A fun project putting all of our History timeline cards in order starting with 2000BC all the way to now:)
Ainsley brushing up on her Math timed tests
Notebook pages we created for History
Discussion Board
Today we learned the difference between vascular and nonvascular plants in Botany and they were asked to explore out in the yard and find leaves that were very veiny looking. We learned that the large vein running down the center of the leaf is called the midrib and is responsible for carrying all of the sugar, water and chemicals to the rest of the veins in the leaf. This leaf is Emma's from a Hydrangea plant. It was an excellent leaf for this discovery.
We then learned about nonvascular plants and how they get their water from absorbing. An example they used was moss and wouldn't you know, we have a ton in the back yard so the girls went on a hunt. They each brought a piece back in and looked at it through the magnifying glass to see there were no veins. It was indeed very different from a vascular plant.
There are a lot of big words in the Botany book. Some are very hard to not only pronounce but to remember so I know it can be a stretch for the twins but they are retaining it very well with the methods I am using. Each day I write the words that are new to them on the white board and have them make a vocab card along with the definition. By the end of the week they have to study those and then we test on it. So far so good. While I do not expect the twins to retain everything long term, it is still good for them to be practicing this method of memorizing for future things. My oldest on the other hand, she has not missed a single thing. On every test, if I ask to list one of 7, she lists ALL 7. AMAZING!
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