We are surrounded by scientific concepts and science helps us understand the world we live in. As we learn science, we develop analytical and communication skills. Some scientists are self-taught, so encourage your children to explore the world on their own. I purchased projects from the Home Science Tools catalog for my sons’ birthdays and Christmas. The site is a great resource of ideas for projects that can be built with household items. Children can gain vast amounts of knowledge from the Internet or TV, without realizing these shows are being used as educational resources. Due to my children’s age difference, science topics were designed for each one individually. Just as I did with other subjects, I had lesson plans they could complete on their own and some that I preferred to cover with them.
BrainPOP videos are a great tool to introduce topics in a general sense, but they do not explore a subject or topic in depth. The videos can be used for remediation purposes and are great for elementary school students.
Exploring Creation Through General and Physical Science were our main curriculums. I chose the topics and chapters that would benefit my sons and skipped the others. In-depth explanation on every experiment allowed my sons to correlate with the material learned.
Use this curriculum as one of the sources to teach science and supplement with other books, field trips, or video streaming from Discovery and other educational channels.
Exploration Education’s fun curriculum allowed my younger son to work on his own, on those days that I found myself too busy with my second child or had household issues to resolve. This is an interactive science curriculum. The physical science intermediate level was designed for fourth to sixth grade and offered many hands-on activities. The advanced level is exactly the same as the intermediate level, except that topics are more in- depth.
The Inner Body
This interactive site lets the student select and learn about the urinary system, respiratory, or digestive system. Science experiments help refine children's social, creative, cognitive, and linguistic skill sets.
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