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Birds Animal Study


 

 

Here’s a little animal study for you! I hope it’s helpful! :)

 

 

 

BOOKS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS

 

 

That is the free version. The other versions have wonderful illustrations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRINTABLES 

 

Birds Lapbooks, FFGs, etc – Homeschool Share

Bird Notebooking Pages – HS Launch

Bird Lapbook – Squidoo

Bird Coloring Pages – Squidoo

Bird Worksheets – Education.com

Bird Crafts – DLTK-Kids

Bird Coloring Pages - Coloring.ws

Bird Printables – First-School

Printable Bird Cards for Burgess Bird Book for Children – That Resource Site

Printable Bird Cards – Tired, Need Sleep

Bird Printables – Montessori Materials (scroll down towards the bottom)

Bird Beaks and Feet Printables – Biology Corner

Bird Lesson Plans and Printouts – The Teacher’s Guide

Bird Printables – abc Teach

Bird Preschool Pack – Homeschool Creations

Bird Printables – Busy Bee Kids Printables

Cornell Birds Coloring Book

Bird Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

Robin Lapbook – Dynamic 2 Moms (scroll down)

Printable Bird Journal – New Bee Homeschooler

Parts of a Bird Diagram 

Baby Birds Preschool Pack – Our Little Monkeys

Bird Observation Page – Notebooking Fairy

Bird Diagram Puzzle – The Adventures of Bear

Nature Study – Birds – Notebooking Pages – Currclick – FREE

Happy Scribe Copybook – Wild Birds – Currclick – 90 cents

Happy Scribe Copybooks – Backyard Birds – Currclick – 90 cents

Parts of  Birds Cards – Montessori Services – $1.75

Bird Unit Study – Currclick – $3

Bird Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $6

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

 

Hands on Bird Activities - Squidoo

Bird Unit Study – Squidoo

Who Laid THAT Egg? – Squidoo

Birds & Beaks - Squidoo

All About Birds - Kid Zone

Montessori Inspired Bird Unit – Living Montessori Now (I LOVE this site!!) (Lots of printables, too)

Bird Crafts – All Kids Network

Bird Biology Quiz – Biology Corner

Bird Info – Biology Corner

Learning About Birds – Spell Out Loud

Bird Unit Study Resources – Kathy’s Cluttered Mind

Bird Virtual Field Trip

NestWatch.org

Life of Birds – PBS

Audubon.org

Amazing World of Birds

Sign Up for Bird Cams (free)

Bird Cams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have fun!!! :D

 

 

 

 

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Flight / Aviation Unit Study


This was an interesting unit to put together. There really wasn’t a lot of printables that I could find. I am thinking of making my own when we do this theme. If I do, I will put them on Google Docs and share them with you. ;) It has been quite a while since I made my own notebooking pages and minibooks! LOL

I hope that what I did find will be useful to you! :)

As with all my units, I try to incorporate resources for a variety of ages!

Everything is either free or cheap! ;) The books can be found at your local library, on Amazon, or on Paperback Swap.

 

 

SCIENCE KITS

 

Magic School Bus – Soaring into Flight - Amazon – $13.79

Young Scientist Kit – Flight – $16.77

I have used kits from both sets. I like them both but prefer the Magic School Bus kits. You get more for your money with them.

The Young Scientist sets have 3 different subjects to a kit if you order them from Amazon. I used to belong to the monthly club until I figured out it was MUCH cheaper to buy them from Amazon. ;)

 

 

 

BOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRINTABLES

 

Airplane Parts Printable

Airplane Printables and Activities

Airplane Parts Cards

Printable Airplane Craft – Learn Create Love

Airplane Coloring Pages – Raising Our Kids

Flight Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Flight Activities and Printables 

