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26 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Rock Around the World

Did you know that scientists can tell what kind of rock you send to them? Follow this site and find out how you can send a rock to a scientist. They will test the rock with the same technology they use on the mars exploration rover and then tell you what the rock is made [...]

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25 June 2010 ~ Comments Off

Science Buddies

If you’re planning on doing a science fair project or just want to do a science project each week, then this is the site for you. They have Science fair ideas, Science news, resources and teacher resources.  There is a step by step guide on how to do a Science fair project along with all [...]

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24 May 2010 ~ Comments Off

Lobster Network

If you’re looking for a free place to borrow or lend materials, then Lobster Network might be the place for you. On this site you can post all the items that you are willing to lend out to your select group on the network. You can also

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28 April 2010 ~ Comments Off

Lesson Planet Review

I found yet another website that I had not discovered before called Lesson Planet. I received a free membership for a couple of months for review and boy was I surprised….

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24 April 2010 ~ Comments Off

Internet Field Trips

I’m back with more links to Internet field trips you can take right from your computer. While it’s not the same as being there, you still get a great tour Originally posted 2009-02-14 12:16:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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15 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Cool Science Website

Here’s a website that could get your children excited (or even more excited) about Science.  It’s Robert Krampf’s Science Website.  He has free Science videos, an experiment of the week and live science demonstrations.  If you’re like me and always mess up those Science experiments or just want a scientist to perform your experiments for [...]

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16 December 2009 ~ Comments Off

Mathletics

I had never heard of the Mathletics website before I was asked to do a review of this program. I thought it would just be another math flashcard site, but I was pleasantly surprised.

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30 April 2009 ~ Comments Off

Virtual Tours for Homeschooling

Here are some more virtual tours for homeschooling that I came across recently. I thought I would share them with you.

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23 February 2009 ~ Comments Off

More Internet Field Trips

I keep finding more Internet field trips, so I’ll just keep sharing them here and telling you what is out there.

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26 September 2008 ~ Comments Off

Bookmooch – Watch out it can be addicting

Today is my birthday, so I thought I would give you one of my best freebie ideas.  I found this a few weeks ago and just love it.  The concept is that you register with this company for free and list any books that you want to give away.  You also list any books that [...]

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11 July 2008 ~ Comments Off

Panama Canal Virtual Tour

Here’s another great virtual tour. You’ll need to click on Multimedia at the top right to see all the pictures and videos. I learned a ton just by browsing for a few minutes. I’m looking forward to showing this to my kids. I didn’t realize how involved this process was or how beautiful the land [...]

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25 June 2008 ~ Comments Off

Summer Facts

Here you can find all kinds of facts about summer, like where the “dog days of summer” originated, or a history of fireworks, plus tons more information. http://www.factmonster.com/spot/summer.html

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