Category: Science Units

Chemistry Unit - Worksheets Chemistry Cards Interactive Notebook Piece - Periodic Table Valence Electrons and More

Homeschool Den / Science: Chemistry Unit

13 May, 2018

Chemistry Unit – Periodic Table, Valence Electrons, Periods, Groups, Lewis Diagrams and More!

75+ Page Chemistry Packet! I am excited to share our new chemistry unit with you! As you know, we love hands-on activities and I want to show you some of the fun ways we explored the periodic table and touched on topics like valence electrons, Bohr Diagrams, Lewis Diagrams (electron dot diagrams), ions, isotopes, and more! Some of the topics we explored included: Building the Periodic Table Bohr Diagrams &...

Homeschool Den / Science: Chemistry Unit

13 May, 2018

Fun, Simple Science Experiments for Younger Kids! (Introducing Kids to Chemistry)

In this post, I wanted to highlight some of the amazing science experiments that we did when my kids were younger and share several free resources we have here on the blog. These are some of the activities that really impressed my kids when they were younger!! I usually tried to the science experiments into topics we were learning… in this case some basics about chemistry. If you have older...

Parts of a Flower Parts of a Seed Worksheets and Notebook Pages

Botany Unit / Homeschool Den / Science: Garden Science / Science: Plant Unit

22 Apr, 2018

Parts of a Flower, Parts of a Seed Worksheets & Notebook Pages

Angiosperms – Flowering Plants Notebook Pages and Worksheets It’s spring, so it’s the perfect time to spend some time learning about flowers, seeds, and fruit. This new botany unit explores the parts of a flower, the parts of a seed, seed and fruit development, and the plant life cycle in general. Today I’m going to highlight some worksheets and notebook pages that are included in this new Botany Packet. There...

Animal Homes and Shelters - Where do animals live worksheets

Homeschool Den / Science: Animal Characteristics / Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats

21 Apr, 2018

Animal Homes and Shelters – Where Do Animals Live?

Animals find shelter in a wide variety of places from hives and holes to warrens and lodges! These worksheets help students learn about the homes of these 10 animals: fox, beaver, hermit crab, sea turtle, raccoons, bats, blue jay, bees, eastern tent caterpillars, and rabbits. These pages have been added to the 75+ page Animal Packet! These worksheets on animal homes and shelters includes color or black & white options....

Fiber and our Digestive System worksheet and activity

Homeschool Den / Science: Digestive System

27 Mar, 2018

Nutrition – Fiber and Vitamin Worksheets

New 30-page Nutrition Worksheets and Activities Recently, we finished up a unit on nutrition. I created various notebook pages and activities about fiber and vitamins, which are now included in the Digestive System Packet. We talked about fiber and why it is so important in our diet. We talked about What is fiber? How much fiber do people need? Where do you get fiber in your diet? What does fiber...

Life Cycle Worksheets - Activities - Montessori Cards

Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Kindergarten / Montessori (general info) / Science: Animal Characteristics / Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats / Science: Vertebrates - Invertebrates

18 Mar, 2018

Life Cycles Packet (50+ pages)

All living things go through changes as they grow and develop! This new 50+ page Life Cycles Packet helps kids become familiar with the different stages in the life cycles of the chicken, sea turtle, frog, mosquito, butterfly, dragonfly, bee, mouse, and ladybug. Spring is almost here and you may be gearing up to study life cycles with your kids! This unit includes worksheets, Montessori 3-part cards, spinners, ordering activity...

Homeschool Den / Science: Digestive System

5 Mar, 2018

Digestive System Unit – Small Intestine; Liver, Gall Bladder, Pancreas; Large Intestine

The past few weeks, we have been studying the digestive system. We had studied the digestive system a number of years ago, but now that the kids are older (4th, 7th, 9th), I wanted to go into more depth — especially about the small intestine, liver, gall bladder, pancreas and large intestine. We talked about how different parts of the digestive tract functions and the role bile and pancreatic juice...

