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What we are using for 9th grade 2025-2026

My youngest started high school on Monday. It is bittersweet. She has always been homeschooled; never attended public school like her sisters did. It is so exciting to see her start high school and set up her high school transcript this week! But, I am also sad knowing the homeschooling adventure for our family will… Continue reading What we are using for 9th grade 2025-2026

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Have Fun Learning About Cell Part 2: Plant Cells

(This post contains links to products in my Teachers Pay Teachers store and Amazon Affiliate links. Purchases help to fund the blog. Thanks!) While learning about the differences between cells of different kingdoms in biology, some of the differences discussed are the presence of a nucleus (eukaryote vs. prokaryote), chloroplasts for photosynthesis, the presence of… Continue reading Have Fun Learning About Cell Part 2: Plant Cells

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Have fun learning about cells

(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

Curriculum · High School · Science

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

Electives · Science

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