Good morning, welcome to Homeschool Resources: Tools and Virtual Field Trips for Students. I would like to ask you to check out the Homeschool Resources below and let me know if you’ve used any of them with your Students. As of now I haven’t but I plan on checking into the Resources soon for Charlie.
The Greenlight Debit Card provides the tools you need to raise financially smart kids. The iOS and Android compatible app help families manage finances, encourages kids to explore lessons in earning, spending, saving, and giving, and includes parental controls.
National Park Service: Washington’s Headquarters
Grades 5-12, with parental supervision
Take a virtual field trip to Valley Forge where Washington, as the Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, spent the winter of 1777.
When you get to this National Park Service site, click on the YouTube link to view the current applicable video. Then download the illustrated guidebook of Washington’s headquarters to read the history of the house and to see pictures of the interior including:
- Aides-de-Camp Office
- Washington’s Office
- Kitchen
- Washington’s Bedroom
- Aides-de-Camp Bedroom
- and more
Back on the main page, be sure to click on the Washington’s Headquarters Quick Facts sheet to learn more. Also, if you click on the “View other self-guided touring options at the park” link, it will bring you to a new page where you can watch a Park movie: Valley Forge: A Winter Encampment.
My School Year is an invaluable tool for planning, tracking, and reporting all of your homeschool lessons, activities, and more. This digital planner has tons of useful features to make your homeschooling more organized, more efficient, and more focused.
Food Network via YouTube: See How Candy Corn Is Made
All grades, with parental supervision
Packages of “Candy Corn” line store shelves at this time of year. But how do they make those little tri-color, triangular-shaped sweets? The Food Network provides a terrific video that explains all of the components that go into manufacturing a simple batch of “Candy Corn.”
Since this is provided via YouTube, it may start with a randomly generated commercial, so parents (as always) should supervise viewing. Once the commercial is over, you can watch the presentation on how “Candy Corn” is made by the Goelitz Candy Company (the company that also makes Jelly Belly Jelly Beans).
Brainology is a fun online program for grades 4-8 that shows students how to develop a growth mindset by teaching how their brains – like their muscles – become stronger with effort and practice.
National Park Service: Old Faithful Geyser
All grades, with parental supervision
Every Summer tourists flock to Yellowstone National Park to see Old Faithful Geyser. Now, you can take an online tour of the Old Faithful Geyser Area at Yellowstone National Park – and avoid the crowds!
When you get to the site, you can read about Old Faithful then watch live views of the Geyser eruption. There are also static webcams for:
- North Entrance – Roosevelt Arch
- North Entrance – Electric Peak
- Mammoth Hot Springs
- Mount Washburn – Northeastern View
- Mount Washburn – Southern View
- West Entrance – Current Conditions at Gate
- West Entrance – Heading into the Park
- Old Faithful Geyser
- Yellowstone Lake
Then go back to the main page to learn all about the many geysers and Geothermal Wonders at Yellowstone National Park. Simple and interesting text, accompanied by beautiful photographs of the natural wonders of the park – make this a fun virtual field trip for the whole family!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
