Welcome to our Homeschool Resouces: Science. If you have used any of these resources leave me a comment and let me know what you thought of them and why.
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Terrific Science
Grades K-12, with parental supervision
This website, developed by two enthusiastic chemistry teachers named Mickey and Lynn, which provides a wide assortment of free lessons and activities that teach students of all ages the Scientific method through fun, hands-on investigations.
When you get to the site you’ll see a menu of the “Freebies” including:
- Lesson and Lab Exchange – Get hundreds of free, downloadable science lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school students. These lessons run the gamut from teaching chemistry with glitter wands to an 8-part series on forensic science.
- National Chemistry Week – Explore an archive of chemistry lessons and experiments offered during Chemistry Week in 2005-2008.
- Health Science Resources – Enjoy hands-on activities that emphasize water safety, personal hygiene, indoor pollution, chemical safety, skin health, and information on drug-resistant bacteria.
- Terrific Science Movies plus Activities – View a variety of movies (excerpts from the science teachers’ workshops) that include fun animations and activity demonstrations. Some of the movies have accompanying activity instructions.
When you’re through exploring the “Freebies,” poke around the rest of the website for additional information and resources on the art of teaching science.
Ultimate Science Curriculum Series is a complete, self-guided, video-based DVD Science curriculum that explains science topics to kids in a practical, real-world way.
Grades K-12, with parental supervision
This website, sponsored by the National Ground Water Association, archives free lessons and activities (housed on other websites such as the EPA, USGS, etc.) designed to help students learn the Science behind groundwater, which makes up “90% of all available fresh water in the world.” When you get to the site, to get right to the activities and lessons for grades K-12, use the left sidebar menu to view:
- What is Groundwater? – After clicking the link and the page loads, select the “Learn more!” text link to learn about the importance of groundwater and its threats, wells, the Hydrologic Cycle, center pivots, and more. The Learning Opportunities link provides access to apps, webinars, and lectures.
- Activities Library – Use the filters on this page to refine your search by grade level topic, duration of the activity, and category.
- Our Most Popular Activities – Check out the experiments you can do at home designed to teach about groundwater including making an aquifer model in a cup or a hydrogeology experiment on surface water-ground water interactions.
- In Your Classroom – Here you will find information, tools, and training videos for teaching about groundwater.
- Games and Puzzles – On this page, you will find word puzzles, a maze, a coloring sheet, and a link to the free Water1der mobile app.
There are a lot of links to activities in this archive, and we did find a few that led to error messages, but that shouldn’t be a deterrent from using the many resources available at the site.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
