Marine Biology and Living Math

Minding the Gap between Ambleside's Year 1 and AO Year 2, I created a fun couple of months to study a subject that Truman and Henry chose-Marine Biology.

 
BookList
  • 20,000 Leauges Under the Sea-Jules Verne
  • Story of the Sea-Vol 7, a Childcraft encyclopedia of the Sea published in 1964
  • The Seashore Book-Charlotte Zolotow
  • Baby Whale by Lynn Wilson
  • Story of a Harbour Seal by KW Zoehfeld
  • Eyewitness Books, Oceans
  • Under the Sea, Dr. F Talbot, editor
  • Marine Biology, Real Kids, Real Science
  • Seals, Ella Catala
  • Lobster in my Pocket, D Kessler
  • I Wonder Why the Sea is Salty, and other questions about the Ocean
Math (An experiement in Living Math)
  • The Adventures of Penrose the Mathmatical Cat-Binary numbers (loved this) Fractals, Dimensions-only chapters 1-6
  • Math Art Book 1
  • Mathmeticians are People, Too-Stories from the lives of Great Mathmeticians
Family Read Alouds (read by mommy 99% of time)
  • The Secret of Nihm (finished)
  • The Hobbit!!! JRR Tolkein
  • George's Marvelous Medicine, Dahl  (Henry's RA)
Real Science Odyssey Chemistry Level 1 (ongoing) 2 lessons per week

Reviewing some of AO's Year 1, since it has been a while.  Amazing how much more T loves these stories this time around.   Should have listened to the Advisory.
  • Viking Tales, Jennie Hall
  • The Red Fairy Book, Andrew Lang
  • The Story of the World, vol 1Ancient Times
  • 50 Famous Stories Retold, James Baldwin
  • An Island Story, HE Marshall


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