Homeschool Resources
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@tonyshowoff said in Homeschool Resources:
@scottalanmiller said in Homeschool Resources:
Major issue for us is lab stuff. Most of the science stuff expects that you have access to things that we might find challenging to get our hands on. We found one that didn't, but my daughter finds it to not be deep enough.
This was easy with my second wife, she was a chemist, but now it's back to "wait, where the hell do I get this stuff?"
My wife was a forensic bio-chemist and then moved on to pharma research chemistry. But that's not helping now.
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Science is the one area I know we failed miserably at everything other than Physics (that is easy to recreate experiments) we got a Lego book to go along with Physics. Other than that we watched them on YouTube.
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@Minion-Queen said in Homeschool Resources:
Science is the one area I know we failed miserably at everything other than Physics (that is easy to recreate experiments) we got a Lego book to go along with Physics. Other than that we watched them on YouTube.
What book is this?
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https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Physics-LEGO-MINDSTORMS-NXT-ebook/dp/B00DY3M0IU?ie=UTF8&Version=1&entries=0
@scottalanmiller gave my son a Mindstorm kit when he was little that thing came in handy so many times for school.
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@Minion-Queen said in Homeschool Resources:
https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Physics-LEGO-MINDSTORMS-NXT-ebook/dp/B00DY3M0IU?ie=UTF8&Version=1&entries=0
@scottalanmiller gave my son a Mindstorm kit when he was little that thing came in handy so many times for school.
Educationally playing with LEGOs? So looking forward to this.
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We found some building Chemistry models with Lego's too. We used Legos for as many things as we could
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I'm looking to start some Raspberry Pi and Arduino projects this summer.
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@scottalanmiller said in Homeschool Resources:
I'm looking to start some Raspberry Pi and Arduino projects this summer.
What did you have in mind? Would be interesting in hearing that as well.
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@coliver said in Homeschool Resources:
@scottalanmiller said in Homeschool Resources:
I'm looking to start some Raspberry Pi and Arduino projects this summer.
What did you have in mind? Would be interesting in hearing that as well.
I don't really know yet. But I want her to "own" some things so that she feels that they are hers and not just devices that she gets to borrow.
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@scottalanmiller I went to a private religious k-12 school (The movie SAVED! with Mandy Moore is really the closest explanation of it) and we had Bob Jones history text books. The result was rather hilarious. A 2 page spread on why the Beatles were the beginning of the downfall of western civilization. Lots of anti-catholic references.
They used a 3rd grade health book to cover sex ed (or rather avoid it).
Generally 1-2 chapters of any science class were anti-evolution talking points. Somehow this stuff even crept into non-biology classes.
Honestly if it wasn't for the internet, Encarta, the library and some AP classes (That used college level text books) I would have been an idiot.
I went to public school, and it wasn't this horribly place that everyone made it out to be. The biggest issue was they taught to the lowest common denominator in the room and I ended up in the dumb kid hall (transfer mid year). Honestly the teachers were nice, they cared, and the kinds were nicer than at the private school I had attended (For the most part).
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@John-Nicholson said in Homeschool Resources:
@scottalanmiller I went to a private religious k-12 school (The movie SAVED! with Mandy Moore is really the closest explanation of it) and we had Bob Jones history text books. The result was rather hilarious. A 2 page spread on why the Beatles were the beginning of the downfall of western civilization. Lots of anti-catholic references.
Only K-8 here, but about the same.
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Lego Education is so cool. There are a bunch of options for different age groups.
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Here is the science program we are considering for Liesl for next year:
http://www.superchargedscience.com/We can get it 30% off through the Homeschool Buyers Co-op (sign up is easy and free, by the way).
We might complete this plan first, though, and add in the MSB science kits, because Liesl is obsessed with the Magic School Bus:
http://cornerstoneconfessions.com/2015/07/magic-school-bus-lesson-plans-free-printable.html -
@Dominica said in Homeschool Resources:
Here is the science program we are considering for Liesl for next year:
http://www.superchargedscience.com/We can get it 30% off through the Homeschool Buyers Co-op (sign up is easy and free, by the way).
We might complete this plan first, though, and add in the MSB science kits, because Liesl is obsessed with the Magic School Bus:
http://cornerstoneconfessions.com/2015/07/magic-school-bus-lesson-plans-free-printable.htmlsigh...
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New Earth / Creationism replies should go here, for any future person which may come along: http://mangolassi.it/topic/9141/what-is-new-earth/
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The Magic School Bus is a cool show... It teaches kids about the real world and using their imagination. My kid's teacher says he LOVES the science area in their classroom, lol.
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My daughter loves it. There was an announcement two years ago that Netflix had ordered more episodes but nothing has come of it so far.
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