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Free Curriculum Resource Guides / Homeschool Den / Science Units
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 21, 2018 · Last modified August 4, 2018
Homeschool Den Science Curriculum Units The Science Resource Page has been Updated! Plus, below you’ll find a new (free) Printable Science Resource List that includes a current list of our science curriculum packets and a list of the free science resources we have on the blog. Because our website is a blog, everything is shared as they happen chronologically. So, finding the activities and units we’ve done can be a...
Homeschool Den / Science: Chemistry Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 13, 2018 · Last modified March 20, 2023
150+ Page Chemistry Packet! I am excited to share our new chemistry unit with you! (It has been recently updated and now is around 150 pages!!) 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...
Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Science: Chemistry Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 13, 2018 · Last modified March 18, 2019
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 weave the science experiments into topics we were learning… in this case some basics about chemistry. When the kids...
Botany Unit / Homeschool Den / Science: Garden Science / Science: Plant Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 22, 2018 · Last modified January 1, 2024
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...
Homeschool Den / Science: Animal Characteristics / Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 21, 2018 · Last modified November 2, 2022
Animals find shelter in a wide variety of places from hives and holes to warrens and lodges! These animal homes and shelters 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 100+ page Animal Packet! These worksheets on animal homes and shelters includes color or...
Homeschool Den / Science: Digestive System
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 27, 2018 · Last modified February 21, 2022
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. You can purchase it with the Add to Cart button below or see the Human Body BUNDLE page for more details. We talked about fiber and why it is so important in our diet. We talked...
Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Kindergarten / Montessori (general info) / Science: Animal Characteristics / Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats / Science: Vertebrates - Invertebrates
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 18, 2018 · Last modified April 7, 2020
50+ page Life Cycle Unit with Worksheets and Activities This 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. The Life Cycle Unit includes life cycle wheels, cut-and-paste activities, ordering activities, writing pages and a life cycle board game!Spring is almost here and you may be gearing up to...
Homeschool Den / Science: Digestive System
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 5, 2018 · Last modified August 21, 2022
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...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 20, 2018 · Last modified May 16, 2023
I wanted to let you all know that I added a new interactive notebook activity to the Simple Machines Packet. This Simple Machines Interactive Notebook 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...
Energy Pyrmaid / Food Webs / Homeschool Den / Science: Biology Unit / Science: Biomes; Animal Habitats / Science: Food Chains
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 17, 2018 · Last modified February 22, 2022
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 5! Details about that are below. First, let me explain what new activities were added. In addition...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 15, 2018 · Last modified January 4, 2022
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. It is now over 175+ pages! 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. ...
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
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 28, 2018 · Last modified September 23, 2023
World Animals Unit Our World Animal Packet is a 100+ page unit includes animals from every continent! It includes worksheets, Montessori 3-Part Cards, Activity Sheets for every continent, beautiful continent cards, a world animal game, world animal pin map activity, and more! I’ve just added 10 new pages to our World Animals Packet, making it over 100 pages! If your kids love animals, they are going to have fun with...
Homeschool Den / Science: Animal Characteristics / Science: Biology Unit / Science: Taxonomy Scientific Classification / Science: Vertebrates - Invertebrates
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 31, 2017 · Last modified February 23, 2024
As many of you know, we have a 100+ 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 including these activities about Feather Fur or Scales. I added in new notebook pages and sorting cards...
Homeschool Den / Science: Biology Unit / Science: Taxonomy Scientific Classification
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 7, 2017 · Last modified March 23, 2023
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? Scientific Classification...
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What science topics could I teach my 5-7 year old - Homeschool Science Curriculum
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A list of the books we've used most in history, science, math, language arts, etc.
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This is one of our most popular units. It covers the Layers of the Earth, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and More! It is included in the Earth Science Bundle (see the picture/link above).
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The Human Body Systems, Skeletal, Digestive, Circulatory, Muscular, Nervous, Endocrine Systems and More (with lots of hands-on activity ideas)! We usually study a different body system each year.
Click on the image to see our units on the States of matter, Properties of Matter, Electricity & Circuits, and the Chemistry Unit (Get to know the Periodic Table in a fun way!)
This is a free checklist I put together of the various science units I hope to cover in the elementary and middle school years.
Do your kids know the 4 largest countries? Which countries have the most people? The longest river? This packet covers basic world and U.S. facts and also covers geographic features and land forms.
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Dozens of posts about how to create a homeschool writing workshop.
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This is one of the best values we have... more than 20 PDFs with games, activities and worksheets to learn/practice the multiplication facts ($7.00).
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This is a fun, hands-on unit for early elementary students!
How the body is organized from cells to tissues... organs to body systems
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