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 […]
Tag: science
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 […]
There Were Mammooths in Andalusia?!? Going to Where the Mammoths and People Were, Orce, Spain and then to Peniscola Where the People Are, June 13, 2015
Sean woke me up early. “Mom, I have broken out in a bad rash, or bites, or something all over!” Well, that will get a mother up and going! We could not figure it out. […]
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 […]
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 […]
What happens to scientific theories when definitions change or new information comes to light? A question in the Co-op
I love this exchange, and I thought many of you would too. There has been quite a bit of interest about homeschooling science co-ops based on the number of hits the co-op blog posts on this […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
Choosing a Curriculum for Your Science Co-op – REAL Science Odyssey is a REALly good choice
Choosing the right curriculum makes a big difference for the success of a science co-op class, both for the student and the teacher. There are certain elements like labs paired with the theory that are important to the […]
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 […]
