Khaju Bridge - Unit Study

During our bridge study, we came across Khaju Bridge which is the oldest bridge in Iran. The boys were so fascinated by it that we decided to turn it into a unit study. 

The boys and I watched videos and read some articles online about this bridge. Some of its amazing features include:

1. Ceramic Tiles

2. A hidden candle image

3. A dam

4. 23 Arches

5. Stone steps for sitting and watching the beautiful views

6. Tea shop

7. A special pavilion that was used by the Shah of Iran

8. Two stone lions

The boys put together a research poster all about what they learned. 

Arches are in a lot of Islamic designs, so the boys and I learned about them and made our own booklet. 

Each arch is decorated with beautiful ceramic tiles. The boys and I made

geometric designs and learned all about this art form. 

Khaju Bridge is an arch bridge. We learned all about arch bridges and made one out of Popsicle sticks. 

You can grab this fun unit study from my TPT store. You can use this during a country study of Iran or a STEM activity about bridges. Click on the image below to grab this unit study. 

Electricity Unit Study

We recently did an electricity unit study with our novel study "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind."  During this unit study, we covered circuits, static electricity, and wind turbines. 

Books We Read From:

1. The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

2. Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip

3. Electric Wizard

4. Switch on Switch off

We used this Circuit kit for building and learning all about how they work. 

We also learned about simple circuits 

We learned about different conductors. Here we used a lead pencil to create a circuit. 

We made a lemon clock. 

Along with the experiment kits and books we read, my son put together a lapbook. 

You can grab this lapbook from Undercover Classroom TPT store. 

This lapbook kit contains the following interactive parts:

1. Lapbook cover

2. Electricity vocabulary pocket and cards (battery, circuit, closed circuit, conductor, filament, insulator, open circuit, parallel circuit, series circuit, short circuit, switch, volt)

3. Pioneers of electricity flap book (Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Morse, Michael Faraday, Joseph Henry, Thomas Edison)

4. Simple circuit diagram (energy source, electrical path, output device)

5. Types of circuits layered book (series and parallel)

6. Circuit tool kit pocket (batteries and lightbulbs) *

7. Parts of a lightbulb diagram

8. Conductors and insulators interlock

9. Circuit symbols chart

10. Troubleshooting fan book

Botany Unit Study

  "وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ"

(Of all fruits (Allah) placed (on the earth) two of a pair). Surah: 13, Verse: 3

Hi guys, we recently completed a mini botany unit during our Quebec study. We used two units from Allamah Education. We used their seed study and plant classification unit. Here are some of the activities we did.

Seeds

We learned all about the parts of a seed, life cycle of a bean plant, seed dispersal, and planted our seed to observe the life cycle. 

Seed dispersal video

Plant Cell

We learned all about the plant cell and made a cake model. You can read all about our cell activities. here and here. 

Parts of a Plant

We learned about the different parts of a plant (roots, stem, and leaves) and each of their function. We also learned about the needs of a plant (air, water, soil, sun).

My 8 year old made a model of a tree from Lego and labeled all the parts. 

We did an experiment to learn how plants absorb water through their roots, stems, and leaves. 

Leaves

Photosynthesis

Puzzle is from Alison's Montessori free worksheet from Education.com

Photosynthesis experiment. Observing oxygen bubbles released by the leaf.

Maple Syrup

We learned all about maple syrup and how it is made. We also learned about the maple tree. We made pancakes to include our study. 

Art Lesson

Click on the image above to read all about this art lesson. 

Islamic Studies

We read about the story of Adam (as) and used this free worksheet to sequence the story. 

We also did the tafseer of Surah Teen. We used the Mini tafseer Series from Ad-Duha Institute and traced the verses using the Juzz 'Ammah tracing book. 

Lastly, we read about the story of Prophet Zakariya and researched Olive trees. 

Parts of a Plant Cell

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you some activities we did to learn all the different parts of a plant cell.

First we learned all the different parts using poster cards and a coloring page. 

Here is a quick short video we watched to help us learn the parts of a plant cell.

After my son learned all the different parts, he colored in his worksheet and labeled. 

The rest of the week he used this plant cell plushy to review and practice. You can grab yours from Amazon. 

Our final project was baking a plant cell cake. 

You can read all about it by clicking on the image above. 

Plant Cell Cake

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you some of the activities we did when we learned all about the plant cell. 

We reviewed all the parts of a plant cell and compared it to an animal cell, which we've studied before. 

Plant Cell posters are free and you can grab them from here. 

Plant cell colored and labeled. 

This was my son's favorite activity. Labeling the parts of a plant cell using this pillow. I purchased mine from Amazon. 

Then my son baked and decorated a plant cell cake. 

I used free labels I found here and attached them to toothpicks. 

If you don't have a microscope you can watch this video