taking the fear out of and putting the fun into homeschool science
This post contains affiliate links. My kids are like most kids. They love to experiment, build, invent, and create. It’s nothing in our house to have an experiment going on in the kitchen, an engineering project going on in the living room, a building project going on in the basement, and an art project underway in the toy room….all at the same time! Keeping
Take advantage of the season with these Thanksgiving STEM activities. The supplies listed for these projects are probably already sitting around your house, waiting to be used. From making fresh butter in a jar to building candy corn catapults, you will have plenty to keep your kids busy, especially during Thanksgiving break. You could also set up an area for all of the kids on
My daughter has always been tech-savvy. From a young age, she has been interested in things like computer programming, video editing, computer graphics, and computer aided design. I’ve always been able to find a book, person. or program to teach her these things that are out of my wheel house. This year she has joined a FIRST robotics team. Because of her interest and past
This post is part of the 5 Days of Engineering Challenges series, Check it out for more fun, engineering project ideas for your kids. I’ve always been fascinated by sail boats. Harnessing the power of the wind to move vessels small and large across the water is a science that I would love to learn more about. To explore the concept of sail size and
*This post contains affiliate links. As I said in yesterday’s Straw Rocket Engineering Challenge, my kids love things that they can launch and/or fly. In the past, we have made LOTS of paper airplanes. We have checked out every paper airplane plan book from our local library. (In hind sight, I should have just bought a book or two, we NEVER got those books back
My kids love anything that they can launch. Paper airplanes, nerf guns, bows and arrows… They like to see things fly. On one boring afternoon, I introduced them to straw rockets. They balked and rolled their eyes at when I first handed them paper and straws, but after I quickly created one and they saw it fly, they were hooked. Building Straw Rockets Straw rockets
You don’t have to have a complicated supply list for an engineering challenge. Nor, do you have to create something something spectacular and life-changing. Simple is best. Kids learn from taking items from their everyday life and using them in new ways to do simple things. It helps them understand the world around them and how things work. For this engineering challenge, give each of
You don’t have to have a complicated supply list for an engineering challenge. Nor, do you have to create something something spectacular and life-changing. Simple is best. Kids learn from taking items from their everyday life and using them in new ways to do simple things. It helps them understand the world around them and how things work. For this engineering challenge, we just used
Over the years, we have done various types of engineering without really realizing it. None of our projects were part of any curriculum and many were just spur of the moment. We’ve done things like reverse engineering and snap circuits and gum drop structures. They were all fun and all memorable. I started to wonder why we hadn’t done more engineering projects more often. When
This post contains affiliate links. Join me and the bloggers of iHomeschool Network for 99 lists of 100 Things. I’ve been researching engineering projects for my kids, so I thought I’d share my list with you! UPDATED LIST!!! Now more than 100 engineering projects!!! Paper Building Blocks Build A Truss Bridge Build With Straws and Paper Towel Rolls Building With Paper Engineering Challenge Homemade Cardboard Construction
The Halloween season is a fantastic time to do some truly spooky science! Here are some our favorite haunted science experiments and activities to do with kids. Halloween Window Gel Clings Make your own gel clings out of a few simple kitchen ingredients! This fun craft rolls science and art into one as you observe the viscosity of the liquid gelatin and how the gel
One of our most favorite projects and one of the most popular posts here at The Homeschool Scientist was Reverse Engineering. The kids loved taking machines apart, seeing what was inside, and trying to figure out what role all those little parts played in making the machines work. While that project really got the kids’ hands and minds engaged, more times than not, we really
