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If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
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If you have a pile of rocks (and honestly, who doesn’t?) let’s take a look and see if you can find any that might be meteorites! Watch the video to find out how…
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Do you have a pair of binoculars lying around your house somewhere? They are probably PERFECT for stargazing!
1. Binoculars are better than telescopes for beginners!
An ordinary pair of binoculars gies you about the same experience as a new telescope – 2x50s will give you 7 times as much info as the unaided eye can see.
You also need to know WHERE to look… and telescopes are pretty useless unless you already know the night sky.
2. Start with a small, easy-to-use size like 7×50 or 10×50. Don’t buy a big heavy pair! They will be shaky!
3. First, view the moon with binoculars. Get a moon map and look for the Terminator line (you can see the line of sunrise and sunset and it changes every day!)
EARTHSHINE is the glow caused by sunlight reflected off the earth, especially on the darker portion of a crescent moon. Wwatch out – it’s BRIGHT!
4. Now look at the planets with binoculars!
Mercury and Venus are inner planets and they will show phases just like the moon. You should be able to see Venus in the crescent phase.
Mars will really look red, and you’ll actually see it passing a bright star or planet if its nearby.
Uranus (greenish) and Neptune are harder to find. Uranus is barely bright enough about once a year, and Neptune will always look like a star since its so far away.
You can also find comets and 12 different asteroids that work well with binoculars when they are at their brightest.
5. Now look through your binoculars to explore inside our Milky Way!
From Fall to Spring, look for the Pleiades (the 7 sisters cluster) will look like a mini Dipper. Most people see 6 stars. If you have binoculars now you can see many more!
Look at the belt of Orion, and then at the sword hanging town from the belt. You’ll be able to see the Orion Nebula!
Go here for homeschool astronomy lessons: www.SuperchargedScience.com/astronomy
Many homeschool parents feel uncomfortable giving their homeschool students grades or marks on their worksheets and test papers. They don’t want the child to feel pressured or disappointed. However grading is required for the homeschool student so that they can be shown to have met the state led requirements of understanding and being proficient in certain skills. It’s part of meeting the homeschool laws of the state. Also some students can take the grades as a motivating factor to do even better, and in this case the letter grade is easier on them than the actual marks obtained in a paper.
Setting the Scale for the Letter Grade
Grading your homeschool student’s work is important for the information to be accurately recorded in their student transcripts. You may give encouraging words like “well done” or “excellent” on the sheet itself, when you return it to the homeschool student. However the formal grade would have to be calculated based on the actual performance of the child and will need to be worked out based on a scale. Usually there is a corresponding percentage to the letter grade which may be similar to this scale.
A = 90-100%, B = 80-89%, C = 70-79%, D = 60-69%, E = 50-59% and F = less than 50%
For instance if the paper you have given your homeschool student had ten questions, your first letter grade of A would be given if the child got 9 or all 10 questions right. If the child only got six out of the ten questions correct, the letter grade would then be D.
Keep a Standard Scale
Instead of working out a different percentage to letter grade scale for each paper and subject, follow a standard scale for everything. This will help you save time and be more organised even when you are setting the question papers for the homeschool students. It also helps to keep things uniform when you want to calculate the grade point average or GPA for the homeschool student in each subject. These are then recorded in the student’s transcripts, enabling anyone to take a look and figure out just how well the student is performing in the year.
Do your kids love robots? Rockets? Astronomy? Lasers? You can easily include any of these into a curriculum by making effective use of the resources already around you.
A number of parents, who may not have thought about homeschooling before, often end up starting to homeschool their children mid-session. Since homeschooling is legal in all 50 states in America, it’s not a big issue, yet there are some steps that you should take to safeguard your homeschool students as well as yourself as the homeschool parent.
Find Out the State Laws
The laws on homeschooling differ from state to state. It’s a good idea to get in touch with the local school superintendent and give notice of your intention to homeschool your children. The office will also be able to help you with the legal requirements that you need to meet for the homeschooling students. There is a proper procedure to remove your children from public school and shift them to homeschooling. Following the procedure will make it easier for the homeschool students to return to public school at a later date if required.
The Homeschool Curriculum
When initially making the shift mid-session, you may wish to continue using the public school textbooks for the current grade. However the flexibility of homeschooling will now allow you to add extras to the curriculum as befits the interests of your homeschooling students. The homeschooling parent should ideally sit down with the children and discuss exactly what all they wish to add to the regular curriculum based on what they wish to learn in that academic year. Finances may play a role here about what all can be handled but things can only get better in subsequent years.
Support System of Local Homeschool Community
It’s a lot easier to settle in to homeschooling if you can get the support of other homeschooling families in your town. The local chapters of the homeschool community can be easily reached out to for help and advice. They will be able to help the homeschool teacher with organizing school records, assisting with legal forms and requirements as well as general advice based on practical matters that they have already faced. It’s also a good way to get in the much touted socialization activities for your fresh batch of homeschool students.
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Halloween is a great time to do real physics and chemistry with your kids! Today I’ll be posting EIGHT Halloween “How To” science experiment videos here on my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/superchargedsci/ so be sure to look for those!
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It’s easy to fall into the traps of compartmentalized learning and leaning too heavily on textbooks because it’s a lot easier to teach that way! Unfortunately, it’s not what is best for the students. Here’s the top four traps in education that most teachers fall into, and what you can do about it (easily!) as a homeschool parent.
I notice quite a few homeschool parents talk about how their kids, young and teens, beg for a day off just to do their own thing. When I asked how they handle these requests, most of them said they give in some, if not completely, just to keep their kids happy.
Quite a few parents reported shrinking their school hours down to under two each day. That’s not a lot of time, especially when you think about all that you need to get done on a daily basis in order to reach your educational goals by the end of the year.
When I asked about their educational goals, only two people (out of a 95) acknowledged they had goals, but only one of them had them actually written down.
So I decided to be more scientific about it. I did a survey and asked how many hours parents homeschooled their kids in science. Nearly 3,000 parents answered, and here’s what I found:
Most people do science for less than 2 hours per week, and the top reason for not doing more is that they did not have time. (The second reason is that they didn’t feel they knew how to teach science.)
Steping back to look at the bigger picture… here is what I notice:
1. Kids are being taught that complaining and whining works
2. Kids are learning they don’t have to complete their work because there’s no accountability (no educational goals to reach at the end of the year)
3. Parents don’t have time to teach science
4. Parents don’t feel they have skills to teach science
When you break it down, it really does make sense why 60% of engineering freshmen drop out or change majors. And 40% don’t make it through their first year period. (According to Andrew Belasco, a researcher for college admissions, author of Kaplan Test Prep, and advisor to US Congress for College Admissions)
Wonder why? Andrew did a massive survey and found out that the primary reason is that they are not prepared for a rigorous engineering or science program. High level schools like MIT and CalTech have the lowest freshman drop-out rates, because applicants are already prepared for this type of program. Engineering courses require approximately four hours of outside study for every one hour in the classroom.
Why else do they drop out? The top reasons are that they lacked academic success, they no longer believe they could be successful in engineering, and felt that it simply wasn’t worth the amount of work they’d need to put in. Does this sound familiar to the whining you’re hearing in your living room?
The question is… how do you want to handle it?
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In this video, I’ll be showing you how you can make a kite from two sheets of paper, a stapler and some string! I’ll also talk about aviation and being a pilot, and help you get your kids wildly excited about flying.
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
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Making rockets is a cool way to teach your kids how to ask better questions, how to learn from mistakes, and how to get curious about the world around them. It isn’t about the project – you’re using the science experiment and projects to build a kid that has what it takes to be successful in tomorrow’s world.
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Is your method of teaching more important than your ultimate mission when it comes to education? Take a look at the video and discover one of the biggest challenges educators have, and what to do about it.
Use a coat hanger, hammer, and glass jar with aluminum foil to make your own cosmic ray detector (electroscope)!
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
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Teach your child how to think for themselves, love learning, and enjoy the process yourself! Teaching science doesn’t have to be a hassle, headache or even hard. Use these simple tips to get going with your child in science education today.
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Are you curious about black holes, astronomy and robotics? This is the science lesson for you! So many interesting things happen when you stop and ask yourself questions, which is what this class is designed to do!
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
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Go here for homeschool science light and laser experiments you can do with your kids: www.SuperchargedScience.com/lasers
You can’t just shine a flashlight through a lens and call it a laser, because the way a laser generates light is what makes it a laser in the first place. The word LASER is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
Lasers are optical light that is amplified, which means that you started with one photon, and you ended up with two. Radiation refers to the incoming photon. It’s a word that has a bad connotation to it (people tend to think all radiation is dangerous, when really it’s only a small percentage that is). So in this case, it just means light in the laser. The incoming photon radiation starts the process of stimulated emission (when the electron jumps between energy levels and generates another photon). Put it all together and you have a LASER!
