Learning Lynx

Full German Course--Free

2012-02-05T14:28:00.001-07:00

30 self-study lessons in German.

http://www.dw.de/dw/0,,9572,00.html

Free quilting classes

2012-02-02T01:15:00.003-07:00

http://www.craftsy.com/class/The-Craftsy-Block-of-the-Month/50

Video classes. You have to sign up for access, but signup is free.

Talking Pronunciation Dictionary

2012-01-28T02:18:00.001-07:00

This is really fun.

http://www.howjsay.com/

Also useful.

Free Grammar Course (2nd-11th grades)

2012-01-27T20:53:00.001-07:00

http://home.pct.edu/~evavra/KISS.htm

Yenka: Math and Science lessons, demos, interactives

2012-01-23T04:53:00.003-07:00

This is a very cool site. Focusing in math, physics, chemistry, programming, and engineering/technology, the site has interactives, demos, and tools as well as lessons on the subjects. There are over 300 physics resources alone!

http://www.yenka.com/

Sumdog Math Facts Practice

2012-01-23T04:48:00.003-07:00

Similar to Fun4theBrain.com, this site gives you engaging games to practice math facts. These games, however, can be multiplayer games. Some have very hip, modern themes (like saving endangered animals). Play is free, but they do want you to register.

http://www.sumdog.com/

Virtual Math Manipulatives--"Thinking Blocks"

2012-01-23T04:45:00.000-07:00

http://www.thinkingblocks.com/

I really love the approach on this site: First they teach you how to use the manipulatives to work math problems visually, and then they give you a chance to work it out. For example, the ratios section gives you a word problem and a work space so you can translate the word problem into thinking blocks and figure out the answer.

Great site!

Reading Games (printables, mostly)

2012-01-23T03:59:00.001-07:00

http://www.printablereadinggames.com/

Online and Offline Creative Activities

2012-01-23T00:44:00.001-07:00

http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/makeandDo.htm

Songs--LOTS of them

2012-01-23T00:31:00.001-07:00

Songs, lyrics, audio, video, downloads....TONS of kids (over 2000 songs by their count) music here:
http://bussongs.com/

Reading Program

2012-01-22T18:43:00.002-07:00

There are tons of great interatives here for learning reading, including pre-reading skills.

http://www.literactive.com/Home/roadtoreading.asp

Getting Ready to Read activities

2012-01-20T19:11:00.001-07:00

http://www.getreadytoread.org/images/content/downloads/skill-building-activities/EngINDIVIDUAL121_All.pdf

Pre-reading activities, for pre-readers

2012-01-20T18:36:00.001-07:00

Videos of stories and rhymes for preschoolers that help build language skills and pre-reading skills:
http://www.storyblocks.org/

FREE Learn to Read activities and stories

2012-01-20T18:30:00.001-07:00

http://www.rif.org/kids/leadingtoreading/en/leadingtoreading.htm

Colorful and fun.

FREE Complete first-sixth grade grammar, usage, and mechanics courses

2012-01-19T04:23:00.001-07:00

Published by Scholastic, these are high-quality workbooks in pdf format.

http://www.scholastic.com/dodea/index2.htm

The "Training Module" are teacher's manuals
The "Black Line Masters" are the workbooks.

Fantastic resource!

Phonics exploration

2012-01-19T03:24:00.000-07:00

What sounds do letters and letter combinations make?

http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/demos/aaPrimary/Literacy/phonemes/Alphabet.html

This is a great writing text

2012-01-19T00:59:00.001-07:00

None of the stupid games most writing teachers use in Elementary school (like "Write a report on a country..."). In fact, this downloadable text tells you how to make your writing great despite stupid teachers with bad writing pedagogy. And it's fun to read, with lots of examples.

https://ttms.box.net/shared/static/ldpbe9jvhy.pdf
(That's a download link, just so you aren't surprised when it starts to download).

You can get more great language arts downloads here: http://www.ttms.org/

Flipped Schools High School

2012-01-19T00:31:00.000-07:00

This high school tried (successfully) a new technique for educating the students. They have the teachers record the lectures so the students watch them at home. Then they do the classwork in class instead of as homework.

The advantage of this for us is they put the lectures online, freely available to everyone. That means you can have a complete high school course in any of the core subjects free.

http://flippedhighschool.com/

Click on the subjects in the navigation bar. Because it is left to the teachers to record their lectures, the lectures are of varying quality (just like teacher's classes in real life are). But, since this is a functioning system in use by the school right now, there is a good chance the quality will improve over time.

K-12 Language Arts Powerpoint Presentations

2012-01-12T19:28:00.002-07:00

Free to download!

http://jc-schools.net/PPTs-la.html

Art Lessons for Kids

2012-01-04T19:22:00.001-07:00

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/

Awesome art projects for kids. You could take all your art curriculum from here. Easily.

