I found this really awesome book at a library used book sale for 50 cents! Super cool! You can see I put a pencil on the cover to give you an idea of the size of this thing.
It's full of life-size pictures of various wild animals. Or rather, since most of the animals in the book are quite large, on a two page spread it shows one part of the animal.
Then in the top corner of the page it shows a reference guide so you can see the size of that part of the animal in relation to the rest of its body.
Also, the table of contents includes measurements for the animals.
One afternoon we packed up the book, chalk, a yard stick, a measuring tape, and bikes and then trecked over to the nearest large empty parking lot to draw some animals.
I'm sure we weren't totally accurate with our measurements. But the process was what was most important.
It ended up being the perfect homeschool afternoon! We did science, math, and cooperative learning all at the same time, followed by PE as they rode their bikes around for a while before heading back home. Homeschool win!
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