Flight Activities, Lesson Plans and Printables

Flight Worksheets

Flight Lesson Plans

Airplane Parts Worksheet

Flight Printables – HS Launch

Leonardo da Vinci: Flight Mini Unit Study – Currclick – $1.50

The Wright Brothers & The History of Aviation Unit Study – Currclick –  $3.50

Airplanes Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $9

Flying the Skies Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $5

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

 

Crossing the Atlantic by Air

How Airplanes Work

Airplane Cockpit Virtual Field Trips

Flying Machines

Flight

Flight Aerodynamics Video

Aerodynamics Info

Flight – Science Kids at Home

Flight and Airplanes – A to Z Home’s Cool Homeschooling

Aviation for Kids

Fun Paper Airplanes

Aviation Lesson Plans, Activities and Ideas

How Things Fly

Stories of the Wrights’ Flights 

Aviation Activities 

Flight - Cyber Sleuth Kids

Aviation Unit Study – Easy Fun School

History and Forces of Flight – Squidoo

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you find this helpful.

 

 

 

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Earth Day Study Unit


 

 

I decided at the last minute to put together some ideas for an Earth Day unit study! Earth Day is April 22nd. :)

 

SCIENCE KITS

Magic School Bus Going Green – Amazon – $14.16

Young Scientist Club – Recycling - Amazon – $22.66

 

 

BOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRINTABLES & ACTIVITIES 

 

Earth Day Printables and Activities – DLTK – Kids

Earth Day Printables – ABC Teach

Earth Day for Kids – Activity Village

Recycling Worksheets – Squidoo

Earth Day Activities – A to Z Teacher Stuff

Earth Day Activities – 3 Boys and a Dog

Recycled Crafts – Momma’s Fun World

20 Fun Earth Day Ideas – A Night Owl

Earth Day Resources – The Home School Mom

Earth Day Printable Pack – Blessed Beyond a Doubt

Earth Day Printable Pack – Royal Baloo

Earth Day Crafts – Kaboose

Earth Day Crafts – No Time for Flash Cards

 

 

There you go! Just a few ideas to get you started!

Have fun! :)

 

 

 

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Bee Unit Study


Well, I am FINALLY getting better! The crud is nearly gone and the fibro flare is trying to wind down. SHEW!!!!! Now I am busy planning and working on my look for the first sew along challenge of Project Run & Play’s All Stars Season.  YAY!!!!! And that means I should have a new tutorial coming soon!

On to the unit study! ;)

As always, I try to incorporate resources for all ages and most of those resources are either free or cheap. The books can all be found at your local library, on Paperback Swap or on Amazon.

BOOKS - 

 

 

 

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PRINTABLES - 

Honey Bee Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Bee Lapbook – Squidoo

Bee Paper Crafts, Coloring Pages and Worksheets – DLTK-Kids

Bee Life Cycle Printables – Teacher Resources Galore

The First Book of Bees

Bee Worksheets – About.com

Bee Printables – First-School

Bee Anatomy – A Kid’s Heart

Bee Preschool Unit - 2 Teaching Mommies

Bee Notebooking  - HS Launch – scroll down

Bee Worksheets – Education.com

Honeybee Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $6

Bees & Wasps Study Starter – Currclick – 50 Cents

Simple Schooling All About Bees – Currclick – 99 Cents

Honeybees Notebooking – Currclick – $1.99

Bees! A Fun Study – Currclick – $1

Bees – Speedy Lapbook – Currclick – $1

 

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 

Make a Honeycomb – Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational

Bee Unit Study – Lesson Tutor

Bee Info – Bee Magic

Bee Info – San Diego Zoo

Bee Anatomy - How Stuff Works

All About Bees – Buzz About Bees

The Importance of Bees – CC Pollen

Bee Preschool Unit – Squidoo

Bees & Wasps Unit Study – Squidoo

Bee Types – Squidoo

Bubble Wrap Beehive – All Kids Network

Honeybees – National Geographic

Killer Bee Video – National Geographic

Silence of the Bees – PBS Video

 

 

 

Honeybees Life Cycle

 

 

 

Honeybees Drinking Water in Slow Motion

 

 

 

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Plants Unit Study


Moving right along, the next unit on my list for science will be plants! I hope you find the resources helpful!