Finger paint recipe

2012-01-03T01:41:00.001-07:00

http://easiepeasie.blogspot.com/2010/07/homemade-finger-paints.html

Worksheet Generator

2012-01-01T22:28:00.001-07:00

http://www.worksheetgenius.com/

Use theirs, customize them, or make your own. Includes clip art.

Character Development Unit

2012-01-01T21:29:00.002-07:00

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/13756/auto_indx.htm

Galileo Library of Links and Resources for Gifted Kids

2012-01-01T18:07:00.001-07:00

http://www.galileoeducation.org/links.html

Read picture books online

2011-12-24T18:25:00.000-07:00

http://www.wegivebooks.org/books#all

Holiday-themed paper art

2011-12-14T00:52:00.003-07:00

http://www.thetoymaker.com/Holidays/Christmas/Christmas.html

This includes a snowman dodecahedron--very fun.

Preschool Science

2011-11-28T23:09:00.001-07:00

Activities: http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/activities/activities-location.html

There are also videos, games, and printables.

e-Learning Links

2011-11-26T18:00:00.001-07:00

Another homeschool resource aggregator.

http://www.e-learninglinks.com/index.htm

Join real online research projects

2011-11-17T22:28:00.001-07:00

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects

History of Science (and Technology)

2011-11-17T05:23:00.001-07:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/index.shtml

History of Medicine

2011-11-17T05:20:00.001-07:00

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife.aspx

Bar Graph Tool

2011-11-17T05:12:00.001-07:00

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2008-09/fp/irf08-81/colour_patterns/years_1_and_2/bar_graph.html

This allows you to name your graph as well as each axis, and then build a graph.

Another Homeschool Link Aggregator

2011-11-15T18:16:00.001-07:00

http://www.myfreeonlineeducation.com/

Weather and Physics experiments

2011-11-06T00:57:00.001-06:00

http://www.metlink.org/weather-climate-resources-teachers/experiments-and-demonstrations.html

Unit on Seeds

2011-11-04T21:43:00.001-06:00

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/society/schools/keystage1-2/seeds-plant-growth.aspx

This is heavy on activities.

Fungi Unit

2011-11-04T21:40:00.001-06:00

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/web/FILES/Resources/mushroom.pdf

This includes lessons, worksheets, and cool experiments (like dying wool with fungi).

Bugs Unit

2011-11-04T21:37:00.002-06:00

Download the .pdfs: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/society/schools/keystage1-2/real-bugs.aspx

Great ideas!

Elementary Life Science Text

2011-11-04T05:50:00.001-06:00

http://eequalsmcq.com/ClassicScienceLife.htm

Both the student and parent editions are available.

Open Courseware at UW

2011-11-02T04:42:00.001-06:00

http://www.outreach.washington.edu/openuw/

Animal Diversity Web

2011-10-30T23:01:00.001-06:00

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

Butterfly Lab

2011-10-30T22:59:00.001-06:00

Everything butterfly, including a field guide.

http://www.naturemuseum.org/online/thebutterflylab/index.htm

Or this one:
http://kidsbutterfly.org/

AWESOME lessons on science (mostly genetics)

2011-10-30T22:04:00.001-06:00

This is a fantastic site. Entire lessons, completely online. Check out the "learning pathways" section.

http://www.nature.com/scitable

Insects--great insects site

2011-10-30T21:58:00.001-06:00

http://www.insects.org/

Science Net Links

2011-10-30T18:00:00.001-06:00

This is one of the best places to go for resources on science. I think I've posted their link before, but they recently re-designed their site, and all the materials are accessible now.

The "Tools" are my favorite--they are the best interactives from around the web.

http://sciencenetlinks.com/

Virtual microscope (free download)

2011-10-30T17:45:00.002-06:00

This is developed by NASA and is very thorough.

http://virtual.itg.uiuc.edu/

Bugscope

2011-10-30T17:38:00.001-06:00

http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/

You can schedule a time for a class (or, I imagine, a homeschool group) to have your own specimens shown to you through the scanning electron microscope. Or check out the archive.