Scientists use lasers for cutting, melting, illuminating, measuring, communicating, and more. Lasers are monochromatic (only one color) and coherent, meaning that all the light is in phase with each other. Laser light is different from your standard light bulb, which is made of many colors and not in phase.
I’ve put together a really cool set of science experiments in lasers that you can download now and use with your kids! Let me know what you think of it!
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Doing homeschool science doesn’t have to be hard or boring – use simple, everyday stuff to wire up your own electrical circuit! Go here if you want more experiments like this: www.SuperchargedScience.com/freestuff
Do you know who your kids are really learning from? How much do you really know their teachers, the ones they spend a lot of time learning from? Who are THEIR role models? What are THEIR values?
If you’re part of our Supercharged Science family, then you know that I am the one that does 95% of the teaching in our online program. And if you’re a member, you also know that I taught Mechanical Engineering since I was 21 at Cal Poly State, I was going to high school, attending college and working for NASA all at the same time, and I love sharing my passion by teaching others.
While most of my role models are not famous or celebrity-types, here is a couple of ones you may have heard of:
Patty Wagstaff (I love her passion, dedication, and educational programs that she has available to everyone.)
Michael Faraday (I admire how he started from nothing, not even an education, and taught himself everything just by being inquisitive.)
Emmy Noether (I really am amazed at everything she accomplished, even though she was not allowed to earn a living doing what she loved. Her time was always devoted to her students. She’s probably the most incredible mathematician no one knows about.)
I thought that the best way to get to know someone is to find out really who inspires them in the first place.
It’s easy to see things in retrospect. Here’s the things I wish I had known or learned more quickly when I first started teaching. I hope this is helpful!
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Today we’re doing Flight & Aerodynamics using only this video, a sheet of paper, tape, a hair dryer and a raisin. By the end of your day today, your kids should be able to tell you how their flying machine maintains stable flight using elevators, dihedral, ailerons, center of pressure and more!
You can download my free science lesson packet on FLIGHT here: www.SuperchargedScience.com/flight
Your kids will be doing even more experiments in hands-on science right now, using everyday materials.
Explore the fascinating world of cells by learning about microscopes, lasers, and answering the question: why are cells so small? Watch the video for more details! (Sorry for the long intro! You can skip ahead and go straight to the lesson at 04:09 = 4 minutes 9 seconds )
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
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Homeschool Science doesn’t have to be hard or take a ton of time!
There’s a couple of key steps to keep in mind as you train your kids to do their science lessons independently, so they can learn their stuff and turn around and teach *you* science!
When you first start doing science lessons, do them right along with your child. Work right alongside them, talking with them about what you’re doing.
You’ve got to teach them “best practices” like reading the instructions, figuring out what materials to gather, and how to execute a real science experiment, not just make a mess and do whatever seems like a good idea in the moment (like watching YouTube videos that show “science” projects that are downright dangerous).
You can write out a list with a standard framework for how to do science experiments, just like a real scientist does. I have complete instructions for how to do this here on my website: www.SuperchargedScience.com/journal
If you get them started with the right structure ahead of time, they won’t have to relearn it later when they hit college (the info on that page are from my engineering courses I taught).
You’ll need to train your kids to stay focused on what they are doing. Start small, like 5-10 minutes, and every day increase it by a minute or two. Or increment it weekly. The goal is to every week make it slightly longer so by the end of the year, you notice a big difference in their time they can spend focused on one topic.
Make sure you schedule in breaks!
Also remember some days are going to be easier than others. It’s the long-term progress that we’ve got our eye on.
Next, start turning over the tasks to them, one step at a time. For example, you can have your third grader read aloud the directions to you. Or have them read it quietly and then show you how to runt he experiment. Or have them gather all the materials and set everything up so it’s ready for you both to work together. Add one new thing for them to be responsible for every week, and in a couple of months, they will be running things on their own!
This doesn’t mean you abdicate teaching science. It means that they are now in charge of making sure they do their lessons and check in with you about what was finished, what still needs work, and what they’d like to learn about next. This can be done daily, hourly, etc on your schedule.
One thing that a lot of homeschool parents in our science family like to do is to get their kids get themselves ready for one of our classes. I make sure everyone has access to the worksheet ahead of time before a class, which includes materials to gather and vocabulary to know. Kids will set everything up next to the computer screen, so when class time starts, we are all ready to go together.
If you’d like to participate in one of our free homeschool science classes, go here: www.SuperchargedScience.com/class
When you first start doing science lessons, do them right along with your child. Work right alongside them, talking with them about what you’re doing.
You’ve got to teach them “best practices” like reading the instructions, figuring out what materials to gather, and how to execute a real science experiment, not just make a mess and do whatever seems like a good idea in the moment (like watching YouTube videos that show “science” projects that are downright dangerous).
You can write out a list with a standard framework for how to do science experiments, just like a real scientist does. I have complete instructions for how to do this here on my website: www.SuperchargedScience.com/journal
Discover how ice, water, and steam an co-exist on Mars, learn how to read thermodynamic phase shift charts, and discover the secrets for getting the fire out of an orange. PLEASE DO THIS EXPERIMENT WITH AN ADULT!
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
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You’ve got to know where your kids are headed in order to make sure they get there, even if it’s as simple as “learning to appreciate the world around you”. Supporting your child’s interest in science isn’t as expensive as you think, especially when you consider how much they will be earning with their science degree!
There are four engineering majors that make up over 2/3 of all engineering jobs in the US workforce, and if your kids are interested in one of these, their chances of getting hired and staying employed are much higher!
Do you know who your child views as a role model? Most folks don’t give a second thought to who their child is picking up information from, whether it’s a teacher, a textbook, or a babysitter. It’s our job as parents to understand both perspectives and guide your child.
The trouble with picking up a textbook to select your topic and doing a project listed is that they are usually finished projects – meaning that everyone knows not only the experiment but what’s going to happen. No scientist in their right mind would do a experiment if they knew the ending! You’ve got to take a different approach.
Imagine your teacher just strode into class and announced that it’s nearly time for the Science Fair, and projects are due next week. You scope out the room and find Brian Brainiac inventing a new addition to the International Space Station… Corey Comet discovering a new species of octopus… and Darlene Dazzler built a transporter. Your head begins to spin like hamster wheel as you try to hit on the Ultimate Science Project that would make Einstein gape with awe.
The truth is, science fair projects don’t have to be glitzy, glamorous, or even work quite right… they just have to be yours. And they need to be science experiments, not jazzed-up science reports masquerading as projects.
A science experiment is a simple question you want an answer to, such as:
• “Do later bedtimes really make you sleep better?”
• “Does eating high-sugar foods before bedtime make your dreams more wild?”
• “How many balloons will lift a kid into the air?”
• “What kind of grass needs to be mowed the least?”
A science report are questions that don’t require any real testing on your part – all you have to do is research to get the answer. Topics like: What is acid rain? What is the sun made of? How does a power plant work? How does the human body work? Is overeating bad for you? We’ve seen reports win local school science fairs, but they don’t make it into the big time regional or national competition. And they aren’t nearly as much fun as doing your own experiment.
Here is the basic recipe for science fair projects across the globe:
The Scientific Method:
1. Ask a question/Think of an idea
2. Do background research (if possible)
3. Construct hypothesis/Plan your experiment
4. Test with an experiment (This is the fun part, and you can do steps 4 & 5 together)
5. Gather, collect, and record your data and analyze the results
6. Does the hypothesis and results match? If not, go back to step 3.
7. Reach a conclusion
Tips and Tricks for Great Experiments:
1. Repeat good results. If you get the result you’re after, then do the experiment again to make sure you can duplicate what happened. And again. And again.
2. Remove yourself. After you’ve listened to music during a test, ask your friends to do the same thing. This checks to make sure this idea you’re testing can work for everyone.
3. End with recommendations. This is a personal favorite, not a requirement, but I always like to report on the things I would do if I were to continue experimenting. You can easily make three, four, or even five future experiments that you would consider doing that would further refine your conclusion by drawing on the results you found and the experience you gained.
If you can produce consistent results for not just yourself, but for the whole class, and not only that but plans for future areas of study and relate it back to why this was important enough to study in the first place, now you’ve got an experiment worthy of a blue ribbon.
These are the key areas you need to cover for an outstanding science fair project. Remember, you don’t need a Nobel-prize winning project to make headlines at a science fair, nor do you need to sell your car to afford the necessary equipment. Keep it simple, and stick to what you know you can handle so you can do it right and have a lot of fun along the way.
Gravity pulls on all things equally, and the rate things fall isn’t dependent on mass but rather on the shape of the object. Here’s an easy way to get your kids curious about physics and understand the fundamentals right from the start.
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Even if you can’t make it to the class, sign up anyway so you’re on my list to get a personal invite to future classes in physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, biology and more!
Classes are for kids K-12, totally fun and your kids will have a blast learning real hands-on science!