As always, everything I use for our studies are either free or cheap! The books can all be found through your local library system, Amazon or Paperback Swap.

 

 

 

BOOKS - 

DK Eyewitness Plant

DK Eyewitness Tree 

What Happens When Flowers Grow?

What Shall I Grow?

Hungry Plants

From Bacteria to Plants

One Hour Nature Crafts

Flowers, Fruits and Seeds 

Insect-Eating Plants

World of Plants

The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS -

Handbook of Nature Study – $2.99 (This is a WONDERFUL book to have in print, though.)

How to Draw Plants – Free for Prime

My First Book About Flowers – Free for Prime

Interesting Facts About Plants – Free for Prime

 

Kindle Botany Books for Older Kids (a good list and mostly free)

 

 

PRINTABLES -

 

Plants Lapbooks and Unit Studies – Homeschool Share

Plants Lapbook – Homeschool Helper Online

Plants Lapbook - Squidoo

Plants Worksheets – Squidoo

Plants Worksheets and Notebooking – HS Launch

Plants Worksheets - Classroom Jr.

Plants Worksheets - Education.com

Gardening Pre-K Pack – Homeschool Creations

Tree ID and Coloring Pages – Little Schoolhouse in the Suburbs

Montessori Inspired Botany/Gardening Unit - Living Montessori Now

Botany Calendar Connections – 1+1+1=1

Learn About Flowers Paper Craft – DLTK-Kids

All About Plants – Montessori for Everyone

Plants and Tree Printables – Handbook of Nature Study

Botany Printables – Ellen McHenry’s Basement Workshop

Plant Worksheets – Have Fun Teaching

Plant Printables and Activities – A to Z Teacher Stuff

Flower PreK Unit – 2 Teaching Mommies

Plant Coloring Pages – Squidoo

Plants Curriculum – Hands of a Child – $9

Botany Curriculum – Hands of a Child – $9

Traveling Seeds Curriculum – Hands of a Child – $7

Get Ready to Garden Curriculum – Hands of a Child – $7

All About Plants Unit Study – Currclick – $3.50

All About Plants – Simple Days Unit Study - Currclick – 99 cents

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 

30 Free Learning Resources for Gardening and Farms – Homeschooling Hearts & Minds

Botany & Plants Unit Study – Squidoo

Flowers in Art – Squidoo

50 Delightful, Edible Flowers – Squidoo

The Plant Kingdom – Squidoo

Creating a Terrarium – Teaching Tiny Tots

Nature Detectives

Plants for Kids - Science Kids

Plants – Biology 4 Kids

Plants Video – Nat Geo Kids

Plants – Kids Biology

Botany – Homeschool Escapade

The First Book of Trees – download

Plants – neoK12

Plant Videos - BBC

Plant Crafts – eHow

 

 

They Might Be Giants – Photosynthesis

 

 

Plant and Animal Cell Rap

 

 

Learn About Plants – Photosynthesis

 

 

Learn About Plants – Life Cycle

 

 

Parts of a Flower

 

 

I hope you enjoy the resources!!! :D

Have fun learning!

 

 

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Bear Unit Study


 

Our next animal study will be about bears!! They look soooo cute and cuddly, don’t they? LOL

I will never forget the first time Colin saw the taxidermy bears at Bass Pro. He wanted NOTHING to do with them! LOL

 

 

BOOKS - 

 

Watch Me Grow – Bear

 

 

Bears – Usborne Beginners

 

 

A Bed for the Winter – DK Readers

 

 

Bears: Polar Bears, Black Bears and Grizzly Bears

 

 

Bear-ology: Fascinating Bear Facts, Tales and Trivia

 

 

The Magic School Bus – Polar Bear Patrol

 

 

 

The Magic School Bus – Sleeps for the Winter

 

 

Bear Snores On – (There are a lot more books in this series.)