Oceanography activities

2011-10-30T01:06:00.001-06:00

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/main.html

Insect activities

2011-10-30T00:51:00.001-06:00

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/

Partner Activities for the book "Stellaluna"

2011-10-30T00:48:00.001-06:00

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/chavez/batquest/batquest.html

Fun Abecedary

2011-10-30T00:46:00.001-06:00

http://www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf

Virtual Cat Dissection

2011-10-29T21:35:00.001-06:00

Not for the faint of heart, but very very neat.

http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/

Kidwings: all about birds

2011-10-29T21:32:00.002-06:00

This is a very cool site. Bird skulls, feathers, calls, feet, and more.

http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm

Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection

2011-10-29T21:27:00.001-06:00

Very cool: http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm

Middle and High School Science Glossary (multilingual)

2011-10-29T21:23:00.000-06:00

Middle School: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/mlg/mlg.php?site=19

High School: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/mlg/mlg.php?site=20

Classic Lit .pdfs plus lessons

2011-10-29T05:39:00.002-06:00

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/literature_classic_09/hs/index.html

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/pdfs/literatureclassicsms/ms/index.html

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/pdfs/literatureclassicshs/hs/index.html

These three sites are middle school and high school level literature in .pdf format. This is actual classic literature, from poetry to complete Shakespeare plays. There are no complete novels, but there are chapters of novels.

The databases are searchable by title, author, genre, "big idea" (thematic unit), date, country, or grade level, and there are lesson materials available.

Entire Units on Classical Literature

2011-10-29T05:06:00.001-06:00

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/colorado/student/languageart/assets/index1_litlib.html

They are labeled "study guides," but these .pdfs are really entire units, complete with background, author notes, and worksheets.

Annotated Writing Samples (Guide to what your child should be doing)

2011-10-29T02:39:00.001-06:00

These are really helpful guides to what an average, above average, and below average piece of student writing looks like in different types of writing for grades 6-12.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/colorado/student/languageart/assets/indexann.html

Glossary of Math Terms

2011-10-29T02:00:00.001-06:00

http://www.glencoe.com/apps/eGlossary612/grade.php

For grades 6-12, plus a section just for formulas.

Math Review Help

2011-10-29T01:59:00.001-06:00

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/colorado/student/mathematics/assets/math_review.html

Math Problem of the Week

2011-10-29T01:56:00.001-06:00

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/colorado/student/mathematics/assets/pow.html

Scientific Articles Archive

2011-10-29T01:04:00.001-06:00

The explanation: http://royalsociety.org/news/Royal-Society-journal-archive-made-permanently-free-to-access/?f=1

and the archive: http://royalsocietypublishing.org/search

How to make a bracelet (or rope) out of plant fibers

2011-10-28T03:23:00.000-06:00

Make a solar cooker

2011-10-24T01:48:00.001-06:00

http://solarcooking.org/plans/Dublin_Ohio_class_project.pdf

or

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/build-a-solar-oven-project/a/1237/bhcd2/1262811159/

and recipes: http://www.hometrainingtools.com/images/art/SolarOvenRecipes.pdf

Free computer programming course

2011-10-22T03:20:00.001-06:00

http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercise/0

Free video sewing course

2011-10-21T20:28:00.001-06:00

From bobbin winding to slash pockets, this has videos that cover basic and advanced skills.

http://sewingvideos.byu.edu/

Unit on peanuts

2011-10-14T05:13:00.002-06:00

There is a lot of information here, plus some good science experiments.

http://www.innovativeclassroom.com/Downloads/ThematicUnits/Peanuts.pdf

Curriculum Bits Interactives

2011-10-14T00:13:00.001-06:00

Interactives on all topics. http://www.curriculumbits.com/resources/

Earth Systems Science Courses

2011-10-11T00:25:00.001-06:00

Very cool resources here.

http://essea.strategies.org/modules.php?action=list&sort=bytopic

Bake Trilobite cookies (seriously)

2011-10-11T00:18:00.001-06:00

http://www.georgehart.com/trilobites/trilobite.html

Earth Science Explorer Elevator

2011-10-11T00:12:00.002-06:00

Explore a virtual earth science museum

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/elevator.html

Exploring the Environment

2011-10-11T00:09:00.001-06:00

Lessons and activities, focusing on problem-based learning, on many topics in the environmental sciences.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/modules.html

Jefferson Labs

2011-10-10T22:00:00.001-06:00

I've posted a link or two to Jefferson Lab before, but it's been a long, long time, and they are worth looking at again.

My kids love the liquid nitrogen videos.

But they have so much more. Homework Help. Games and Puzzles. Video lectures.

TONS of fun stuff. Jefferson Lab is science, and focuses on chemistry and physical science.

