Earthquake!

Following a brief visit to San Francisco, we were interested to learn about earthquakes (we narrowly missed one!!!!). We searched the internet and found some great sites, such as this one from National Geographic:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/earthquakes/earthquake-101.html
 
We also found a useful site that gave us information about the Earth’s tectonic plates:
www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/dynamicearth/plates/index.htm
(M) and (A) used another fantastic site [...]

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Jokes of the Week

As part of his never ending quest for the perfect joke, (M) hereby offers
WHAT DO YOU CALL A PUSSY CAT THAT HAS EATEN A DUCK?
A duck-filled fattypuss
WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU CRAWL UNDER A COW?
A pat on the head
WHY DID THE TOMATO RUN?
To ketchup

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Learning about the Celts

Before we started our Roman topic we thought it would be useful to learn a little bit about the people who lived in Britain before the Romans arrived.
(M) did some research using the internet , books and the local library. This is what he found out.

Celtic warriors sometimes faught naked and the women [...]

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Animal Adaptations

Whilst planning a field trip to Arches National Park in Utah, we discovered some great learning ideas written by the National Park Rangers. Our favourite was “Beaver Adaptations”.
Each of the household items modelled by (M) and (A) represent something that beavers have evolved that help them survive and thrive in their particular habitat.

Beavers have webbed [...]

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Making Celtic Roundhouses

We have been looking at the life of ancient Britons in our History. Many people talk about the Romans and the houses and villas they made, but at the same time there were other tribes in old England called Celts. They lived in roundhouses.

“Roundhouses were made from wattle and daub… That is cow dung and [...]

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