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 […]

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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is another previously unpublished lab.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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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…
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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! Click to access RSOE%26S2Sample.pdf
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 […]
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 […]