Natural History Notebooks

Natural History Notebook, homeschool materialsNature.ca offers these Natural History Notebooks where you can explore interesting tidbits about more than 250 animal species.

They also have a great resource section that you won’t want to miss.

Natural History Notebooks

The History of Toys and Games

Discover the origins of your favorite toys and games, from chess and checkers to Barbie and Atari.History of Toys, homeschooling materials

The History of Toys and Games

National Women’s History Project 30th Anniversary

The National Women’s History Project is a great place to visit to begin exploring and celebrate womens history and the 30th anniversary celebration.

The 2010 theme is Writing Women Back into History. They write the following about the theme:

It often seems that the history of women is written in invisible ink. Even when recognized in their own National Women's History Project, homeschool materialstimes, women are frequently left out of the history books. To honor our 2010 theme, we are highlighting pivotal themes from previous years. Each of these past themes recognizes a different aspect of women’s achievements, from ecology to art, and from sports to politics.

Visit their site to find out how you can help promote women’s history and then head on to their resource page where you can find a variety of educational materials about multicultural women’s history.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Species

This U.S. Fish & Wildlfe site lets you search for a regulatory profile for a listed species using its common or scientific name.  ducks2

Species

Optics for Kids

Learn about the science of optics at this site by Bruce Irving.

Optic for kids

BBC Time Explorer Game

Time Travel Game, homeschool gamesVisit the BBC to travel back in time for the ultimate adventure.

BBC Time Explorer Game

Theo Jansen and his kinetic sculptures

In this Ted Talk Video, Artist Theo Jansen talks about and presents the  kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles.

NGA Materials Finder

Did you know that you can borrow resources from the National Gallery of Art?  It is an awesome resource that I like to paint, homeschooling resourcesshare a couple times of year so no one misses out.

Use their online NGALoans Material Finder or request a free catalog.

Dress Canada History

Canada, homeschool resourcesDress Canada History is an online game from Parks Canada that helps you to explore the Origins of Canada’s cultural diversity.

Dress Canada History

Terrible Treasures Game

From the BBC:
Play The Terrible Treasures Game. The Rat has lost his map in the Horrible Histories Time Sewers.

Can you help him find it?

This game may take some time to load as it is packed with lots of Horrible Histories fun and facts,but stick around it’s worth it. It’s best played with a fast broadband connection.

Terrible Treasures Game

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