Science in your homeschool can be filled with loads of fun adventures in your kitchen and beyond. When I was a member of the Homeschool Review Crew we reviewed some amazing science curriculums however the one thing I found is that you don't need an official curriculum to enjoy learning about the science of the world around you. Science is a subject that is huge in scope from every day science in your kitchen to working in a laboratory. Do not forget to tap into field trips such as going to the museum, look for community expo's or watching programs like Kill it, Cut it, Use it.
Define: Science
- The word science comes from the Latin "scientia," meaning knowledge especially knowledge based on reproducible data.
- Science is the systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.
From this definition we can see that science is not solely about science labs and microscopes, formulas and chemicals it's all about the world around us. The sciences need not fill you with fear the high school years can be a wonderful time of learning alongside your students and discovering amazing things together.
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More on Science on this blog:
Curriculum we have reviewed:
- Australian Nature Study
- Exploring the Building Blocks of Science.
- Web Design - Compu Scholar
- The 101 Series - These DVD's are fabulous! LOVE them.
- Science Unit Studies For Homeschoolers
- Visual Learning Systems
- Science4US
Kitchen Experiments
- Crystal Snow Flake tutorial - grow your own crystals in your kitchen.
- Raise Silkworms at home.
- Organic Mini Mushrooms in your home.
- Eat Your Science Homework
- Science at Home
- Compost in a Bottle Science Experiment.
- Bake something.
- Make an erupting volcano.
- Grow an Alfalfa Sprout Head
- Make homemade Flubber
Books
- Eat Your Science Homework
- Science Unit Studies For Homeschoolers
- Solar Systems A Visual Exploration
- The Elements A Visual Exploration
- The Burgess Bird Book for Children
- Pasteur's Fight Against Microbes
- How We Make Stuff
- Space
- The Solar System
- First Encyclopedia of the Human Body
- See How It's Made
- What Makes You Ill?
- Science Activities, Vol. 1
- The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks
- Why Do People Eat?
- The Usborne World Of Animals
- Night Animals
- Magic Schoolbus books are a wonderful addition to your science book library. Join Miss Frizzle for many fun filled scientific journeys.
- We have also enjoyed The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature Topics covered are: Almanac (seasons, weather, and astronomy), Nature Guide (plants, animals, and earth science) and Science Fair (machines, matter, and energy).
On the WWW
- Science in the Kitchen on Pinterest
- Cooking with Kids on Pinterest
- Make a Gingerbread House for the holidays. {Part 1, Part 2, Part 3}
- 7 tips for cooking with kids over at Crayon Freckles
- 16 Kitchen Safety Tips for Children over at Just Mommies
- Kitchen Science Experiments over at About.com
- Kitchen Science over at The Naked Scientists
- Home Science Tools The Gateway to Discovery
- Teaching Kids Science in the Kitchen: Tips to get talking about Science
- Smarter Every Day Channel. The very first clip we saw was Mystery of Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps. Destin covers really interesting topics covered and explained in layman's terms and if he uses scientific jargon he is careful to explain it.
- For fun we visit the Slo Mo Guys. On this channel, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy take a $150,000 high speed camera to show you the world hundreds of times slower than you can see with your own eyes. . One of our favourite videos is Giant 6ft Water Balloon
- The Super Slow Show by the Slo Mo Guys brings on science educators to explain what is happening in the experiments
Our Microscope
If you are living in Australia you can not order in science specimens they will not be allowed past customs. If you are wanting to purchase dissection specimens you can order them from Southern Biological in Melbourne. They also stock a full range of items for science use at home and they also ship to New Zealand.
In the USA I highly recommend Sonlight's science resourcesand the resource kits from Rainbow Resources.
What are you using that I could I add to this list ?
Chareen
Find the other ABC posts in this series here:
- A is for Art Lessons at Home
- B is for Books Where do You Purchase Yours?
- Charlotte Mason a Round Up of Posts
- Delight Directed Education
- Encouragement for Weary Homeschooling Mothers
- For the Children's Sake
- G is for Geography
- Homeschool Bloggers
- Instagramers to follow who are homeschooling
- Joy in Your Homeschool Journey
- Know Yourself - Stop the Comparison Game
- Life Skills in Your Homeschool
- Math Resource for Home Education
- Netflix in Your Homeschool
- Olympics 2021
- P is for Podcasts
- Quintessentially Homeschool
- Read-A-Loud in Your Homeschool
- Science in Your Homeschool
Featured from last week the letter P...
- R is for Race Car and R is for Rummikub over at Our Homeschool Notebook
- Quilter ~ (composers ABC) from At Home: Where Life Happens
- Letter R Homeschool Tips from Homeschooling Highway
- Discovering the R Rabbits of the World over At Home Pets.
This Week over at Our Homeschool Notebook the topic is S is for Sea creatures
I love science. This is a great list! Makes me want to do science more!
ReplyDeleteIt made me rather nostalgic putting it together :D
DeleteI have one child who adores science, especially the kitchen chemistry we did this past year. I had forgotten about the Eat Your Science Homework book. I may need to see if I can locate one of those for her this year for some fun days.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun that review. When you think about it we are surrounded by science all day and every day we just don't really think about it in those terms.
DeleteGreat list of resources. Most of the time we use Apologia science. I like their journal notebooks for the middle school ages, and their notebooks for high school that teach them how to do lab reports.
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