Animals in Canada

Along with learning about all the provinces and territories of Canada we are also learning about animals in Canada. Here are some of the animals we learned about. 

We learned about the anatomy of a goose using our stuffed plushy and diy labels. 

We also learned about the life cycle of a goose. We read some wonderful books and watched YouTube videos. 

Next we learned about Beavers and how they are a Canadian symbol. We read this simple book and played with some beaver figurines. 

We also built a beaver dam as our science extension. 

I gave the kids different materials to build a beaver dam with and they were able to test how well their dam held water. 

The next animal we learned about was the Pacific Salmon.

Sedimentary Rocks

Hi guys, I wanted to share with you a fun hands on activity we did when we learned all about sedimentary rocks, how they form, and how the sediment settles in water. 

We started out by making sediment layers in a jar. We collected rocks, sand, and dirt from the backyard. We add all the sediment to our jar and topped it off with water. We shook the jar and left it over night. We observed how the different sediment settled in the water. The larger pieces like the rock and sand settled first. The mud and silt was the next to settle and all the organic material like the dead leaves stayed at the top. 

We also built the layers out of Lego to add more hands on projects to our science time. We looked at our rock collection and observed all sedimentary rocks under the microscope. We were able to see the different layers and pieces that cemented together. 

My son put all the information he learned about in our scrapbook journal. 

I hope you enjoyed all the hands on activities we did. 

Alberta Study

Hi guys, and welcome to our study all about the province of Alberta. For our Canada study we are using The Great Canadian Adventure. Here are some of the things we learned all about this great province.

We learned all about topography maps and contour lines. We made this beautiful one out of cardboard and painted it. For my younger kids we did a simple one out of foam sheets and playdough. 

We also learned about a great Canadian John Ware, a famous cowboy. My son put together a scrapbook page all about him. 

We also watched an animated story about John Ware on YouTube. 

We also learned a lot about weathering, erosion, and the rock cycle. We did some fun demonstrations too. 

We also learned about Dinosaurs and fossil fuel using documentaries and books. 

Dinosaur Lego building. This activity is always a favorite. Anything that involves Lego building is always a hit. 

This was a fun activity from Mystery Science. Can you out run a dinosaur?

If you love this post make sure to check out our study about British Columbia. 

British Columbia Study

Hi guys, I wanted to share our study of British Columbia. In my opinion one of the most beautiful provinces. Here are some activities we did. We used The Great Canadian Adventure as our primary resources. 

At the beginning of the week I set up our work shelves with books, projects, and pintables to get us in the mood to start our study. 

After learning all about the Rocky Mountains we baked a sugar cookie in the shape of British Columbia. We used chocolate chips for the mountains and blue icing for the two major rivers. 

We learned about the three types of volcanoes (shield, cone, stratovolcano). We of course used baking soda and vinegar to make a volcano. We also tied in some Arabic watching Farashaty video on volcanoes. 

We learned all about salmon and tied our history study of the Pacific Northwest Natives. 

We did a flower dissection and learned all about The Great Bear Rainforest.

We also read a lot of books and watched videos all about British Columbia. I shared a lot on our Instagram page. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing all the different activities. If you enjoyed this post check out our other post all about Nova Scotia. 

Nova Scotia Study

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you our study of Nova Scotia. I'm currently doing Canadian geography with my 8 and 6 year old. We are having so much fun learning about this beautiful province together. Our main curriculum we are using is The Great Canadian Adventure. 

We learned all about landforms and my son made this landform salt dough model. 

We also learned about Peggy's Cove and all about lighthouses. We made this fun lighthouse craft using a plastic cup, washi tape, and some tealights. 

We learned all about different sharks that are found off the coast of Nova Scotia. We learned all about the Basking shark and made a shark tooth using air dry clay. 

We also learned all lobster fishing, Peggy's Cove, and Terry Fox.

To conclude our study we made some delicious lemon garlic salmon for lunch. 

Along with all the activities my son documented his study scrapbook style. I took pictures of all his activities and at the end of the week we printed and he wrote captions and narrations to go with each picture. 

Maple Syrup Festival

Hi guys, I am finally getting around to posting about our Maple syrup festival trip. We enjoyed learning how maple syrup is made and getting to taste different types. They were very delicious. My boys agreed that the freshly made, natural stuff is way better than the store bought.