Recommended Fun Science & School Sites...

CValentine · 08-13-2009, 04:36 PM

Ok....Round 2...

School time is fast approaching for the kids and I!

We love viewing alot of the videos that are out there on the internet.
We use it for Music, Math, Science and much more.

Having tried to do some of video 'demonstrations' in Science, it has frustrated the children & I as they prove to be farces in the name of personal entertainment.

I know we have some Awesome & Brilliant people out there...

If you would contribute some links to websites you feel would benefit the the kids, we would appreciate it.

The children are 14, 10 & 6 years old...

They enjoyed this group of videos: Fascinating Fluid Physics

Thank you in advance!!

~Cheryl & the Kids

sbl · 08-13-2009, 04:44 PM

What grades do you teach?

CValentine · 08-13-2009, 04:56 PM

We are a home-schooling family and I have a 9th, 5th and 1st grader.

I can teach the material, but enjoy supplementing 'real world' things(like growing bananas) to help make the application stick.
The internet is good for that, but some things can be misleading.

Looking for some good, solid, FUN links!

Thank you sbl!

~Cheryl

lorax · 08-13-2009, 07:44 PM

I love The Encyclopedia of Earth, which has great scientific articles for all ages. It helped get me through my (homeschooled) G12 biology and geology, actually. It's also got videos now, which it didn't when I was really heavy into it.

The University of Adelaide has all of the Greek and Latin Classics, and a lot more besides, as free e-books.

For biology, and mycology in particular, Dr. Fungus is fantastic, and has a lot of pretty disgusting pictures of mushrooms besides.

In Geology and Plate Tectonics and whatnot, a pair of excellent sites are the IRIS World Seismic Monitor and the Volcano World News. These are bookmarked on my computer as "What's Shaking?" and "What's Blowing?"

For Astronomy and other celestial things, there's nothing better than NASA. Of their many and varied sites, I am particularly fond of the SOHO Solar Observatory and The Hubble.

And for Botany, the UBC Botanical Gardens Forums are an excellent resource, as is Plants For A Future. And for bugs, BugGuide!

adrift · 08-13-2009, 08:19 PM

The homopolar motor should work. I used to use a different version ... Put the magnet on the head of a screw, touch the point of the screw to one end of the battery and let it hang. Hold the battery in one hand and with a finger from that hand hold a piece of wire to the battery terminal opposite the screw (the top, that is). With your other hand, lightly touch the side of the magnet with the wire. The screw will begin to rotate. If the magnet is well centered so that balance is good, the screw will spin very fast.

Oh, here:

YouTube - Homopolar motor demonstration

That works, guaranteed.

The dorm lights should be do-able by a small number of electronics geeks. I just wonder how they got everyone on that side of the building to cooperate. Might or might not be fake.

The magic water was for sure a hoax. Here is the REAL science behind that:

YouTube - Jelly Marbles - Clear Spheres

Lagniappe · 08-13-2009, 09:00 PM

Kitchen Culture Kits - Eric

CValentine · 08-14-2009, 07:07 AM

ALL fabulous links!!!! Was just reading over the 'Kitchen culture kit'...WOW!!

Will be showing the video and links to the kids!

Keep 'em coming!!! AWESOME!!!

~Cheryl

CValentine · 08-27-2009, 12:16 PM

Another good Site!! Free video lectures,Free Online Tests,Free Animations,Free Lecture Notes

Jrozier gave me a great site yesterday on Colonial Williamsburg...the family and I had gone there for 'Living History' last year.
I have a friend I met here on Ft. Hood earlier this year, that told me some ultra-cool stuff about underground tunnels in Williamsburg.
Not for tours or standard public access. He got to use when he worked for PepsiCo.
We didn't get to experience that... would've been cool though!

SIL is a restoration architect, we get to hear stories about what the public can't access.
She has done work in Washington DC recently & WOW... what we don't know about... secret passages, rooms & tunnels!!
Stuff we kind of know is there, but don't know where!!
Excites the kids like the National Treasure movies!

Share in the FUN!!
Feel free to contribute & share some sites!!

~Cheryl

CValentine · 10-15-2009, 11:00 AM

HI All!!

What a beautiful day it is here in Killeen!!

I am needing a good site on the teaching of Probability & Statistics.

I have done some Googling & found a few sites...but not many.
I am teaching my 9th grader(14yo) & she needs a step by step - multi-example breakdown...
Once she catches on, she does great!
She is not grasping the section on it in ABeka, I feel I have done a good overview(with coin & dice) & she is catching on some.

She likes studying/learning with games & quizzes on the Internet, so any learning Sites you can recommend would be FABULOUS!!
I like building up & progress learning with worksheets on the given subject.

Thanks in Advance!!

~Cheryl & Clarissa!!

MediaHound · 10-15-2009, 01:56 PM

Some other sites to consider, can spend quite some time going through them so here's a tip to manage your time effectively:
Go down the lists, open the links that seem interesting - in new tabs - and close those that don't seem interesting.
Ctrl+click opens in a new tab as you go down the lists, then when you are viewing what you opened, Ctrl+W closes the tab you are viewing.

Open Directory - Kids and Teens: School Time
Open Directory - Kids and Teens: School Time: Science

Happy learning!

MediaHound · 10-15-2009, 01:58 PM

Open Directory - Kids and Teens: School Time: Math: Statistics

CValentine · 10-19-2009, 11:26 AM

Neat Site I just found!!!

There is even a Cell Camera for cancer & bacterial division!!!

Home of CELLS alive!

Awesome!!!

Cheryl

Blake09 · 10-19-2009, 03:31 PM

Cool math 4 kids - math games, math puzzles, math lessons - designed for kids and fun!

CValentine · 11-26-2009, 02:37 AM

Eric - Do you have this Site???
www.TeachEngineering.org: Free Curriculum for K-12
Good Stuff there !!!

~Cheryl

novisyatria · 11-26-2009, 05:01 AM

maybe i can make TC school for kids. what do you think cheryl?

CValentine · 11-26-2009, 11:14 AM

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME NOVI!!!

~Cheryl

Lagniappe · 11-26-2009, 11:35 AM

A Hibiscus hybridizing project may be too boring for kids, but I know you would be enthusiastic enough to lure them into it!

08-13-2009, 04:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
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