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS - 

 

 

Bear 5-Pack of eBooks! Learn About Bears While Learning To Read - Bear Photos And Facts Make It Easy! (Over 240+ Photos of Bears)

Bears 5-Pack  - free for Prime members

 

 

Bears! Learn About Bears and Enjoy Colorful Pictures - Learning Fun! (50+ Photos of Bears)

Bears – Kids Look and Learn - free for Prime members

 

 

Bear Facts & Pictures (Fun Animal Photo Books for Children)

Bear Facts & Pictures – Free for Prime

 

 

Bears: Amazing Photos & Fun Facts on Animals in Nature (Our Amazing World Series)

Bears – Our Amazing World Series - FREE for Prime

 

 

Amazing Series for Kids: Discover Bear Picture Book

Amazing Series for Kids – Bears - FREE for Prime

 

 

Grizzly Bears! Learn About Grizzly Bears and Enjoy Colorful Pictures - Look and Learn! (50+ Photos of Grizzly Bears)

Grizzlies – Kids Look and Learn – FREE for Prime

 

 

Bears - The wonderful world of the Bears - Touch Screen for Kids (ANIMALS)

The Wonderful World of Bears – FREE for Prime

 

 

MAGAZINES -

 

Zoobooks – Bears

Zoobooks – Polar Bears

Your Big Backyard – Dec/Jan 2011

National Geographic Kids – April 2012

 

 

PRINTABLES - 

Bears Unit Study and Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Giant Panda Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Bear Printable Activities and Crafts – DLTK-Kids

Bear Activity Sheets – School Express

Bear Coloring Pages – Coloring.ws

Bear Worksheets – Education.com

Montessori Printables (animal tracks, animal families) – Montessori for Everyone

All About Bears – Unit Study – Currclick – $6.95

Polar Bears – A Fun Study – Currclick – $1

Bears of North America – Simple Days Unit Study – Currclick – 99 cents

 

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - 

 

Bear Activities and Facts – Kid Zone (lots of printables here, too)

Polar Bear Animal Study – Squidoo

How to Draw a Grizzly Bear – Art Projects for Kids

Brown Bear Facts  - Nat Geo Kids

Bears – Kids Konnect

The American Bear Association

Learn About Bears – Squidoo

LearnAboutBears.com

Bear Pictures – Nat Geo

Facts About Bears – About.com

Bear Lesson Plans – Discovery

Bear Theme – Lesson Tutor

List of Bear Movies for Kids – Common Sense Media

Bears – Animal Planet

Planet Earth  and Living Planet are both great series that have several bear parts.

Jeff Corwin watches a bear.

 

 

I have to admit, there weren’t as many bear things easily found as I thought there would be. :/ Most of the stuff seems to be geared toward the very young (teddy bears).

If you want to do a specific bear, you could probably find more things.

 

 

Coming up tomorrow, a SEWING tutorial!! YAY!! LOL

 

 

 

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Weather Unit Study


Weather Unit Study

I know, I know, another unit study. I promise that by Friday I will have my next sewing project up! It will my pattern remix of Me Sew Crazy’s Spring Fever Pattern for Project Run & Play’s Pattern Remix Party.

There are tons and tons of resources out there for weather units. It’s almost overwhelming! Here are the ones I plan to chose from when we do our weather unit study.

Everything we use for our units can be found either FREE or cheap. ;)

SCIENCE KITS -

When it comes to science kits my favorites always come from The Young Scientist Club or Magic School Bus.

