Expedition Earth: AFRICA - Egypt

This week we resumed our Expedition Earth travels.  Since we are going to be going on a journey to South Africa in four weeks time we decided to visit the Continent of Africa starting in Egypt.

Mummification Experiment.

We learned

• That kings and special people were buried in pyramids.
• The king of Ancient Egypt was called a Pharaoh.
• Egypt is in Africa.
• The secret of how pyramids were constructed has been discovered.
• They painted pictures on the walls inside the pyramids.
• A lot of the things we use today were invented in ancient Egypt (time, 365 day year, locks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs etc)
• There were no roads in Egypt because they used the Nile to get around.
• Paper was made from papyrus and they used pictures to write words.
• We did a Mummification Experiment. (results to come next week)
• A mummy is a dead person.
• We baked Egyptian style cookies and shared a cup of tea. (We had to add an extra table spoon of butter because the mixture was a little dry.)
• Sir N's favourite thing was the pyramids. (We built a 3 D model of Kufu's Pyramid)
• Egypt has the largest Muslim population in the world at over 80 000 000.
• They use Egyptian Pounds and some of their coins have holes in them.
• The Egyptian Flag has red at the top, white in the middle and black at the bottom. It also has a gold bird in the middle.

We baked Egyptian style cookies

Our Resources this week

Books

• From Sonlight
  Usborne Time Traveler
  Usborne World Geography
  Usborne Living Long Ago
  The Usborne Children's Encyclopedia I'm using the old version.
• From the library
  Why were mummies wrapped ?
  This is my culture: Egypt
  Earth's Continents: Africa
  Starting History: The Egyptians

Maping

• Egypt Shutterfold Map on Homeschool Share.

Notebook Pages

• 3D Ancient Egypt Lapbook over at Practical Pages
• Paper Dolls from Practical Pages. 
• A Unit Study for Homeschool on Squidoo Ancient Egypt.
• Africa Resources Page on Homeschool Share.
• Africa Three Part Cards by Karen Briguaglio
• African Animal Cards by Molly Boulter
• Notebooking Pages from Notebooking Pages.com
• Expedition Earth from Confessions of a Home Schooler 
• Ancient Egyptian Printables from Activity Village.

Internet

• World Fact Book: Egypt.
• Egyptian Currency. 
• About the Egyptian Flag.
• How were Mummies made ? at The British Museum a Step by Step process. (down loadable PowerPoint presentation for 7-11 yearolds.) 
• Egyptian Mummy Experiment with apples from over at Confessions of a Homeschooler.
• The British Museum Ancient Egypt
• Melt-In-Mouth Cookies, Egyptian Style - Ghorayebah 

Craft

• Great Pyramid of Khufu, Egypt From Paper Craft at Canon.
• Sphinx, Egypt from Paper Craft at Canon
• Make your own cartouche (cartouche Generator)
• Design a Sarcophagus over at Activity Village 

YouTube

• Pavlína - classical egyptian dance - baed anak
• The Pyramids in Egypt - National Geographic 
• Great Pyramid Mystery Solved 
• The Mummification Process 
• Tutankhamun
• Food Safari - Egyptian 
• Fertilty of the Nile - Nile - BBC
• The River Nile splits - BBC 
• The Land Re-emerges - Nile - BBC 
• Egypt - National Geographic Traveler 
• Egyptian National Anthem 
• Suez Canal Time Lapse on YouTube
• How Canals Work on YouTube

Wildlife Study

• Animal life on the shores of the blue Nile - BBC Earth

Sand Cat

• Sand Cat over at BBC Science & Nature
• What is a SAND CAT ? on YouTube.
• Sand Cat Kittens at Cincinnati Zoo

Nile Crocodile

• Nile Crocodile at BBC
• Diving with wild Crocodiles.
• Nile Crocodile on National Geographic
• Nile Crocodile on National Geographic Kids
• The Worlds Largest Crocodile on YouTube.

Horned Viper

• Who Zoo
• Horned Viper on YouTube

Jackal

• Wikipedia
• Amazing Preditor on YouTube
• Jackal Pup in Sinai Egypt on YouTube.

Vulture

• Egyptian Vulture on Homestead.
• Wikipedia
• Egyptian Vulture breaking egg on YouTube.

Flamingo

• Andean flamingo mating dance on YouTube
• Its not walk like an Egyptian but walk like a Flamingo!on YouTube 
• The Greatest Pink Show on Earth on YouTube 

Blessings
Chareen 
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Learning All the Time Favourite Resources ,Homegrown Learners Collage Friday, Red Oak Lane Share Your Ideas and Learning All the Time  Look what We did.