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Math and Science – Bridges
Our “math break” continues to bring lively and rich lessons! One of the projects from Hardhatting in a Geo-World concerned bridge construction. We had to make six different bridges and test their...
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More Living Math and Science
I meant to put this post up before Christmas break – oops! I hope you aren’t getting bored with all the fun math we’ve been doing from Hardhatting in a Geo-World. I just can’t help sharing what has...
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Simple Machine Stations
We started our short and sweet simple machines study yesterday. As an introduction to simple machines and for self-discovery of how machines work, I set up some little centers. The kiddos had to visit...
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Simple Machine Unit
Too many people think I have this homeschooling thing all together. Ha! Remember when I promised you a copy of the test at the end of our simple machines unit? Well, not only did I never create or...
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Light and Color Fun
Last week we completed lots of activities to learn about and better understand light and color. The color part of the unit was a super time to integrate art/artist study into the theme. Here’s a...
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Can You Hear the Sound?
We finished learning about sound this week. As with the color and light part of the unit, lots of hands-on experiments and demonstrations made for fun learning. Below are some of our activities,...
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Apologia Physical Science 8th/5th Grade
The verdict is in…we are LOVING Apologia’s Physical Science!! I’m *not* normally a textbook sort of gal, but this series (as well as Ancient Civilizations and the Bible) is converting me! Why do I...
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Apologia Physical Science and a 5th Grader
Science and history have always been “together” studies. In the past, we’ve almost always used unit studies for these subjects since they can so easily be manipulated to fit the needs of each...
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Focus on Science
Heart of the Matter just released the latest edition of their FREE online magazine! This quarter’s theme is just full of fun and practical ideas for science. There’s even an article by little ole me...
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Planning a Small Unit Study
We’re finally into some practical posts in my series about unit studies! In my first post, I posted about how I design unit studies for our homeschool. In the second post, I wrote about...
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