We actually spanned this unit over a couple months. I would suggest searching on Google for Free Volcano Lapbooks… there are all sorts of versions !! For example on Homeschool Share HERE. I honestly think we found random facts everywhere but here are the main resources! Good luck! 

WORKSHEETS:

• On Education.com under my School folder HERE are some of my worksheets
• Colouring page on Twsty Noodle HERE.
• Crayola mini book HERE.
• FisherPrice colouring page for little guys HERE.
• ABCteach.com HERE.

FACT PAGES:

• Facts about the Richter Scale on Buzzle HERE.
• Covering Earthquakes on Weather Wiz Kids HERE.
• All about a more current eruption in Japan that was unannounced HERE thanks to Live Science

BOOKS:

• Magic Tree House #13: Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne
• Magic Tree House Fact Finder #14 Ancient Rome and Pompeii by Mary Pope Osborne
• Volcanoes by Seymour Simon
• Danger! Volcanoes by Seymour Simon
• Volcanoes: Nature’s Incredible Fireworks by David L. Harrison
• Volcano and Earthquake DK Eyewitness Books
• Volcanoes by Leslie Dinaberg
• Volcano by Christopher Lampton (A Disaster! Book)
• Volcanoes by Jeremy Caplan
• Volcanoes! Anne Schreiber
• Questions & Answers  About Planet Earth by Capella
• Volcano by Patricia Lauber
• Into the Volcano by Donna O’Meara

VIDEOS:

• Volcano (DK Eyewitness) HERE
• Magic School Bus: Blows It’s Top HERE
• Bill Nye The Science Guy: Volcanoes HERE

The basic baking soda and vinegar combination was great to show volcano eruption add in a balloon and give the idea of how the gasses move… or just throw the whole thing in the tub and make fizz over and over again! We had a lovely science kit as well that Grandma and Grandpa Reinsch sent us that we used in the end to build our own volcano. Those can be found EVERYWHERE! Ours was a plaster of Paris version.

NOTE this is being posted on the 15th and I just want to send out a prayer to all those involved in the bombings in Boston. The world we live in is such an amazing and at times scary place…

April 9-11

Some days are special days and some days we MAKE special… today after a successful (with only a few glitches) morning I put the girls to nap and let the boys Minecraft it up with minimum fuss for once!

Working together

Of course first we had to learn all about penguins… our second book for the day was National Geographic Science Readers: Penguins by Anne Schreiber. Penguins really are one of the most interesting birds. And today we found out WHY they are black on their backs (to hide them from predators from above) and white on their stomachs (to make them hard to spot when fishing!).

Our informational brochure type thing

We had a video covering the career and death of Captain Cook… apparently there is no clear answer as to WHY he was murdered… killed… whatever… Thanks to Crash Course World History. A little over their heads but enjoyable all the same.

Gavin and Emanuel assembled an ice box off of our Mr. Popper’s Penguins lapbook.

It is hard to see but Emanuel made the penguin (he is pro) and Gavin cut out the ice cubes.

We also had a phone call from Grandma on her trip down Route 66… assembly line phone call!

Pass that phone!

And since apparently winter is not willing to let go… we had snow themed pages in our brand new nature journals.

Back to snow

For some unknown reason this is the window of choice!

The middle of the week was definitely not a sunny spring day… however that did not stop us from learning even more about penguins. This time we made clay ones to go into our tiny refrigerator with the clay food.

Penguins on parade

We had a fun second story in the form of the book Little Penguin The Emperor of Antartica by Jonathon London. This time instead of reflecting on the story itself the 3 boys worked together to create their own little story.

Penguin Book

We made fingerprint pneguins…

CUTE!!

Then the boys snuck off on me to do Lincoln Logs…

A little city…

With our Mr. Popper’s Penguins the boys re-enacted a phone call in our chapter… too cute!

hilarious

The boys went and played with the neighbours. In the process of learning the proper catch and throwing techniques Gavin’s cheek got in the way! He was just fine about it though.

Ouch

Thursday marked a rather massive amount of spring snow… so of course the twins had to go out and play in it for a while.

Super sticky snow

Our second book of the day was by an author we really enjoy – Antoinette Portis (Not a Box) called A Penguin Story. This time the 3 boys (Trinity refused) drew their own adorable penguins and we stapled that together to be a mini book.

Adorable penguins

Here is how our weather ENDED on these 3 says of SPRING…

Seriously???

We did a Wild Kratts that was appropriate for our theme if only because these are animals that are MISTAKENLY showed with Penguins – Polar Bears and the Walrus are NORTH Pole critters… the Penguins SOUTH of the equator!

Such art!

So our 3 days have been filled with Penguin learning and snow… I think the kids don’t believe me that it is spring anymore!!!

We DO have some birds though!