Science Fair Unit Study

The information here is for a wide range of ages, grades K-12, depending on which objectives and activities are selected, so please check first to make sure your choices are appropriate for your own family. New information will be added as time allows. Links to lesson plans and activities here represent materials that can be printed and added to your notebook for this unit.

Learning Objectives:

Many parents and teachers will need to create their own goals. You can compare the goals at these sites to create your own goals depending on how stringent your requirements need to be. All links have several suggested activities for different ages.

• Basic Course structure https://www.worldbook.com/free-educational-resources#tcos
• Michigan Department of Education https://www.michigan.gov/mde/services/academic-standards
• Maine as an example of state level requirements https://www.maine.gov/doe/ela/standards/index.html
• California state level requirements https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/
• https://www2.mcrel.org/compendium/ National Level
• Ontario Canada K-8 Expectations https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum#elementary
• Abeka Scope and Sequence https://www.abeka.com/HomeSchool/ScopeAndSequence.aspx
• The series of books called “What your nth Grader needs to know” May also be helpful nth representing the grade your child is in. This series only Goes to grade 8

Bible References:

Look up and compare scriptures at the sites below. In your journal note how the different translations and versions help you to have a fuller understanding of the text.

• American Standard Version https://ebible.org/asv/
• King James Bible in Mp3 https://www.audiotreasure.com/indexKJV.htm
• World English Bible in Mp3 https://www.audiotreasure.com/webindex.htm
• World Wide Study Bible https://www.ccel.org/wwsb
• Free software that will allow you to compare many translations at the same time https://www.e-sword.net/
• New World Translation https://www.jw.org/en/library/bible/study-bible/books/

Games

Using the instruction guide for the GeoSafari you can create a ton of cards for this unit. GeoSafari is GREAT for long car trips https://archive.org/details/GeoSafari-Manual
Geosafari (File folder game Ideas will work for Geosafari and Vice Versa)
Donna Young’s Instructions https://donnayoung.org/homeschooling/games/geocards.htm
Make cards:
Timeline events to their date Matching card
True or false cards
Vocabulary Words to real pictures.

Choose games to make https://web.archive.org/web/20040111040408/http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/matrix.html
Board games
Ideas for making your own board games at Mary’s Site https://www.angelfire.com/wi2/GamesForLearning/ideas.html

Try your hand at making a file folder game to match this topic. Here are some sample File folder game boards.
Blank Game boards to create any game for this unit
https://timvandevall.com/product-category/board-game-templates/
https://justfamilyfun.com/board-game-templates/

Worksheets:

Make your own worksheets with these worksheet creation tools:

• SchoolHouseTech https://www.schoolhousetech.com/ This company gives away two free software worksheet factories one for Basic math and one for wordsearch utility that will make wonderful complements to this unit when you include the clipart listed in the clipart section.
• Start Write – This program makes nice reports and handwriting worksheets for the unit. https://www.startwrite.com/
• Teacher’s Pet will turn any text into a worksheet I like to use it with the Wikipedia text or texts from Project Gutenberg. Open up a Microsoft Word “New” and then open the template and add ins’ for Teacher’s Pet and add one paragraph at a time and click the appropriate tab for the type of question you want. https://www.teachers-pet.org/
• TeachNology has several online worksheet makers and a ton of Rubric makers. Rubrics work great with Homeschool Tracker because they give you total points and you count up exactly how many points your child gets. https://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/
• Online Crossword Puzzle Maker to use with your vocabulary words or locations or even dated from the timeline. https://www.happychild.org.uk/wks/english/ssm/crosswords01.htm

Evaluation Ideas:

Assemble a three ring binder and please include:

• A copy of this unit
• Course Description (Highschool Students)
• Write a summary about books read for the unit
• Your Lapbook created for the unit (K-8 Students)
• Any worksheets or activity books created with Teachers Pet https://www.teachers-pet.org/ or the SchoolhouseTech Software https://www.schoolhousetech.com/
• Your journal and its contents
• Your Log of activities from Homeschool Tracker https://www.homeschooltracker.com/free-homeschool-tracker-basic-edition Its Free!
• Your Timeline