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Tag: earth science
Rock booklist
I think every kid goes through a rock-collecting phase, and so why not capitalize on this and have fun with a rock unit as part of your Homeschool Preschool or your kindergarten? If you’re using My Father’s World Kindergarten this is one of your units, and so you’re already planning this, and this actually started…
Water booklist
As I set about putting together this water booklist I had a couple of criteria for this list. First I wanted to focus on fresh water, so that immediately eliminated large numbers of books, next I wanted to focus on the water cycle, animals near water, and people interacting with water. My big dream was…
How to make a compass
I was scrolling through my stockpiled post ideas looking for inspiration and saw this how to make a compass lesson we’d done years ago, like my kids were in middle school years ago. I somehow never wrote about this particular bit of Earth Science, and I’m realizing I have some truly random science lessons to…
How Geysers Erupt
We are studying Montana Wyoming, and so, of course, that means we need to learn about Yellowstone National Park, Old Faithful, and how geysers erupt. Which means I needed to buy some mentos. Stick around to find out how geysers erupt in this great science lesson AND geography lesson. (there are affiliate links in here)…
Why do we float in the Great Salt Lake?
One thing I love about homeschooling is the ability to mix subjects together. In this case, we mixed some science lessons with some geography lessons. As part of our Utah unit, we learned all about the Great Salt Lake, and that, of course, led us to a Great Salt Lake experiment. How many teaspoons of…