Homeschool Science Corner ~ How to Record an Experiment

I have been homeschooling my daughter for over seven years now and every once in awhile I love to take a moment to look back over her previous work. It cracks me up to read some of her responses and helps me to know how far we have come. In this week's Homeschool Science Corner, I want to share with you how to record the experiments your students have done. So that you can look back in … [Read more...]

How to scale one experiment for multiple ages

As homeschoolers, it is not uncommon for us to have a wide age range of students. We are comfortable scaling writing assignments, spelling words, history notebooks, and art projects. Even so, the thought of being able to do one experiment with all of our students seems elusive. In today's Homeschool Science Corner, I wanted to share with you could use one experiment - with all of your students … [Read more...]

Classical Science Curriculum for the Rhetoric Stage Student

Welcome back to the Classical Education and Homeschool Science series! Here's a list of the past posts in the series: Part 1: What is classical education? Part 2: Is it really possible for classical science to be rigorous Part 3: Classical science curriculum for the grammar stage student Part 4: Classical science curriculum for the logic stage student Today,  I want to share with … [Read more...]

Top 10 Blogs for Homeschool Science Inspiration

At Elemental Blogging, my whole purpose is to share tips and tools for homeschool science, but this blog is not the only one in the cyber-sphere who shares inspiration for this subject. For this week's Homeschool Science Corner, I wanted to take some time to share with you my top 10 blogs for homeschool science inspiration. Top 10 Blogs for Homeschool Science Inspiration The following ladies … [Read more...]

Elemental Science News ~ Biology for the Grammar Stage Updates

I am so utterly excited to share this bit of Elemental Science news with you! The brand new, fully updated version of Biology for the Grammar Stage is now available!!! We have been working behind the scenes for quite a while on an updated version of our very first program. I have shared the story of how Elemental Science began before and I can still remember sitting at my kitchen table until … [Read more...]

Homeschool Science Corner ~ DNA Activities

In this week's Homeschool Science Corner, we are sharing all about DNA! What is DNA?  DNA is the material that carries all the information about how a living thing will look and function. It is found in the nucleus of each of our cells and is unique to every individual. Its full name is deoxyribonucleic acid, which can be complicated to say, so we usually refer to it as DNA for short. DNA is … [Read more...]