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Mushroom Science Printables

October 24, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Fall is here and mushrooms are starting to pop up all over the place!

One of our favorite Fall activities to to go on a mushroom hunt to see how many different kinds of mushrooms we can find on our property.

Obviously, I talk with my children about safe handling of wild mushroom

(i.e. DO NOT EAT, LET MOM PICK etc….)

Even then, I wear gloves and am very careful not to touch my eyes, nose, mouth etc…..I don’t know if this is really necessary, but I fell better doing it so that’s that.

Mushrooms make fantastic science specimens for children of all ages.

That’s why today I’ve released a set of eight different Mushroom science notebooking pages, worksheets, labeling charts, activity sheets and life cycle resources you can use to study mushrooms with your own children. If you don’t have access to mushrooms in your neighborhood you might consider going on a nature walk at the park, or even purchasing a mushroom from the grocery store. Additionally, there are lots of Mushroom Farm Kits you can find online if you wanted to extend this into a horticultural unit study as well.

Print Mushroom Science Worksheets from Here.

Find More Science Printables Here.

Apple Nomenclature Printables

September 27, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

I know so many of you are teaching your Autumn themes right now so these apple printables should fit in nicely with your units.

I made two different versions of these printables, one is black and white, and the other features each respective part colored in.

There are many ways to use these

Cut apart the picture from the name to make a matching game
Provide children with blank versions to color in
Staple together with a red construction paper cover to make a minibook

Print our Free parts of an apple nomenclature cards on our sister site here.

Parts of a Leaf Printables

September 17, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

It’s Fall.

Well, almost.

It sure feels like Fall here in Southern Oregon.

The rain is back, and the trees are starting to turn colors.

It’s been an much needed break from the 105 degree weather, and the smoky fire skies.

Fall is a great time to involve children with hands on science projects.

Today I have a fun set of printables you can use to study those beautiful Fall Leaves!

Parts of a Leaf Science Printables

This set includes a parts of a leaf chart and labeling worksheet, cut and paste activity page, coloring page & notebooking page. Plus you can even grab the clipart to design your own Fall leaf resources for your students.

Looking for more??

Find Fall Leaf Art Projects Here

Find Fall Leaf Printables Here

There are just so many changes going on in nature that children can really get excited about science discovery.

I’ve been featuring many hands on science projects and art projects on our Facebook page and Pinterest so be sure to follow along if you don’t already.

Parts of a Pumpkin Worksheets

September 7, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

I’ve had some extra time this week (gasp….I don’t know how) and I managed to add another set of Fall themed printables to HomeschoolClipart.com

This time I’ve got a collection of Pumpkin printables that would make a fantastic accompaniment to a Science lesson and pumpkin dissection!

The set includes a Coloring Page, Notebooking Page, Chart, Labeling Sheet and a Cut and Paste Activity. You can also grab the pumpkin clipart to use within your own teaching resources, just be sure to read the Terms of Use first!

Find more Pumpkin Printables Here

Find Pumpkin Games Here

Pumpkin Crafts & Printables

Pumpkin Bible Verse Cards Here

Parts of an Apple Printables

September 6, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

With Fall on the horizon I thought it would be a great time to start working on some Apple resources. Going apple picking has been a favorite activity for our family, and it provides wonderful opportunities for real life learning with some impromptu discussions.

Conversations at the apple farm stem from varieties of apples, tree grafting, cross pollination, bee populations, parts of an apple and so much more.

Today I drew up some simple worksheets and activities you can use with young children to learn the parts of an apple. There are charts, notebooking pages, coloring pages, labeling worksheets and even a cut and paste activity. Use these alongside a real apple that has been cross sectioned in half.

Parts of an Apple Printables are available free at our sister site HomeschoolClipart.com, where you can also download the apple clipart to make your own teaching resources!

Find Parts of a Flower Printables & Clipart

Find Parts of a Seed Printables & Clipart

Find Apple Printables and Games

Adam & Eve Bible Printables

Free Homeschool Science Printables

June 17, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

With the release of our latest eBook, I thought it might be helpful to post a round up of some of our most popular Homeschool Science Printables and resources!

Free Science Printables & Resources:

Free Scientific Method Printables
Free Periodic Table of Elements Chart
Free Anatomy Crafts
Free Science Clipart & Worksheets (Anatomy, Botany, Zoology, Astronomy, & Geology)
Preschool & Kindergarten Science Games
First Grade Science Learning Centers
Free Printable Life Cycle Sequencing Sets

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Periodic Table of the Elements Activity Pack

Sample Pages & Photos of Games & Resources

This activity pack includes the following resources:

Reproducible Charts:

Full Color Periodic Table Chart (8.5 x 11)
B&W Periodic Table Chart (8.5 x 11)
A3 Size Color Periodic Table Chart (11 x 17)
A3 Size BW Periodic Table Chart (11 x 17)

Printable Cards and Games:

Element Letter Tiles
Element Fact Cards
Element Boggle Gameboard
8 different Element Bingo Cards
8 Element Bingo Cards with Symbols Only

Worksheets:

Fill in the Blank Symbols Worksheet
Fill in the Name /Atomic Mass/Number Worksheet
Blank Periodic Table in Color
Blank Periodic Table in B&W
Symbol Stumper Worksheet

Periodic Table Printables

June 13, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

If you’ve been following me on facebook you know I’ve been working on this project for past couple of weeks. It’s taken HOURS upon HOURS but I’m finally ready to share this printable with you!

