Y'all my kids are in high school and I've discovered science labs are much more difficult than our labs in elementary and middle school. Elementary science lessons were easy, "Go grab the baking soda and the vinegar, and let's go!" Now I need actual equipment for our science … [Read more...]
Why do you go faster on a steep slide? (potential energy experiment)
You know what's fun? When your science lessons require you to make big messes. Or that's what my kids think. I, as the Mom who is going to clean up that mess, don't always agree with them. However, I could make this not as painful as it looked on paper to clean up. So, I present … [Read more...]
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 the work, but never quite did that final bit to get a really good grade. That … [Read more...]
You MUST try online homeschool science with your high schooler
All right, here's the deal. I haven't taken a science class since college. It was science for elementary school teachers and it was a blast. I loved it. I'm a bit out of date on current science, 20 years out of date at least. My kids are now in high school, and I want them to be … [Read more...]
What happens to my shadow as the sun moves?
Also known as, why did it have to rain on that day? It's very hard to do sun experiments for your homeschool science when there is no sun. But, we gave it the old college try, and the kids learned some from it. Update: We did these experiments as part of our lessons with My … [Read more...]
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