You know you’ve made a lasting impression when the furnace guy who makes the yearly maintenance checks wants to know what science experiment we have planned for the day. Turns out he vividly remembers the first time he showed up right in the middle of a volcanic eruption in the garage.
Explosions, messes, and gooey-gadgets are mainstays in homeschool science lessons (at least they are if we’re having fun). Below is a list of some of our favorite resources for science of all types.
Online Science Resources
There are some fabulous YouTube channels that provide great short videos for free about a wide variety of topics. Just search on YouTube for these names:
- MakeMeGenius
- Adventures in Learning
- The Spangler Effect
- Minute Physics
Free Printable Science Worksheets
I’ve also put together Steps to Good Science for kids – a free PDF you can print and use – as they conduct their science experiments, based on the scientific basics of:
- Observations
- Questions
- Hypothesis
- Testing and experiments
- Drawing conclusions.
Books
There are tons at the library but these are three we’ve kept on our shelves over the years.
- 365 Science Projects & Activities
- Gobble Up Science
- Fizz, Bubble & Flash! Element Explorations & Atom Adventures
Hands-On Gadgets
We just can’t get enough of hands-on experiments, and these are some of the staples we like to have around for science.
- Snap Circuits sets
- Wild Goose science experiment sets
- Magnets – the bigger the better
I’ve been there – watching the horror as green goo rose up and walked all over my kitchen counter with a life of its own. And while these kinds of moments call for extra paper towels, they also give amazing memories and lessons well-learned.
Happy Medium Homeschooling 