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The Seven Biggest Mistakes Made in Teaching Science
In this article, I am going to share with you some of the common mistakes that educators often make. If you’ve fallen prey to one or more of these, it simply means that no one told you about them yet. Once you know, you can then focus on solutions. Or, perhaps you’ll find that you are already on track, and this may reaffirm that you are headed in the right direction...
Easy Crystal Experiments You Can Share With Your Kids
There are crystals everywhere – in the form of salt, sugar, sand, diamonds, quartz… and more! If you add something for the crystals to cling to, like a rock or a stick, crystals can now grow...
Air Pressure Experiments
Try these ten air pressure experiments to mystify your kids using stuff from around the house...
Movies: A Resource for Homeschooling Parents
Each year the movie industry makes some very valuable films that can be used to teach children. Over the last 70 years, these films have accumulated into a national cultural treasure...
Simple Science
Help children develop a love for science, or nurture their already-growing interest, with these simple experiments...
Germ Warfare
Knowing my interest, and tolerating it exceptionally well, my friend Kelly, the homeschool mom who coordinates my kids' science club, asked me to present a unit on microbiology this spring. Imagine my delight at being asked to share the Gospel of Food Safety with seven impressionable children! I found many resources to tap, and put together a loosely structured unit that began with hand washing, then moved to safe food handling, and then into kitchen sanitation...
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Hunkin's Experiments - Cool cartoons that will have you experimenting with food, light, sound, clothes, and a whole lot more!! Hundreds of cartoon experiments from cartoonist, broadcaster and engineer Tim Hunkin. (Y, M)
Steve Spangler Science - In addition to supplying just about any science resource you can imagine, this website has a large selection of experiments (with pictures of the processes) on a wide variety of topics. This man makes science fun! See Teacher Training on the website to attend one of his seminars. (Y, M, O, T)
Science Friday - Science Friday is a live news/talk show about science that is broadcast every Friday on National Public Radio (NPR) stations nationwide. NPR has made new video-based science lessons available to complement the show free of charge on their Web site. These science lessons for middle school (though they can be useful at all levels) are geared to state science standards for teaching and learning, and are based on broadcasts of Science Friday. Every week, Science Friday produces and adds a short science video, three to five minutes long. You may view the videos online or subscribe to the podcast and download them. (M, O, T)
That Quiz - The most accessible math test resource on the web today with over 6 million graded exams to date and over 300,000 participating students. That Quiz is free for educational use. (Y, M, O)
ChemShorts for Kids - With monthly experiments going back to 1992, this site site has topics ranging from Fried Green Eggs (uses pH to change the egg color) to Homemade Floam (made with Borax). Great for integrating practical science into the curriculum. (Y,M)
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