Ocean Unit Study
This study primarily uses 5 different books and online videos. We will also supplement this study with trips to a local aquarium and take a field trip to a good tide pool beach.
Category: 5th grade
Human Biology and Health Unit Study
My 5th grader requested to learn more about the human body this school year. I did have a human body study put together, but it was geared toward younger children. As a result, I decided to create another one from scratch. I searched for a spine appropriate for this study…
Story of the World Middle Ages: Video Supplements
My 5th grader will be starting on Story of the World Middle Ages. We are using the audio along with the activity book. My kid also enjoys learning through videos so we are supplementing the activity book with videos. Since we are doing an activity for almost every chapter…
Virtual Travel in Europe
My 5th grader fondly remembers our virtual travel across the USA several years ago. Because of that, she will be embarking on a virtual European journey this school year. For the purpose of this study, these are the countries she may visit. She will probably not get to all of…
Scratch Programming
My son loves computers and has dreams of being a game designer one day. Over the years has has enjoyed quite a bit of time on Scratch. Scratch is a “tile-based visual programming environment” where kids can create animations, games, and stories. Sometimes he spends his free time working on…
Music Theory Fun
Back when my boys were young and we were still new to homeschooling, I purchased Music Ace Deluxe. Over the past 7 or so years we have made good use of this amazing program. It truly does make learning music theory fun. I’ve used this with a child as young as…
Edible Muscle Fiber Model
As part of my son’s microbiology study, he is learning about the different kinds of cells in the human body. He enjoys making things with food so we sat down to figure out how to make an edible muscle fiber model. We decided on a basic circle cake with Twizzlers…
Picture Books as Reading Books: 3rd-5th Grade Level
As I was considering which chapter books would work best as readers for my daughter this school year, I decided to go a different direction. There are so many great picture books that are designed to be read aloud by an adult that would work just as well. I went…
Mexican Cooking Competition
Welcome to the second round of our cooking competition! We would love to have you vote on the best looking item. Earlier this school year we finished up our baking competition that we started back in 2013. We have now embarked on a cooking around the world competition. This time…
Rice Krispie Treats Skin Model Project
When my son was in first grade we spent some time learning about the human body. That year we came up with a fun project while we were learning about the skin. Now my son is in 5th grade and he is spending his school year on microbiology. He has…