Young Scientist Club kits 4 – 6 (you can opt for the monthly club but it is cheaper to buy 3 kits in one set on Amazon)

or

Adventure Science Series – Wacky Weather (Young Scientists Club)

 

 

BOOKS -

 

 

There are quite a few Magic School Bus books on weather. We will definitely be using more than one! ;)

 

 

Twister on Tuesday (Magic Tree House, No. 23)

Magic Tree House – Twister on Tuesday

 

 

Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #8: Twisters and Other Terrible Storms: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #23: Twister on Tuesday

Magic Tree House Fact Tracker – Twisters and Other Terrible Storms

 

 

Tornadoes!  (Scholastic Reader, Level 4)

Tornadoes! Scholastic Level 4 Reader

 

 

DK Eyewitness Books: Weather

DK Eyewitness Weather

 

 

Storms and Hurricanes (Usborne Understanding Geography)

Storms and Hurricanes 

 

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

 

 

Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today?: All About Weather (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)

Oh Say Can You Say What’s the Weather Today?

 

 

 

KINDLE BOOKS - 

 

What's the Weather Like Today?

What’s the Weather Like Today? – FREE for Prime members

 

 

Hurricanes & Storms Unit Study

Hurricanes and Storms Unit Study – FREE for Prime members

 

 

National Geographic Readers: Storms!

National Geographic Kids Readers – Storms – this one is toss up of which would be cheaper, the Kindle edition or a used paperback

 

 

Weather Detectives, The

The Weather Detectives - $3.99

 

 

Clouds

Clouds – FREE for Prime members – 99 cents

 

 

What Happens When it Snows: Three Snowy Stories for Kids

What Happens When It Snows – FREE for Prime members

 

 

Alert! Wild Weather (Spectrum® Readers)

Alert! Wild Weather – $1.99

 

 

FREE on We Give Books -

 

DK Eye Wonder Weather

The Snowy Day

DK Readers Twisters!

Groundhog Weather School

 

 

PRINTABLES - 

 

Here is where the list can get reallllllllly long!

 

Weather Words Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Tornado Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Hurricanes Unit Study and Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Weather Lapbook – Homeschool Helper Online

Weather Lapbooks – Weather, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes – Squidoo

Magic School Bus Based Weather Lapbooks – Yee Shall Know

Weather Project Pack – Hands of a Child – $7

Extreme Weather Project Pack – Hands of a Child – $9

Weather Unit – Living Life Intentionally

Weather Printables – Education.com

Weather Printables and Crafts – DLTK-Kids

Weather Printables – Scholastic

Weather Pages – School Express

Weather Theme – Make Learning Fun

Weather Printables – About.com

Weather Printables - Busy Bee Kids Printables

Weather Tracking Cards – Montessori Print Shop – FREE

Whatever the Weather – Teacher’s Book Bag - Currclick – FREE

My Weather Journal – Teacher’s Book Bag – Currclick – FREE

Science Scribe Weather – Currclick – 96 cents

Weather Folklore – Happy Scribe Copybook – Currclick – 96 cents

All About Weather – Simple Schooling – Currclick – 99 cents

Tornadoes & Thunderstorms – Simple Schooling – Currclick – $1.99

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES -

 

Montessori Inspired Weather Unit  - Living Montessori NOW

Weather Crafts and Lesson Plans – Crayola

The Weather Channel Kids

How Clouds Work

Pine Cone Weather Station

Weather Related Science Projects – Squidoo

Weather Wiz Kids

Fun Weather Facts for Kids – over on the right side you will find more weather facts links

Discovery Kids – Weather

Weather for Kids! – NOAA

Weather Experiments - Steve Spangler

Books About Weather – No Time for Flash Cards

Weather Crafts – No Time for Flash Cards

 

 

 

Schoolhouse Rock – Greatest Show on Earth

 

 

 

Weather for Kids – Part 1

 

 

 

The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm

 

There are other Magic School Bus Videos, just do a search! ;)

 

As always, Discovery Streaming has tons of videos for weather. Just search for it! ;)

 

Hope you enjoy the weather resources! :D

 

 

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SEW Excited! Another Pattern Remix and Other Cool Stuff!


