NASA's High School Aerospace Scholars Program

Is your son or daughter interested in science and aeronautics? If your child is also high school junior and a Texas resident, s/he might be interested in NASA's High School Aerospace Scholars Program, an interactive on-line learning experience, highlighted by a six-day internship where selected students are encouraged to study math, science, engineering, or computer [...]

How to Make a Solar Nighlight

I definitely don't consider myself a tree hugger, but I am a believer in being a good steward of the planet God has given us. A friend sent me a link to this "green" project, and I thought it would make a great project for the homeschoolers. Making a solar nightlight would be a memorable [...]

The Pendant Nest of a Northern (Baltimore) Oriole

A couple days ago during homeschool club, a good friend of ours, who knows of my girls' interest in birds (and that we've been studying birds for the last few months), presented Jerah and Joely with a little gift — a beautiful little pendant nest they had found on a broken branch. But being the [...]

Planet Earth DVD Series — Recommended!

We joined Netflix a little while ago, and we've been enjoying watching movies together as a family on a regular basis since. The movies on the whole have been great, but the last 3 DVD's we've watched have been a cut above the rest. If you haven't yet seen the BBC series Planet Earth, then [...]

Educational "Go Fish" for Science and History

How can a 5-year-old learn to identify Chopin, Magellan, Pasteur, Watt, and 48 other notable people? By playing the simple game of Go Fish. But let me start at the beginning. Over 10 years ago my husband and I purchased a deck of Composer playing cards from a music store in Anchorage, Alaska. We didn't [...]

The Circulatory System

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I went to nursing school several years ago, dropping out before finishing so I could have my third child. I've always been interested in medicine and human anatomy and physiology, so it only follows that I'm excited about teaching my children about it too. We've been reading through the Usborne Science Encyclopedia for science, and [...]

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