Do some of my favorite, quick and easy science experiments you can do with your kids using highlighter, tumeric (in your spice drawer), and a UV light (use sunlight if you don’t have a UV flashlight). Watch the video for more details! (Sorry for the wobbly audio!! Ignore it and just focus on the message if you can make it out. It was originally a facebook live and it might be better sound quality at the original source on by facebook page.)
It’s easy to get lost in the array of science kits, chemistry experiment labs, and specialty project boxes you can buy nowadays. How can you use these as a tool to work your way towards your own personal educational goals for your child without getting lost in the shuffle?
If you want your kids to really learn hands-on science in a way that is sustainable and lasts for a lifetime, try my program for $1 for the first month. If you like it, stay with us. If not, just request a refund, and there’s nothing to send back – it’s easy and hassle free.
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Today’s science class is how to do real CHEMISTRY! We’re going to be mixing up dinosaur toothpaste, doing experiments with catalysts, discovering the 5 states of matter, and building your own chemistry lab station as we cover chemical kinetics, phase shifts, the states of matter, atoms, molecules, elements, chemical reactions, and much more. We’re also going to turn liquid polymers into glowing putty so you can amaze your friends when it totally glows in the dark. AND make liquids freeze by heating them up (no kidding) using a scientific principle called supercooling, and more.
A lot of people just don’t want to bother with experiments when teaching science, they say it’s too messy, too expensive, takes too much time… but thankfully there is a better way! That’s why the way I teach science keep the magic of discovery without costing a fortune. Now you shouldn’t need to spend a fortune in order to learn science. I mean, the stuff on the shopping list for today was stuff you can get at the grocery store if you don’t already have it around the house.
Today’s class is FULL of experiments, because that’s what science IS. We’ll be talking for a bit and then doing an experiment, and then talk more and do more experiments throughout the class, so make sure you’ve got those materials out and ready. If you don’t have any materials, don’t worry. You can still participate. Just follow along so that you know exactly what to do when you do get your materials.
I’ll show you how to take simple compounds to create polymers and substances that kids can learn real hands-on science from. Because we don’t want kids mixing up random chemicals together haphazardly, it’s really important that with chemistry, you have a qualified instructor that shows them safe and best practices so they learn the right way, right form the start.
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
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How do you know what kind of microscope or telescope to get if you don't know how to work it? They're usually really expensive, so how can you be sure not to get ripped off?
Ask a real scientist who uses them both in the field and also when they teach kids!
A lot out there on the market is junk, and what's left is usually too hard and frustrating for kids to learn on. And that's the stuff most folks buy, because they either don't know how to tell a good instrument from junk or they can't afford a good instrument. Both of these usually frustrate the kids to the point of turning them off from science completely, the exact opposite of what well-meaning parents are trying to do.
So - let me show you what I use when I teach kids.
Microscope:
You’ll need to make sure it’s a compound microscope with a mechanical stage and three lenses on a rotating piece (4X, 10X and 40X) and a 10X at the eyepiece (the place you put your eye up to). Make sure it's metal, not plastic, and that the pieces are removeable and easy to clean. (Get one with a mirror (no electrical cord) if you plan to use it primarily outdoors in nature.)
I have used many microscopes with kids over the years, and the ones that were easiest to use and latest the longest were AmScopes and GreatScopes.
Telescope:
The kind of telescope most people want to get is not the one I’d get for my kids because it’s frustrating to use and there are so many cheap ones that it seems like a good deal... but it isn't.
What is BETTER than a Telescope? A pair of good BINOCULARS! Telescopes are useless if you don’t know where to point them, so instead, get a good set of binoculars (either 10x50 or 7x50), like this $35 pair from Celestron and a good star gazing app, like:
Stellarium (my favorite)
SkyView
Sky Safari
If you're ready for a telescope, I would go to your local astronomy star gazing event (called a "star party") and try out as many of these as you can, asking questions from your local astronomers. The kind of telescope you get will depend on what you want to look at, where you live, and what your "seeing conditions" usually are.
Beginner telescopes:
For kids and adults: 8” Dobsonian Telescope (easy to use, good all-around scope for deep sky objects, planets, moon)
For adults: (it’s going to depend what you want to look at)
8" Schmidt-Cassegrain (more compact, good all-around scope for planets, galaxies, nebulae, astrophotography)
90mm Refractor (harder to use, best for planets and moon observing)
The best piece of equipment, whether it's a microscope, telescope or binoculars, is the one you will actually use.
If you want your kids to do an award winning science fair project without headache or hassle, go to: www.SuperchargedScience.com/easy
You’ll find a video that shows you my homeschool online science program, and included is my complete set of eight science fair projects, including how to measure the speed of light with a chocolate bar, how to make a gauss accelerator, build solar vehicles, construct an underwater remote controlled vehicle, rockets, and so much more!
The trouble with picking up a textbook to select your topic and doing a project listed is that they are usually finished projects – meaning that everyone knows not only the experiment but what’s going to happen. No scientist in their right mind would do a experiment if they knew the ending! You’ve got to take a different approach.
Imagine your teacher just strode into class and announced that it’s nearly time for the Science Fair, and projects are due next week. You scope out the room and find Brian Brainiac inventing a new addition to the International Space Station… Corey Comet discovering a new species of octopus… and Darlene Dazzler built a transporter. Your head begins to spin like hamster wheel as you try to hit on the Ultimate Science Project that would make Einstein gape with awe.
The truth is, science fair projects don’t have to be glitzy, glamorous, or even work quite right… they just have to be yours. And they need to be science experiments, not jazzed-up science reports masquerading as projects.
A science experiment is a simple question you want an answer to, such as:
• “Do later bedtimes really make you sleep better?”
• “Does eating high-sugar foods before bedtime make your dreams more wild?”
• “How many balloons will lift a kid into the air?”
• “What kind of grass needs to be mowed the least?”
A science report are questions that don’t require any real testing on your part – all you have to do is research to get the answer. Topics like: What is acid rain? What is the sun made of? How does a power plant work? How does the human body work? Is overeating bad for you? We’ve seen reports win local school science fairs, but they don’t make it into the big time regional or national competition. And they aren’t nearly as much fun as doing your own experiment.
Here is the basic recipe for science fair projects across the globe:
The Scientific Method:
1. Ask a question/Think of an idea
2. Do background research (if possible)
3. Construct hypothesis/Plan your experiment
4. Test with an experiment (This is the fun part, and you can do steps 4 & 5 together)
5. Gather, collect, and record your data and analyze the results
6. Does the hypothesis and results match? If not, go back to step 3.
7. Reach a conclusion
Tips and Tricks for Great Experiments:
1. Repeat good results. If you get the result you’re after, then do the experiment again to make sure you can duplicate what happened. And again. And again.
2. Remove yourself. After you’ve listened to music during a test, ask your friends to do the same thing. This checks to make sure this idea you’re testing can work for everyone.
3. End with recommendations. This is a personal favorite, not a requirement, but I always like to report on the things I would do if I were to continue experimenting. You can easily make three, four, or even five future experiments that you would consider doing that would further refine your conclusion by drawing on the results you found and the experience you gained.
If you can produce consistent results for not just yourself, but for the whole class, and not only that but plans for future areas of study and relate it back to why this was important enough to study in the first place, now you’ve got an experiment worthy of a blue ribbon.
These are the key areas you need to cover for an outstanding science fair project. Remember, you don’t need a Nobel-prize winning project to make headlines at a science fair, nor do you need to sell your car to afford the necessary equipment. Keep it simple, and stick to what you know you can handle so you can do it right and have a lot of fun along the way.
If you want your kids to keep a rock-solid science journal this year, go to: https://www.superchargedscience.com/how-to-keep-a-science-journal/ to learn the three simple steps on how to do it!
Doing science experiments is fun, exciting, and full of big ideas!
Why bother with writing when you could be mixing up chemicals, blasting rockets, or spinning laser beams?
Because all your “great ideas” are worth nothing if you can’t tell others about what you’re doing.
Scientists write in journals to let others know the latest news with their experiments, announce their new discoveries, or to simply keep track of their progress.
Keeping a science journal doesn’t have to be flashy or fancy, just accurate. I’m going to show you the three easy steps to keeping a journal.
You don’t have to write a novel – just keep track of what you’re doing along with any questions that come up. It’s a lot easier to do a couple pages a day for a month rather than trying to pound out a hundred pages in a day! This is something you’re going to use throughout the program doing just a little bit at a time, At the end of the month or year, you’ll be surprised to see how much science you’ve covered!
Here’s a quick and easy way to handle the documentation issue minimal fuss and hassle. This method will even score you points toward your science curriculum requirements along with setting up a life-long habit, which will serve your child even greater in the future, which is really what we’re after.
If you want your kids to get inspired and excited about learning science from someone who’s passionate and experienced, go to: www.SuperchargedScience.com/easy
You can soar, zoom, fly, twirl, and gyrate with these amazing hands-on classes which investigate the world of flight. Your Homeschool students create flying contraptions from paper airplanes and hang gliders to multi-cell kites. This is a recording from a live class that I did with a big class of homeschoolers in my online classes.
