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Our Literature Books

• In the Shadow of the Pines
• Historical Fiction-In the Shadow of the Pines
• Bobbitt Cemetery Setting of "In The Shadow of the Pines"
• Alfred F. Bobbitt Memorial - Main Character of "In The Shadow of the Pines"
• All The Cities of Gold - From Massachusets to Kansas, A Teens Search for Her Family




Literature Helps

• LITERATURE Main Page
• LITERATURE UNIT STUDIES will make the great tales come alive.
• CHOOSING LITERATURE for your student
• Shakespeare Unit Study
• HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL literature.
• ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE for different ages.
• Ideas on writing BOOK REPORTS
• Depression era literature about sharecroppers in Texas
• All The Cities of Gold: a true story from the 1940's
• Creation literature from the time after the flood
• Objectives for teaching the Elements of Literature at each grade
• Action Plot Organizer - Download our free graphic organizer to track action plots of the books you are reading.
• Fantasy Literature Debate - Is it safe? Is it helpful?



Early Reading

• EARLY READING Main Page
• Reading Confidence Cards: They will do what they say.
• Kindergarten Sight Words & Phonic Families
• First Grade Sight Words and Phonic Families
• Second Grade Sight Words and Phonic Families
• The Ultimate CVC word lists
• Phonics vs Sight Words: The Debate
• Balanced Literacy: A Balanced Critique
• Fun Reading Activities for Early Readers
• Activities and Games to Reinforce Phonics
• More ideas for games to teach reading
• Erudition: The Sight Word Game
• Preschool Handwriting Practice



Penmanship Pages

• Overview of The Better Letter Primer HANDWRITING Program.
• All Four Steps of the BETTER LETTER PRIMER
• All of the handwriting downloads on one page.
• Writing Direction and blank handwriting practice sheets.
• Handwriting Worksheets for the 8 Letter groups
• Number Formation Handwriting Worksheets
• Handwriting Practice Pages to Review All Letters/Numbers
• Handwriting Practice Coaching
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• Compare Pencil Grips



MatchCard Science Unit Studies

• MATCHCARD SCIENCE Main Page
• Light & Energy Unit Study
• Weather Unit Study
• Force and Motion Unit Study
• Geology Unit Study
• Oceanography Unit Study
• Human Anatomy Unit Study
• Chemistry Unit Study
• Astronomy Unit Study
• Botany Unit Study
• Zoology Unit Study
• Nutrition, Health, and Safety Unit Study
• Technology
• Free Downloads of the student MatchCards
• Components of a MatchCard Science Unit Study



Science Projects & Experiments

• Cool SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS: Individual experiments from MatchCard Science
  
Light and Energy Experiments & Projects:

• Translucent, transparent, and obaque objects
• Refraction, Reflection, and Absorption of Light Waves
• Magnetic Poles
• Compare frequency and amplitude of sound waves
• Celsius to Fahrenheit
• Freezing, Melting, Evaporation and Condensation
• Convection, Conduction, Radiation: Transfer of Heat
• Diagram and build an electrical circuit
• Test materials to see if they are conductors or insulators
• Explore static electricity
• Compare amps, volts, and watts
• Compare the two forms of nuclear energy: fusion and fission.
• Arrange the colors on the light spectrum.
• Experiment with a triangular prism
• Contrast the different electromagnetic waves
• Compare actual and potential kinetic energy.
• Conservation of energy


Weather Experiments & Projects:

• Different weather in the 2 Hemispheres
• 5 types of precipitation
• Precipitation Experiments
• Explore the Water Cycle
• Identify wind strength with the Beaufort Scale
• Use weather instruments to measure weather conditions
• Compare a hurricane and tornado
• How to use a pet tornado
• Identify cloud types
• Atmospheric Pressure and Temperature


Force & Motion Experiments & Projects:

• Six Simple Machines
• Compare mass and weight
• Demonstrate effects of friction and inertia
• Analyze the effects of gravity
• Compare speed, velocity, momentum, and acceleration
• Explore Newton's Three Laws of Motion
• Compare Newtons, Joules, and Watts


Geology Experiments & Projects:

• Erupt a volcano and learn its parts.
• Compare Rocks and Minerals
• Learn the Layers of the Earth
• Investigate the 4 types of Weathering.
• Learn the 3 types of rocks and the rock cycle.
• Use the Mohs Hardness Test to identify rocks and minerals.
• Mineral identification lab to test the physical properties of minerals.
• Identify the five types of mountains.
• Demonstrate the three types of waves in an earthquake.


