Texas Unit study

We are going to study about Texas state. And here will be links I find in Internet.
http://www.lsjunction.com/ 
and http://www.lsjunction.com/flag.htm
http://www.shgresources.com/tx/symbols/tree/
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/cooking_dutchoven.html
http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/tx_intro.htm
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/kids/about_texas/
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/state_symbols.html
http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/cat_index_50.shtml
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108277.html
http://education.texashistory.unt.edu/lessons/psa/Ranching/docs/Ranching_Worksheet_4.pdf

Worksheets
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/texas/
http://awesomeamerica.com/texas/
http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/usa/
http://www.dorpexpress.com/Arney/Texas_Workshee.html
http://education.texashistory.unt.edu/
http://education.texashistory.unt.edu/lessons/psa/Ranching/docs/Ranching_Worksheet_4.pdf
http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/texas_state_quarter_worksheet.shtml

Activity books
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/kids/about_texas/learn_about_books.phtml

Interesting Idias
http://lcisdprojects.wikispaces.com/Texas+Symbols+Showdown+Kindergarten
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/projectvote/pdfs/bluentsock2.pdf
http://books.google.ru/books

Games
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/us_state_games/texas/
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/kids/Kids.htm

Unit study:
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjgeog/a/sustx.htm
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/usa-states/texas/
http://www.learningtreasures.com/texas_unit_study.htm
http://hti.math.uh.edu/curriculum/units/2004/09/04.09.11.php
http://homeschoolblogger.com/skeen/766301/
http://www.support.pngisd.org/local02/curriculum/Curriculum%20Units/intel_units/texas.pdf
http://classroom.cameronisd.net/webs/kharris/upload/wearetexans4.pdf
http://grants.coehd.utsa.edu/crest/WebQuest/CREST%20WebQuests/Grade%204/4-3/documents/4_3_lessonplan.pdf

Lapbook
http://thisadventurelife.wordpress.com/our-lapbooks/texas-symbols-lapbook/
http://vimeo.com/30196337

Quiz
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/quizcentral/l/blquiztexas.htm

History and timeline
http://www2.thingstodo.com/states/TX/history.htm

Art
http://art.unt.edu/ntieva/download/teaching/Curr_unit/Texas%20Skies.pdf



Other
http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=educ_understandings
http://www.stmaryslgv.org/school/curriculum/Grade4_SocSt.pdf
http://maeresearch.ucsd.edu/kleissl/TIES/TX/K6-8_SolarElectricityTexas_InsolationMaps.pdf
http://watermark.currclick.com/pdf_previews/37047-sample.pdf
http://www.troupisd.net/cm/ms/7th%20Texas%20History%2008-09.pdf
http://hti.math.uh.edu/curriculum/units/2004/09/04.09.11.pdf
http://www.sfdr-cisd.org/inst/Documents/4th%20Grade%20SS%20Unit%205.pdf

Unit study tools
http://www.successful-homeschooling.com/support-files/homeschool-unit-study-planner.pdf

Magnets Lapbook

I have got Lapbook from:
Homeschool share.com ( scroll down to find Magnet)
Amazing Magnetism
Other mini books:
Compass Rose mini book 
or here
http://members.enchantedlearning.com/geography/printouts/compassrose.shtml
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29665044/Compass-Rose-Flashcards
For Navigation accordion mini book I took picture from here

Other resources:
Homeschooling.about.com
Maze
http://ebookbrowse.com/mag-page-eng-pdf-d47555178
Information about Magnetism
SchoolExpress

Song It is Magnet

4th of July

We made this lapbook in Summer time 2011.

You can download the lapbook for free here.

Cover

Word search (zip file)

More Resources:

http://www.homeschoolforfree.net/2009/05/july-4th.html

Weather Lapbook

This is Lapbook of my son about Weather. 

 (Unel's animation picture)

He read few books about weather from

Science a-z.com

All about Weather (Simple Schooling)

Reading these books Unel made his Lapbook

 

Also we made a Clouds frame

 

 We did experiment "Cloud in a bottle" as on video

This is also interesting video

 

 Link for  Tornado  I found in Internet. 

We used them when studied Climate of North America

 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/tornado/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/tornadoes/index.htm
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

Safty tips
http://www.ehow.com/way_5138422_tornado-safety-tips-kids.html
http://www.kirksvillemissouritornado.com/safety.html

Where is Tornado Alley

http://www.tornadochaser.com/ 

 Inside tornado

Unit study and Lapbook
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/tornado.php
Weather lapbook

kid-friendly-homeschool-curriculum.com/weather-unit-study.

Timeline Project

I just have idea - I want to check about file folders and making timeline with them. I am not using for my project file folders now. So I took just few papers and made model. This is how it looks. What I like in it? It is putting Titles on sides of timeline.

Magnets

On this week we are going to study about Magnets. I have got unit study from http://www.schoolexpress.com/ and some pages just for fun  from here.

Also interesting video we are going to watch.

One day we will make electric generator  

 I found some links for printables and lapbook about Magnets  on  www.squidoo.com.
And looked to the pictures of  Magnet Lapbook 

Magnets and magnetism learning objectives
Our Lapbook here
Games: fun Zen Magnets 
Activity book 
Magnet Study Sheet
Wonders Of Magnets.pdf

7th Grade unit study: Magnetism
For HighSchool: http://www.bayhicoach.com/cop_IX_port.htm
Activity 1: Find magnetic field
Activity 2: Make a compass 
From BBC
Video Tour to The Magnet Lab
A-Z Science 
A-Z Reading

Extra Links you might like:

http://heartofthematteronline.com/magnet-unit-study/ 
http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Magnets/
http://homeschoolrelish.weebly.com/magnet-unit-study-extras.html
http://sarahssweeties.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/magnets-unit-study/
 http://craftknife.blogspot.com/2011/10/magnetism-unit-study-ferrofluid.html
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/sciencemagnetismunitworksheet-htm/ 
http://www.mcsdk12.org/curr/Electricity%20&%20Magnets.htm 
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/i2techscie/I2TechSciE_LessonPlans/PDF/Magnetism%20Unit.pdf 
http://kindergartenlessonplans.org/275/the-science-of-magnets/