Smell That Food

Have you ever thought about what Italian food would look like without tomatoes?    Or Chinese food without chili peppers?   How about Irish cuisine without potatoes?
 
These foods along with cocoa, corn, squash, avocados, vanilla, peanuts, pineapple, cashews, and sweet potatoes were unknown outside the American continent before the discovery and exploration of the New World by Europeans.
 

To cement some of these foods in E-R and I-E’s minds as native American foods, we played
 Smell That Food.

   Six bowls were set up with a doily hiding the food

while allowing the smells of the different native American foods to waft into our noses.  

Next the girls smelled each bowl trying to determine the native American foods hiding in each bowl.
 

Next we compared our guesses to what was actually in the bowls. 

Turned out this task was harder than we thought it would be!  Each girl only got 2 or 3 of the 6 foods correct.
  

We ended the activity by listing some of the native American foods in our History Portfolios

This was an easy hands-on activity that added a bit of interest to our history study.    What hands-on activities have you added to your history study?

Continuation of Thames & Kosmos Physics Workshop

This is a continuation of the lesson plan that Utilizes Thames and Kosmos Physics Workshop for a complete year of middle school physics. This is a science course I put together using Thames and Kosmos Physics Workshop as our core.   I've added information to this science kit using the Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia, the Usborne Science Encyclopedia Internet Linked, and the Internet in order to make the kit a complete science course.   This course is written to work best for grades 6-8.   You can adjust the expectations to work with your student.  


Day 40--T&K p46
               Workshop XXV
               Have fun with your rubber band car
Day 41--T&K p46-47
               Workshop XXVII(keep this together for future experiments)
                Write law of conservation of energy in SN using KSE energy
Day 42--USE--p106-107---explore links 1,5,6
Day 43--T&K p48
              Experiment 24
              Write up Experiment 24 in SN
Day 44--USE p108-109---explore links 3,5
               USE p137---explore link 1
               Look up Power in KSE---define in SN
Day 45--T&K p48-49
              Experiment 25
              Write up Experiment in SN(windplant can be disassemblied and put away)
Day 46--Look up Momentum in KSE
              Write Defination in SN
              USE p123---explore link 4 and 5
Day 47--T&K p52
              Workshop XXVIII
              Experiment 26
              Write up experiment in NB
Day 48--T&K p53
              Workshop XXXIX
               Experiment 27
               Write up experiment in SN
Day 49--T&K p54
               Workshop XXX
               Enjoy seeing what you can smash
Day 50--T&K p54-55
              Workshop XXXI
              Experiment 28
              Write Experiment up in SN
Day 51--T&K p 55 -56
              Workshop XXXII
              Experiment 29
              Write up Experiment in SN
Day 52--T&K p57
              Workshop XXXIII
              Write paragragh about pendulum in SN
Day 53--T&K p56-57
               Experiment 30-31
              Pick one experiment to write up in SN
Day 54--USE p 128--129
               Check out links 5 and 6
               KSE look up Centrifugal Force
               Include info found in USE and KSE in SN
Day 55--T&K read p58
              Include bold words in SN
              Experiment 32--make sure adult is present for this experiment
Day 56--T&K  p59-60
              Workshop XXXIV
               Complete Experiment 33
              Write up Experiment in SN
Day 57--T&K p60-61
              Workshop XXXV
Day 58--T&K p61
               Complete Experiments 34-35
               Pick one Experiment to write up in SN
Day 59--T&K p62
              Workshop XXXVI
              Experiment 36 (on p61)
              Write up Experiment in SN
Day 60--T&K p63
               Workshop XXXVII
               Complete Experiment 37
               Include moment of inertia formula in SN
               Write a short paragraph explaining the moment of ienertia formula in SN
Day 61--Research and write a short essay on ggyroscopes and how they are used in airplanes
Day 62--T&K p64
               Workshop XXXVIII
               Have fun with your YOYO
Day 63--Retake quiz
               Do you understand a lot more about physics?

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Lesson Plan Utilizing Thames & Kosmos Physics Workshop

This is a science course I put together using Thames and Kosmos Physics Workshop as our core.   I've added information to this science kit using the Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia, the Usborne Science Encyclopedia Internet Linked, and the Internet in order to make the kit a complete science course.   This course is written to work best for grades 6-8.   You can adjust the expectations to work with your student.

Be sure to check out my post, How to Create a Science Course From a Science Kit, so you can create your own course using any science kit.  

