One of Italy's famous landforms is Mt. Vesuvius, an active volcano that had two devestating eruptions in the past 2,000 years. The earlier eruption in 79AD buried a city, Pompeii. This research tied perfectly with our science project for the unit - volcanos!
For this experiment, we found a small glass jar and a funnel. The little one wanted to set up "trees and people" with items in our kitchen, like cookie cutters, candy pieces, etc. Below is a video:
Our field trip was lunch at an Italian restaurant. She wasn't allowed to choose her usual chicken fingers, hamburgers, or other non-Italian food. Her choice? Cheese pizza.
After dinner, we shared their "chocolate lasagna". It was a sizeable portion, so I'm definitely glad we each didn't order a dessert.
By the way, here's the answer to her original question: The building was supposed to be a bell tower and wasn't designed to lean. During construction, something went wrong. It's now a famous landmark of Italy and has since been supported to maintain it's "lean" so that visitors can enjoy it for years to come.
Now onto her next unit...Grandma's house, cooking mac & cheese, and all fun things with extended family!
