We had a wonderful vacation/field trip in October. We went to Florida and spent a few days on the beach. It was still warm, the beach was almost empty of tourists, and the one day of rough waters while there washed up thousands of seashells! We collected so many pretty shells... even a couple of whole shells!
This prompted us to skip our Apologia astronomy science for a week and learn about seashells! We first learned about the different types of seashells and the boys divided ours into two categories representing the most common types: Univalve & Bivalve
I didn't take pics of the rest of the lessons BUT, we learned the names of some of the shells. We have one slipper shell, a spiny jewel box, lettered olive, part of a shark eye (or moon snail), a couple of fighting conches, a little Florida cerith, one half of an angel wing, several scallop halves, egg cockle halves, imperial venus, jingles (these are nearly clear!), possibly a beaded periwinkle... and our favorite find: Lightning Welks! The lightning welk is the Texas state seashell. We never would have known that if it wasn't for this little adventure away from our regular curriculum. This website has the names and pictures of all the seashells listed above along with many more. http://www.seashells.org/alltheseashells.html
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