Advent and Antarctica: Week 2 Peace

Advent

Week 2: Peace

Readings and Prayer: The Journey

Hymn: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear


Bible Reading Schedule/Activities:

Celebrate the Advent Season

Memory Verses:
Micah 5:2-5
Seeds Family Worship: To the Ends of the Earth

Jesse Tree Readings:

Ann Voskamp: Unwrapping the Greatest Gift
Ann's Peace Sunday Candle Lighting

The kids are working on their Bible Quizzing verses, we find this audiobible helpful: http://www.biblica.com/bible/online-bible/niv/luke/11/

Reading

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ( read for free on Gutenburg or download Audible version with Tim Curry)

Other choices, free on Gutenburg:
The Night Before Christmas and Other Christmas Stories
Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
Short Stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery
A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others

Antarctica

Interactive website we are having fun with: http://discoveringantarctica.org.uk/

These first two videos are about the discovery of the South Pole, from last week.

Glory and Death: Amundsen and Scott's Race to the South Pole



Race to the South Pole: Tragedy at the South Pole
We watched this last week, very good.


The Secret of Antarctica


 
On Netflix:
Encounters At the End of the World
Frozen Planet

We will be doing more microscope labs this week and taking a trip to the Zoo to learn about animals in winter.  


Other resources:
http://lima.nasa.gov/
http://mamaofmanyblessings.com/arctic-antarctic-unit-study-ideas.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridge/