This multi level hands on free home school lesson and unit study was designed to meet the needs of my family of seven home schooled children ages eight to fifteen. I limit textbook reading in our science studies to short passages and look for highly interactive exploratory ways to engage my kids in their science lessons. This study was centered around a text created to meet the National Science Education Standards with researched based learning strategies.
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TOPICS of DISCUSSION. Resources by Topic.
Example of Daily Lessons for my family are found here. Atmosphere
SECTION 1
Earth's Atmosphere multi media and interactive
Our YOUTUBE Playlist has more videos in order of the lessons presented here.
Polar Atmosphere The Northern Lights
Aurora Borealis Video The aurora can be seen best at this time, which is called magnetic midnight. In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the northern lights), named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Galileo in 1619. This BEAUTIFUL video is an inspiration for an art project we will be completing about the aurora borealis
Here's some more reading material from Window to the Universe The Air Around Us
Water Cycle
Water Cycle from Genesis God of Wonders Documentary Clouds function as earth's curtains, balancing the temperature. When they form, they block the sun when the temperature on earth becomes too hot, and they let the sunlight in when it becomes too cold. When the earth is hot, more water evaporates from the oceans and turns into clouds. These clouds reflect more energy and the earth cools. When the earth is cold, the clouds cool and condense into rain and snow. With fewer clouds, less energy is reflected. The energy reaches the earth and warms it. The earth has the most diverse collection of reflective surfaces in our solar system. Water is the most abundant chemical compound on earth. Water covers three fourths of the earth's surface. Between half to three fourths of your body is water. Water is ideal for carbon-based chemistry. Great resources for interactive notebooks and worksheets for Water Cycle from Excellence in Teaching Science
Atmospheric Pressure
Ozone Layer / Global Warming
Global warming from a christian perspective Answers in Genesis: This paper is not intended to answer all the questions on global warming. The primary objective is to offer a biblical framework for evaluating the major claims of global warming advocates and demonstrate that this framework is consistent with basic science.
Here is a portion video from Answers in Genesis to help answer questions and help reason through the claims . Another video produced by the BBC is Global Warming Swindle :CONCLUSIONS : There is no viable justification either biblically or scientifically for limiting the generation of CO2 or restricting logging of forests. In view of the great benefit of CO2 it is absolutely unnecessary to consider spending billions of dollars to restrict something that is extremely good for mankind and the earth. We cannot properly understand creation apart from God’s Word. Viewing global warming within a Bible-science perspective brings much needed clarity to this issue. Global Warming from Institution for Creation Research Several questions continue to nag researchers in the climate community. Is the globe really warming? Are the polar caps really melting? How much of the increase in carbon dioxide is due to man's influence? If man were to attempt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions would it actually do any good? And finally, are there any other possible explanations for the apparent global warming? These are not simple questions and it will require a much longer period of record to be confident in any conclusions. In order to answer the first two questions, massive amounts of global data must be averaged over a relatively long period of time. And because the effects of global warming are so small compared to the global average, great care must be taken to avoid bias in collection and analysis of the data. Many pitfalls in this process have already occurred which have produced a lack of confidence in the results. read more here Unit Study Resources for
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Classroom unit studies from science institutes and universities
I use a basic classroom science text as the base of all my unit studies. This year I am using an OLD 2002/2005 Glencoe Science book called the Air Around You. Its pre-common core and is used for grades 6th and up. I found it for $4 at Abebooks.com but there are free online copies available. (search google Air Around You pdf)
This isn't a dry textbook and chapter review unit study. I have provided links to interactive notebooking, youtube videos, computer animations, simulations and computer interactives. In addition I have provided art lessons that we used during various parts of our science study. I meet the challenge of teaching concepts to a variety of learning styles and ages using plenty of interactive resources.
This isn't a dry textbook and chapter review unit study. I have provided links to interactive notebooking, youtube videos, computer animations, simulations and computer interactives. In addition I have provided art lessons that we used during various parts of our science study. I meet the challenge of teaching concepts to a variety of learning styles and ages using plenty of interactive resources.
NASA Meteorology unit study
*I haven't used this just thought it was a good resource for further exploration
- Introduction and Chapter 1, +pdf
- Chapter 2: Weather and Climate, +pdf
- Chapter 3: Surface Color and Effect of Temperature Change, +pdf
- Chapter 4: Angle of Light Rays and Surface Distribution, +pdf
- Chapter 5: Barometer Basics, +pdf
- Chapter 6: Constructing a Barometer, pdf
- Chapter 7: Does Air Have Weight?, +pdf
- Chapter 8: Can You Show That the Temperature of Air Has an Effect on Its Weight and Its Direction of Vertical Movement?, +pdf
- Chapter 9: Are Cold Liquids More Dense Than Warm Liquids?, +pdf
- Chapter 10: Does Air Contain Water Vapor?, +pdf
- Chapter 11: A Sling Psychrometer and Relative Humidity, +pdf
- Chapter 12: How Clouds Form —Understanding the Basic Principles of Precipitation, +pdf
- Chapter 13: Tornado in a Box, +pdf
- Chapter 14: Design Challenge: What Factors Determine the Comfort Level of Air?, +pdf
- Chapter 15: Bringing More Meaning to Weather Predicting: the Weather Station and “Reading” the Sky Help Put It All Together, +pdf
- Chapter 16: Predicting Weather by Connecting the Basic Cloud Types With Information Collected from the Weather Station, +pdf
- Appendices, +pdf
- About the Authors , +pdf
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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