If you want your kids to learn science from a real scientist, and you want them to be totally engaged and excited about what they are learning, but you don’t feel you have the time or the know-how to teach it, I can help.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science today. Like right now.
If you want your kids to learn how to do real chemistry, go here: www.SuperchargedScience.com/ChemClass
A lot of folks get nervous around chemistry. You can’t always ‘see’ what’s going on (are there toxic gases generated from that reaction?), and many people have a certain level of fear around chemicals in general. Many of these fears came about by watching demonstrations where things went awry or hearing about accidents. This kind of exposure to chemistry are the ones forever burned in the memory of the audience, who are now fearful and have made the generalization that chemicals are dangerous and their effects are bad. In fact, every chemical is potentially harmful if not handled properly. That is why I’ve prepared a special set of chemistry experiments that include step-by-step demonstrations on how to properly handle the chemicals, use them in the experiment, and dispose of them when you’re finished.
Chemistry is predictable, just as dropping a ball from a height always hits the floor. Every time you add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to 1 cup of vinegar, you get the same reaction. It doesn’t simply stop working one time and explode the next. I’m going to walk you through every step of the way, and leave you to observe the reactions and write down what you notice. At first, it’s going to seem like a lot of disjointed ideas floating around, but after awhile, you’ll start to see patterns in the way chemicals interact with each other. It’s just like anything else that you try for the first time – you’re not very good when you’re new at it. Keep working at Chemistry and eventually it will click into place. And if there’s an experiment you don’t want to do, just skip it (or just watch the video).
You’ve got to know where your kids are headed in order to make sure they get there, even if it’s as simple as “learning to appreciate the world around you”.
Supporting your child’s interest in science isn’t as expensive as you think, especially when you consider how much they will be earning with their science degree!
Discover easy and simple science experiments you can do with your kids, even if you don’t have fancy equipment right at home! I’ll also share with you the most important things I do when teaching kids real hands-on science.
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
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Did you have a teacher that really had an impact on you? Remember the excitement? Or the thrill you felt when you taught something to someone else and they really got it?
First, let me thank you for your commitment to education – a value that is high enough for you that you are either homeschooling your child or considering it.
In this video, I am going to share with you the seven keys you need to unlocking your child’s fullest potential. Once you know, you can then focus on solutions. Perhaps you’ll find that you are already on track, and this may reaffirm that you are headed in the right direction.
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to:
http://www.SuperchargedScience.com/easy
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching!
Aurora
Supercharged Science
Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
Ever wonder why some kids are so excited to learn new things and others drag their feet? I’ve spent a lot of time igniting kids interests and passion about science, and here are my best tips for you – I hope they are helpful!
If you found this helpful and you want help teaching your kids science, we can do that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Did you have a teacher that really had an impact on you? Remember the excitement? Or the thrill you felt when you taught something to someone else and they really got it?
It’s that connection that we’re after between teacher and student. The great news is that as a homeschool parent, you have access to this opportunity constantly throughout the day. The bad news is – you have this option all day, every day. And it can feel overwhelming and exhausting to answer hundreds and hundreds of questions every day from a seemingly non-stop flow from your child.
Here’s a couple of ideas to keep in mind as you go through your day with your child to keep you from getting burned out. It’s simple and easy – and here it goes!
1. Teaching (both homeschoolers and educators) is not a job or a career, it’s a LIFESTYLE. At least, that’s the way I think about it in order to keep myself feeling fulfilled and happy. It’s my way of going through life, sharing it with my kids, and helping them understand the world. It’s showing your kids “how you DO life” and teaching them by modeling and experiences.
2. Teaching is a TEAM SPORT. You are not alone, and you do not have to reinvent that wheel. I get the most mileage by making effective use of the passion and expertise of others. This means I’m finding experiences for my kids that I couldn’t otherwise from surfing lessons to foreign language… I am constantly looking for new opportunities to enhance their world.
3. Focus on CONNECTION, not perfection. If I am more worried about if I am doing things right to the point of not being connected with my kids, I am focusing too much on myself and not trusting myself enough. It is more important to me to stay connected with my kids and understand their world, and trust my intuition to come up with ideas to try out.
4. Know that i’s going to be BUMPY, especially if you’re just starting out. How many times does a baby bump back to the ground when they first learn to walk? Lots! It’s ridiculous to have such high expectations and not allow yourself to enjoy the process of learning how to do something new, and this includes learning how to best educate your child. There’s no one-size-fits-all, so get to know your child and expect it to be a little bumpy along the way.
5. Get a MENTOR. Find someone that has already done what you want to do (homeschooling your child, etc…) and get them on your team as a guide and a resource. I mean, you wouldn’t learn how to play tennis with someone worse than you, right? Some goes for anything new you’re trying to figure out. When I am facing a new challenge with my kids, I thank them for it first, saying “I’ve never been here before – thanks for bringing this opportunity to me.” I find it really diffuses an otherwise intense moment.
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
This is a recording from a live online class in Electricity! In this original class, kids learned how to spark together electric motors, build homemade burglar alarms, wire up circuits and build robots! Kids in this class created their own whizzing, hopping, dancing, screeching, swimming, crawling, wheeling, robot by the end of this class to take home. Topics: electricity, magnetism, electrical charges, chassis construction, sensors.
If you want your kids to learn science from a real scientist, and you want them to be totally engaged and excited about what they are learning, but you don’t feel you have the time or the know-how to teach it, I can help.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science today. Like right now.
Science is more than a classroom – it’s actually pretty difficult to define. Science is not about what we know, but rather about how we face what we don’t know. It’s not a textbook of principles, set of rules, or collection of factoids. It’s a process, a thing you do. Science is what happens when you ask questions, get back answers, and try to figure and make sense of it all.
Science gives you a way to ask questions and get back answers. There are many different ways to do this, the Scientific Method being only one of the ways of sorting and sifting through the information as you go along. We’ll be teaching about several different methods as we go along in our eScience program and highlighting which methods are most used by real scientists and engineers. (Guess what?? It’s not the scientific method!)
Believe it or not, there’s a straightforward method to doing science. You can’t just sit around and argue about how things work, but you actually have to do experiments and be able to measure your results. And other people have to get be able to get those same results on their own, too! While this sounds basic, it wasn’t until the 1500s when Tycho Brahe suggested that people do experiments to figure things out instead of discussing (and arguing) about the way things should be.
What we don’t know is just as important as what we do know. But how do we fit all of these things together? We can break science down into three basic questions:
What IS it? What is it made of, look like, act like? (This is where you describe it.)
How does it work? Why is it that way? What are the physics behind it?
How does it move through time? How did it start, develop through time, and end? What are the laws of physics that determine how things unfold in time?
Most things in science do not yet have answers to all three of these questions! Sometimes parts of learning is unlearning some of the things you think you know. Things that you’re pretty sure are right! Scientists have struggled with this for When you really think about it, a lot of science is actually unlearning. Science challenges you to rethink what you think you already know:
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” ~Mark Twain
Sometimes unlearning the ‘absolute truths’ that have stood for thousands of years is part of the science process. Here are a few examples: the Sun revolving around the Earth; the ocean was bottomless; there’s no life in Antarctica; the Earth is flat… just to name a few.
So how do we establish what we do and don’t know? One of the most surprising things we’ve learned is that although the Universe is incredibly vast but still able to be understood.
“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.” ~Albert Einstein
When you first start out doing real science, it may seem awkward, disjointed, difficult, and even a bit weird. But that’s just because you’re new at it. People aren’t instant experts at new stuff, and you shouldn’t expect to master something in a heartbeat that is going to last you a lifetime.
“It will seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.” ~Naomoto Musashi
Some of this will be new to you, unfamiliar, even counter-intuitive. But just stick with it and I guarantee that it will pay off. You’ll notice this when things start to ’snap’ into place as your child gains an amazing understanding of not only the ways of the universe, but how to think and question new stuff that comes their way.
If you found this article helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials, igniting their curiosity and engaging in new and inspiring ways with their world.
Stargazing with your Homeschool Kids! All you need are kids, a dark sky, and this video! A pair of binoculars are helpful also!
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
P.P.S. You can connect with me on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/superchargedsci YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/auroram42 Podcast: https://podcast.superchargedscience.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/auroralipper/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aurora_lipper
Science is more than a classroom – it’s actually pretty difficult to define. Science is not about what we know, but rather about how we face what we don’t know. It’s not a textbook of principles, set of rules, or collection of factoids. It’s a process, a thing you do. Science is what happens when you ask questions, get back answers, and try to figure and make sense of it all.
Science gives you a way to ask questions and get back answers. There are many different ways to do this, the Scientific Method being only one of the ways of sorting and sifting through the information as you go along. We’ll be teaching about several different methods as we go along in our eScience program and highlighting which methods are most used by real scientists and engineers. (Guess what?? It’s not the scientific method!)
