Cretaceous Period Sea Creatures

Leif and I watched BBC’s “Chased by Dinosaurs, Sea Monsters”. As Nigel Marvin travels back in time to dive with prehistoric sea creatures, we learned all about the 7 Deadliest Seas, from the Devonian to the Cretaceous, which inspired us to do a Cretaceous Sea project. In this project are Mosasaurs, Pterodons, an Ichthysaurus, Plesiosaurs, ‘killer fish’ and Giant Sea Squid and Giant Sea Turtles. Leif thinks Nigel Marven is the ‘coolest dude’ on earth!

Leaves in a Pond

I gave Leif a sticker sheet of fall leaves today, he decided they should go in a pond to be reflected upon and enjoyed.

Scarlet Macaw

Even though Leif tells me this inspiration doesn’t come from Diego, who ever heard of a scarlet macaw before this tv show? LOL I was very happy to help him make this beautiful project.

Pelican Project

Given the crisis in the Gulf, I showed Leif some of the animals affected by the crisis. He wanted to make an oil-dipped pelican so we searched google images, but he fell in love with this Chilean pelican instead.

Bald Eagle

One of Leif’s favorite exhibits at the Roger Williams Zoo was the bald eagles. He wanted, of course, to do a bald eagle project to honor these magnificent birds.

Screech Owl

Sitting on the porch last night, we had the opportunity to hear several owls hooting at each other. Leif asked me to look them up, so we searched google images for owl pix. Leif was inspired by a screech owl, so this bird was born today of a google image.

Hummingbird

Today on our feeder were several hummingbirds, many different colors and shapes. Leif wanted to do a hummingbird project and made up imaginary colors. It doesn’t resemble anything we saw today but I think its brilliant!