Friday 1st May.

Chloe woke up and wasn't feeling very well this morning. So we spent the first part of day reading - and snuggling!
She found another spiderwick book at the library ans has nearly finished it already.

She felt better by the afternoon, so we continued with our geography topic - The Oceans. Initially we were working from a unit i downloaded from the net. And although it is good. i feel it is abit too old for Chloe (it focuses on underwater trenches and making an underwater contour map etc) She is only 10, and so i've gone back to basics.
What do i want Chloe to know when we have finished this topic??

* The names of the 5 major oceans.
* To be able to locate these oceans on a world map.
* To know the difference between an ocean and a sea.
* To know about currents, tides and waves. What causes them? What effect do they haveon our world?
* How do we have use the ocean? - transport, medicine, food, resources/energy etc. Maybe even link in with the somalia pirates situation???
* To know that the oceans are different to each other - climate/temperature/weather, animal habitats.
* To know what a tsunami is and how they are caused, plus underwater volcanoes.
* To look at marine animals - This can also link in with our science topic of living things.
* To what a coral reef is and where they are.
* To know about life/food cycles and how it is important to keep the balance - fishing stocks Vs making a living - dolphins caught in tuna nets etc. Enviroment issues.

So plenty of ideas, plus a fun trip to the sea life centre.