After teaching Sunday School for years, I save and squirrel away all sorts of strange objects. One of those is empty toilet paper rolls. They come in handy for all sorts of crafts, and who knows how many projects. This time they came in handy for a science lesson as we learned in … [Read more...]
How to make a battery
Last year we studied physics, and some of our physics experiments felt a little more like chemistry. I didn't really mind this because I felt we had missed out on a lot of opportunities when we studied chemistry. This time we were looking at how to make a battery using pennies, … [Read more...]
Can you cross the Oobleck Ocean?
A few years ago we studied astronomy (check out our astronomy lessons), and at the end of it all we had a Life in Space Unit, and one of the activities I somehow forgot to write about all those years ago was crossing the Oobleck Ocean. This is a super fun and messy STEM project, … [Read more...]
A High School Health Curriculum You Can Love
In high school, I took 4 years of science. My first year I took generic science, and I pretty much remember a debate about evolution, and my teacher showing us some kind of low grade explosive. Then I took chemistry, physics, astronomy, and psychology. Oh, and health, but that … [Read more...]
Why do we float in the Great Salt Lake?
One thing I love about homeschooling is the ability to mix subjects together. In this case, we mixed some science lessons with some geography lessons. As part of our Utah unit study, we learned all about the Great Salt Lake, and that, of course, led us to a Great Salt Lake … [Read more...]
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