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Tag: chemistry
Making a mummy
We started studying Egypt this week in our homeschool history lesson, and what do you think of when you think of Egypt, but mummies. So, taking a page from the Story of the World Ancient History lessons, we’re making a mummy. Warning, not for the easily grossed out, or germ-o-phobes. Hi, Future Ticia 2025 here,…
How much support do you need to teach high school chemistry?
I loved chemistry in high school. I may be weird, but I liked balancing equations and figuring out just how to mix things just right. However, as I got closer to high school I started worrying about teaching high school chemistry. I like the subject, but I don’t KNOW the subject, enter Apologia Chemistry. That’s…
Science labs for high school
Y’all my kids are in high school and I’ve discovered science labs are much more difficult than our labs in elementary and middle school. Elementary science lessons were easy, “Go grab the baking soda and the vinegar, and let’s go!” Now I need actual equipment for our science labs, and I can’t complete science lessons…
How to make a battery
Last year we studied physics, and some of our physics experiments felt a little more like chemistry. I didn’t really mind this because I felt we had missed out on a lot of opportunities when we studied chemistry. This time we were looking at how to make a battery using pennies, aluminum foil, and paper…
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,…