Believe it or not, there’s a straightforward method to doing science. You can’t just sit around and argue about how things work, but you actually have to do experiments and be able to measure your results. And other people have to get be able to get those same results on their own, too! While this sounds basic, it wasn’t until the 1500s when Tycho Brahe suggested that people do experiments to figure things out instead of discussing (and arguing) about the way things should be.
What we don’t know is just as important as what we do know. But how do we fit all of these things together? We can break science down into three basic questions:
What IS it? What is it made of, look like, act like? (This is where you describe it.)
How does it work? Why is it that way? What are the physics behind it?
How does it move through time? How did it start, develop through time, and end? What are the laws of physics that determine how things unfold in time?
Most things in science do not yet have answers to all three of these questions! Sometimes parts of learning is unlearning some of the things you think you know. Things that you’re pretty sure are right! Scientists have struggled with this for When you really think about it, a lot of science is actually unlearning. Science challenges you to rethink what you think you already know:
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” ~Mark Twain
Sometimes unlearning the ‘absolute truths’ that have stood for thousands of years is part of the science process. Here are a few examples: the Sun revolving around the Earth; the ocean was bottomless; there’s no life in Antarctica; the Earth is flat… just to name a few.
So how do we establish what we do and don’t know? One of the most surprising things we’ve learned is that although the Universe is incredibly vast but still able to be understood.
“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.”
~Albert Einstein
When you first start out doing real science, it may seem awkward, disjointed, difficult, and even a bit weird. But that’s just because you’re new at it. People aren’t instant experts at new stuff, and you shouldn’t expect to master something in a heartbeat that is going to last you a lifetime.
“It will seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.”
~Naomoto Musashi
Some of this will be new to you, unfamiliar, even counter-intuitive. But just stick with it and I guarantee that it will pay off. You’ll notice this when things start to ’snap’ into place as your child gains an amazing understanding of not only the ways of the universe, but how to think and question new stuff that comes their way.
If you found this article helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials, igniting their curiosity and engaging in new and inspiring ways with their world.
1. Be consistent – what you do today, do tomorrow, and the next day. It’s important to have a rhythm and routine for your kids. If you have a walk after lunch one day, continue this rhythm daily so it becomes part of your time together with your child. Kids thrive on consistency, from one-on-one special time to discipline to family rituals and traditions.
2. Slow and Stead Winds the Race! Be a turtle – don’t eat the whole enchilada at once! Spread out the things you want to do throughout the year so you have time in between for more inspired experiences and activities. Most people will take on too much and choke at the start. You want to show your kids how make a goal, map out steps to get there, and consistently work toward that goal every day.
3. Start Simple! Work toward your educational goals in stages. Babies learn to sit up, then wiggle and roll, then crawl, walk then run. There’s a definite purpose to the order and sequence! You want the same for your kids’ educational experience. Most people will start out with a huge amount to do, and then get overloaded and quit. You see this with diet and exercise, people starting up their own business, and in many other areas of life. This skill of starting slow and adding things incrementally will spread to multiple areas of your child’s life.
4. When you say YES to one thing, you say NO to something else. If I say YES to soccer activities, I am saying NO to having Saturday morning snuggles, hiking, and farmer’s markets that I love taking my kids to. Evaluate if the YES is going to fulfill your goals in ways that are positive and sustainable.
5. Minimize Distractions – Does your child’s study space allow them to focus and be inspired? Where do they gravitate to when they are doing their logical learning, their creative play, and their imaginative dreaming? Understand how the learning spaces you set up best support your child’s educational experiences.
6. Collaborate – don’t go it alone! There’s a vollage of folks out there that are passionate about their work and love kids! Those are the ones you need to connect and engage with!
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
How can you make sure you can “Ring the Bell” at the end of your homeschooling year? Said another way, how can make sure you’ve covered your bases, made positive progress toward your educational goals, and had a great time with your kids during your school year?
Here’s my top tips for when you make your plans and do your day together…
1. Be consistent – what you do today, do tomorrow, and the next day. It’s important to have a rhythm and routine for your kids. If you have a walk after lunch one day, continue this rhythm daily so it becomes part of your time together with your child. Kids thrive on consistency, from one-on-one special time to discipline to family rituals and traditions.
2. Slow and Stead Winds the Race! Be a turtle – don’t eat the whole enchilada at once! Spread out the things you want to do throughout the year so you have time in between for more inspired experiences and activities. Most people will take on too much and choke at the start. You want to show your kids how make a goal, map out steps to get there, and consistently work toward that goal every day.
3. Start Simple! Work toward your educational goals in stages. Babies learn to sit up, then wiggle and roll, then crawl, walk then run. There’s a definite purpose to the order and sequence! You want the same for your kids’ educational experience. Most people will start out with a huge amount to do, and then get overloaded and quit. You see this with diet and exercise, people starting up their own business, and in many other areas of life. This skill of starting slow and adding things incrementally will spread to multiple areas of your child’s life.
4. When you say YES to one thing, you say NO to something else. If I say YES to soccer activities, I am saying NO to having Saturday morning snuggles, hiking, and farmer’s markets that I love taking my kids to. Evaluate if the YES is going to fulfill your goals in ways that are positive and sustainable.
5. Minimize Distractions – Does your child’s study space allow them to focus and be inspired? Where do they gravitate to when they are doing their logical learning, their creative play, and their imaginative dreaming? Understand how the learning spaces you set up best support your child’s educational experiences.
6. Collaborate – don’t go it alone! There’s a vollage of folks out there that are passionate about their work and love kids! Those are the ones you need to connect and engage with!
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching!
Aurora
Supercharged Science
Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
Tips Getting Started with Homeschooling for both newbies veterans! Here’s a couple of things to keep in mind when you start back up (or to give your year-round homeschool experience a boost of inspiration):
TIP #1: Kids love stories! “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ~Albert Einstein Look for opportunities that you can share the world and your life lessons in the form of stores to help children connect and link up new ideas. It’s better if you can tell the stories (or read them aloud) rather than handing kids a book.
TIP #2: Get in nature! Most kids have huge smiles and rosy cheeks within a few minutes of active, outdoor play. And oddly enough, they’re also more calm and centered when they have regular outdoor exploration and creative time. Even if you have a tiny backyard or a park on the corner, get outside and enjoy nature in your own special way.
TIP#3: Art! Art! Art! I know this sounds strange coming from a science teacher, but art is just as important! Make sure your kids have enough unstructured moments when they can creatively use their imagination and develop their skills in expression.
TIP #4: Childhood is NOT a race! This is a hard one for parents to understand, especially in our technology-driven society where everyone has access to everything all the time. Remember that kids are MORE different on the inside as they appear to be on the outside. What that also means is that you have to be able to identify the specific needs of your children individually and meet them where they are at.
TIP #5: Be a Role Model! You can teach your kids how to play by sharing in their world. Show them how you do things so they can model you. They’re paying more attention to your actions than your words, so don’t bother talking nearly as much as DOING. (Babies learn to walk and talk without an instruction manual or formal curriculum lessons, right?)
The biggest problem we’re seeing today with kids is that they are hanging around other kids more than ever, with little to no adults around to model how they are to be. In fact, their role models are now coming from social media, the internet, and entertainment like movies and video games. Are the things you are exposing your child to – the things that your child is actively observing – the type of behavior and character you want to them to imitate?
TIP #6: Get Your Routine Down! Kids thrive on boundaries and routines. Meal times, bed times, snuggle and reading times, individual one-on-one times – these are so important to your child’s sense of security and well-being. They need to know what they can count on in order to feel safe exploring and discovering their world.
TIP #7: Get Help and Take Care of Yourself! I cringed today when someone called me “super mom”. That’s no how I see myself. Sure, I do a lot, but at the end of the day, I’m just a gal that loves her family. I see myself as most of the time giving, serving and helping others, both inside my family and in the community, and I also have regular down-time for taking care of myself so I have more to give and grow. I outsource what I can, ask for help, and streamline the rest (thank goodness for washing machines and dishwashers! How did our pioneering ancestors do it?!)
I hope this is helpful! Please add your own helpful tips in the comments below and share this post to help out the “homeschool parent next door”!
If you want your kids to learn science from a real scientist, and you want them to be totally engaged and excited about what they are learning, but you don’t feel you have the time or the know-how to teach it, I can help.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science today. Like right now.
Tips Getting Started with Homeschooling for both newbies veterans! Here’s a couple of things to keep in mind when you start back up (or to give your year-round homeschool experience a boost of inspiration):
TIP #1: Kids love stories! “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ~Albert Einstein Look for opportunities that you can share the world and your life lessons in the form of stores to help children connect and link up new ideas. It’s better if you can tell the stories (or read them aloud) rather than handing kids a book.
TIP #2: Get in nature! Most kids have huge smiles and rosy cheeks within a few minutes of active, outdoor play. And oddly enough, they’re also more calm and centered when they have regular outdoor exploration and creative time. Even if you have a tiny backyard or a park on the corner, get outside and enjoy nature in your own special way.
