happens! 

The kids really enjoyed the experiments this week.  They experimented blowing a globe with a leaf blower on a grander scale and a ping pong ball with a hairdryer at the museum but, at home we just used a plastic onion. Lol! 

In our Pioneer Sampler reading, we learned about the different household items they used compared to what we use today. The kids added a couple to their history note booking pages.  The kids enjoy seeing the way our earlier generations lived with basic necessities.

I gave the kids 2 small squares. They rubbed them together between their finger tips and noticed friction. 

They used their pencils to shade in the area of their squares and learned that when they rubbed it, the lead caused it to rub smoothly. 

We learned that the lead provided a smooth surface and glided easily between our fingers. 

Pioneers found traveling in the winter using sleds to reach their destinations quicker was often quicker than other seasons.  The sleds reduced the friction and were pulled by fast horses quickly.  Sometimes this was dangerous so often they would tie bells around the horses harness to sound jingle noises to alert others passing. 

We also learned that yeast is a fungus that we can use to make bread rise.

The kids thought the small gray balls were strange. 

We learned to make yeast active it needs air, water, and sugar.  We added 1 Tbs of warm water and 1 tsp of sugar.

The kids mixed it together with a toothpick and soon bubbles came to the surface.  We could smell it giving off carbon dioxide. 

Pretty soon when we checked on it, it was almost overflowing! It smelled so good the kids wanted to eat it!!   We learned that even fungus has a purpose!
 

My 4th grader was pretty excited when he made a 100 on his Math quiz this week!  I am so proud of how far he has come. 

This week we added more on our capital and state study!  The kids each made their own unique game.  Pretty happy how well they did with these. They've had fun playing together and it's great for capital/state practice. 

It's been a pretty fantastic week for perfect spring weather! The kids have been more than motivated to get outside to play! Only 4 weeks left of HOD and then summer break! Who is ready? 

Hope you had a great week too!