The girls love 4H and today was tons of fun because we learned about succession, and how each animal, plant needs the other to survive. Today we had a 4H Scavenger Hunt at Fort Pulaski. Each child was given 2 cards with a picture and a paragraph about the item that we all had to look for and when we found the item the child had to read the paragraph and point the item out to Continue reading
4H was about invertebrates and the different Phylum (The term phylum is one of seven major categories that are used to classify organisms) that each animal fits into….. Chordates/sponges/cnidarian/Arthropoda/mollusks The kids were given questions Invertebrates about each category that they had to put under each phylum, they were then given pictures and we had to guess which phylum they went under. We discussed which attributes each phylum had. Then for fun the teacher divided the kids Continue reading
Orienteering is a competitive form of land navigation. The kids were taught how to do orienteering today and were given a little instruction on how to read a map, how to find North, South, East and West and how each direction has a number. The kids were asked what they might use if they got lost in a forest to find your way home and the kids said compass, GPS, land marks and map (if Continue reading
How do Unschoolers learn about science ecology at the beach? Why the majority of “normal” kids went to boring school we went to the BEACH and took a class with the local 4H. First they broke us the kids up into small groups and they learned a little about the beach before we actually went there. We actually had a little classroom time but the instructor got all the kids involved, while they learned little also. So here is what Continue reading
Today we went to Burton 4h on Tybee Island and became surf sleuther’s. A surf sleuth is a person who investigates the surf to see what animals my be living in it. We did this by using a large net, 10-15 kids walking out in the water and scooping up what in the water. The kids had a blast playing on the beach. The kids started off by playing four square with the interns. Then Continue reading
Friday we met up with the Savannah Home School group and went to Tybee for science. The 4H gives a science lesson once a month for the kids. This time we learned about reptiles (snakes, lizards, alligators). The girls got to hold a couple different snakes including a boa constrictor, albino corn snake and a regular corn snake. We got to pet a baby alligator, and a spiky lizard (not sure on name). The girls were Continue reading
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