TIP#3: Art! Art! Art! I know this sounds strange coming from a science teacher, but art is just as important! Make sure your kids have enough unstructured moments when they can creatively use their imagination and develop their skills in expression.
TIP #4: Childhood is NOT a race! This is a hard one for parents to understand, especially in our technology-driven society where everyone has access to everything all the time. Remember that kids are MORE different on the inside as they appear to be on the outside. What that also means is that you have to be able to identify the specific needs of your children individually and meet them where they are at.
TIP #5: Be a Role Model! You can teach your kids how to play by sharing in their world. Show them how you do things so they can model you. They’re paying more attention to your actions than your words, so don’t bother talking nearly as much as DOING. (Babies learn to walk and talk without an instruction manual or formal curriculum lessons, right?)
The biggest problem we’re seeing today with kids is that they are hanging around other kids more than ever, with little to no adults around to model how they are to be. In fact, their role models are now coming from social media, the internet, and entertainment like movies and video games. Are the things you are exposing your child to – the things that your child is actively observing – the type of behavior and character you want to them to imitate?
TIP #6: Get Your Routine Down! Kids thrive on boundaries and routines. Meal times, bed times, snuggle and reading times, individual one-on-one times – these are so important to your child’s sense of security and well-being. They need to know what they can count on in order to feel safe exploring and discovering their world.
TIP #7: Get Help and Take Care of Yourself! I cringed today when someone called me “super mom”. That’s no how I see myself. Sure, I do a lot, but at the end of the day, I’m just a gal that loves her family. I see myself as most of the time giving, serving and helping others, both inside my family and in the community, and I also have regular down-time for taking care of myself so I have more to give and grow. I outsource what I can, ask for help, and streamline the rest (thank goodness for washing machines and dishwashers! How did our pioneering ancestors do it?!)
I hope this is helpful! Please add your own helpful tips in the comments below and share this post to help out the “homeschool parent next door”!
Did you set up your “real life learning” homeschool classroom yet? Here’s a couple of tips for getting the most out of your space – and it’s easy!
If you want your kids to learn science from a real scientist, and you want them to be totally engaged and excited about what they are learning, but you don’t feel you have the time or the know-how to teach it, I can help.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science today. Like right now.
Learn how to mix up a supersaturated solid solution by using salt, sugar (yum!), or laundry soap (don’t eat that!!) to grow your own crystal farm!
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
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Discover the fascinating world of flight, space, and aeronautics by making your own flying machines from simple office supplies like paper, tape and paper clips! We’ll also talk about the most important topics you need to cover with your kids.
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
P.P.S. You can connect with me on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/superchargedsci YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/auroram42 Podcast: https://podcast.superchargedscience.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/auroralipper/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aurora_lipper
This is a steel roller coaster and the only ride that inverts passengers in a loop. Although it reaches a top speed of 55mph, it feels a lot faster because it goes from 0 to 55 in under 4 seconds!
It’s the longest looping roller coaster in the world at over a mile long. It uses 5,000 hp linear induction motors instead of the traditional chain to launch the train up the first hill and also midway through the ride. It has safety sensors all over the track, and will automatically stop the train if a backpack or purse falls onto the track from a passenger (both of which has happened).
We’re going to build a height gauge and a roller coaster ourselves! That way, you can really tell how high that first drop is. Here’s the first video you need to watch to build the height gauge:
Once you’ve built a height gauge, it’s time to make your own roller coaster! Note, you don’t have to build the height gauge in order to make the roller coaster, it’s two separate projects.
Roller coasters are a prime example of energy transfer: You start at the top of a big hill at low speeds (high gravitational potential energy), then race down a slope at break-neck speed (potential transforming into kinetic) until you bottom out and enter a loop (highest kinetic energy, lowest potential energy). At the top of the loop, your speed slows (increasing your potential energy), but then you speed up again and you zoom near the bottom exit of the loop (increasing your kinetic energy), and you’re off again!
To make the roller coasters, you’ll need foam pipe insulation, which is sold by the six-foot increments at the hardware store. You’ll be slicing them in half lengthwise, so each piece makes twelve feet of track. It comes in all sizes, so bring your marbles when you select the size.
The ¾” size fits most marbles, but if you’re using ball bearings or shooter marbles, try those out at the store. (At the very least you’ll get smiles and interest from the hardware store sales people.)
Cut most of the track lengthwise (the hard way) with scissors. You’ll find it is already sliced on one side, so this makes your task easier. Leave a few pieces uncut to become “tunnels” for later roller coasters.
Here’s the video you need:
This last video I am including only because I am also a musician, and I thought it was really cool to see how Disney orchestrates (pun intended!) its special music into the ride:
If you want your kids to make more projects like this, and if you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
P.P.S. You can connect with me on:
Facebook: https://facebook.com/superchargedsci
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Podcast: https://podcast.superchargedscience.com/
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The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland uses a special effect in the Ballroom scene that is so perfect, it’s still one of the most impressive special effects you can see right in front of you. It was created in the 1960s, but the original effect was discovered in the 1800s, called Pepper’s Ghost.
The main idea is that there are two things you want the audience to see – one is a lit stage, and the other is the ghost that you want to appear and disappear on command.
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If you’ve ever noticed how on a dark night, you can see through a window into someone’s dining room, but when the lights are out you can’t, you’ve noticed how windows can reflect light and also allow light to transmit through depending on where the light is coming from and where you’re standing.
For example, if you are standing outside on a dark night and inside the house is light, you can see in. If it’s light outside but dark inside, the window will reflect back and you’ll see your own reflection. This happens on the smooth surface of a lake.
We’re going to use this idea along with a piece of glass, some cardboard and a couple of other things from the hardware store to create a jaw-dropping Pepper’s Ghost illusion you can use to amaze your friends.
In the Haunted Mansion, the props in the room are real, like the organ, the table and chandelier. The ghosts are the reflected images of the actual ghosts that are under the track that the guests ride in. The Hitchhiking Ghosts at the end of the ride is also similar to Pepper’s Ghost, but this time the ghosts are behind the class and it’s the guests that are reflected in the mirror.
If you want your kids to make more projects like this, and if you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
P.P.S. You can connect with me on:
Facebook: https://facebook.com/superchargedsci
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/auroram42
Podcast: https://podcast.superchargedscience.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/auroralipper/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aurora_lipper
The Mad Tea Party is in nearly all of Disney’s theme parks, and while you may think it’s a kiddie ride, the rides goes fast enough that it causes most adults to hesitate before stepping on. We’re going to build a couple of accelerometers you can take with you on your next trip to an amusement park. You can use them not only at amusement parks, but also in the car or your next spin in the office chair.
You only need a couple of simple hardware-store supplies, like water, string, a tube, hot glue gun, a bottle… and so forth. Watch the videos below for complete instructions and materials list.
You’ll also need the step-by-step videos that will walk you through each step so you can make it in less than 5 minutes. These will be able to measure the g-force, or the acceleration, of an object.
Once you’ve completed the cork accelerometer, you’ll want to make one that is calibrated so you know how many g’s you’re pulling in a turn:
Once you’ve built these, you can now experiment with them! Go for a ride in the car, an office chair, or just spin in circles to see how many g’s you can pull. Fun!
Back to the Mad Party Teacup Ride at Disneyland… No, the purple cup isn’t the fastest. The cups are actually on one of three small turntables that rotate clockwise, and each small turntable holds six cups. These three small turntables are all on one large turntable, which rotates counter-clockwise.
You can imagine a solar system with three planet, and each planet has six moons. Each planet has six moons orbiting all in one direction, and the three planets orbit a central sun in the opposite direction. You are on one of the moons in this ride – how does it feel?
If you want your kids to make more projects like this, and if you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
P.P.S. You can connect with me on:
Facebook: https://facebook.com/superchargedsci
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Podcast: https://podcast.superchargedscience.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/auroralipper/
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Why bother with writing when you could be mixing up chemicals, blasting rockets, or spinning laser beams? Doing science experiments is fun, exciting, and full of big ideas!
Why bother with writing when you could be mixing up chemicals, blasting rockets, or spinning laser beams?
Because all your “great ideas” are worth nothing if you can’t tell others about what you’re doing.
Scientists write in journals to let others know the latest news with their experiments, announce their new discoveries, or to simply keep track of their progress.
Because all your “great ideas” are worth nothing if you can’t tell others about what you’re doing.
Scientists write in journals to let others know the latest news with their experiments, announce their new discoveries, or to simply keep track of their progress.
Keeping a science journal doesn’t have to be flashy or fancy, just accurate. I’m going to show you the three easy steps to keeping a journal.
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
This ride is a 13-story elevator drop ride that first opened in 1994 in Florida, and it was such an impressive engineering achievement. It’s now in four different parks, including Anaheim Disneyland.
