Norse Mythology and Vikings in Action

Yggdrasil

 Just a few pictures of our Norse Mythology and Vikings Thematic adventures.I tend to forget until after the fact that I should take pictures. The viking bread wasn't half bad, here are some more recipes if you're up for traditional Viking fare.

Viking Farm Girl Mask

  Pigment activity. Instructions...they're important! I'm sure if we had used just onion skins and not the whole onion, it might've turned out better. We also used frozen berries. On the whole it was fun and she got the general idea.

Red onion, yellow onion, blueberries, blackberries.

Days of the week.

Runic Name Plates

Simple Machines and Inventions Unit

Wikipedia image:  Rube Goldberg Machine

Science being the main subject and the utter lack of Language Arts, I found it difficult to even call this a thematic, so I didn't.

Day	Subject	Activity
1	Math	·         Talk about counting inventions. Abacus, zero, fractions and decimals, mechanical calculators, binary, electronic calculators, computers. Article on numbers ·         Using a Scientific Calculator exercise 1 ·         Math journal 45.8 hours
	Lesson	·         Newton’s Laws of Motion ·         Egg ‘trick’ ·         Inclined Planes ·         Talk about wheelchair ramps, building the pyramids, slides. ·         Inclined plane experiment ·         Wedges
2	Math	·         Using a Scientific Calculator exercise 2 ·         Math journal
	Lesson	·         Screws ·         Show a variety of screws and c-clamp ·         Activity 2 and 5 ·         Lesson 8 ·         Archimedes Screw
	History	·         Archimedes ·         Archimedes Principle ·         Archimedes Eureka poem
3	Math	·         Using a Scientific Calculator exercise 3 ·         Math journal
	Lesson	·         Levers ·         Cyber Chase Lever Snip ·         Lever Worksheet ·         Building a trebuchet
4	Math	·         Using a Scientific Calculator exercise 4 ·         Math journal
	Lesson	·         Wheels and Axels ·         Wheel worksheet ·         Wheel and axel worksheet ·         Discuss spokes as levers. Build a water wheel.
	History	·         Leonardo DaVinci ·         Talk about how he’s usually thought of for his art. View Mona Lisa and Last Supper ·         Guess What the Machine Does ·         Replica of Leonardo’s tank
5	Movie	·         Robots
	Activity	·         Marshmallow/popcorn catapult
6	Math	·         Scientific Calculator 1. Charitable Cans to Paint        Math journal:  10% discount
	Lesson	·         Gears and Pulleys both worksheets. ·         Make a windlass ·         Gears activity ·         Bicycle gears
7	Math	·         Scientific Calculator 4. Gifts for the Family       Math journal
	Lesson	·         Electricity ·         Bend the stream ·         Experiment with Electromagnets ·         Building series and parallel circuits Additional http://www.tryengineering.org/lessons/serpar.pdfseries and parallel circuit activity ·
	History	·         The Story of Electricty ·         Oatmeal’s Tesla comic, Forbes article (Development timeline of AC power),  Benefits of DC
8	Math	·         Scientific Calculator 6. Inspecting the Deck       Math journal
	Lesson	·         Rube Goldberg ·         Honda Commerical ·         OK Go ·         Crème that egg ·         Page Turner
9	Math	·         Scientific Calculator 13. Brief Introduction to Trigonometry       Math journal
	Lesson	·         Rube Goldberg DIY project ·         Paper design and practice.
	Choices	·         Put toothpaste on a toothbrush ·         Toast a slice of bread ·         Raise a flag ·         Other approved idea
	Requirements	·         6 simple machines ·         Minimum of 2 energy transfers ·         1 chemical reaction
10	Project	·         Videoed implementation of Rube Goldberg Machine
	Movie	·         Honey, I shrunk the Kids!

Additional Resources:

Natural Archimedes Screw 

Leonardo Notebook

Leonardo Worksheet

Leonardo Plans

Rube Goldberg book

Rube Goldberg Project Outline 1

 Rube Goldberg Machine Project outline 2

The New Way Things Work