Bird Feathers – a bird project – Biology
Bird feathers have many tiny barbs Observing bird feathers You can see how bird feathers work for yourself. First, go to a park or a place where there are pigeons [...]
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Bronze Project – History of Art
A copper bracelet To understand what bronze is, you need to check out some copper, some tin, and some bronze. You can get copper wire out of any broken electrical [...]
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What is an arch? History of Architecture
Arches of the Medieval Baptistry at Pisa How do you hold up the roof? People building houses or any other kind of people have always had this one big problem, [...]
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African Language Projects
Learn to speak a little like a person from Africa - try to learn how to make Xhosa clicks yourself - can you do it? How to make the click sounds in [...]
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African Economy Learning Activity
African salt caravan To have a chance to think about what these economic trades would have meant to African people, imagine you are one of these people (if you're in [...]
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Memorization Project – Medieval Africa
Just as African kids did so long ago, you can also learn pieces of poetry or Quran verses or Bible verses or readings from the Torah by heart. Memorization is fun and [...]
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How to Play African Games
Playing cats-cradle: play African games What materials do I need? Many of these African games require no equipment at all to play, just some dirt and stones. Go someplace where [...]
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Crafts from Early Africa
Crafts from early Africa: A simple Mancala board If you're a teacher, parent, or day camp counselor thinking of spending a week or so on ancient Africa, these are some [...]
