So we did this study on the fly, thanks to Netflix. Here is a small glimpse on how we exhausted our library system of most of its crocodilian books. You can see, I have true books adult and juvenile, and some little story books.
We used Netflix, the library, field trips, and our kitchen to do our study. I wish I could tell you we did some amazing crafts, but we never got around to it. I thought we might do a lapbook to summarize what we learned, but interest from my little guys were fading too fast.
Now we put together a great lapbook, but never added information. I got all the lapbook stuff here, plus a lot more great information and resources.
Coloring book about: http://myfwc.com/media/310155/Alligator_AAA_booklet.pdf
Lap book Resources http://www.homeschoolshare.com/crocodilians_lapbook.php
Links http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/alligator/education/
Printables: http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/reptiles/alligator.htm
Alligator pie: http://www.tenderflake.com/Forms/Recipe.aspx?ID=1023
We field tripped to the Shell Factory and the Gatorama, alligator farm. We also ate alligator, yum. For the most part, we read a lot of books, and some more books. We talked about the pictures and then read some more. The reading showed through on the field trips, my children were able to repeat to me all that they had learned from the readings.
So not a bad first unit study! I plan to use www.currclick.com curriculum with future studies. We might do a whale study next and I was able to get an age appropriate lapbook for $1 download. It was a bit sporadic to try and figure a study plan on my own with everything else I need to do and it seemed like I was doing it on the fly.
~trish
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