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Elementary Biology lessons
Last year I was overly amibitious. I decided to cover two homeschool science curriculums in the same year. It was a little crazy, but my kids enjoyed the material, so it turned out well. This year...
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How to create a bird watching station at your house
My son Batman loves birds, and so last year I set out to create a bird watching station in our house. It was super easy to set up and since I did that a year ago my kids ability to recognize different...
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Amphibians and Reptiles unit
I think amphibians and reptiles unit is one of the most fun ones with little guys because it’s so easy to become a field trip. You just load up and head to the nearest pet store and spend a long time...
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Ocean Animals for kids
I was originally going to title this post whales and dolphins for kid, because dolphins are cute, and everyone loves whales, they’re so mysterious. Then I started looking at what my kids were...
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Birds Unit
I think of all of our units this was one of my kids’ favorite animal units. They loved our birds unit because it afforded them so many opportunities to make things and to act out what they learned....
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Farm animals unit
A farm animals unit is great for early elementary and preschool kids, and I’ll freely admit most of these posts are geared for that age range. We studied many of these animals in kindergarten and...
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August Science for kids 2014
I relearned something for the millionth time this month: Don’t over-commit. I do this frequently, and every time I say I’m not going to do so again, and yet every time I find I have. Next year if I’m...
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Science ideas for September 2014
I think this was the month of life science for Science Sunday, I had so many great ideas shared in that category, I didn’t even bother with the categories for this month. If you’re going to study life...
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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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Teach your kids how animals are classified
Sometimes a great homeschool science lesson just requires a few pictures and a willingness to sit back and let the kids go at it. This animal classification lesson is one of those types of lessons....
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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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Teach your kids how animals are classified
Sometimes a great homeschool science lesson just requires a few pictures and a willingness to sit back and let the kids go at it. This animal classification lesson is one of those types of lessons....
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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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