Category Archives: Science

Science Fair

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

It has been rather whirlwind the last few days because the older three kids were putting together science project displays for their science fair. This entailed some help from Mom on the computer helping with formatting and printing of summary … Continue reading →

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Science/History – Something Different

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

Every year in our homeschooling journey so far, I’ve alternated days that we worked on history and science. So, we’d do history on Mondays and Wednesdays with science on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We school four days per week, so the … Continue reading →

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First Day of School

Posted on September 7, 2010 by

We completed our first day of school this fall. My four and three-year olds aren’t tired, but I am. I noted early on that I was not completely prepared to teach history today, but since we do each twice per … Continue reading →

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New school year – final checklist

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

It is almost time for us to start our new school year. As Child #3 isn’t ready to start Kindergarten yet, I am once again only teaching two kids. I’ve worked out our tentative schedule and figured out our curriculum. … Continue reading →

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Summer Project – Part 1

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

This summer I thought it would be nice for the kids to hatch some chicks from eggs. It is a 4-H project available to anyone through an extension office in the big city about an hour away. I sent in … Continue reading →

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On-Line Science Games

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

Check out this site to find some links to fun games. Play one or two yourself and then have your kids see if they can beat your score. I tried the “Extreme Adventure” link on this site. The one I … Continue reading →

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Happy Engineer’s Week!

Posted on February 15, 2010 by

This year, Engineer’s Week is celebrated February 14th-21st. I am going to be trying to post a few links each day to information or activites related to E-Week. Today, let’s just go with an intro to the main E-Week site: http://www.eweek.org/EngineersWeek/EngineersWeek.aspx You … Continue reading →

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Snow Days

Posted on December 23, 2009 by

Within the last few weeks, we’ve had several days of ice & snow that have caused the local schools to shut down. In fact, there was one week when we had mail delivery only three days out of six. We … Continue reading →

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Science . . . Again

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

As I continue in our science studies this year, I can’t help but think about next year. I already know I’m not going to continue to use God’s Design, even with the new (full color) design because the Physics level … Continue reading →

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Three States of (what) Matter

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

At the beginning of a recent science class, I was reviewing what we have learned recently. I started with, “The three most common states of matter on the earth are . . . ” I paused, waiting for the kids … Continue reading →

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