Week 37

 We have had fun in our Parkour class at Lowes Xtreme Airsports. This week we did a timed course that included a sort of monkey bar thing that you go along with just hand in front of hand. It also had a balance beam and a block you had to jump onto without using your knees to get up. 

In Science we learned about genetic drift and what a bottleneck is when talking about genes and evolution. Cheetahs are so genetically similar that you can do a skin graft between cheetahs and their bodies don't reject it because they think its from their own body. 

We did a cooking lesson with our dad and learned how to make Nice Salad, named after the city of Nice in France. It was yummy. We all helped do the food prep.

Max: I started the fourth grade math on CTC Math. I have been reviewing place value in larger numbers. I have been working on an essay comparing polar bears and black bears.  

Mali: I have been doing measurement in Math. Area in square inches and square centimeters. I have done a lot of drawings lately. I did a whole series of dessert themed dinosaurs. 

Making the salad

The salad!

Mali practicing flips on the trampoline

Week 36

In science this week we learned about the differences between invasive species and endangered species. Something that makes a big difference is the animal's adaptations. Some animals and plants can survive in a wide variety of environments and other ones need really specific conditions to thrive. One invasive plant we learned about was kudzu. Our sister is traveling in the south and saw kudzu everywhere. It really grows fast and can spread over anything in its way. 

In Geography we started Asia. We learned about Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia. The pictography to help us remember is a turkey vulture wearing a hat and eating a butterfly. 

We also went swimming at the rec center. It was during regular school hours so it was super empty and we pretty much had the whole big pool to ourselves. 

Mali: In math I finished up patterns and money. I am doing measuring now. It involves measuring with inches, feet, and yards and converting inches to feet, feet to inches, and yards to feet and feet to yards. I finished reading the Orange Fairy book and am now reading Sunny the Yellow Fairy. 

Max: I finished up the 3rd grade math program in CTC Math, so I did quite a few review lessons to go over things and make sure I understood everything. I will go ahead and start on the fourth grade lessons soon.