Earth Science Interactives

2011-10-10T21:50:00.001-06:00

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/k4/k4modules.html

K-4

Great lesson on why leaves change color in the fall

2011-10-08T19:29:00.000-06:00

Written by a homeschooling mom with gifted children, this is an awesome lesson:

http://chastitywilson.blogspot.com/2011/10/autumn-homeschool-lesson-fall-leaves.html

and projects homeschoolers have done with fall leaves: http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/autumn-leaf-unit-study/

Kids Gardening--My First Garden

2011-10-08T05:14:00.001-06:00

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/firstgarden/index.cfm

Unit plans--many subject, many levels

2011-10-08T04:51:00.001-06:00

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/unitplan/Subject.asp

The Online Zoo

2011-10-07T22:03:00.001-06:00

http://www.theonlinezoo.com/

Great Science Interactives

2011-10-07T21:45:00.001-06:00

http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/index.html

Marine Habitats slide shows

2011-10-07T20:53:00.001-06:00

There are video clips, slide shows, photo galleries, and lots of good information on marine habitats, including various coastal zones, here: http://www.barwonbluff.com.au/barwon_index.htm

Cool microscopic photography

2011-10-07T19:34:00.002-06:00

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/10/nikon_small_world_photomicrogr.html

Free Open Courseware Writing classes

2011-10-06T23:39:00.001-06:00

http://education-portal.com/articles/10_Universities_Offering_Free_Writing_Courses_Online.html

Science Podcasts

2011-10-06T23:35:00.001-06:00

here: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/

and here: http://radio.seti.org/pages

Another Link Aggregator

2011-10-06T19:05:00.001-06:00

http://www.jennifererix.com/bookmarks/index.html

Novel Writing Courses, K-12--these are really good

2011-10-06T16:35:00.000-06:00

Workbooks:

http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/files/ywp/ywp_10_es_workbook_3rd_edition.pdf Elementary Level

http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/files/ywp/ywp_10_ms_workbook_3rd_edition.pdf Middle School Level

http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/files/ywp/ywp_10_hs_workbook_3rd_edition.pdf High School Level

And the Lesson Plans to go with them: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/lesson-plans

Math and Science interactives

2011-10-05T21:39:00.000-06:00

http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/index.aspx

Lots of good stuff here.

AP Environmental Science

2011-10-04T00:44:00.001-06:00

http://www.eoearth.org/article/AP_Environmental_Science_Online_Course

Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection

2011-10-02T05:00:00.001-06:00

Fascinating, but not for the faint of heart.

http://www.whitman.edu/content/virtualpig

Virtual Historically Significant Books

2011-10-01T06:21:00.000-06:00

This is one of the cooler resources I've found ever. You can actually look through virtual copies of many of the most historically significant books ever produced, including Mozart's notebook, Leonardo's notebook, Alice in Wonderland (the handwritten original copy), Mercator's atlas, the Lindisfarne Gospels, and many more.

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html#

VERY impressive site.

Forests Unit

2011-10-01T05:57:00.001-06:00

http://wupcenter.mtu.edu/education/Forest_Institute/Pregitzer_Finding_Out_About_Forests_2005.pdf

Newton's Apple Science Movies, lessons, and activities

2011-10-01T05:53:00.001-06:00

http://www.tpt.org/newtons/

There are fabulous resources here!

Complete Unit on Oceans

2011-10-01T03:40:00.001-06:00

http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/Education/IELessons/IELessons.html

PreK-2 Oceans Unit

2011-10-01T02:53:00.001-06:00

http://www.seaworld.org/just-for-teachers/guides/pdf/ocean-discovery-prek.pdf

Marine Education Resources and Lesson Plans

2011-10-01T02:46:00.001-06:00

http://web.vims.edu/bridge/?svr=www

Science behind our food Unit

2011-10-01T01:23:00.001-06:00

For grades 3-12

http://apps.caes.uga.edu/sbof/main/showLessonPlanByQcc.cfm?qcc=25&subject=Biology

K-3 All about plants unit

2011-10-01T01:16:00.001-06:00

http://www.saps.org.uk/primary/teaching-resources/539-plants-for-primary-pupils-booklets-overview

Pollinators Unit

2011-10-01T01:02:00.001-06:00

http://pollinator.org/nappc/PDFs/curriculum.pdf

Web Currents Weekly Online Lesson

2011-10-01T00:24:00.002-06:00

http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/index.htm

Really cool webquest-style lessons.

Agriculture and Environmental Science Lesson Plans

2011-10-01T00:01:00.001-06:00

http://www.khake.com/page81.html

Plant movies

2011-09-30T21:24:00.002-06:00

http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/ and http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/usbg/intro2.htm

These are fun time-lapse movies of seeds germinating, plants "sleeping", plants following the sunlight, plants growing, etc.

Each movie includes really good information about what is happening.

They require Quicktime.

Complete K-12 Curriculum

2011-09-30T18:46:00.001-06:00

This one takes a little more digging to actually reach the lessons--there is a lot of extra information that is not generally applicable to homeschoolers (gender equity in the classroom, for example).

But there are lesson and ideas for every subject and every level. The easiest way to access them is to click on "curriculum" in the side bar.

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/branches/curr/evergreen/index.shtml