When I first put this unit study together for my boys, we were living in Canada. Now we are living in California. My youngest child wanted to study botany this school year, so I pulled out this unit study and have updated it slightly to reflect where we live and…
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…
This summer my 8 year old has been thinking about what she wants to learn in 3rd grade. As soon as we sat down to have our “meeting” to discuss her third grade year she blurted out that she wanted to learn about natural disasters. So, I’ve put together this…
I created this study for my animal-loving 8 year old who wants to be a vet. It incorporates books, videos, and hands-on pet care. It is designed for her to do independently. For the books, she will read whatever interests her whether that involves skimming or reading every word.…
Several years ago my young daughter pranced around telling me all about evilution. She loved watching David Attenborough documentaries and his British accent made the word sound like “evil-lution” instead of the way it is pronounced in North America. Even though my young daughter was pronouncing it as evilution, we…
As I was putting together a conceptual physics study for my son, I stumbled upon an amazing free resource on Youtube. My son is using an older edition Conceptual Physics textbook by Paul Hewitt. I wanted to find some videos to go along with each chapter to help my son…
My 7 year old daughter wanted to abandon her current science studies and spend lots of time learning more about dangerous animals. So we are! For this study, I’ve compiled a list of easily available resources from Netflix, Youtube, and our local library. After consulting with my art-loving daughter,…
It is easy for science, math, engineering, and technology to be money hogs. There are so many excellent kits and maker materials out there, but the cost of those items add up. Over the years we have discovered some excellent STEM resources that will cost you nothing. All of these…
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…
My 8th grader will be covering some Earth Science this school year with the help of Edward Tarbuck. Since he will not likely encounter Earth Science again in his formal education, I wanted him to cover it thoroughly. Tarbuck’s book fits the bill. The book I chose is a…
