~ Debbie Nelson, Editor
Building a House
Science of Ski Jumping
Rocky Mountain Institute For Kids: Grades 4 - 6:featuring Alternative Energy Sources
9 Electronics Projects - Middle School level
Science Fair Project Ideas
Bubbularium: Make an observatory to see the amazing colors in bubbles!
Dr. E's Energy Lab:from Dept of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Think Quest - The Greatest Inventors and Inventions:
Learn about men and women who have shaped our lives through important inventions.
Frogland Teachers Corner: Fun Activities with a frog theme
5 Senses: - Grades 1 - 2
Birch Aquarium:Videos on Birth of Seahorses, Kelp Cam, Coral Spawning, and more Aquaculture:includes excellent video presentation
Insect Safari: Grades K-2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6:Download free lessons which introduce students to systematics, the science of classification. Students will learn that scientists classify living things according to similarities and differences; 3 kids' games to play online; schedule of cities where interactive program will stop during 2002
The Adventures of Squirmin' Herman:Vermicomposting lessons - making rich organic "dirt" from a simple redworm project; recycle food scraps and even T-shirts!
ART:
Wildflowers:Northwestern United States wildflower illustrations by Karl Urban, Umatilla National Forest, Oregon. Coloring book pages for Celebrating Wildflowers and other educational activities. Includes coloring page and coloring guide for each flower. Extensive list!
The @rt Room - @rtifacts: Information about famous artists & games to play that will test your knowledge of art history
Arts Ed Network: K - 12: Lesson Plans sorted by grade level or topic
The Quilt Block of the Month: Make one quilt block a month - great community service project.
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Daily grammar: New session starting in September; Daily Grammar sends you e-mail messages with a grammar lesson five days of the week and a quiz on the sixth day.
Spelling: 6 Lesson Plans for 2nd grade level
Diagramming Sentences: especially good if you have Power Point
Dr Grammar FAQ
Liberty Academy: Free educational facility which uses the latest technology in distance learning to provide opportunities for writing development to children who are unschooled or homeschooled
Printing Worksheets: One worksheet per letter of the alphabet, to practice printing
Journaling to Learn: Writing and LD
GEOGRAPHY:
Free map pattern everyday. Click on the link then click on Free Daily Pattern
">"Interactive" maps that run on Shockwave: shows the progression of selected things like the spread of slavery, etc.
Geography Bee: 5 New Questions Daily
Journey to Forever - Hong Kong to Cape Town Overland:Schoolchildren can share our adventures via the World Wide Web. They'll find themselves working over the Internet to help us solve real problems affecting the lives of real people - "The most effective way of all to teach kids about what life is like in developing countries is to take them there. We've done that before and it was quite remarkable, it really was a life-changing experience." -- John Sayer, Director, Oxfam Hong Kong
Online Adventure - Fantastic Forest
Travel Unit: Grades 1-2; Grades 3-4
DIARIES - Open to all grade levels:Multi-disciplinary: Science, Language Arts, Social Sciences, etc. - online collaborative project; several interactive topics for students: animal diaries (humorous or serious animal adventures written by students from the animal's point of view), becoming a co-author by being a part of a progressive animal story which changes according to the school, town,or country that adds the next chapter, a chance to chat or email your favorite author of children's stories, animal cartoons, animal illustrations or photos that students wish to share, travel buddy stories ("animals" who travel the world and have many adventures to tell), and even a place to create animal greeting cards to send to friends.
BUSINESS / MATH: Hands-On Economics:Profile Your Home Business - Practical tips for establishing and running a home business
Investing For Kids: Grades 7-12 - designed by kids for kids. It examines stocks, bonds, mutual funds and the like. It teaches the principles of saving and investing. It also includes a stock game.
Multiplication:13 Lessons, Grade 3 - 5
GENERAL RESOURCES: The Homeschooler's Guide to the Colleges: The author, herself homeschooled and now in college, would be happy--actually, delighted--to answer any inquiries
The Education Exchange: Suggested course plans including links to free classes online for K - College, and vocational classes
Homeschooling at Sassafrass provides hundreds of online unit studies listed in alphabetical order
StudyWeb.com: Free 30-day trial to The Lightspan Network (TLN), the source for standards-based, online curriculum and resources for K-8 classrooms, available exclusively to subscribers
LessonPlanz.com: 4000 links to Lesson Plans, sorted by category plus website has a search feature
Class by class lesson plans for K - 12
RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Teen Bill of Responsibilities
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Debbie's Review
Carschooling
EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS:
What Is Unschooling?
Unschooling College
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
Teen Bill of Responsibilities
ONLINEducation's Review
Carschooling
EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS:
What Is Unschooling?
Unschooling College
for a little while
and their hearts forever."
"ACTIVE LEARNING" is......when history comes alive in paintings at a museum or in reinactments of famous battles....when science comes alive in the classroom of the great outdoors....when language arts comes alive in seeing a letter to the editor printed in the newspaper or in corresponding with pen pals across the globe.....Actively participating in activities that introduce every traditional "school subject" and busily exploring our communities to see how all the "school subjects" are useful in our daily lives....this is what ACTIVE LEARNING is all about!
SAVVY - teen news sample article written by a homeschooler
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Service Project Ideas
Get Well Cards to Soldier in Iraq/Afghanistan - scroll down left column, click on LCpl Russell L Schlyer