What’s really unique about this ride is that you can experience instances of microgravity, something that scientists use when they do their research and experiments on for future spaceflights.
Gravity is something that everything, whether natural or man-made, experiences on our planet, whether its distributing water down a mountain, positioning the growing of flowers, or influencing the way living organisms do their thing.
Scientists are wondering how microgravity will affect human health, especially when we start flying people around in space. By doing experiments in microgravity environments, they can better understand its effects on the human body and also on the spaceships themselves.
Before you get on this ride at Disneyland, you’ll want to attach a small ball to a bracelet on your wrist, with about a one-foot string length attached.
If you’re sitting down, you can also put a penny on your knee and see if it’s there when you’re done with the ride. Resisting the urge to jump when you start to freefall down is always the challenge, but if you do it right, the penny should hover in midair during your freefall.
Now, let’s talk more about the ride itself.
This ride is 200 feet tall and holds two separate elevator shafts 158 feet tall where the riders ride up and down during the 2 minute ride. There’s a large mechanical room above the elevator shafts that mouse the motors and mechanics.
There are also four elevator shafts located at the back of the ride that connect to the main drop shafts in the front. When you first get on the ride, you enter through one of the four back shafts, and it appears that the elevator car you’re in is the ride vehicle itself. But you’re actually getting on a vehicle that drives into the elevator shaft, like a car driving into an elevator.
The wheels lock to the elevator so the car itself doesn’t move, and then it’s transported horizontally to one of the two main elevator shafts to being the ride. They go to one of four show scenes first. The original version of this ride, Tower of Terror, used forced perspective to make the hallway scene with the ghosts appear much longer than actually it was (the walls, ceiling and floor that guests looked at all sloped inward to make the room appear longer). They also used the famous Pepper’s Ghost Illusion, which had a glass panel at a 45 degree diagonal so they could make images appear in the middle of the corridor, and it is same effect for the ballroom scene in the Haunted Mansion.
The starfield that guests saw was made of fiber optic cables behind a gauze cloth that appears opaque until it’s lit from behind, like a one-way mirror. When the set goes dark, the lights from the star field are lit up and also reflected in the glass so it appears 3D.
When the vehicle reaches the 5th floor (about halfway up the tower), the automated guided vehicles (“wire-guided” ADV’s) drive the passengers to the drop shafts similar to how a line-tracking robot follows a line drawn on the floor. There are wires on the ground that tell the vehicle where and how to go.
The radio signals from the main control room control the speed, direction and orientation of the vehicle so it takes the right path. If something goes wrong, or falls on one of the wires in the wire-guided path, or the system loses power, the vehicle is programmed to stop dead in its tracks. It’s actually one of the primary down-time causes of the ride since it is so sensitive.
The vehicle now drives the guests into an elevator in one of the two main drop shafts, locking itself to the elevator so it doesn’t move once in place within the elevator. The ride selects at random the drop sequence the guests get to experience. Each sequence includes a number of different drops and launches, with one full drop from a height of 130 feet (about 13 stories). The drop shafts actually have 17 feet above that isn’t used, and braking starts at 40 feet above the ground, so riders only get to fall for 90 feet.
The elevators in the ride is a traction elevator design by Otis Elevator Company, and is very similar to elevators that you’d find in high rise buildings. It uses two giant induction motors to accelerate riders up and down (max speed is 40 mph).
One motor sits on top of each shaft in the mechanical room, each one weighing 60 metric tons and generates 2000 hp. Each motor is connected to two cable drums in series and there’s four solenoid brakes per motor.
The elevator has a steel cables attached at the top and bottom, and also rails that connect it firmly to the sides of the shaft.
Even though a single cable is more than enough to support a fully loaded vehicle plus an automobile, two cables are used for safety.
The second drum is attached to a counterweight that weighs as much as the elevator loaded with an empty vehicle, so the motor only has to supply enough power to raise and lower the weight of just the passengers.
The cables also connect to the bottom of the elevator, so that the motors can pull the elevator down faster than it would normally go if it were freefalling. When the motor spins in one direction, the riders go up, and when the motor goes the other direction, the riders go down. It’s unique because one minute the riders are feeling weightless, and the next minute they are pushed into their seats.
One of the questions people have is “How safe is it?”
There are many safety features on this ride, but one of the most important is the solenoid braking system. There are friction pads that contact the motor shaft to bring it to a stop, much like the hand brakes on a bicycle rim.
The special deal with these brakes is that they are electrical, meaning that they release when they have an electrical signal, and tighten when there’s no signal, which means that their default position is locked on, keeping the elevator vehicle safe if anything goes wrong. In a power failure, the solenoids move the brakes to closed position, stopping the ride.
If these were to fail, there’s an emergency friction brake on the elevator rail. These clamp onto the elevator guide rails, so both the elevator vehicle and the counterweight both come to a stop (they each have their own emergency rail brakes).
If the cable were to snap and break, then there are other emergency brakes that would initiate, stopping the car. If everything failed, the car would create a cushion of pressurized air as it drops, slowing the vehicle before they hit the shock absorbers at the bottom of the shaft.
If you want your kids to make more projects like this, and if you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching!
Aurora
Supercharged Science
Homeschool Science Curriculum
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The original Submarine Voyage was loosely based on the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear powered submarine that voyaged to the North Pole in 1958. It was going to be closed permanently and dismantled, but after several attempts, the engineers at Disney (Imagineers) managed to re-theme it so it matched a successful movie in theaters.
The ride uses 8 submarines that have vertical rollers attached to each end and roll the sub through a guide channel. Originally powered by diesel engines, the electric battery units are charged at the loading dock by contact-free inductive coils, so there’s no fuel to spill. The subs don’t actually submerge, but you can peek out the windows for the entire ride. The bubbles are created to simulate diving.
One of the issues with the windows was fogging, so they now blow fresh dehumidified air across the glass so it stays clear. The helmsan uses a joystick to control the forward and back movement as well as speed. They guide the sub through a network of lasers that trigger a different scene for the show.
There’s a lot you can do with this type of ride. The first thing is to start by taking my Marine Biology class, which is free and you can sign up for it here:
If you love whales, aquariums, and underwater volcanoes, and you also love to watch everything that swims, crawls, or moves in the sea, then this is the area of science for you.
This online class is not only going to teach your kids about underwater life and the physical ocean elements, but also provide your kids with a hands-on experience of what it’s really like to be a marine biologist.
Kids learn how to study the creatures that live in the sea in their natural environment by building scientific instruments that marine biologists use in the field, including a live-cell microscope and underwater ROV robot in addition to exploring erupting chemical volcanoes, and so much more! Sign up at this link for this free class:
How do I set goals that really matter?? It’s not a wish or dream we’re talking about here…you’re mapping out a plan to educate your child.
Every great teacher has a lesson plan, even if it’s just in their head. Goals that matter are: Specific, Achievable, Measureable, Realistic (you’re going for improvement and progress, not perfection), and within a certain Time Frame (you can complete it within a reasonable amount of time).
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
I am going to pack my kids up in the car along with a few science gadgets (hint: string, rubber bouncy ball, water bottle, tube with food coloring, and fluorescent fingernail polish) and take a science road trip to Disneyland, and you’re invited!
Why bother with writing when you could be mixing up chemicals, blasting rockets, or spinning laser beams? Doing science experiments is fun, exciting, and full of big ideas! Because all your “great ideas” are worth nothing if you can’t tell others about what you’re doing.
Scientists write in journals to let others know the latest news with their experiments, announce their new discoveries, or to simply keep track of their progress. Keeping a science journal doesn’t have to be flashy or fancy, just accurate. I’m going to show you the three easy steps to keeping a journal.
If you found this helpful and you want to check out the entire article, go to:
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
I’ll show you how to take regular dish soap, rubbing alcohol, and fruit from the fridge to visibly be able to see DNA in shimmery, ghostly thread-like strands!
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
P.P.S. You can connect with me on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/superchargedsci YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/auroram42 Podcast: https://podcast.superchargedscience.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/auroralipper/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aurora_lipper
Most people have a blank stare when I ask them what their educational goals are for their child. It’s not that they don’t have them, it’s that they haven’t formally figured out where they are headed, so the chances of reaching those goals in their head are small.
You’ll first want to set your educational goals/intentions for your kids. This will help you figure out how you’ll spend your time when you homeschool and also help you figure out the best homeschool program for your family.
The goals we usually hear about for kids are something along the lines of “I want my kids to love learning” or “I want my kids to be interested in science’ or “I want to expose my kids to different science areas”. Depending on how you answer this first question, you can pick the homeschool program that will best fit your kids and your goals.
In this video, we’ll outline three simple steps – results, purpose, and actions. Let’s go!
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Most people have a blank stare when I ask them what their educational goals are for their child. It’s not that they don’t have them, it’s that they haven’t formally figured out where they are headed, so the chances of reaching those goals in their head are small.
