"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden." Matthew 5:14
Today we had class on our hill behind the house.
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
We bounced around ideas on how to let our lights shine for Jesus in everyday life, even when we're afraid. We should never be ashamed of our Savior. I reminded them what happens to a candle when the light is covered.
Our earth science lesson reviewed plains, valleys, mountains, and hills.
Inside the house I used clay to show how mountains are formed. (The book pictured below is The Geology Book by John D. Morris.)
Folded mountain.
Domed mountain.
Fault block mountain.
They each made their own.
We further tied in Matthew 5:14 with an electricity demonstration. Over the weekend we covered power plants, and today we learned about conductors, insulators, amps, and circuits. Last night Bill prepared a circuit for the kids. Today they gathered a few items around the house to test whether they were conductors or insulators.
Recording her method and hypothesis in her science journal.
Pretesting.
Closed circuit- exciting!
The cars fooled them. They thought they were metal, not plastic.
Results.
We planned to make clay lamps that Jesus would have used growing up, but we ran out of time. We spent the afternoon gathering more books in the library. The girls read biographies on Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison, and their contributions to modern electricity. I read Isaac and Lydia What Do People Do All Day by Richard Scarry to go along with this unit's city theme.
Loving our new routine.
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