taking the fear out of and putting the fun into homeschool science
This post contains affiliate links. Imagining a cell is sometimes hard for students the first time around. Think about it. A cell is so small that you cannot see it with the naked eye, yet it contains many complex structures that run complex processes all within a permeable cell membrane and they are the building blocks of all life. That is kind of mind-blowing, don’t
This post contains affiliate links. One of our favorite things about Christmas is the lights. No other holiday uses lights as decorations like Christmas. People decorate everything from trees to houses to fences to businesses in beautiful lights. In our house, it’s always the great debate between white and multi-colored lights on the tree. I have a “pretty” tree with coordinating ornaments that I add
This post contains affiliate links. I have gathered some of the best Christmas STEM activities to help you keep your kids challenged during the cold winter months. Filling up those cold days with activities that require kids to use their noggins can be such a daunting task. By adding some Christmas STEM activities to your day kids will have engaging activities and experiments to explore
Science is everywhere. I say it all the time, because it is true. One of the best places in your home to find science in action is your kitchen. Cooking and baking requires chemistry. Eating and digestion requires biology. It’s all science! Many of the foods we eat are created by using principles of chemistry. Butter is one of them. Butter is created from cream.
How about some safe, spooky Halloween science fun? Tell your kids they can create their own ghosts and make them move without touching them. They will freak out! Here’s how to do it. Halloween Science Supplies This science project has a short supply list. You probably have it all on hand already. tissue paper or Kleenex scissors a balloon tape affiliate link Halloween Science How-To Setting
For the past few weeks, we’ve all been glued to our TVs watching the coverage of Hurricane Harvey and the devastation it left behind in Texas. This week, all eyes are on Hurricane Irma. Take advantage of these current events to teach your children while the interest is there. I’ve compiled a list of hurricane lesson resources and hurricane activities for you to dive into
Let’s learn about heat and do a couple simple radiation and conduction experiments to learn how heat is transferred from one object to another. When we open the oven to get out a pan of freshly baked cookies, we can feel the heat coming out of the oven. We can tell the temperature of the oven is a lot higher than the temperature of the
Frosted window panes and the crunching of leaves under our feet mean fall is back! Fall will be here soon, which means we will be spending more days indoors than our kids would probably like. It’s the perfect time to look for fun, hands-on activities to keep them busy and let them learn at the same time. STEM activities are great for this. There
I am constantly on the lookout for ways to take science out of that dry text book and to make it more applicable to a student’s daily life. Experiments are great ways to get kids interested in science. Partnering that with a popular current event or something that could affect a student’s life right now makes science come alive. This water quality testing experiment makes
Centripetal force is fun to experiment with. It is the same force that makes a playground swing move and the moon orbit the Earth. I always thought it seemed to defy gravity – an amazing feat. Let’s try a simple, fun activity to demonstrate centripetal force and amaze your friends. Then, we will learn more about centripetal force and see how it really works. Centripetal
When our eye sees something, it sends a message to the brain to make sense of the image. The brain keeps that image for about 1/10 to 1/30th of a second. That doesn’t seem like very long, but it makes a big difference in how we process the world around us. We can create a vision science experiment of our own that helps to show
One of my favorite parts of Apologia Biology is the when we start dissections. Seriously. I love when the kids see first hand what we have been learning about in the text. I know that dissections can sound gross, but trust me, dissections make the curriculum come alive. Don’t skip them! Dissections in Apologia Biology start with the earthworm. Earthworms are a great introductions to invertebrates and an