You’ll first want to set your educational goals/intentions for your kids. This will help you figure out how you’ll spend your time when you homeschool and also help you figure out the best homeschool program for your family.
The goals we usually hear about for kids are something along the lines of “I want my kids to love learning” or “I want my kids to be interested in science’ or “I want to expose my kids to different science areas”. Depending on how you answer this first question, you can pick the homeschool program that will best fit your kids and your goals.
In this video, we’ll outline three simple steps – results, purpose, and actions.
If you want your kids to make more projects like this, and if you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
What IS a homeschool curriculum REALLY? Here are a couple of things to keep in mind as you work through your homeschool curriculum with your child. Watch the video for more details! If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
I am going to share with you the three tings you need to do in order to teach science in a way that really works, whether you’re new to homeschooling or just gearing up for lessons this academic year. If you want me to teach your kids hands-on science, go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching!
Aurora
Supercharged Science
Homeschool Science Curriculum
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Want to join (or create) your own Robotics Team? Now you can!
My kids have participated in both of these (links below) and their team has won the World Championship three times!
My two oldest boys, Ben and Joseph, are too old to participate in VEX (it’s for kids up through 8th grade, and they are in high school now), however they are working on helping new teams get going so they have a chance at these competitions.
Now, if you want to start a team or participate in one in your home town:
This is the robotics program you want to get into if you have elementary and junior high school kids:
VEX IQ Robotics (it’s the least expensive to start out with, and the parts are really similar to LEGOs so kids can really get started without getting lost in the learning curve):
The team my kids were on (973 Greybots) were the “underdogs”, and now they have three World Championship wins under their belt! (2011, 2017, 2019) You can learn more about FRC here:
Do you know who your child views as a role model? Most folks don’t give a second thought to who their child is picking up information from, whether it’s a teacher, a textbook, or a babysitter. It’s our job as parents to understand both perspectives and guide your child.
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
P.P.S. You can connect with me on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/superchargedsci YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/auroram42 Podcast: https://podcast.superchargedscience.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/auroralipper/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aurora_lipper
Kids who have a solid science and technology background are better equipped to go to college, and will have many more choices once they get out into the real world.
Learning science isn’t just a matter of memorizing facts and theories. On the contrary, it’s developing a deep curiosity about the world around us, AND having a set of tools that lets kids explore that curiosity to answer their questions.
Teaching science in this kind of way isn’t just a matter of putting together a textbook with a few science experiments and kits.
Science education is a three-step process (and I mean teaching science in a way that your kids will really understand and remember). Here are the steps:
1. Get kids genuinely interested and excited about a topic.
2. Give them hands-on activities and experiments to make the topic meaningful.
3. Teach the supporting academics and theory.
Most science books and programs just focus on the third step and may throw in some experiments as an afterthought. This just isn’t how kids learn.
There is a better way. When you provide your kids with these three keys (in order), you can give your kids the kind of science education that not only excites them, but that they remember for many years to come.
Don’t let this happen to you… you buy science books that were never really used and now your kids are filling out college applications and realizing they’re missing a piece of their education—a REALLY big piece. Now that’s a setback.
So what do you do?
First, don’t worry. It’s not something that takes years and years to do. It just takes commitment.
What if you don’t have time? What I’m about to describe can take a bit of time as a parent, but it doesn’t have to. There is a way to shortcut the process and get the same results! But I’ll tell you more about that later.
Putting It Into Action
Step one: Get kids genuinely interested and excited about a topic. Start by deciding what topic you want your kids to learn. Then, you’re going to get them really interested in it. For example, suppose I want my 10-year old son to learn about aerodynamics. I’ll arrange for him to go up in a small plane with a friend who is a pilot. This is the kind of experience that will really excite him.
Step two: Give them hands-on activities and experiments to make the topic meaningful. This is where I take that excitement and let him explore it. I have him ask my friend for other chances to go flying. I’ll also have my friend show him how he plans for a flight. My son will learn about navigation, figuring out how much fuel is needed for the flight, how the weight the plane carries affects the aerodynamics of it, and so much more.
I’ll use pilot training videos to help us figure this out (short of a live demo, video is incredibly powerful for learning). My son is incredibly excited at this point about anything that has to do with airplanes and flying. He’s sure he wants to be a pilot someday and is already wanting flying lessons (he’s only 10 now).
Step three: Teach the supporting academics and theory. Now it’s time to introduce academics. Honestly, I have my pick of so many topics, because flying includes so many different fields. I mean he’s using angles and math in flight planning, mechanics and energy in how the engine works, electricity in all the equipment on board the plane, and of course, aerodynamics in keeping the plane in the air (to name just a few). I’m going to use this as the foundation to teach the academic side of all the topics that are appropriate.
We start with aerodynamics. He learns about lift and drag, makes his own balsa-wood gliders and experiments by changing different parts. He calculates how big the wings need to be to carry more weight and then tries his model with bigger wings. (By the way, I got a video on model planes so I could understand this well enough to work with him on it). Then we move on to the geometry used in navigation. Instead of drawing angles on a blank sheet of paper, our workspace is made of airplane maps. We’re actually planning part of the next flight my son and my pilot buddy will take. Suddenly angles are a lot more interesting. In fact, it turns out that we need a bit of trigonometry to figure out some things. Of course, a 10-year old can’t do trigonometry, right? Wrong! He has no idea that it’s usually for high school and learns about cosines and tangents.
Throughout this, I’m giving him chances to get together with my pilot friend, share what he’s learned, and even use it on real flights. How cool is that to a kid?! You get the idea. The key is to focus on building interest and excitement first, then the academics are easy to get a kid to learn. Try starting with the academics and…well, we’ve all had the experience of trying to get kids do something they don’t really want to do.
The Shortcut
Okay, so this might sound like it’s time-intensive. If you’re thinking “I just don’t have the time to do this!” or maybe “I just don’t understand science well enough myself to teach it to my kid.” If this is you, you’re not alone.
The good news is, you don’t have to. The shortcut is to find someone who already specializes in the area you want your kids to learn about and expose them to the excitement that persons gets from the field. Then, instead of you being the one to take them through the hands-on part and the academics, use a solid video-based homeschool science program or curriculum (live videos, not cartoons). This will provide them with both the hands-on experiments and the academic background they need. If you use a program that is self-guided (that is, it guides your kids through it step-by-step), you don’t need to be involved unless you want to be.
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum lessons for me…” then we can do just that.
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach. If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Aurora
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
If your kids are interested in magic shows and doing (safe) experiments in thermochemistry, this is one you can do right along with them. PLEASE USE GOOD JUDGEMENT AND DO ALL FIRE EXPERIMENTS WITH AN ADULT.
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
P.P.S. You can connect with me on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/superchargedsci YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/auroram42 Podcast: https://podcast.superchargedscience.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/auroralipper/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aurora_lipper
I am going to share with you the top five things that you’ll need to consider before you start homeschooling, whether you’re new to homeschooling, or just gearing up for lessons this academic year. If you want me to teach your kids hands-on science, go towww.SuperchargedScience.com
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
P.P.S. You can connect with me on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/superchargedsci YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/auroram42 Podcast: https://podcast.superchargedscience.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/auroralipper/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aurora_lipper
Good morning from the Sierra Nevadas! I was really curious about all the different kinds of pine trees I saw as we went through the Sierras, and I tried to find a good way to tell one from the other, but it was impossible with the guidebooks I found. Then I found this app…
If you found this helpful and you find yourself thinking, “Hey, you know, I want this person to teach my kids science for me, and to create my curriculum and lessons…” then we can do just that.
Go to www.SuperchargedScience.com
When you get there, you’ll see a video that shows you the science curriculum that I developed and teach.
If you like what you see on that website, just fill in the form below the video and your kids can get started today doing real hands-on science with everyday materials.
Thanks for watching! Aurora Supercharged Science Homeschool Science Curriculum
P.S. By the way, if you know anybody that might find this content useful or helpful, please share it! Thanks so much!!
P.P.S. You can connect with me on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/superchargedsci YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/auroram42 Podcast: https://podcast.superchargedscience.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/auroralipper/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aurora_lipper
Have you noticed that some curriculum seems to really work with your child and others don’t? The secret is in finding one that is in alignment with your child’s values – what they feel is most important in the world. This doesn’t mean giving them free reign to do whatever they want, but rather gives you guidance about what style of learning program works best for them to really “get it”. This podcast will outline the important things to keep in mind when picking a curriculum from your child’s perspective.
Extraordinary Homeschool Science Lessons by Focusing on Wonder, Discover & Imagination
FINALLY I have a podcast! I’ve been meaning to for a long time and (check this out)… I have the first 30 episodes already recorded and ready to go. I just needed time and space to put everything together into a format that would work for everyone. Whew! It’s even on Spotify, so if you don’t have the app for PodBean on your phone, just access it through a web browser. It’s fun, free, and full of interesting ideas for you to share with your kids. Suggestions for topics are welcome!
