Expedition Earth: Brazil

Here we come Brazil! Thank you Confessions of a Homeschooler's Expedition Earth for a great journey!

I'm kind of jumping out of order here since I still haven't posted about our study of the Poles but the boys had so much fun working on their rainforest diorama I wanted to post this quick.

I have some foggy sense of what South America is all about - I think jungle and hot and then I kind of get stuck. I think that's going to change thanks to E.E. So what did we study this week?

Christ the Redeemer (amazing!)

Brazillian animals (like the armadillo - CUTE! Red eyed tree frog - que the "Go Diego Go" music.)

Drinking straw flutes (ours flopped, I guess you need the right kind of straw).

Brigaderiros - cooling in the fridge, almost ready to be rolled in coconut or sprinkes. Agent E was my stirring helper.











Native face painting
































The rainforest - here's our diorama of the levels of the forest



















The Emergent













The Canopy













The Understory













The Forest Floor (Just ignore the fact that the natives are American natives, Agent H really wanted to add them in. :) )













And a heart that hurts for people of Brazil. So much pain. I didn't show the boys the video because of the sensative topics included but Operation World really opened my eyes to the need for prayer. Check my Pinterest board (below) if you want the link to Operation World.

Here is the link to my Pinterst board for Brazil.