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AtHomeScience

Kris is a homeschooling mom of three boys, a physician assistant, and a community college instructor. Visit her AtHomeScience blog for more books, tips, and resources for teaching science at home.

JourneyEd Academic Discounts Include Homeschoolers

Did you know that many software companies offer deep discounts to teachers and college students?
JourneyEd is an academic software vendor that carries educational software and technology products, though they, like most vendors, require proof of academic status. While I have not looked at other vendors, I was looking over JourneyEd's purchase requirements page, and I [...]

Science Saturday Challenge

Tinkering with physics?  This challenge has a series of experiments that explores rotational inertia using Tinker Toys. Visit AtHomeScience to see how.
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We know the earth rotates around the sun on a tilted axis and that creates the seasons. 
How is that manifested around the globe?  
The Science Saturday Challenge will give a practical example of this phenomenon.
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Elementary Science without Textbooks: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out

Elementary Science without Textbooks: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out

Harper Collin's Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science series is an extensive, well-written collection that easily makes a comprehensive elementary science curriculum.  Here, the books are listed by topic.  Couple them with a few experiment books (Janice VanCleave has written many good ones) and your program is complete.  This is a relaxed yet informative approach that fosters a real love [...]

Science Saturday Challenge

Studying molecules? Here is a two-in-one demonstration showing how heat increases molecular movement and how salt increases water density.
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Expanding and contracting air has a myriad of applications.
For this challenge, we'll use it to inflate and deflate a balloon. Get the details for this simple yet impressive experiment from AtHomeScience.
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Science Saturday Challenge

Science Saturday Challenge

Feeling the pressure?  What exactly is pressure?
Find out with this week's Science Saturday Challenge.
The Science Saturday Challenge is an easy and fun science experiment for you to try. If you blog, you can leave a link to your post about it, or you can just follow along. The Challenge will be posted on Saturday [...]

Science Saturday Challenge

Science Saturday Challenge

The Science Saturday Challenge is an easy and fun science experiment for you to try.  If you blog, you can leave a link to your post about it, or you can just follow along.  The Challenge will be posted on Saturday each week, though you can complete it whenever you want.
This week the Challenge is [...]

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