In our science lessons, we’ve started learning about whales and dolphins for our Swimming Creatures Science Lessons, and as I was reading about them it brought up all sorts of questions about their sounds, so I did a quick youtube search and played the different whale sounds. I … [Read more...]
Explore Mission Control with a NASA field trip
A couple of years ago when we were studying astronomy, we went on the most awesome NASA field trip ever. If you're homeschooling in Texas, then you should plan a NASA field trip on homeschool day. It's usually somewhere in October, and well worth going. It also made for a great … [Read more...]
Marble Physics, a law of momentum lesson
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...]
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