Seeing God's Majesty in the Sky and on Earth

 This week, our study of the Arctic took us to the STEAM lab, where we learned how God designed arctic animals to adapt to live frigid habitats. 

Blubber keep polar bears warm when they swim in icy waters.

We designed habitats for arctic animals. (The kids are skilled at using their imaginations. The can and cracker box can be a snow-covered mountain. The white arctic fox blends into the scenery. In summer, his coat will turn brown in places where the snow melts and vegetation begins to sprout up.)

These animals are staying warm in their den.

We built igloos out of bio-degradable "peanuts."

In arctic regions, indigenous people used snow huts to keep warm.

Air pockets in the snow make the snow a good insulator.

Today hunters in the arctic regions sometimes use igloos for shelter.

The students learned that the Northern Lights are visible in the night sky in arctic regions. They painted their own interpretations of the Aurora Borealis. I love the way each child's artwork is unique, and each one is perfect in its own way.

I'm reminded of Psalm 8; the heavens proclaim God's majesty, and little children tell of the wondrous things He has done.

Psalm 8 (New Living Translation)

O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
    Your glory is higher than the heavens.
2 You have taught children and infants
    to tell of your strength,
silencing your enemies
    and all who oppose you.

3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
    the moon and the stars you set in place—
4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
    human beings that you should care for them?
5 Yet you made them only a little lower than God
    and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You gave them charge of everything you made,
    putting all things under their authority—
7 the flocks and the herds
    and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
    and everything that swims the ocean currents.

9 O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!