Simple Machines Interactive Notebook Activity - levers wedge pulley screw wheel and axle inclined plane

Science: Simple Machines Unit

20 Feb, 2018

Simple Machines Interactive Notebook Activity

I wanted to let you all know that I added a new interactive notebook activity to the Simple Machines Packet. This activity covers all 6 types of simple machines (levers, inclined plane, wedge, pulley, screw, wheel and axle). It also reviews the three classes of levers. It might be a really good way to wrap up (or review) this material! You will find it on pages 49-54 of the Simple...

Food Chain Food Web Food Pyramid Activties - Interactive Notebook Pages

Energy Pyrmaid / Food Webs / Homeschool Den / Science: Biology Unit / Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats / Science: Food Chains

17 Feb, 2018

Food Chain, Food Web, Energy Pyramid Activities (Biology Packet)

We have a Biology Packet that covers the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings (ie. ecology!). I have added several new activities to this packet. These include interactive notebook pages on the food chain, food web and the energy pyramid. Also, I created a new Biology Bundle of 3! Details about that are below. First, let me explain what new activities were added. In addition...

Earth Science Unit - Layers of the Earth Activities Types of Volcanoes Worksheets - Interactive Notebook Pages

Science: Earth Science Unit

15 Feb, 2018

Earth Science Unit – Layers of the Earth, Types of Volcanoes

Whew! Our Earth Science continues to grow! I wanted to let you know that I have added about 15 or so new pages to the Earth Science unit. In the section on the Layers of the Earth, I added in a new interactive notebook activity. Kids will create their own flap-book notebook page. There is an option for color or for black & white. On the bottom part of that...

Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Ages 2-6: Preschool and Toddler Activities / Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Kindergarten / Science: Animal Characteristics / Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats

28 Jan, 2018

World Animals Activities (Board Game & Pin Map)

I’ve just added 10 new pages to our World Animals Packet, making it over 70 pages! If your kids love animals, they are going to have fun with these two new activities! In this fun board game, players race around the game board trying to be the first to collect an animal from each continent. If they are the first to cover all the continents on their player card, they...

Feathers Fur Scales or Skin Worksheets and Sorting Cards

Homeschool Den / Science: Animal Characteristics / Science: Biology Unit / Science: Taxonomy Scientific Classification / Science: Vertebrates - Invertebrates

31 Dec, 2017

Animal Unit – Feather, Fur, Scales or Skin Pages Added!

As many of you know, we have a 50+ page animal packet that is about the different types of animals (vertebrates, invertebrates), animal characteristics, insects vs. spiders, domesticated vs. wild animals, animal tracks and much more! I wanted to let you all know that I have added in about a dozen new pages!! Note: For those of you who purchased this unit already, you should have received an email from...

Scientific Classification and Taxonomy Unit - Packet 60+pages

Homeschool Den / Science: Biology Unit / Science: Taxonomy Scientific Classification

7 Dec, 2017

Scientific Classification and Taxonomy Packet

What is taxonomy and why do we need to study it?! Taxonomy is the science of classification. Our biosphere supports more than 7 million known species and probably 4 or 5 million more unknown species! Taxonomists work on organizing the vast quantity of species. They are continually updating the classifications to keep up with new research and new discoveries. What is in the Scientific Classification and Taxonomy Packet? As we...

Taxonomy-Scientific Classification-Activities

Science: Biology Unit / Science: Taxonomy Scientific Classification / Science: Vertebrates - Invertebrates

29 Nov, 2017

Science Club Week 8: Taxonomy and Scientific Classification (Fish), Earth Science Wrap Up

I realized that I never wrote up a summary of what we did at our last Science Club meeting! We had such an amazing experience doing this club… the kids all became good friends and if you are contemplating putting a science club together, I *highly* recommend it! My kids really looked forward to our Friday afternoons and I think everyone learned a lot along the way. If you’re just...