Homeschool Institute of Science

May 30, 2019

This Morning in Creation

5.29.19 Cotton blowing in the air this morning. A spontaneous swim in a brisk stream, and a little bit about life in a western U.S. riparian zone. Back to This Morning In Creation home

May 26, 2019

This morning in Creation we visited a county park here in the Pacific Northwest. After several days of spring rain the meadows and forest understory gleamed in the morning light. Flowering chokecherries, nine-bark, lupine leaves, and solomon’s seal are a few of the Lord’s gifts on this morning’s walk. There were aIso towhees trilling, beaks […]

December 21, 2017

North American Birds and Their Ecosystems

SPRING SEMESTER CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT: North American Birds and Their Ecosystems. We will be exploring a wide variety of North American birds and their ecosystems through slideshows, lectures, field guide study, and some limited field time. Students will be introduced to bird taxonomy and bird species roles in their home ecosystems. Ecosystem explorations will include Arctic […]

Project-based learning is the best way to homeschool your children in the sciences. PBL should have opportunities to learn both application and concepts and the two should reinforce each other. Being able to build and use a simple machine and building pit traps to catch and identify insects are examples of critically important learning opportunities. Quality projects are multi-disciplinary, hands-on, include built-in context, and allow for open-ended learning opportunities. Some other aspects of … Continue Reading