Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe
around him and calls the adventure Science.
Edwin Powell Hubble
What a great quote! You won't believe the fabulous science resource that I stumbled upon, it's called, 'Science Resources for the Middle Grades' @ Science-Class! There's a wealth of information for the homeschool science teacher to utilize on this incredible site! Wait until you check out the lessons, but my favorite part of this site, are the fabulous powerpoints!
So if you are new to homeschooling, or not, and are looking around for resources for next Fall...this site is worth it's weight in gold!
God Bless the Teachers, out there in cyberspace who provide resources for FREE, to all students, including us homeschoolers!
Chalkbored has been described by Education World as 'Chemistry with Attitude'! It's an online Chemistry class for eleventh and twelfth grade students! It was created by a disullusioned high school teacher from the States. He wanted to share his years of teaching with teachers and students, so he created Chalkbored!
Chalkbored is chockful of Chemistry PowerPoint lessons and instructional materials to help students brush up on concepts or help them to better understand what they are learning. We, teaching moms, can appreciate the complete lessons that are available for our eleventh and twelfth grade chemistry students. The lessons available at Chalkbored cover a variety of topics such as atomic structure, quantum mechanics, atomic size, bonding, crystals, isomers, rates of reaction, and many more. Each of the topics includes a brief description of what is being covered and includes PowerPoint lessons, handouts, study notes, labs and assignments, and worksheets. Don't hesitate to check out the entire site! It's FREE!
Have you ever wondered how schools or well organised homeschoolers manage to fit in ever subject in their day? Or how homeschool families manage to stretch their dollar to include the courses necessary for their children to succeed in today's world? I do! We receive no funding, what's so ever, here in Quebec! And there's no online learning to help ease the financial burden for us, either!
It's for this reason, that I try to find sources of FREE educational materials that are relevant, so that we can provide an equivalent education to our children! It's easy to teach our preschoolers to sixth grade but secondary students are a different matter! We can't let them fall behind their public school peers, not if we want them to succeed.
That's why this morning's link is very exciting to me. It provides materials such as lessons, handouts and learning outcomes about interesting subjects like the human eye, volcanoes, the periodic table, bridge engineering and plate tectonics! But at the same time, it's a technology course! Your children will learn how to create graphics using the language of VRML! It's called CITERA! It was designed to provide an experience that both challenges and encourages your child by providing activities based on cutting edge IT research. The student and teacher resources are incredible! And it's FREE to access!
Yes! And what a way to learn! Do you and your children enjoy curling up with a good book? Do you enjoy science, too? Today's site will truly peak the interest of every homeschooler, from the Charlotte Mason approach to learning, to unschooling! It's a science resource that uses children’s literature to encourage the development of scientific exploration. You get to enjoy a great book, afterwards, check your inbox for a postcard that corresponds to the book! These lessons and activities will...
challenge scientific ideas and beliefs of your children
help to support a particular science skill
provide a stimulus for discussion
use the book as a literature study and develop the science ideas within it
It's FREE and exceptionally easy to use! The postcards can be copied to develop the activity in your 'classroom'! There's some great book titles and some utterly fantastic postcards for volcanoes, sound, seeds, force, light and the list goes on! Registration is necessary but FREE!
Wow - un site où tout est en ligne! Un site fait sur mesure pour des activités directement liées au programme d'études pour la 6e et 7e année! Quel sujet pourriez-vous demander ? Il est pour des études sociales ! Vous trouverez les modules qui vous aideront à explorer les personnes et les habitats du monde!
Once again, it's Earth Day! There are probably over a million great sites for Earth Science and I think I've linked to the vast majority of them! lol ! We've all heard about Google Earth, right? But have you ever visited the Dundee Satellite Receiving Station? It's really cool! If you are looking for great free images to use for your webpage or project, this is the site for you!
Okay...back to my topic of the day! I'm going to stay focused on my theme for the week...review! But in honor of Earth Day, it'll be Earth Science sites with review, quizzes, and hopefully, alot of printable resources! Do you use any of the Earth Science books from Prentice Hall? Did you know there are some great ppt's to use with them? Check them out, here!
I absolutely love this next site, it's called 'Earth to Class', and it's loaded with lessons, activities and ppt's! It's a teacher created site that links to other teacher created sites! You'll find everything you need to help your high school student pass those pesky exams! Including exams!
I've mentioned this next site on a couple of occasions, but it bares mentioning again because it's Canadian, it follows the B.C. Grade 7 Science course, view it here! More interactive practice tests and review materials for middle school students are @ SOL Practice Tests! Visit Science Teachers for materials, printables and lessons!
Have a great Earth Day! Get outside and enjoy this beautiful weather while it lasts!
Les insectes te fascinent et tu veux en connaître plus sur eux?
Les élèves de 2e année de l'École Charles-Lemoyne à Montréal ont construit ce site. Ils ont fait un gros projet sur ces petits êtres vivants et ont décidé de partager avec toi ce qu'ils ont appris. Seulement quelques insectes sont présents mais, à chaque fin d'année, de nouveaux se rajouteront.
