Category: STEM
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Can you cross the Oobleck Ocean?
A few years ago we studied astronomy (check out our astronomy lessons), and at the end of it all we had a Life in Space Unit, and one of the activities I somehow forgot to write about all those years ago was crossing the Oobleck Ocean. This is a super fun and messy STEM project,…
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How to Teach Hands on Math
In many ways, I think math is one of the easiest subjects to make hands-on. You use math for cooking, for most games, and in many other areas. However, at the same time, Future Ticia 2025, who is updating this post, is also aware that as kids get older, we don’t stop and take the…
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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 that he learned how the ocean currents move and charted the Atlantic Current. If Benjamin Franklin is ever the subject on Jeopardy, I’m set. Since that’s not likely to happen, I set the kids to an ocean currents experiment and had lots of…
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Flying Creatures Unit
As I’ve been working on different science lessons, I’ve been trying to tie them to specific units, and saying this is this type of science lesson, and I keep saying, “Oh we did this as part of our Flying Creatures Unit, when we covered Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day, let me go find that…
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Animal Cell Model
A few years ago, we studied anatomy for our homeschool science, and we made a wonderfully complicated edible cell model. We are reviewing biology this year with the kids, and we reviewed all about animal cells. To help get it into their heads, we made an animal cell cookie model. (This post contains affiliate links)…