For Florida the kids especially enjoyed learning about manatees, the Everglades, and the Kennedy Space Center. And with this post we are now "caught up," as we are finishing up our Georgia unit currently and still need to figure out an art project!
Books:
S is for Sunshine: A Florida Alphabet
Florida (A True Book: My United States) by Tamara Orr
Everglades by Jean Craighead George
Everglades National Park (Rookie National Parks) by Karina Hamalainen
The Seminoles (A First Americans Book) by Virginia Driving Haw Sneve
Osceola : Seminole warrior (1994) by William R. Sanford,
Or: Osceola Seminole Warrior by Joanne Oppenheimer (1979)
She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader by: J.G. Annino
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
National Geographic Reader: Manatees by Laura Marsh
Manatee winter by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas By Sandra Neil Wallace
Zora!: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston By Dennis Brindell Fradin, Judith Bloom Fradin
- Not really a kids book but we used the photos
Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston by Alicia D. Williams
Just published so wasn't available, but looks good for future reference
Kennedy Space Center: Gateway to Space by David West-Reynolds
- Not a kids book but looks like it has a bunch of pictures
Art Project:
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| Space Shuttle Launch Art |
The kids wanted their art project to depict a space shuttle launch from Kennedy Space Center. They specifically chose to picture their favorite shuttle, the Endeavour, as they have visited it a number of times at the California Science Center. We did a google image search for space shuttle launch photos and designed our art from the photos. The art is our favorite mixed media formula: sharpie (for outlines and detials), oil pastel (for the smoke and orange fuel tank), and water colors (for the fire stream and sky), applied in that order (after a pencil sketch of course).
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