Author: Liesl - Homeschool Den
175+ Page Biology Packet on Ecology Ecosystems and Biomes Feeding Relationships Food Chains & Food Pyramids Trophic Levels & the Energy Pyramid How different species interact (relationships between living organisms and their physical environment) Population and Population Growth Our Biology Packet dives deep into the study of ecology. This packet looks at organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystems, and biosphere level. Students will also learn about the relationships between...
I have just released the second installment of our new PDF packet: Homeschool Foundations: Establishing Routines that Work. This section section is about Organizing Your Homeschool Learning Spaces. In this section, you will think about your home and how you want it to feel and function. Scroll down below to read through some quick homeschool organization tips! When you have the time and energy, you will dive into some...
Homeschool Foundations: Establishing Routines that Work: Are you are looking for some general tips about creating routines, organizing and keeping on top of things during the year? This packet is designed to help you think about the strategies and routines to help your family life run smoothly. This packet is a work in progress and is currently FREE to download! For many families, the summer is an opportunity to take...
Free Middle School Math Worksheets Below you will find a free math worksheet PDF which covers mean, median, mode and range. This is a math topic we need to review once a year or so because my kids never remember the meanings! These free Mean, Median, Mode worksheets include both definitions and practice problems to review these terms: Mean: This is the average of a set of numbers. Add all...
Free Comma Rules Worksheets! This time of year, we spend time practicing grammar. I have so many grammar sets on the blog, I thought it was about time to start putting them together in a convenient spot. So, I have started creating a Grammar Practice BUNDLE. I will be adding in new PDFs from time to time to this Grammar Bundle. They are currently free (in random spots all over...
The Astronomy Packet is Currently FREE! For the past couple of weeks, we have been doing an astronomy unit. Today I wanted to share a few of the resources we used for this unit including some new astronomy notebook pages I made for the kids. These include astronomy worksheets about the universe and galaxies & light time (light second, minute, hour, day and of course light year) the Space Race...
Cell Unit Update! This Cells Unit covers cell theory, prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic cells, animal vs. plant cells, the organelles of the cell, and now goes into more detail about chloroplast anatomy, the layers of a leaf, photosynthesis, and more. We just finished a big unit on plant cells and photosynthesis, studying everything from the organelles of plant cells to details about chloroplasts and the process of photosynthesis (light-dependent and light-independent...
Endocrine System Worksheets and Notebook Pages Do you know the difference between endocrine and exocrine glands? You’ll learn that and more in this new 60-page Endocrine System Unit! Since I’ve piqued your interest… exocrine glands are those glands that have ducts and lead to the surface of the body… like sweat glands, tear glands (lacrimal glands), and mammary glands whereas endocrine glands secrete hormones into the bloodstream The Endocrine System...
New Update to the Chemistry Packet! What’s in this unit? This 150+ page Chemistry Unit covers topics such as the periodic table (how it is organized), valence electrons, periods, groups and basic vocabulary such as ions and isotopes. Students are introduced to the structure of the periodic table, Bohr Diagrams, Lewis Diagrams and electron configuration in a fun, hands-on way! What ages is it for? My kids covered this material...
Learn all about Waves, the Electromagnetic Spectrum and Light with these new Notebook Pages and Worksheets! This new section of the Energy Packet goes into more detail about electromagnetic waves and the wave nature of light. In this section, we went over terms like wavelength, frequency and amplitude before talking about the 7 types of electromagnetic waves in the electromagnetic spectrum radio waves microwaves infrared radiation visible light ultraviolet radiation...
FREE Packet: Types of Governments, Types of Society, Current World Leaders Newly Updated in Feb. 2021! In our history class, we have been slowly going over the Types of Government and some of the current world leaders. I’ve done a pretty big update and wanted to share this with you, if you are interested. This is the third time we’ve talked about terms like anarchy, monarchy, oligarchy, junta, parliamentary republic,...
100+ page Rocks and Mineral Packet We studied Rocks and Minerals again this semester and I have just released a new Rocks and Minerals Packet. The Rocks and Minerals Unit is well over 100 pages! This Rocks and Minerals Unit includes worksheets, notebook activities, booklets on rocks & minerals and the rock cycle, hands-on activity ideas, a lapbook/interactive notebook activity on the three types of rocks. Below I will share...
This new 35+ page Wolves Mini-Unit will help your kids learn all about wolves! The Wolves Packet includes a number different activities such as a notebook pages with tracing, research question booklet, an interactive notebook activity, and wolf writing pages. I also included a half-dozen activity pages if you have younger kids in your family. 🙂 Wolves Notebook Pages (Booklet Style) with Tracing The first activity is a booklet with...
Our 150-page World War II unit covers many of the basic events from the post-WWI era through the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The WWII Packet includes notebook pages, worksheets, timelines, interactive notebook pages and other activities. Here is Table of Contents for this WWII Unit: Timeline of 1920-1930s Events Post WWI Events – Notebook Pages and Teacher (Full Text) pages Rise of Hitler, Anti-Semitism, Inflation, anti-Jewish...
