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Jacques Cousteau lesson
Prior to this Jacques Cousteau lesson I’d heard of the man, but I hadn’t really known much about him, or all that he did. Jacques Cousteau is an interesting man, and I’m glad we studied him for our...
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Using pool toys to create a diorama
For our final homeschool science project this year I had my kids making a diorama with our pool toys. {This post is sponsored by Lil’ Fishys, I was compensated for my time, but all opinions are my own,...
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Learn about horseshoe crabs
Several years ago I ran a geography homeschool co-op with several different families. Every week I’d teach a couple of different geography lessons going over different states. When I was looking up...
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How did dinosaurs digest food?
Little kids love dinosaurs and my kids are no exception to that rule. So anytime I can bring a bit of dinosaur knowledge into their science lessons it’s a big hit. This time we looked at how did...
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How to memorize the taxonomic ranks
When I was in sixth grade I learned Sister Mary Helen Eats Onions. This reminded me of the Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Eerie, Ontario. It’s probably the only thing I remember from my...
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Why do birds have different types of beaks?
When I was in college one of the science lessons in my Science for Elementary teachers class had us trying to eat food like birds. That particular lesson stuck in my head, and I knew someday I would...
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Using art to teach science, let kids act it out
I remember very distinctly an art project we did in 4th grade. We sat there with a brown paper bag, and we worried at it, and crumpled it, and generally abused the paper bag until it had a texture...
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How to classify animals unit
As a young child I remember both the best time in our school year and the worst time of our school year for science lessons came when we had to make a diorama. I hated them because I always did 85% of...
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How to write an animal report with free printable
This past week we read about platypus. They’re fascinating creatures that don’t really fit into any of our categories of animals perfectly. It’s got a bill like a duck, it’s body is rather like that...
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Whale sounds? Why do they make them, and what do they sound like?
In our science lessons, we’ve started learning about whales and dolphins for our Swimming Creatures Science Lessons, and as I was reading about them it brought up all sorts of questions about their...
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