Our April Home School Connect was about nutrition and gardening. We learned about the food pyramid, how much salt and sugar is in some of the things we eat, planted seeds, along with other fun activities.
Resources
Tag Archives: History
Biomes: The Rainforest
Our March 2015 Homeschool Connect is about the rainforest biome. We learned about the different layers of the rainforest, as well as the plants and animals that call the rainforest their home.
Activities
Additional Informational Packet
This blog has a wonderful educational packet to expand on what we learned at Homeschool Connect
These are the photos that go into the informational packet listed above.
Resources
Mongabay: Tropical Rainforests
This resource has tons of information about the rainforest, the people who live there, and also what we can do to save it. Mongabay also has teacher resources.
Not only does this site have a lot of wonderful information, it also has informational coloring pages, virtual storybooks, and a virtual rainforest visit!
This resource has a lot of cool links to other websites for additional information.
Science Kids: Rainforest Facts
This is a good site for fast facts about the rainforest.
This awesome site includes teacher resources!
National Geographic: Rainforest at Night
This site lets you explore the rainforest at night (it’s interactive!).
This site has a ton of information about the rainforest, along with links to other resources, books, and so much more.
The San Diego Zoo website has a ton of great information and pictures about the different animals that live in the rainforest.
China
Our February Homeschool Connect was about China- Their culture, lifestyles, education, history and so much more.
Activities
Resources
Ducksters
National Geographic Kids: China
Population comparison of US and China
The Forbidden City – Palace Museum
Fossils and Dinosaurs
Our January 26th Homeschool Connect was about Dinosaurs and Fossils- How fossils are formed, where are they found, Earth formation, and Pangaea.
Books:
Dinosaur Mummies: Beyond Bare-Bone Fossils By Kelly Milner Halls
Activities
Travel Through Time
This website from The Abu Dhabi Emirate is a wonderful timeline activity, that includes pictures and descriptions.
Resources
Fossils-Facts-and-Finds
This website has free printables, and information about fossils, and lots of pictures.
Fossil Folklore
Explore the myths about fossils, this website has a lot of wonderful information and tons of pictures.
Dinosaur Diversity
Let the experts from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History teach you about dinosaurs, and fossil records.
Meet Maeve and Louise Leakey
National Geographic Kids interviewed a mother daughter paleontologist team.
Vikings
Our April 2014 Homeschool Connect was about the Vikings – their history, transportation, language, mythology, daily life, and more.
Activities
Viking Explorer Game
Rune Stones
Catapults (defend against the Vikings)
Resources
BBC Hands on History: Vikings
This website has videos, crafts and a some information about the Vikings.
BBC Primary History: Vikings
This is where we got most of our information about the Vikings. The website has games, videos, and so much more information about the Vikings than we were able to present. It also has a link to a parents/teachers webpage with more educational ideas.
Ducksters
This website has a lot of information about the Vikings, as well as links to more information about the Middle Ages.
National Geographic
This website has 10 interesting facts about Vikings, as well as a link to a comic.
National Museum of Scotland
This website has a Viking Training game on it that is really neat. You have to complete three challenges in order to find out where you would have belonged in a Viking village. Note: one of the challenges does involve using weapons to throw at moving targets.
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