HISTORY 2 - Learned that castles were built of stone and took 5-10 years to build and often weren't completed even then (one castle took 45 to build and still wasn't completed!). They used moats, cliffs, hills and high walls for protection. When an enemy laid siege, it would last months or years. We learned about life in the castle and what the different rooms were used for. The great hall was where the feasts were held and minstrels, acrobats and jesters performed. They really enjoyed the lessons and asked good questions about how servants were treated and why people would be punished in the dungeon. We made our own catapults (really fun, they had a battle afterwards!) and colored some drawings of castle life. They remembered a lot about feudalism even though they had a hard time pronouncing it!
SCIENCE 2 - Metamorphic rock is formed when igneous or sedimentary rock are exposed to heat and pressure for a long time and they change into a different type of rock. For example, limestone becomes marble and shale becomes slate. We did an experiment different colored clay to represent limestone and pushing and twisting it then slicing it open to see that it had changed. They are still fascinated that all our digging never gets past the earth's crust. They really want to know how humans could survive going to the mantle layer. We'll look at David's fossils tomorrow because we ran out of time today.
They are really missing their playtime with just the 3 of them. We'll have to set up some days for that.
Rachelle
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