Unicellular animals

My 5th grade daughter had a science experiment that required us to look at a drop of pond water under a microscope. We had a great time looking at all the little one cell animals. My son Grady is home from college and one of his favorite subjects was always science. My daughter prepared the slides and Grady helped us with getting the microscope focused.Grady used my I-phone and took pictures and video for us.
As my family enjoyed looking at these little creatures I thought about what an awesome God we have.

Homeschool Study on Bees

I have been reading through the Usborne book, 'How Do Bee's Make Honey,' with my 5 and 7 year old children.The topics we have covered are: Bees and other insects,Honey,Bees and flowers,Inside a beehive,Living in groups,Baby insects,Hunters,Staying safe,Sending messages,and Insects and people.

For a great Lapbook  on Bees follow this link: http://www.squidoo.com/bee-lapbook

Here are some videos about bees :







Bees in the Bible :
 ¹⁸And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. (Isaiah 7:18, King James Version)

 ⁴⁴And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. (Deuteronomy 1:44, King James Version)

Bible verses that mention honey:
 ⁸And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. (Exodus 3:8, King James Version)

 ⁴And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. (Matthew 3:4, King James Version)

 ⁴²And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. (Luke 24:42, King James Version)

 ²⁶And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. (1 Samuel 14:26, King James Version)

 ¹⁰More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. (Psalm 19:10, King James Version)




An interesting link on the history of beekeeping : http://www.beeclass.com/dts/briefhistory.htm

Games:
Spelling Bee Bingo http://www.amazon.com/Pressman-Toy-5250-06-Spelling-Bingo/dp/B00004TFZ9

A BEE C match game http://www.amazon.com/Endless-Games-625-A-BEE-C-Matching/dp/B003N2Q86C/ref=pd_sbs_t_31


Children's Books :

Model Volcano-6th grade science project

My sixth grade daughter is using BJU Science  . She read about earthquakes and volcanos this week.Here is her Volcano project :

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-make-a-model-volcano

Here's a link on how to make a model volcano:

Our Science Curriculum

The Science book that I use for my younger girls is called,"How Does God do That? Complete Earth Science." It is written by Paul and Danielle Harris and the cover says it is for ages 8-12. I bought my copy used ,but I found it for sale at Shekinah Curriculum Cellar if your interested. I like this book because it is from a christian perspective,has some nice hands on activities, and I can use it with more than one child at a time.This is the book that I got the instructions from for my girls to make their ,Model of the Sun, that I showed pictures of in my previous post.

My 12 year old boy is using a science text for 7th graders from Abeka called,"Order and Reality." We like all the Abeka science texts.They are very colorful and informative and have lots of good experiments.I also bought him a science kit called Chem C1000 just for fun.This kit should be used with supervision and kept away from small children because of some very dangerous chemicals.

My high school age children are using Apologia ,which I like very much because the text is written like the author is talking right to the reader and the experiments are done mostly with household items.

I'm hoping to have a post soon showing some of our science experiments.

Wordless Wednessday

Ant Farm

My kids got this cool Antworks ant farm from their Granny. We just put the ants in last night,they eat and tunnel in the blue gel.