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Science Sunday: Manta Rays
Batman’s report was on Manta Rays, those are by far his most favorite sea creature, and probably even animals in general. He has two stuffed Manta Ray dolls that he takes with him everywhere. He...
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Florida: alligators
One of the fascinating things about Florida is its wide variety of wildlife. I found a wonderful book about alligators, and so that became our major animal for Florida for this time around. Alligator...
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Science Games for School
Science games are much more difficult to come by in stores, unless you head specifically to a school supply store, and then it’s pretty much regurgitation of what you’ve learned in a trivial pursuit...
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Science Sunday: Crawdads
Back on Memorial Day Jeff was mowing the lawn. It had grown ridiculously high because our lawnmower was broken. While mowing he found: a turtle, a frog, and 3 crawdads. I was out shopping and came...
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Poppins Book Nook: Oceans and Beach
Soooooooo………… I had these grand plans, grand and glorious plans. Then it was 4th of July, then packing and finding stuff for the trip, then traveling with limited internet and in the mountains, then...
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Austin Aquarium Field Trip
A few months ago (yes my posts are that far behind what we’re actually doing) we went to the Austin Aquarium with my sister-in-law and my nephew. It was a really fun field trip, and a great experience...
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Zoology for kids
Zoology is a favorite subject with elementary kids. They love to watch animals, go to the zoo, act like animals, and will watch endless animal movies. Or maybe that’s just my kids? Either way I’m...
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Amphibians and Reptiles unit
I think amphibians and reptiles unit is one of the most fun ones with little guys because it’s so easy to become a field trip. You just load up and head to the nearest pet store and spend a long time...
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Ocean Animals for kids
I was originally going to title this post whales and dolphins for kid, because dolphins are cute, and everyone loves whales, they’re so mysterious. Then I started looking at what my kids were...
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August Science for kids 2014
I relearned something for the millionth time this month: Don’t over-commit. I do this frequently, and every time I say I’m not going to do so again, and yet every time I find I have. Next year if I’m...
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Elementary Biology lessons
Last year I was overly amibitious. I decided to cover two homeschool science curriculums in the same year. It was a little crazy, but my kids enjoyed the material, so it turned out well. This year...
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Jacques Cousteau lesson
Prior to this Jacques Cousteau lesson I’d heard of the man, but I hadn’t really known much about him, or all that he did. Jacques Cousteau is an interesting man, and I’m glad we studied him for our...
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Using pool toys to create a diorama
For our final homeschool science project this year I had my kids making a diorama with our pool toys. {This post is sponsored by Lil’ Fishys, I was compensated for my time, but all opinions are my own,...
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How do ocean currents move and how does this affect navigation?
One of the weird random facts I learned about Benjamin Franklin is he learned how the ocean currents move, and charted the Atlantic Current. If Benjamin Franklin is ever the subject on Jeopardy, I’m...
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Learn about horseshoe crabs
Several years ago I ran a geography homeschool co-op with several different families. Every week I’d teach a couple of different geography lessons going over different states. When I was looking up...
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Austin Aquarium Field Trip
A few months ago (yes my posts are that far behind what we’re actually doing) we went to the Austin Aquarium with my sister-in-law and my nephew. It was a really fun field trip, and a great experience...
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Zoology for kids
Zoology is a favorite subject with elementary kids. They love to watch animals, go to the zoo, act like animals, and will watch endless animal movies. Or maybe that’s just my kids? Either way I’m...
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Amphibians and Reptiles unit
I think an amphibians and reptiles unit is one of the most fun science lessons with little guys because it’s so easy to become a field trip. You just load up and head to the nearest pet store and...
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Ocean Animals for kids
I was originally going to title this post whales and dolphins for kid, because dolphins are cute, and everyone loves whales, they’re so mysterious. Then I started looking at what my kids were...
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August Science for kids 2014
I relearned something for the millionth time this month: Don’t over-commit. I do this frequently, and every time I say I’m not going to do so again, and yet every time I find I have. Next year if I’m...
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