Welcome to our Homeschool Resources: Science. Take a look at the websites and let me know if you have used the resource with your students. If so what did you like or dislike about the resources and why.
Fully aligned with Next Generation Science Standards, Ocean First Education courses convey the interconnected nature of science as it is practiced and experienced in the real world. Courses contain rich content, student guides, assessments, interactives, narrated videos, and engaging photographs.
Grades 1-8, with parental supervision
NASA created this website to introduce kids to Astronomy through colorful, animated pictures and interesting text accompanied by audio narration.
When you get to the site, choose between Level 1 (easier reading) or Level 2 to learn more about:
- Solar System – Sun, Moon, Planets, and more
- Universe – Galaxy, Stars, Black Holes, and more
- Space Stuff – Astronauts, Space Travel, Hubble, and more
Each section has audio or video and activities such as Planet TicTacToe, Moonlight Madness, Draw a Space Shuttle, and more.
There is also a Glossary – to look up the definitions of words used on the site.
MEL Science monthly subscriptions deliver everything you need right to your door for safe Science Experiments. Choose from MEL Chemistry, MEL Physics, and MEL Kids monthly subscriptions.
Tim Hunkin: The Secret Life of Machines
Grades 3-12, with parental supervision
Engineer and cartoonist Tim Hunkin developed a series of Cartoons with simple explanations about how machines work.
Tim’s unique take on explaining the mystery behind the mechanisms resulted in a TV series that allowed him to further develop the explanations with more in-depth cartoons.
These cartoons are featured on today’s archived website. When you get to the site you’ll see a brief introduction and then a menu of Cartoon topics that include:
- cars
- central heating systems
- electric lights
- fax machines
- internal combustion engines
- refrigerators
- sewing machines
- telephones
- televisions
- vacuum cleaners
- video recorders
- washing machines
- word processors
- and many more!
Click on any one and enjoy reading the cartoons that explain how these machines work.
They made a series of Videos from the Cartoons that demonstrate the History and Inventions of Modern Conveniences and other Machines. They are really fun to watch and are housed by the Exploratorium website.
TYSC Monthly Subscription Program from The Young Scientists Club
Young Scientists will explore the exciting world of Science with topics like Magnets, Weather, Minerals, Volcanos, and more. Complete kits (shipped once or twice a month) provide a continuous learning experience with the kits building on concepts and reinforcing the Science in a fun, memorable way for your child.
Michael J. Farabee, Ph.D.: Online Biology Book
Grades 8-12, with Parental Supervision
This website provides a Free Biology Textbook with illustrations online.
This is written by a University Biology Professor, but may be very useful for a motivated middle-schooler and would be an appropriate online text for a high-school-level, full-year biology course.
As one of our readers put it, “It’s free, thorough, highly visually appealing, contains numerous references and links, and an online linked glossary of terms. Some chapters include a list of learning objectives and review question
There isn’t much more to add except that when you get to the site, you’ll see the table of contents that covers subjects such as:
- Atoms and Molecules
- Chemistry
- Cells and Cell Division
- Thermodynamics
- Photosynthesis
- Genetics
- DNA
- Plants and Their Structure
- Flowering Plant Reproduction
- Animal Organ Systems
- The Circulatory System
- The Lymphatic System
- The Digestive System
- The Nervous System
- The Endocrine System
- The Reproductive System
- The Muscular/Skeletal System
- The Respiratory System
- Paleobiology
- Biological Diversity (Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, Fungi)
- and much more!
Click on any one to read the chapter and feed your brain.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
