Welcome to our series sharing Homeschool Resources: Homeschool Resources: Earth Science Curriculum, Science, Nature, and Culture. I would like to ask you to take a look at the websites being shared this morning and let me know if you’ve used them with your students or not.
Award-winning browser-based curriculum, Layered Earth, from Simulation Curriculum Corp integrates your Earth Science Curriculum with the latest technology to prepare your students for the skills they’ll need in the 21st Century. Layered Earth course selections include Geology, Meteorology, and Physical Geography.
Pulse of the Planet– Grades K-12, with parental supervision
This website, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, offers daily (Monday-Friday), free, engaging two-minute sound portraits that blend Science, Nature, and Culture worldwide. These audio clips contain fascinating information that may springboard you to further Science investigation and learning.
Just take a look at some of what’s available from the past several weeks:
- March 30 – It Comes in Many Guises – Wherever you may be right now, odds are you’re not far from clay in one form or another.
- March 31 – Swamp Song – A dawn chorus of amphibians – headphones on!
- April 1 – A Trojan Horse Made of Clay – Fooling cancer cells!
- April 4 – Elephants and Ivory – Remembering the late Richard Leakey, famed anthropologist and conservationist. In a 1989 interview with Jim, he unveiled his strategy to protect Kenya’s elephants.
Just listen to the featured sound clip (and print out the transcript or download the MP3 if desired). Then, use the menu to access all of the “Daily Programs” audio clips from 1991-2022.
Click on “Monthly Features” for the in-depth studies and peruse the rest of the menu for other wonderful science surprises.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