Project Run & Play is doing another pattern remix challenge!! YIPPPEE!! The pattern is from Me Sew Crazy.

 

 

I can’t wait to get started on it!!! I have so many ideas floating around in my head!! I was thinking that I wouldn’t have time to try it out but I just got confirmation YESTERDAY from Joann’s about the fabric I ordered. GRRRR! I ordered it LAST WEEK!! It’s for the outfit my cousin Sandra (Rivas & Co.) hired me to make.

ANYWAY, I have tons of ideas for this remix!! Now, I just have to get started! ;)

 

In other “exciting” news, our owl pellets arrived yesterday! YAY!!!!

 

Owl Pellets (Set of 5)

You get 5 for $9.95 and they come with a little pamphlet about barn owls. The pamphlet shows the different types of animals that barn owls eat and what those animals’ bones look like. Not bad for $10.  Our fake pellets from Hobby Lobby were more than that and we only got 2 (maybe 3).

 

We have A LOT of hands on stuff going on this week. We started owls, Spain, vikings AND rocks and minerals yesterday.

 

Young Scientist Series - Set 3:   Minerals (Kit 7) -  Crystal (Kit 8) - Fossils (Kit 9)

We will be using the minerals (kit 7) and the crystals (kit 8) from The Young Scientist Club.  We USED to get the monthly subscription until I realized that buying them from Amazon was MUCH cheaper. The monthly subscription is about $17 a month and you only get 1 kit where as at Amazon you can get 3 kits in one set for $24.97. Doesn’t take rocket science to figure that one out!

 

Yesterday Cailey was sick ( fever, sore throat and a headache) so we took it easy. She basically just watched videos on Discovery Streaming.  Speaking of Discovery Streaming, some states provide free access for homeschoolers!! It is SOOOOOOO very awesome! Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina are the 3 I heard about. In Georgia, we access it through our PBS website.  You e-mail the education department and provide your DOI (Declaration of Intent). They will then email you with your user name and password. I have to say, if we ever move to a state where it isn’t free, I might just have to suck it up and pay for it. It is SUCH an awesome resource. Cailey watched Jeff Corwin in Spain, a video introducing the rock cycle, a video about vikings AND one about owls! On YouTube she watched Schoolhouse Rock Multiplication and Schoolhouse Rock Grammar. After that she read a couple chapters in The Hundred Dresses, copied her spelling words and called it a day. ;)

BUT today I promised that we would dive into the owl pellets and science kits. Colin was begging to get into them last night! LOL

 

It just occurred to me that I never write about what the big kids do for school. I guess because I no longer create the units for them. :/ I will start adding their stuff, too! Homeschooling high school can be so intimidating but it isn’t really much different than the younger years. ;)

 

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Rocks and Minerals Unit Study


 

Another science unit!!! I love putting these units together! It’s so much fun! And I really love putting them on here ahead of when I need them. When we are ready to study the unit I have everything I need right here a click away! ;)

 

BOOKS 

 

DK Eyewitness Rocks & Minerals 

 

 

DK Eyewitness Crystal & Gem

 

 

Rocks and Mining

 

 

Magic School Bus Inside the Earth

 

 

Magic School Bus Rocky Road Trip

 

 

 

Janice VanCleave’s Earth Science for Every Kid

 

 

Everything Rocks and Minerals

 

 

Geology Rocks! 50 Hands-on Activities to Explore the Earth

 

Kindle Books

 

DK Pocket Genius Rocks and Minerals

 

 

National Geographic Kids Rocks and Minerals Level 2 Reader

 

 

Rocks and Minerals Unit Study  (Was free, keep checking back.)

