Expedition Earth: AFRICA - Nigeria

We learned:

• Nigeria has the largest population in Africa
• It has the largest butterfly diversity of any country.
• Is home to a few endangered animal species.
• Has the third largest river delta in the world.
• Really enjoyed reading the folk tales from Nigeria.
• The flag is green and white. The green means farming and the white means unity/peace.
• The country is in Africa.
• The children wear uniforms to school.
• They speak English.
• They pump oil and sell it to make fuel.
• The capital is: Abuja.

One of the animals that we looked at this week is the Gorilla.  Werribee Open Range Zoo now has Gorilla's on site so I rang Paul yesterday morning and asked if we could come in and see the Gorilla's behind the scenes as a wrap up for our week in Nigeria.  He contacted those in charge who said YES.  So at 4 pm we were off to see Gorilla's up close and personal. All visitors have to wear masks. 

Just look at the size of his hand ! That's 2" weld mesh.

There are three Gorillas at WORZ.  They are fed by seperate keepers to prevent them arguing over the food.  Here is a 20 second clip of Paul feeding one. This one on one time is also used to check on the animals well being and keeps up with their daily training.





Paul feeding a Gorilla behind the scenes at WORZ

The Resources we Used

Books

• Arthur's Camp Out - Lillian Hoban
• Busy Gorillas - John Schindel*Andy Rouse
• Nigeria - Ali Brownlie Bojang
• Chimpanzees - Katie Marsico
• Soccer (Sports for Srprouts) - Holly Karapetkova
• Welcome to Nigeria - Esther Kerr / Yinka Ismail
• Football (DK Eyewitness) - Hugh Hornby
• African Culture - Rob Bowden and Rosie Wilson
• Stories From Around the World (Usborne) Sonlight Core P4/5 

Stories from Nigeria on the Internet

• Why Anansi has eight thin legs.
• Stories from Nigeria illustrating moral values.  There are over 40 stories on this page.
• Why Wisdom is evrywhere. (A story about Anansi)
• The Chiefs Feast (Lying)
• Anansi and Alligator (Tricking)
• The Red and Blue Coat ( A Story about perspective/wisdom)
• Anansi and the phantom food.
• Why the sun and moon live in the sky
• Why the cat kill rats.
• Magic Anansi 

Some of our Notebook pages

Notebook Pages
**We do NOT use ALL pages but pick the ones we want.**

• Expedition Earth over at Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Soccer Unit Studies over at Homeschool Share
• Mapping page from Homeschool Creations.
• Traditional Nigerian Clothing from Education.com
• Nigeria from National Geographic for Kids
• Expedition Earth: Discovering God's Animals. FREE 

On the Internet

• Our Night in Nigeria over at Our Pemberley (blog)
• Quicksand Experiment over at Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Soccer Unit Studies over at Homeschool Share
• Nigeria over at TIME for Kids
• Slide Show of Nigeria over at TIME for Kids
• Nigeria over at National Geographic for Kids
• Mary Slessor
• Page 5& 6 from the sample of A Missionary to Africa from Currclick.
• Kids from Nigeria at Fact Monster. 
• Nigerian National Anthem on YouTube.
• Nigerian Igbo Dance on YouTube.
• Igabo Cultural Dance. on YouTube
• Nigeria's Natural Beauty on YouTube
• Nigerian kids playing drums on YouTube

Animals

• Animals playing soccer on YouTube.
• Wildlife Wildlife Heritage of Nigeria.
• Chimpanzee 
  Chimpanzees' sophisticated use of tools - BBC wildlife
  Baby Chimp - National Geographic 
• Colobus
  Colobus family at London Zoo on YouTube.
• Gorilla
  Gorilla vs. Gorilla National Geographic Excellent.
  Western Lowland Gorilla BBC Life documentry.
  Gorilla mums
• Red Bellied Monkey
  Red-bellied guenon on ARKive.
• Drill 
  Baby Drill Monkey Edinburgh Zoo 
  Saving a Species - The Drill Project start 2 min in.
• Civet
  Cute Baby Civet on YouTube.
  African Civer overview on ARKive.

Cooking

Jollof Chicken & Rice

• Suya (Nigerian Chicken Skewers)
• Jollof Chicken and Rice really enjoyable meal will definitely make this again.
• West African Benne Cakes over at Confessions of a Homeschooler My family really enjoyed these. We used greaseproof paper when baking which made it really easy to remove the biscuits. We baked them for 5-8 min any longer and they were over cooked.

West African Benne Cakes.

Blessings
 Chareen 
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