We are fascinated by space. Entire parts of our pop culture are taken up with space. I know I spent large portions of my youth watching Star Trek, and I’ve always been fascinated with how we got into space. With that in mind, here’s some great Space Race movies for your entire … [Read more...]
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 sixth grade geography class. Well that and one of the boys who got in trouble for … [Read more...]
Get your kids about excited about astronomy with these awesome activities
A few years ago we studied astronomy for our homeschool science lessons, and I think I finally have it all blogged about. We'll see with the way my organization skills are I will find something buried deep down on my computer. We had a blast with our astronomy lessons and there … [Read more...]
Can you design a bathing machine for Queen Victoria?
Last year (maybe even as long as two years ago), we learned about England for our geography lessons, and during that we covered a fun little bit of English history with Queen Victoria, and had an impromptu bit of history lessons and science lessons as the kids worked to design a … [Read more...]
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 dinosaurs digest food? This experiment can work equally well for birds or … [Read more...]
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