Seabird {Unit Study}

This months theme for the Poppins Book Nook is Planes, Trains and Automobiles - anything transport related.  The  book we chose Seabird by Holling Clancy Holling. Our mode of transport looked at was sea travel. Mr Holling is a master story teller that grabbed our imagination from the very first page, so much so that this month we have spent a delightful time exploring the history of shipping from sailing ships to modern container ships that roam our oceans.

We found some excellent FREE resources online and have watched a few documentaries on YouTube as well.  Seabird introduced us to the wide world of shipping and encouraged an inquiry into the different types of ships through the ages.  We read Ships, Sailors and the Sea alongside Seabird.

Lapbook and Notebook pages

• DIY Homeschooler has at the bottom of the post.
• Fran’s Freebies: Seabirds Unit over at Home Education Resources
• FREE Seabird lesson ideas and Notebooking pages by Ami Brainerd over at Homeschool Share

YouTube

• The Largest Aircraft Carrier in The World (full video)
• Discovery Channel Mighty Ships S02E06 HDMS Absalon 
• 100 Years of ships 
• The Great Ships: Pirate Ships 
• The Great Ships: The Aircraft Carriers
• The Great Ships: The Battleships
• The Great Ships: The Cruisers
• The Great Ships: The Destroyers
• The Great Ships: The Dreadnoughts
• The Great Ships: The Frigates
• History of Navigation at Sea
• Vikings and Viking Ships
• Warship: A History of War at Sea Episode 1
• The Trireme Dreadnought of the Ancient Mediterranean
• Mega Ship - Megastructures Documentary
• History of the Royal Navy - The King's Ships (1500-1599) 
• History of the Royal Navy - Wooden Walls (1600-1805)  
• History of the Royal Navy - Steam, steel and Dreadnoughts 1806 - 1918 
• History of the Royal Navy The Sun Never Sets 1919 - Present  
• HMS Victory : Documentary on the 18th Century British Warship 
• True Caribbean Pirates 

General

• Greenland  Documentary
• Ivory Gull   Fact Sheet and Photographs at ARKive and YouTube
• Arctic Hare  Fact Sheet,  ARKive, National Geographic, YouTube
• Arctic Fox  Fact Sheet YouTube documentary, Cubs, BBC Doc
• Polar Bear Fact Sheet ARKive and National Geographic Kids YouTube - Just 4 Kids, BBC Documentary,
• Raven Fact Sheet  ARKive YouTube Clever Ravens
• Arctic Terns Fact Sheet ARKive YouTube Migration
• Glacier Chasing Ice largest glacier calving captured on film. What is a Glacier ?
• Iceberg Rolling Iceberg Iceberg Songs
• Snow How does snow form ? How is snow formed ?

On the WWW

• Seabird by the DIY Homeschooler. Unit study suggestions, activities and a few resources.
• Make yourself albatross wings.  There is a handy conversion chart at the bottom to see the size your wings would need to be in relation to your height.
• View an interactive drawing of different birds riding the currents.
• Made a 3D Seabird Unit Seascape tutorial over at Harrington Harmonies.
• Ocean Unit Study on Pinterest

"A writer of books for young people is quite aware that they may open new vistas for fresh and eager minds. If this story charts a course into related stories — sparkling seas now held unknown between other book covers — then SEABIRD will have accomplished part of her mission." 

-  Holling C. Holling -

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 64 
ISBN 10: 0395266815
ISBN 13: 9780395266816
Author Holling C. Holling
Illustrator: Holling C. Holling
Available from Bookdepository and Amazon

We have learned so much this month about the shipping industry and it's history. You are invited to blog and share one of your book adventures on the theme of transportation and join in our link up below.

Looking forward to reading your adventures
Blessings
Chareen

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