There is a planned level 3 book that will use the Level 2 book with added material in each chapter and in each unit. In the mean time, I am getting many requests for how Biology 2 […]
This blog will have musings about writing, homeschooling, secular science, and of course our travels!
Category: Science and Writing
Science and the Secular Homeschooler
I live in Southern California. I taught science at community college, and now I write about it. Those two sentences convey a lot of information about how easy it is for me to negotiate my […]
The Scientific Method: Defined, Applied, Understood, Learned
How did you learn the scientific method? If I were to ask you what the scientific method was, would you rattle off a series of terms? Would you say to me hypothesis, procedure, observations, data […]
RSO Physics 1 is out!
30% off at the Pandia Press Memorial Day Sale! 30% off! Pre-order RSO Physics 1! Visit our website to get 30% off your entire purchase. The discount includes the pre-order of our newest title, REAL […]
Time to Focus: Week 2 through 4, Fourth Grade Writing
A Handcrafted Education: It’s Innovative, It’s Eclectic, It’s Academic, It’s Homeschooling The next three weeks Sean worked on narrowing the focus of his writing. I like to call writing with a […]
It’s Innovative, It’s Eclectic, It’s Academic, It’s Homeschooling: What We Did for Writing in 4th Grade, the First Week
In fourth grade we did something particularly eclectic and innovative for writing. This will not be for everyone, and when we did it I felt as if I was taking Sean’s hand and jumping into […]
Physics for Middle School and High School
For the past few months, I have been receiving emails asking for my help figuring out science for next year. The emails are from parents who are hoping RSO Astronomy and Earth Science 2 will […]
Practicing Science: Where’s the Starch?
This is another previously unpublished lab. I thought of this lab too late for it to go into RSO Biology 2. The content reviewer for Biology 2 is a high school biology teacher who also helps […]
Why Are We All so Different? A previously unpublished lab from R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Biology 2
I believe adamantly that science is well taught only if there is a careful pairing of labs with theory. Sometimes it is difficult to think of labs to pair with the theory. Thinking of a […]
Real Science Odyssey Lab Photo Journal 1
My favorite emails to receive are photos of labs from my courses! I love them. It makes all the hard work of writing worth it! This is a scrapbook of photos I have received since the beginning […]
Secular Academics for Homeschoolers
I was so busy moderating the session, I did not really listen to it until just now. What a great talk! What an amazing group of homeschooling parents! WOW! You can click on this link […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Language Arts
Language Arts: How We Came to Be Homeschoolers My son Sean was an early reader; I was an early reader; my father was an early reader; my paternal grandfather was an early reader. We all […]
Learning Science
Homeschooling and Science A Winning Combination I am reposting this article in response to an article in the New York Times. There is a link to that article at the bottom of this post. The […]
A Science Fair in Your Science Co-op Class
A science fair in your homeschool science co-op? You bet! I did it, and you can too. This will be the highlight of the entire year of great science!
Homeschooling and Science Talk
This is a talk I gave on August 7, 2014 for the Homeschool+ Conference. In this talk I discuss the best and most effective way of learning science. I also discuss the reasons for getting a […]
How Two Homeschooling Moms Used REAL Science Odyssey Biology 2 in Their Co-op
An Introduction from Blair: One day while figuring out what it meant when someone Pinged a blog post I had written, I came across a discussion about R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Biology 2. One of the […]
Materials List for a REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 Co-op Class
My goal with this series of posts is to make it easier for anyone who wants to teach a science co-op. Teaching is a LOT of work. I respect the time and energy you as […]
Using REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 for a Science Co-op, the Weekly Plan
REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 was designed to be done 2 days a week. It presents some scheduling challenges when conducting the labs in 1 day. You might want to teach this class 2 days […]
Materials List for a REAL Science Odyssey Biology 2 Co-op
I received an email asking about how the material list is affected when teaching a co-op with RSO Chemistry 1. I thought it was a question that deserved an answer for RSO Biology 2 as […]
I Love Science! It even says so on my licence plate!
This is a fascinating article about a fascinating discovery. My guess is that in my lifetime scientists will be able to restore complete mobility to people with spinal cord injuries! This would be an awesome […]
Using REAL Science Odyssey Biology 2 for a Co-op Class, The Detailed Weekly Plan
Each week students were expected to do work outside of class. Outside of class: Weekly Read the text Complete the Famous Science Series Complete the Show What You Know When assigned Lab Reports: not […]
Real Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 Review
Originally posted on Homeschool Gameschool:
I’m married to a scientist, he’s a desk jockey by day and science nerd by night. He’s even writing his own series of hands-on science books. Science is something we…
I had to share! It is a GREAT review of my RSO Biology 2 text!
You can check out the review here: http://www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com/real-science-odyssey-biology-2-review/ I have been working hard on REAL Science Odyssey Earth and Space 2, this makes it all feel worth it!
The second part of my interview with Savvy Homeschool Moms is up on their website.
http://savvyhomeschoolmoms.com/interview-blair-lee-part-2-ep-42/ They used a photo of me at the Taj Mahal, but I am using a monkey photo. I am wearing the same skirt in both photos though 🙂 I really loved India. I miss […]
Volunteering at the Intel ISEF (international science fair) May 15, 2014
Check it out! Look where I get to volunteer on May 15th. http://student.societyforscience.org/about The Intel® International Science and Engineering Fair® (Intel ISEF), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, annually provides a forum for more […]
A Lab pre-released, in honor of Earth Day 2014
Here is a lab from the book I am working on now, Earth and Space 2. Its early publication is in honor of Earth Day! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17671525/RSOE%26S2Sample.pdf
Eye sight and microgravity
http://news.yahoo.com/possible-mars-mission-showstopper-vision-risks-astronauts-105551947.html This article is about the effects of space travel on vision; it is not good. It turns out we have evolved to function best for conditions on Earth, and some of our organs are […]
Mapping the Universe
Featured Image courtesy of NASA.gov There is only one problem with writing an earth and space text, it makes me want to build a space ship and fly away and explore the universe. Don’t you […]