Day 1

Read p 540-541of Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia.(KSE)

Read p 6 of Thames & Kosmos Physics Booklet (T&P)

Start a Physics Notebook--Decorate Front of Binder--include some of Physics ?s

Take Physics Quiz included in T&P Booklet

Day 2

T&P Booklet p 7-9

Workshop 1

Experiment 1

Write up experiment

In science notebook define: gravity, mass, weight, center of gravity, gravitation

Day 3

T&P Booklet p 10-11

Workshop II

Experiment 2

In science notebook define:  equilibrium (using KSE)

Day 4

Usborne Science Encyclopedia Internet Linked (USE) p 130-131

Read and take notes in science encyclopedia

Check out websites 2,3, and 6

Day 5

T&P Booklet p 12

Workshop III

Science Notebook(SN) define: speed, velocity( look up in KSE)

Day 6

T&P Booklet p 13-14

Workshop IV

Experiment 3

Write up experiment in SN

Day 7

USE p 126-127

Look up link 1,2, & 7

Define new terms in SN

Look up links 3 & 5 for fun

Day 8

T&P p 14-15, 16

Experiment 4

Workshop V

Experiment 5

Experiment 6--Write up experiment in SN

Day 9

T&P Booklet p 16-17

Workshop VI

Draw and label force scale in SN

Day 10

T&P Booklet p 17-18

Workshop VII

Experiment 7 & 8

Write up Experiment 7 in SN

Review keywords for vocabulary quiz

Day 11

T&K Booklet p 18-20

Workshop VIII

Take Quiz

Day 12

T &K Booklet p20-21

Workshop IX

Experiment 9

Write up Experiment in SN

Day 13

T&K Booklet p 21

Experiment 10

Write up Experiment in SN

Day 14

T&K Booklet p 22

KSE--lever

USE p 134

Draw and Define a Lever

USE p 135 link 1

Day15

T&K Booklet p 23

Workshop X

Experiment 11

Write up Experiment in SN

Day 16

T&K Booklet p 24

Workshop XI

Day 17

T&K Booklet p 24

Workshp XII

Sketch and label for SN

Day 18

USE p 135

KSE pulley

Draw, label, and define a pulley in SN

Look up website 1 on page 136 of USE

Day 19

T&K Booklet p 25-26

Workshop XIII

Experiment 12 and 13

Chose Experiment to write up in SN

Day 20

T&K Booklet p 26

Workshop XIV

Day 21

USE p 135 Inclined Planes

Look up website 8

KSE--look up inclined plane

Draw and label an inclined plane in SN

Day 22

T&K Booklet p 27

Workshop XV

Experiment 14

Write up Experiment 14 in SN

Day 23

KSE look up Friction

USE p 124-125

Write a short  paragraph summarizing information about Friction

Look up website 3

Day 24

T&K Booklet p 28

Experiment 15

Day 25

T&K Booklet p 29-30

Workshop XVI

Experiment 14

Write up Experiment in SN

Day 26

T&K Booklet p 31-32

Workshop XVII

Experiment 17

Write up Experiment 17 in SN

Day 27

T&K Booklet p 33-34

Experiment 18

Write up experiment in SN

Day 28

T&K Booklet p 35-36

Experiment 19

USE p 134 Wheels

Look up Website 1--wheels

Write a paragraph about wheels

Day 29

USE p 135 Gears

Look up link 1--gears

KSE--Gears

Write up paragraph about gears

Day 30

T&K Booklet p 37-38

Workshop XVIII

Experiment 20

Write up Experiment in SN

Study for simple machine quiz

Day 31

T&K Booklet p 39

Workshop XIX

Experiment 21

Write up Experiment in SN

Day 32

T&K Booklet p 40

Workshop XX

Take quiz

Day 33

T&K Booklet p 41

Workshop XXI

Write summary of Transmission of Force with a Crank Drive for SN

Day 34

T&K Booklet p 41

Workshop XXII

Experiment 22

Write up Experiment in SN

Day 35

T&K Booklet p 42

Workshop XXIII

Day 36

T&K Booklet p 43

Forces at Work

Summarize for SN--include pictures

Day 37

T&K Booklet p 44

Workshop XXIV

Experiment 23

Write up Experiment 23 in SN

Day 38

T&K Booklet p 45

Workshop XXV

Define potential and kinetic energy

Day 39

Research and write one page report on China's Mega Power Plant

To be continued.....

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