Explore-a-saurus & Our Water

Last month when we went to see Perception Deception at Science Works I found out they had two new displays happening this month so we scheduled another trip to Science Works to see Explore-a-saurus and Our Water. I was a little surprised to see that we had taken nearly 200 photographs of our day out!!

Click on any of the photo's to enlarge them.

The day started at

Explore-a-saurus

 Our Water display.

  Sportsworks

We poked around a Steam Engine Number plate display

and West Gate Bridge Exhibit 

Last but by no means the least we moved onto

 House Secrets and Nitty Gritty Super City.

It was a long but very enjoyable day.
Blessings
Chareen

**Photo Collages done with the FREE software Photoscape . Tutorial over at Great Fun 4 Kids.
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Tuesdays Treasures - The Legend of the Sand Dollar

 Welcome to Tuesdays Treasures.  I started these posts as a way of sharing great books in honour of my friend in New Zealand who would arrive with the treasures she had unearthed at her weekly trip to the library!

There are so many wonderful books out there hiding on shelves so I invite you to blog about a book on your shelf, one you're reading or one you found at the library and add your post to Learning All the Time Favourite Resource Link Up. 

This week ...
This month I would like to share with you a few of the books we enjoy reading for Easter.
 

The Legend of the Sand Dollar

• Format: Hardback
• Number of Pages: 32
• Vendor:  ZonderKids Publishers
• Publication Date: 2005
• ISBN: 978-0-310-70780-6
• Author Chris Auer
  
• Illustrator: Rick Johnson

I love a book with beautiful illustrations and this one definitely fulfills that criteria. From the dust jacket: Eight-year-old Kerry loves the ocean. But on this visit to the beach, she discovers a little-known treasure and learns of the story of Easter revealed in the sand dollar. Now you and your child can discover the story behind this small ocean treasure as stunning illustrations form the backdrop for this familiar seaside legend. Seen through the eyes of children, The Legend of the Sand Dollar shares the timeless hope of resurrection and new life---the promise of Easter.

The book is available from: Amazon, Fishpond, Book Depository, Kindle 

Blessings

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Life in the Undergrowth [BBC]

DVD cover.

Recently we purchased Life in the Undergrowth (The Complete Series) produced by BBC EARTH.

As per their reputation the BBC have put together an excellent series. Stunning macro filiming bring you up close and personal with micro sized bugs not normally seen.

There are two discs containing the five episodes in the series:

• Invasion of the Land
• Taking to the Air
• The Silk Spinners
• Intimate Relations
• Supersocieties. 

Each episodes runs for nearly an hour giving you a total of 275 min of running time.

From a creation point of view the only negative is the occasional reference to evolution as fact.  We are really enjoying watching this series of DVDs.


To Read more about the series

• Life in the Undergrowth
• Life in the Undergrowth on Wikipedia
• The Science behind the Series
• Insects tricks of survival
• Wild Facts
• Top Ten Video Clips

On YouTube

• Weird mating calls of the leopard slug
• Silk thread hunting trap
• Oak tree and wasp eggs
• Clever queen bumble bees 
• Butterfly eggs and caterpillar survival 
• Life of Insects 
• Amazing Cicada life cycle 

As a family we are enjoying this series of videos. What are the science / natural history video's that your family enjoys watching?
Blessings
Chareen 
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