Cycle 3, week 24

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Presidents (not a song.  Quirky True/False on GMM)

Bill of Rights (song)

Bill of Rights (explained briefly)

Mississippi Delta and Gulf of Mexico (map/image)

Mammoth Cave (video)

San Andreas Fault (video)

Death Valley

7 Sentence Patterns (Essentials song)

John 1 sung in Latin

Identity Property of Addition and Multiplication

Good Science vs. Bad Science (this is from a Christian perspective and very well done.  There are many more videos by him worth checking out.)

Orchestra Pit

Instrument Families

Orchestra Map

Cycle 3, week 23

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CC Timeline Song 11 min 47 sec

Preamble to the Constitution (not a song; pause after each phrase to begin memorizing it)

Grand Canyon (scenes, panoramas; no words, just music)

Black Hills

Ozark Highlands

Okefenokee Swamp

Olympic Rain Forests

John 1 sung in Latin

Natural Selection (evolutionist perspective–it isn’t pointed out that this happens within species and doesn’t appear to create new species or life forms)

The Distributive Law

Orchestra Pit

Orchestra Map

Orchestra Families (watch and listen)

 

Cycle 3, week 21

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CC Timeline Song 10 min 55 sec

Did U.S. astronauts really land on the moon? (GMM– quirky)

Landing on the moon

Astronauts having fun on the moon

Territories and Terrains (map)

Territories and Terrains (map 2)

John 1 sung in Latin

The Associative Law (addition and multiplication)

Uniformitarianism (Hutton–evolutionist’s perspective)

Uniformitarianism (Lyell-evolutionist’s perspective)

Debussy

Debussy, La Mer

Orchestra Map

Orchestra Families

Interactive Orchestra Pit

 

 

 

Cycle 3, week 20

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CC Timeline Song 10 min 21 sec

Brown vs. Board of Education

Erie Canal

Pennsylvania Canal

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Ohio and Erie Canal, Miami and Erie Canal

John 1 sung in Latin

Circumference of a circle

Pi

Theory of Evolution (this shows 5 theories of how humans came to be on earth)

Theory of Evolution Michael Behe discusses the complexity of a cell

Basic overview of Darwin’s theory (3 min)

Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky’s symphony no. 6

Interactive Orchestra Pit

Orchestra Map

 

Cycle 3, week 18

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Art Project: Jim Davis (Garfield), page 105 in Discovering Great Artists.   Bring in printed examples or library book comics, especially a Garfield example.  The students are going to create their own comic, one square or multiple squares.  Supplies include printer paper, pencils, rulers, crayons, and markers.  It may be necessary to brainstorm with the kids to help them think of a comical idea (i.e, a giraffe leans over its enclosure in a zoo and eats a kid’s ice cream).

Science Project: Janice VanCleave’s experiment # 105, “Needles”

Chrystals

CC Timeline Song 9 min 28 sec

Pearl Harbor FDR’s Declaration of War

U.S. Rivers

John 1 sung in Latin

Area of a triangle

Element Song (new)

Element Song (old)

Cycle 3, week 16

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Art Project:  Read about Andrew Wyeth, in Discovering Great Artists, page 87.  I tried the rubber cement idea–it really flopped for me, not to mention it won’t work in a 30 minute time frame (sketch, add rubber cement, dry, paint, dry??? ).  Instead explain Wyeth’s background and subject matter, provide examples on a tablet, laptop,  or library book of his work, and have the kids sketch a minimalist landscape or room with minimal subject matter (solitary person, lone tree or house, etc).  We will use water color paper and water color for this project.

Hands-on Science:  Janice VanCleave’s 201 …Experiments,  “Bubbler” #93 (video)

Revision: We are going to follow Livermoore’s video because she managed more impressive results with less fuss. VIDEO

CC Timeline Song  8 min 20 sec

Immigration (brief–map imagery)

Immigration (video clip with words) about 6 min

Immigration (crash course video) about 13 min

Bays

John 1 sung in Latin

Area (math–general) 11 min

First 4 elements (3 min video)

Andrew Wyeth

Balloon experiment

 

Cycle 3, week 15

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Art Project:  Georgia O’Keefe, page 86 in Discovering Great Artists.  Smaller is better:  I made 7 x 7 inch poster board squares for my kids to paint an oversized flower that spilled off the edges, and all three agreed it was too big.  We will try 5 x 5 or smaller for the community.  We will have paints, pallettes, brushes, cups of water, 5 x 5 posterboard, etc.  We need a variety of close-up flower pictures from magazines for the students to copy.

 

Science Project: VanCleave’s experiment #91, “Magic Solution” (video)

 

Bowling Ball: Will it float in the Dead Sea?

CC Timeline Song 7 min 41 sec

Spanish-American War (Rough Riders, San Juan Hill, etc)

Great Lakes

John 1 in Latin Song

What are some parts of an atom?

Georgia O’Keefe

Density (fun website with experiment for kids)

Cycle 3, Week 14

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Art Project: (no video)  page 85 in Discovering Great Artists, Rockwell.  Feel free to check out books from the library, print off images from the internet, or bring in images on a tablet to share with students.  You could draw your own example prior to class and show the students what you came up with.  Basic supplies:   paper, pencils, rulers, crayons, markers.  Paints?  Your call.

Hands-on Science:  Janice VanCleave’s 201…Experiments,  #88,  Tug of War

 

CC Timeline Song 6 min 21 sec

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Rockefeller

Andrew Carnegie (44 minute podcast; not a video)

Andrew Carnegie (4 minute video on his origins)

Swift?

Northwest Mountain Ranges

Mt. McKinley/Denali in Alaska

What is an element?

Periodic Table (organization of elements)

John 1 sung in Latin

Rockwell

 

Cycle 3, week 13

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Science Project #86 from VanCleave’s “Where did it go?”

Grade 7 Vertical Science (article on water and alcohol molecules)

Mixing 99% isopropyl alcohol with water: 1 cup + 1 cup does not equal 2 cups

science video prep explaining space between molecules this is longer and geared toward older kids (about 14 min–you can skip ahead and watch it much faster)

science prep video explaining space between molecules for younger kids (5 min)

Grandma Moses Art Project (no video) Tutors: Read page 84 in Discovering Great Artists .  Parents, take time to look at Grandma Moses art work online (there is a link below).  Guide your child in remembering scenes from his or her  past (pool parties, catching fireflies, flying kites, sledding, etc) that could be recreated on paper during the next art session at CC.

CC Timeline Song 6 min 21 sec

14th Amendment

Western Mountain Ranges (maps)

John 1, written side-by-side in Latin and English, read aloud

John 1 sung in Latin

Atomic Number

Water + Alcohol experiment

Grandma Moses, youtube montage of her artwork and a few facts about her