Homeschooling on a Shoestring Blog » science http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:32:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Museum of Vision Eyes & Vision http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2011/08/13/museum-of-vision-eyes-vision/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2011/08/13/museum-of-vision-eyes-vision/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:42:03 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=653 The Museum of Vision provides educational material for physicians, teachers and parents interested in teaching children about the eye, vision and ophthalmology.  The museum’s materials are suitable for ages 11 and up, but can be adapted for other age groups. Choose from Eye Openers: Exploring Optical Illusions, Art and Vision: Seeing in 3-D, and Animal Eyes.
http://www.aaofoundation.org/what/heritage/learn.cfm

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]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2011/05/25/project-noah/feed/ 0 Molly the Owl wins Gold Medal from Nautilus Book Awards http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2011/05/25/molly-the-owl-wins-gold-medal-from-nautilus-book-awards/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2011/05/25/molly-the-owl-wins-gold-medal-from-nautilus-book-awards/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 13:26:46 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=631 Molly The Owl has won a GOLD medal from Nautilus Book Awards!

The enchanting book chronicling the true story of this unforgettable event has been honored with the Gold Award in the category of Children’s Nonfiction.

For 11 years, the Nautilus Books Awards recognizes books that promote spiritual growth, conscious living and positive social change as they stimulate the imagination and inspire the reader to new possibilities for a better world.

To learn more about Molly the Owl, view beautiful pictures and learning links for the kids view Molly’s Blog

]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2011/05/25/molly-the-owl-wins-gold-medal-from-nautilus-book-awards/feed/ 0 Calculate Your Carbon and Cash Savings http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2010/12/20/calculate-your-carbon-and-cash-savings/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2010/12/20/calculate-your-carbon-and-cash-savings/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:17:22 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=578 Stop Global Warming calculator The Stop Global Warming calculator shows you how much carbon dioxide you can prevent from being released into the atmosphere and how much money you can save by making some small changes in your daily life. It’ll promote action, awareness and empowerment by showing you that one person can make a difference and help stop global warming.
I don’t see a link to the calculator from when I posted this on another blog back in 2008, but they do offer tips to take action.

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http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/tadpole_frog.pdf

Frog Dissection
http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/Frog2/

Frog Crafts
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Themes/frogs/frcraft.html

Frog Downloads
http://www.kinderprintables.com/frogs1.htm

Frog Life Cycle Wheel
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/lifecyclefrogactiv.htm

Frogs Thematic Unit
http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/Christine_Gorman.php

NAD Pathfinder by the Seventh-Day Adventists. The program is similar to scouts except they also offer Bible and marching. Info is on amphibians.
http://www.pathfindersonline.org/pdf/ayhonors/amphibians-a.pdf
http://www.pathfindersonline.org/html/honors/honors_ay_manual.htm#D

Frog Pictures & Facts
Wonderful pictures and facts for notebookers and lapbookers
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/living-green/living-green-citizen/for-kids/frogs-for-kids.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
http://www.hear.org/AlienSpeciesInHawaii/species/frogs/index.html
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/topics/frogCalls.html
http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/frogs/calls.html
http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/
http://www.naturesound.com/frogs/frogs.html

Build a Virtual Pond
http://webspace.webring.com/people/gu/um_8517/createapond.htm

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Use coupon code: SAVEONMOLLY
http://www.cafepress.com/mollytheowl

Sale ends October 20, 2010 at 11:59 PDT.
http://www.cafepress.com/mollytheowl

To shop, click on http://www.cafepress.com/mollytheowl and choose the design you want to view all the neat items available.

Don’t forget to check out the FREE Downloads! We absolutely love the Molly the Barn Owl Paper Model Toy!
http://www.rocketmancreative.com/MTO_PaperToy.html

]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2010/10/20/molly-the-barn-owl-last-day-for-sale/feed/ 0 Animal Sciences Unit http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2010/01/29/animal-sciences-unit/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2010/01/29/animal-sciences-unit/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:25:22 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=507 Animal Database
Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

Animal Sounds
In different languages what do we say to mimic animal sounds? Visit the world’s biggest multilingual list. A guiding principle behind this list is to visualise a comic book, in your language, and imagine what would be written in the text balloon coming from the mouth of an animal. For languages that use a different alphabet, they have tried to transliterate the word into the English alphabet for ease of comparison. http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dabbott/animal.html

Farm
Animal Names – Fill in the correct name for the gender http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/farmclips/animalgender.gif
Find more links to Farm activities at: http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/

Jane Goodall
Animals and us: Close encounters – Read an interview with Jane Goodall. She started working with chimpanzees in 1960. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18625025.900

Pets
Petpourri is a collection of puzzles, games, and playsheets that will provide hours of entertainment while teaching children about responsible pet ownership. http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/kidscorner/default.asp

Plants toxic to animals
ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center’s list of toxic and non-toxic plants to dogs, cats, and horses. http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/
This database brings together information available in library books, plants grown in the Poisonous Plant Garden, mounted specimens of plants, and the reference notes for a toxicology course (VB320) which is taught during the fall semester each year. http://www.library.illinois.edu/vex/toxic/toxicintro.htm

Animal Sciences
Waterfowl Web of Life presents a journey into the world of sea ducks with a hands-on Activity Guide for 4-6th graders
Sea Ducks of Alaska Activity Guide. http://www.akcoastalstudies.org/SeaDucks.htm
The Food Chain Instruction Plan – this pdf unit contains, rubrics, worksheets, goals & objectives & more. http://ischool.umd.edu/research/students/FoodChain.pdf
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Wetland Pictionary, Animal Game & more. Click on the activity below to learn more about the activity or in some cases, the entire resource booklet. http://www.cpaws-southernalberta.org/education/edu_resources.php#4
Information units on North American animals and plants with illustrations, text, activities, and access to a naturalist. http://www.enaturalist.org./
http://www.zoo.org.au/Learning/Animal_Profiles Many animals covered here!
http://www.waterfordpress.com/index.php/Educator-Resources/Waterford-Activity-Zone.html Many work/activity sheets
Live cameras where you can watch for different animals. It has several different camera sites set up-polar bears, fish, africa, etc. You have to check it early mornings or late evenings due to time zones http://www.africam.com/wildlife/index.php

]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2010/01/29/animal-sciences-unit/feed/ 0 Edison freebie http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/12/09/edison-freebie/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/12/09/edison-freebie/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:02:00 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=414 Get your hands on In the Hands of a Child‘s Thomas Alva Edison Quarterly Freebie, geared for grades 3 – 8, before it expires on 12/16/2008.

]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/12/09/edison-freebie/feed/ 0 Penguin Lapbook http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/11/24/penguin-lapbook/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/11/24/penguin-lapbook/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:28:16 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=388 Penguin Lapbook by Angela Frampton. This penguin lapbook has mini-folds that can be used with just about any book or internet source. It is versatile in the manner presented and information that can be put into any of the mini-folds.

]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/11/24/penguin-lapbook/feed/ 0 Food Network Cable in the Classroom http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/07/31/food-network-cic/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/07/31/food-network-cic/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:03:50 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=292 Food Network provides free educational guides for Cable in the Classroom offerings.

Through this educational initiative, Scripps Networks shows are available to teachers and students in more than 81,000 public and private schools.

The air schedule and companion curricula are available online. Download the program guide and educational activity guides in PDF format. These materials will be available to educators one month prior to air dates. Videos of the programs are also available for downloading.

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