Tag: observation

  • Science Sunday: Snakes

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      I’m finally getting our snake post written, it feels like I’ve been trying to write it forever.  The good news is, since I took so long I was able to get almost every one of our snake activities done. First, as I mentioned before, in the “learning how to use a microscope” post, we…

  • Science Sunday: Notebooking animal observation

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      Can you guess what animal this is based on their observations and drawing? 1.  He is small. 2.  He has a small tail. 3.  He eats bugs.   I’ll add the answer in a comment later today.   One of my goals for this year is to work on having more nature studies.  I’m…

  • Science Sunday: bring your notebook to the zoo

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        We finished up our study of the canine family with a field trip to our local nature center.  I will take any excuse to go there, and this was a perfect one: observe and write down about the animals from the canine family.  This is now my new standard for going there: bring…

  • Science Sunday: herbivore or carnivore teeth

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        We’re attempting to get a head start on our land animals science for the year, and this week we learned about teeth.   Teeth you say?  That’s right, how can you tell whether an animal is an herbivore or a carnivore from it’s teeth. Short answer:  Herbivores have flat teeth for grinding, and…

  • Science Sunday: Shrimp

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    I just heard about a linky sponsored by Apologia Science, so I’m gonna link this up to Homeschool Science Show and Tell! I’m kinda thinking I need a “grocery science” category, because as I was finishing up our science experiment for the week I realized a large majority of our science experiments come from there.…