Ocean Experiments & Projects:

• Find the six major oceans.
• Investigate the three major types of ocean creatures.
• Explore the ocean floor.
• Trace the route water takes from mountain springs to the oean.
• Learn the parts of seaweed.
• Learn the three ocean zones.
• Compare different types of algae with plants.


Human Anatomy Experiments & Projects:

• From Cells to Systems - Identify how the body parts work together.
• Trace the route of food through the digestive system.
• Build a tooth model and observe tooth decay.
• Listen different parts of the respiratory system.
• Trace the route of blood through your heart, lungs, and body.
• Identify the major bones of the human skeleton.
• Identify four types of joints and two muscles of the human anatomy.
• Find what human organs are part of the renal system.
• Learn about the nervous system.
• Learn the parts of the human eye.
• Identify and use the parts of the human ear.
• You're covered in it! Get a feel for what skin can do for you.
• Match the hormones to their endocrine glands.


Chemistry Experiments & Projects:

• Build a model of an atom.
• Make a hydrogen and helium model
• Play a game with carbon, nitrogen, oxygen models
• Learn electron configuration with paper plates
• Construct molecules with the molecule worksheets
• Build water molecules (and eat them)
• Hunt for molecules and compounds and make a mixture
• Make a fried egg sandwhich and compare chemical and physical changes
• Compare properties of solids, liquids, and gas
• Use the density formula to compare different objects
• A sizzlin' way to learn the conservation of mass.
• Make your litmus paper for acids and bases.
• Find metals and non-metals on a periodic chart.


Astronomy Projects:

• Demonstrate the rotation and revolution of the Earth.
• Demonstrate the size and distance of planets in the solar system.
• What is a planet? AND should Pluto be allowed back in?
• Chart the moon cycle and demonstrate the cause of the moon's changing shape.
• Demonstrate two types of lunar eclipses
• Demonstrate two types of solar eclipses
• Find the sun's composition and what it emits
• Find the North Star and its two constellations
• Identify five northern constellations visible all year round.
• Distinguish meteors, asteroids, and comets (and eat them).
• Explore galaxies, clusters, and superclusters - at the speed of light!
• Make your own sky chart and sextant


Botany Experiments & Projects:

• Build a mini-ecosystem in your own home.
• Ecology lesson - five factors that change the environment.
• Tear apart flowers to learn their parts.
• Who or what causes the flowers to be pollinated?
• What part of the plant cell makes your veggies so crunch?
• Watch plants bubble and see how fast you can solve the photosynthesis formula.
• Plant nutrition and transport
• Sexual reproduction in plants
• 5 types of asexual reproduction in plants
• Carbon cycle in plants and animals
• Nitrogen cycle in nature


Zoology Experiments & Projects:

• Identify the parts of an insect.
• Watch a butterfly emerge from a cocoon.
• Compare the size and shape of five different types of fish fins.
• Compare the skin of reptiles and amphibians.
• List six unique characteristics of mammals.
• Distinguish primary and secondary consumers in the food chain.
• Compare the teeth of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.
• Trace the scientific classification of dogs from kingdom to species.
• Describe five kingdoms on the biology tree of life.
• Compare nine different animal phyla.
• Check out the skeletons of 7 classes of vertebrates.
• Identify the major functions of an animal cell and match them to the cell diagram.
• Use the cell worksheet to find three methods of cellular movement - and what's living under your fingernails.
• Make a flipbook of the stages of mitosis.


Nutrition, Health, and Safety Experiments and Projects

• Learn the foods in the food groups.
• Crunch up some carbohydrates.
• Compare protein, fats, and carbs.
• Check for Vitamin C in foods. Find out what Vitamin E does. Learn about 6 important vitamins.
• Learn about the minerals calcium, iron, potassium.
• Compare benefits of exercise and relaxation.
• Quick: how safe is your home? See if you and your kids can pass the home safety quiz.
• Practice using a fire extinguisher and learn the 3 classes of fires.
• Identify the risks of smoking, alcohol, and drugs and how they impact lives.
• Evaluate risks of sexual behavior outside of a monogamous relationship.
• List strategies to avoid being in an abusive relationship.


Technology Experiments & Projects:

• Build models of four different types of bridges.
• Kids can use Bernoulli's Principle to discover how aerodynamics keeps a plane up in the air.
• Find the input, output and signal processing unit of electronic equipment.
• Build a circuit board and learn the function of the major devices on it.
• Play games converting from binary to decimal numbers.
• Investigate what browsers do. Compare input and outputs of different devices. Contrast ROM & RAM.
• Discover what a laser really is. Compare laser light with flash lights.
• Make a robotic hand. Discover the principles of robotics. List the 3 laws of the ethics of robotics.
• Learn the four strokes of an internal combustion engine in this lesson. Watch the combustion of flour.

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