There are so many useful homeschool resources online and so many ways to keep track of them. Here are our favorites! Bookmarks We use del.icio.us, a robust online bookmarking tool, to ‘tag’ websites of particular interest. Set up a free account to start keeping track of your favorite online resources. You can assign ‘tags’ to [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Bat Conservation International
Posted by ginac on February 23rd, 2008
Kids love Bats. Because bats are extremely beneficial creatures and are fun to study, they are an easy topic when studying about environmental conservation. The Bat Conservation International website has some nice resources to round out a unit study or provide information, photos, video clips and sound recordings of bats for the little bat enthusiast. [...]
kids.gov
Posted by ginac on February 22nd, 2008
Kids.gov is full of educational information, games, resources, etc. While not all of it is great (it’s interface seems a bit outdated), there are a few interesting items we found useful. Here is a sample of some of the resources we found useful: Create a Graph – interactive tool to learn about creating different types [...]
Video lesson: Building an electromagnet
Posted by ginac on February 10th, 2008
We had so much fun building our electromagnet that we decided to make a little how-to video and host it on YouTube! The video was fun to make, too, but that’s another lesson entirely!
Posted in Physics, Science 
Tags: Eclectic Homeschooling, electromagnet, homeschool, Physics 
1 Comment »Electromagnet Experiment
Posted by ginac on February 8th, 2008
Electromagnet Experiment We recently created a printable worksheet based on an experiment we set up to investigate electromagnets. Its a very simple set-up and can be created with common materials that shouldn’t be too difficult to find in your local hardware store. The worksheet contains an explanation of the basic physics, a materials list, a [...]
Apple Homeschool Resources
Posted by ginac on February 3rd, 2008
Although I believe that Apple could have been more creative in integrating homeschoolers into it’s customer base, Apple does at least acknowledge homeschooling as a growing trend and is hosting a homeschool page on its apple.com website. Apple offers a few links to other homeschool resources, including a link to the ‘store’ where homeschoolers can [...]
TeacherTube
Posted by ginac on February 2nd, 2008
Online video “how-to’s” are great ways to learn how to do just about anything. TeacherTube, an educational video website, is a great place to find videos that teach just about anything. If you have created something to share, you can upload your own educational video, too. Here are some interesting TeacherTube videos that we like: [...]
Book Lists for Young Readers
Posted by ginac on February 1st, 2008
We like to pick up different books each week to be used as reading assignments. Mostly, we use the public library, but sometimes we order books online, especially newly released books promising to be those that will be read again and again. There are many ways to keep up with whats new, good, appropriate, etc., [...]
