Expedition Earth: AFRICA - South Africa

To round off our recent trip to South Africa we did a slow walk through our next unit in the Expedition Earth series: South Africa.

We have spent a fair bit of time at Werribee Open Range Zoo (Night Zoo & Giraffe encounter) experiencing African Wildlife.

We were blessed with many wide and varied experiences while in South Africa

• Khamai Reptile Centre
•  Mariepskop
• Waterfalls
• Trackers
• Johannesburg Zoo
• Target Practice with an air rifle.
• A day trip to the Kruger National Park

Resources  

Notebook Pages

• Southern Africa pages by Donnette Davis
• South Africa general activity pages
• Southern Africa Huts and Homes 
• Expedition Earth over at Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Expedition Earth Discovering Gods Animals over at Confessions of a Homeschooler (FREE)
• Traditional African Clothing Ndbele, Zulu, Venda, Xhosa, Basotho, and Swazi people.
• African Jewellery.

Stories

• African Folk Tales
• Jungle Doctor Stories
• Select stories from:
  When Hippo was Hairy
  When Lion Could Fly
  When Elephant was King
  When Bat was a Bird

Books

• Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Madela (Chris van Wyk)
• South Africa (Letters from Around the World )- Cath Senker
• African Culture - Rob Bowden
• South Africa (National Geographic Countries of the World) - Virginia Mace
• South Africa in Our World - Ali Brownlie Bojang
• Nelson Mandela (Famous People) - Hakim Adi
• Africa (Exploring Continents) - Deborah Underwood

On the Net

• South Africa Facts and Pictures over at National Geographic Kids
• ♫ ♪ South Africa National Anthem "Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika"(YouTube) 
• Loved the photography showcased in this YouTube clip from Rhino Africa Safaris.
• Quick Facts about South Africa(YouTube)
• 10 Little known Nelson Mandela Facts(YouTube)
• "The Mandela Portrait" a musical tribute to Nelson Mandela (older students) (YouTube)
• South African Youth 18 years after Apartheid. (of interest for older students)(YouTube)

Animals

Touching a Rhino at WORZ.

• African Elephant
  African Elephant - National Geographic
  African Elephants - National Geographic Kids Deadly African Elephant The World's largest land animal.  (Good overview)
  Baby elephant - BBC Wildlife (newborn baby & mating)
  "Duke" Kruger National Parks biggest elephant.  Gosh I wish we had seen him when we went to the Kruger Park earlier this year.
• Leopard
  Leopard - National Geographic
  Documentary Leopard Life Part 1 of 3, Part 2 of 3, Part 3 of 3
  National Geographic - Female Leopard hunts a Baboon.
  Big Cats: Leopard vs Hyena and Lion.
  
• Lion Lions Kids National Geographic
  African Lion- National Geographic
  Lions vs Antelope - BBC Wildlife (hunting)
  Lion Documentary (David Attenborough) Excellent.
• Rhinoceros
  Black Rhinoceroses - National Geographic Kids
  Black Rhinoceros - National Geographic
  Rhinoceros Fun Facts
• Meerkat
  Meerkat National Geographic Kids
  Meerkat - National Geographic
  Adorable baby meerkats explore the African wild for the first time - BBC wildlife
• Zebra
  Zebra -Kids National Geographic
  Zebra - National Geographic

Milk Tart

Cooking

• Milk Tart this is one of my favourite dishes from South Africa.
• Babootie a traditional South African dish

Do you have any favourite resources for learning about South Africa ?
Blessings
Chareen

Here is a 4 min video of photo's Paul took on a trip to Africa a few years ago.

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