Showing posts with label Who Owns the Sun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Who Owns the Sun. Show all posts

12.03.2008

Cotton Fields



We were able to see some beautiful Georgia cotton fields up close. It reminded us Eli Whitney and the invention of the cotton gin.



The plants were also prickly. We imagined how hard it would have been for slaves to be picking and seeding the cotton before they were freed.

8.06.2008

Who Owns the Sun?

Other books we read this week:

Video on how the sun affects the seasons:





Links:

7.19.2008

Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt

After reading about simple machines this week (Who Owns the Sun?), I handed the boys my camera and set them loose in the neighborhood in hunt of simple machines. This is what they found: