November 2, 2009

Teach.Genetics

This is a very cool website from the University of Utah, that even has teacher lesson plans. All about genetics!

Here's what they had to say:
"Here you'll find a wealth of resources and information aimed at helping educators bring genetics, bioscience and health alive in the classroom. A companion to the popular Learn.Genetics website, Teach.Genetics offers additional tools and resources to support your curriculum, all free of charge."

August 29, 2009

World Almanac for Kids

Great info for social studies, history, and geography. You can buy the book, or you can just surf the website :o)

(Sorry I haven't been around much lately. Being the Mom of 4, plus up to 6 foster kids, gets a little busy :o)

July 7, 2009

Danna Young

I LOVE this website, and plan to use it quite a bit this next school year. There are planners, gradebooks, attendance records, calendars, GPA calculators, lessons in many different subjects, etc. You could spend an entire day going through this website and wouldn't get through it all!
Please check it out and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Here's what they said about their website:
"This web site is built by Donna Young and is an on-going project since 1998. Donnayoung.org offers free homeschool planners, school calendars, household planners, printables in various subjects, and homeschool planning tips."

July 3, 2009

What's That Bug?

I don't love this site as much as my son's do, lol. I'm a total bug phobe, but they're totally fascinated by what they can find on here. It's very educational and informative.

Here's what they said about their website:
Who is What's That Bug?
"Lisa Anne and Daniel both have Master of Fine Arts degrees from Art Center College of Design. Daniel is the Chairmanof Media Arts at Los Angeles City College. Lisa Anne and Daniel both teach Photography at Los Angeles City College. Daniel teaches Design 1 for Film and Advertising at Art Center Collegeof Design. Lisa Anne teaches Photography at University of Southern California. The truth is, the site is an art project."

July 1, 2009

Teach Engineering

This is a cool website that teaches how thing work and are made. They have curricular units, lesson plans, videos, follow up, links, etc. You can search by subject or just browse through the list of subjects. Stuff for K-12.

Here's what they said about their website:

The curriculum in this collection is organized by:

Subject Areas (each with numerous units from which to choose)
Curricular units (multi-week groupings of lessons)
Lessons (include associated activities)
Activities (stand-alone or part of lessons or units)

Activity: This is what the students "do," which helps them achieve the lesson and activity's learning objective(s). An activity document includes a materials list and procedures (among many other curricular components). An activity may be stand-alone or part of a lesson.

Lesson: A lesson provides learning instruction and includes background, introduction and assessment information for teachers (among many other curricular components). A lesson's one or more associated activities are provided in separate linked activity documents.

Unit: A unit is a longer-term, theme-based learning experience composed of multiple lessons and/or activities.

Some of these items are stand-alone, and others are organized hierarchically with activities comprising lessons, which in turn comprise units, which fall under one or more broad subject areas.

Use the links at the left to browse the entire collection, sorted by the hierarchical levels.

OR, use the Search option to find curricula that meet your needs. Search by educational standards, keywords, grade level, time required or expendable cost per group.

June 29, 2009

Homeschool Buyers Coop

I LOVE the Homeschool Buyers Coop! They get such great deals on stuff for us homeschoolers. I was able to get P a GoTalk 9 with software for 40% off, and last month I got the Math Mammoth cd set for a great price too. You can sign up for their emails and see what the current and new group buys are.
It's free to join so you have nothing to lose. There are also free software and websites listed on there too. They even have free Microsoft Programming software downloads right now!
They also have FREE classifieds so you can sell your old curriculum, free ID's, website reviews, and more. Check it out!

Here's what they said about their website:
"Homeschooling's #1 Way To Save
School districts get volume pricing --
WHY NOT HOMESCHOOLERS??
Now we can! Join us today and get the BEST curriculum at the BEST prices!"

June 28, 2009

Famous People Painting - Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante

This is an amazing painting of 103 people that changed the world! You scroll over it to see the names of the people. If you click on them it will bring you to information on them. Be sure to scroll right and down as it's a huge painting.
Also, at the bottom you can click on a link that will bring you to a list of the people in the painting, the photo that they used when they painted them, and information on them.
We'll definitely be using this in school this year!

Here's what they had to say about it:
"Painting of 103 Famous People That Changed the World. Includes Wikipedia links & mouse-over tagging. Chinese art - Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante."