This past week we read about platypus. They’re fascinating creatures that don’t really fit into any of our categories of animals perfectly. It’s got a bill like a duck, it’s body is rather like that of a badger, it’s tail looks like a beaver tail, it lays eggs, but it suckles … [Read more...]
Using art to teach science, let kids act it out
I remember very distinctly an art project we did in 4th grade. We sat there with a brown paper bag, and we worried at it, and crumpled it, and generally abused the paper bag until it had a texture similar to leather. This was then tied into the Native American living in … [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...]
Elementary Biology lessons
Last year I was overly amibitious. I decided to cover two homeschool science curriculums in the same year. It was a little crazy, but my kids enjoyed the material, so it turned out well. This year is a bit of a review year because we’ve covered biology before, but we started … [Read more...]
Farm animals unit
A farm animals unit is great for early elementary and preschool kids, and I’ll freely admit most of these posts are geared for that age range. We studied many of these animals in kindergarten and preschool, but some of these were also studied during second grade. Cows and … [Read more...]
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