Another FREE site! It's the Periodic Table ADventure, and what an adventure it is! It's a webquest but it's so well put together, I'm considering it as a teaching site! This goal of this website is to introduce and explore basic chemistry concepts and to practice these concepts using engaging web-based research and activities! This website was created in accordance with the 8th grade chemistry curriculum at Princeton Community Middle School in Princeton, Indiana.
In the culminating activity, students will perform a WebQuest which requires them to research an element using the internet. Once students have researched their elements, students will develop and perform commercials for their elements! It looks so cool! Check it out!
I just love when you stumble upon a fantastic FREE resource! This morning is no exception! I found a real gem, it's a 'Physical Science Activity Manual' and it's FREE to download!
It's a great repository of science lessons put together by a group of teachers in Tennessee. "During the Summer of 1995 a group of Tennessee teachers participated in an intensive two-week program presented by CESME in which they were trained in the use is the Learning Cycle and the PSAM.
The Physical Science Activity Manualcontains 34 hands-on activities to bring excitement to your classroom. You can download the Mac (MS Word) version of the entire manual or the entire Windows (Wordperfect) version, or even a PDF version. Individual chapters may be downloaded by clicking the appropriate version beside the title"
Isn't it exciting to see the snow melting and spring finally peeking out? I love this time of year! I always thought I loved summer more, but after this incredibly long winter, I changed my mind! Have you seen them? I'm talking about our insect friends! We've already seen a spider and one of those awful black/brown beetle like bugs that are always landing in your drink!(An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, check it out!) I can't wait to stop hibernating and take our first nature walk of the year, minus the waist deep snow, that is! It's also exciting as homeschoolers to see our classroom grow! By taking the classroom to the outdoors, we can broaden our learning experience from the printed page to the living world!
If you follow the Charlotte Mason approach to education, the library is the best source for many of the books that are used, but the great outdoors is where this approach works the best. I believe that you can remain true to her approach to learning, even in the age of computers. I personally believe that the Charlotte Mason approach to learning translates to inquiry based learning. It's exciting to have a subject leap off the paper and grow a life of it's own. By allowing your child to explore the world around them, including computers, we allow them to develop all of their senses as well as talents.
Children with learning difficulties, often find using a computer or an old typewriter, much easier to handle than a pencil for journaling. And computers are ideal for those of us who live in remote places without access to English resources. Or decent French resources for that matter! Today, we can access museums from around the world, without leaving our homes! Museums like... The Getty, the North Carolina Museum of Art or the Canadian Museum of Nature .(en français aussi!)
I found an online project that is sure to thrill, it's called 'Patterns in Nature'! It's a 'project-oriented science course with computer training to develop critical thinking, writing and technical skills. This course is concerned with light and microscopy at the conceptual level. Very few mathematics skills are necessary to succeed in this course, but a healthy love and curiosity for understanding the workings of the universe is essential to get the most out of your experience. Each week there are readings, activities, and exercises dealing with a particular concept (or two) in light, optics, or microscopy'. Sounds great, hmm? I was able to go from activity to activity, no registering or passwords were required! Yes!
Do you remember this morning, when I said, I found some great curriculum ideas for this week? If you wanted to devote this week to Water Week, I've found lessons, activities and accompanying websites using the Water Theme!
If you are interested in jumping into Spring and into topics that will eventually take you outside, then these links are probably something that will interest you, especially if you are unlucky enough to be living north of the sun!
Just a reminder...this weekend is Earth Hour! If you'd like to introduce this subject to your kids and the 'whys' of why we would want to change our habits, be sure to visit Zerofootprint: Footprint Calculator! A lesson for kids, ages 4-7, called ' A Day without Energy ' ,looks great! And I can't resist throwing in some fabulously fun experiments from Hunkin's Experiments! Be careful... this site might make learning too much fun for the kids!
There's a water shortage going on around the World, and it looks like it's happening in our own backyard! It's easy to ignore the water shortage happening around the World because it seems so far away from our reality. We've never known what it's like to do with out water... If the following article, written on Mar 20, 4:49 PM, by Michael Oliveira of The Canadian Press, is anything to go by, we're already in trouble!
TORONTO - Most Canadians are blissfully unaware that the water they take for granted is being threatened by overuse and mismanagement, say experts who warn climate change could soon make water shortages an unmistakable reality across the country.
The United Nations is using Saturday's World Water Day to warn about the impending dangers of water scarcity - shortages that could affect two-thirds of the world's population by 2025. To read the article in it's entirety, follow the link!
Thankfully, it's World Water Day tomorrow and we can all make a difference, if we want to! There are so many online sources to learn more about conserving water, honoring nature and preserving life as we know it for generations to come! Visit some of the following sites for curriculum ideas and resources...
There are also many wonderful resources to be found at the next link, Curriculum Planner Units for Grade 1 to 8 ,besides today's post topic! Although, the following materials are for Rock Creek Park, New York, the ideas are easily adaptable to be used by us! Even if you're not lucky enough to live in the Rocky Mountains, WildSight.ca, has some materials that you might find useful in your classroom! The younger kids will really enjoy PBS' 'It's a Big Big World' and you'll enjoy the FREE curriculum that follows the program! Here's another fascinating article called 'Enough Water to Go Around?'
Have a blessed Easter Weekend!
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