Life of Fred; Apples, Chapter 7

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• Million Drop Rain

• How many cloud droplets does it take to make one raindrop?
• Use the raindrop manipulative's from Chapter 6 to practice equations for parts of seven.
• Archimedes

• Review what you have learned about Archimedes in Chapter 6.
• How old is Fetti's Painting? Take the year it is now and subtract the year that Fetti painted Archimedes Thoughtful and record your results in your math journal.
• Do the math to figure out what year photography was invented and record your results in your math journal.
• Draw a picture of what you think Archimedes looks like and give your Masterpiece a title.  Write a synopsis of what you have learned thus far about Archimedes.
• Answer these questions in your synopsis:
• Why did Archimedes do math?
• What did he use his math knowledge for?
• What was Archimedes last words?
• Watch this video about Pi and Circles.
• Watch this video ahead of your children and prepare the supplies for your children to complete this project.
• Set your clock to 10:00
• Play this USA Geography game to learn the states.
• Here are some more games to learn the states.
• Now that you've practiced try to fill out a blank map of the United States of America.

• Alligators, whales, and ocean liners OH MY! Algebra with Y!

• Practice the days of the week and do the copy work.

• Draw and label a staircase to 50 in your math journal.

• Euclid and The Elements
• Learn about Euclid.
• Here is more great information about Euclid and his math contributions.
• Watch this video of what The Elements was about.
• Write a short essay entitled "Where I Live" including information about the climate, numbers associated with where you live, sizes or shapes where you live, and a few fun facts.
• Do a scavenger hunt to find {sets} of things where you live.