Tag: chemistry

  • Wow your kids with a bubbly chemistry lesson

    Wow your kids with a bubbly chemistry lesson

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    “Plop plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.” It’s been over 20 years since I saw that commercial, but I can still hear the tune in my head. As we studied chemistry, and we hit the ionic bonds lesson for our science lessons the commercial popped back into my head. Alka seltzer tablets…

  • Mad Scientist present

    Mad Scientist present

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    Sometimes when giving a birthday present you don’t want to just give another toy. A few months ago Princess was invited to a birthday party, and I came up with the perfect present for this goofy fun loving girl: A Mad Scientist present. When she came over for Princess’ Harry Potter Birthday party (which apparently…

  • Get messy and learn how to separate a mixture

    Get messy and learn how to separate a mixture

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    After one of our first homeschool science lessons this year I came up with what I thought was a brilliant application of our chemistry lesson.  The chemistry lesson was all about the difference between a mixture and a compound, and I thought, “I’ll give them a mixture and have them figure out how to separate…

  • The Beginner’s Guide to Atoms (my fun new toy)

    The Beginner’s Guide to Atoms (my fun new toy)

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    As I mentioned in my Ultimate chemistry post, we are studying chemistry in our homeschool science next year, and I’ve found another great resource to add to my fun toys. (Side note, I loved balancing chemical equations in high school, and also loved drawing atomic models, I say this so you can understand why in…

  • Ultimate Guide to homeschool Chemistry for Middle School

    Ultimate Guide to homeschool Chemistry for Middle School

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    This coming year the kids and I are learning all about chemistry in our homeschool science.  I’m super excited about this, and much more inspired to get started with homeschool chemistry than I ever was about biology this year (hey, we’ve spent 3 years already teaching zoology and anatomy). To continue the trend of the…