This month we talked about animals and their habitats.
Camouflage Clues-A Photo Riddle Book
by Megan Cooley Pererson
Welcome Home, Bear-A Book of Animal Habitats
by Il Sung Na
If All the Animals Came Inside
by Eric Pinder
Wings, Paws, Scales and Claws-Let's Investigate Animal Bodies
by Ruth Owen
Animal Adaptations-Camouflage
by Jack Zayarny
Hide-and-Seek Science-Animal Camouflage
by Emma Stevenson
Animal Camouflage in the Snow
by Martha E. H. Rustad
We talked about how some animals use a layer of fat (blubber) to keep themselves warm in the cold weather then did a test with ice water and tried different materials in plastic bags to see which one gave the most protection from the cold. We tried bags with shredded paper, yarn, feathers and a bag with Crisco.
I laid copies of animal footprints around the room so the children could measure their foot against each animal footprint to see if their foot was bigger or smaller than that animals
We looked at different footprints and tried to guess what animals the footprints belonged to
We looked at skulls and tried to guess what animals the skulls belonged to
