(This post contains links to products in my Teachers Pay Teachers store and Amazon Affiliate links. Purchases help to fund the blog. Thanks!) My eighth grader is wrapping up her last science project of the year for Earth Science. She chose to do a PowerPoint presentation of organisms that live in the different ocean zones,… Continue reading Have fun learning about cells
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Using Amoeba Sisters in Biology
(This post contains an affiliate link to Amazon. Purchases made through this link help to fund this blog.) I would classify my homeschool style as eclectic. I pull from many different resources, and when I find a resource that works well with my kiddos then I continue to use it throughout the year. Several years… Continue reading Using Amoeba Sisters in Biology
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New Biology Supplement!
(This post includes links to Amazon and TeachersPayTeachers.com. Purchased made help to support this blog. Thank you!) I just finished a new resources to go along with the Exploring Creation with Biology 2nd Edition textbook: a student supplement packed with activities! Next year, my youngest will be a freshman in high school. She is taking… Continue reading New Biology Supplement!
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Planning for the 2024-2025 school year: 8th grade
My baby, my youngest, is starting eighth grade this fall. This will be our last year to homeschool middle school. After this, it is on to the big, bad world of homeschooling high school. Just kidding, high school can be fun to homeschool, too. Our job this year is to get her ready for high… Continue reading Planning for the 2024-2025 school year: 8th grade
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Planning for the 2024-2025 school year: 11th grade
The plan for the junior year of high school for my second child looks a little different that her older sisters' junior year. For one, I am depending on a dual credit biology class through Austin Community College for her science credit instead of teaching it myself. As a science teacher turned homeschool mom, this… Continue reading Planning for the 2024-2025 school year: 11th grade
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Texas 4-H Entomology
My rising senior is busy preparing for Texas 4-H State Round-up in two weeks. Little containers of arthropods have been roaming in both freezers all year as she has been adding to her collection. She has been pulling them out, putting them into the relaxing chamber, and pinning them for the last two weeks. Last… Continue reading Texas 4-H Entomology
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Halloween STEM Activity: Pumpkin Chunkin’ Catapult
October is such a great month for incorporating fun STEM! From autumn to Halloween, there are so many opportunities to add fun scientific activities. Since those little candy pumpkins are all the rage around my house, I combined a favorite STEM activity, building catapults, with the scientific method and candy pumpkins, of course. First, we… Continue reading Halloween STEM Activity: Pumpkin Chunkin’ Catapult
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Planning for Apologia Biology
(The included Amazon links are affiliate links and some of the TeachersPayTeachers.com links are to products in my store. If you use the links to make a purchase, you help to support this blog. Thank you!) My oldest child will be starting ninth grade in a few weeks. She will be our first high school… Continue reading Planning for Apologia Biology
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The Coolest Homeschool Science Gadget Ever
This post contains an affiliate link to Amazon. Purchases made through the link help support this blog. Thanks! As part of our botany unit, we have been using our microscope A LOT. At one point, when we were viewing an anther from a lily covered in pollen grains, my 7th grader said what a great… Continue reading The Coolest Homeschool Science Gadget Ever
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Botany with The Good & The Beautiful and a new flower parts iron-on
This post contains an affiliate link to my TeachersPayTeachers.com store. Purchases made in the store through the link help to fund this blog. Thanks! We are a few weeks into our The Good & The Beautiful Botany unit, and I have to say it is one of my favorite units to date. We have really… Continue reading Botany with The Good & The Beautiful and a new flower parts iron-on
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