 

 

Rocktionary

 

 

Explore Rocks and Minerals 25 Great Projects, Activities and Experiments 

 

 

Rocks and Minerals book cover

DK Eye Wonder Rocks and Minerals – read for free on We Give Books

 

The First Book of Stones – Download for free from Home School Commons

 

 

Magazine

Rocks

Kids Discover – Rocks

 

 

Printables

Magic School Bus Rocky Field Trip Lapbook – Yee Shall Know

Rocks and Minerals Cards – Little Schoolhouse in the Suburbs

Rocks and Minerals – School Express - worksheets

Rocks and Minerals Notebooking Pages – The Notebooking Fairy

Rocks and Minerals Lapbook – My Homeschool Treasure Trove – free but you need to sign up for the Yahoo! Group

Rocks and Minerals – History Scribe – Currclick – 96 cents

Rocks and Minerals Copywork – Happy Scribe – Currclick – 96 cents

Rodney Rockhound’s Rocks and Minerals Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $5

Rocks & Minerals Lapbook – Hands of a Child – $7

Rocks and Minerals Unit Study – Simple Days – Currclick – $1.99

 

 

Online Resources and Activities

 

Types of Rocks – neoK12

Making Rock Candy – Homeschool Discoveries

The Magic School Bus Rock Shard Puzzle

Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Study – Squidoo

Crayon Rocks – Momma Owl’s Lab

Different Types of Rocks – Squidoo

Getting to Know Geology Unit Study – Squidoo

Geology Rocks – Unit Study – Squidoo

Rocks and Minerals Videos – YouTube

Rocks for Kids

Kids Love Rocks

Brainpop Jr Rocks and Minerals

Rocks and Minerals Activities, Crafts and Printables – The Crafty Classroom

Thinkquest – Rocks and Minerals

Montessori Rocks and Minerals Lesson Plan Ideas – Montessori 21st Century

Rocks and Minerals Lesson Plans and Worksheets – Mr Collinson’s Science

The Rock Cycle - Beakers and Bumblebees

 

 

Kits -

Young Scientist Series – Kits 7, 8 & 9 

Rock and Crystal Excavation Kit

National Geographic Earth Science Crystals, Rocks, and Minerals

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity Study Theme


 

An upcoming science unit for us will be electricity! Here is list of resources that I have pulled together. I hope they help you out!

 

Books -

 

DK Eyewitness Books: Electricity

 

DK Eyewitness Electricity – Yes, another DK Eyewitness book. LOL We LOVE those!

 

 

The Usborne Young Scientist Electricity

Usborne Young Scientist Electricity

 

 

The Magic School Bus And The Electric Field Trip

The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip (another favorite series in my house)

 

 

Reader's Digest ~ How Science Works

Reader’s Digest How Science Works

 

 

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

 

 

Eureka!: Great Inventions and How They Happened

Eureka! Great Inventions and How They Happened

 

 

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – read free on We Give Books

 

 

Learn About Electricity! (Discover Your World Series)

Learn About Electricity - It was free, now $2.99  for Kindle

 

 

 

How to Teach About Electricity for Ages 8-13 (How To Teaching Guides)

How to Teach About Electricity for Ages 8 – 13 – $2.99 for Kindle

 

 

 

Electricity for Boys

Electricity for Boys – Free for Kindle

 

 

Teaching Electricity—Yes You Can!

Teaching Electricity: Yes, You Can! – Scholastic

 

 

Printables -

School Express – Electricity

 

I was lucky enough to grab this  Schoolhouse Rock Science and Social Studies Bundle while it was still on Currclick. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be on there anymore. :/

Ben Franklin page from Color Me Physics

Ben Franklin School Express

First School Years – Electricity Worksheets

Electricity Lapbook – Homeschool Helper Online – FREE

Electricity Lapbook – Hands of a Child –  ON SALE NOW!!!

 

 

 

Online Activities and Resources -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Squidoo – Electricity Lesson Plan

neoK12 – Electricity games, videos, puzzles

Science With Me – Learn About Electricity

Exploring Electricity – Piwi Princess

Electricity Interactive Fun for Kids

Virtual Field Trip – CalEnergy

Discovery of Electricity Timeline

Energy Kids

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