I created this Periodic Table Chart because I wanted something colorful and EASY to read after printing. For some reason everything I printed out online either came out blurry or the letters were too small for my old eyes to read….even with glasses.

So this chart is print friendly and FREE for a limited time!

Periodic Table of the Elements Activity Pack

I was so inspired by how this turned out, I went ahead and created a handful of games and resources that could be used alongside this colorful chart.

Here’s a sneak peek inside:

I’ve included a handful of reproducible charts:

Full Color Periodic Table Chart (8.5 x 11)
B&W Periodic Table Chart (8.5 x 11)
A3 Size Color Periodic Table Chart (11 x 17)
A3 Size BW Periodic Table Chart (11 x 17)

There are a few worksheets and Fill in Charts:

Fill in the Blank Symbols Worksheet
Fill in the Name /Atomic Mass/Number Worksheet
Blank Periodic Table in Color
Blank Periodic Table in B&W
Symbol Stumper Worksheet

And of course I made a variety of Cards and Games:

Element Letter Tiles
Element Fact Cards
Element Boggle Gameboard
8 different Element Bingo Cards
8 Element Bingo Cards with Symbols Only

One of my most favorite parts of this activity pack are the Element Tiles……all 118 of them!

They are just under 1″ square and can coordinate with the Bingo and Boggle games shown above but they can also be used to encourage students to make words:

Or you could creatively cut them into cute bookmarks

Or children could use them to reassemble the periodic table, or…….play I have who has…..or……

The possibilities are really endless with these once you start thinking creatively!

You can purchase Periodic Table of the Elements Activity Pack in our eStore for only $5.

I’ve priced it this low because I too have a homeschool budget and I know how hard it can be to squeeze eveything into it :)

In fact, most of the items in our eStore are $5 and under for this reason!

If you use our chart in your homeschool or classroom please let us know below! We love to hear from our visitors and how our resources are being put to use.

Scientific Method Printables

Use our printables to teach children the Scientific Method. You can print the chart and laminate it to hang in your classroom or cut out the strips for children to practice putting them in order. Great review for children learning to take the necessary steps when performing an experiment.

Suggested Resources:

SMART Start Science Pack

Teaching about the Scientific Method has never been so easy! With these full-color charts, handouts, and step-by-step journal pages this print & go Science Notebook can be used for any experiment. 31 pgs. Click Here

Scientific Method Chart

A printable chart you can hang in your classroom, or give to children to keep in their science notebooks. Additionally, you can cut an extra copy into sequencing strips to aid children in remembering the steps.

Scientific Method Worksheet

A simple step by step worksheet featuring the scientific method. This is great for review, or even beginning to explain the process to children.

Scientific Method Worksheets

I made these to use with my children as we learn to put the Scientific Method into action. This is a set of 6 steps, that will take children through the process of asking a question, forming a hypothesis, testing with variables, recording, interpreting and reporting information

Step 1: Ask a Question
Step 2: Research Topic
Step 3: State your Hypothesis
Step 4: Test your Hypothesis
Step 5: Analyze your Results
Step 6: Report Your Results

Looking for more?

Try our Smart Start Science Journal Pack for Kids

Pumpkin Preschool Printables

September 25, 2014 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Fall is a great time to provide children with some hands on learning fun!

Learning about pumpkins covers multiple science requirements and it’s easy to sneak in a little language and math as well.

Find Free Pumpkin Printables at PreschoolMom.com to build your thematic pumpkin unit study!

Find Christian Pumpkin Crafts at Christian Preschool Printables

Find Pumpkin Bible Verse Cards at Bible Story Printables

Find Pumpkin Learning Centers at File Folder Fun

Pumpkin & Gourds Photo Matching Game

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Apologia Fever Baby!

January 8, 2013 By Valerie Mcclintick 5 Comments

So over Christmas break we made a semi-BIG curriculum change.

We completely swapped out our science curriculum
(previously: Truth in Science) for Apologia Science.

Now, don’t get me wrong here,
I still love Truth in Science.
I am so very fond of the Christ centered worldview presented throughout the program.
There was really nothing wrong with the program.
We had lots of fun learning about animal classification,
plants and trees. But…

We just have been so taken with notebooking lately.
We found ourselves straying a bit from our Science lessons and
creating our own notebook adventures.

So, I finally made the call to switch over to Apologia Science
which has pre-bound notebooking elements available.

Oh Happy Day.

This is our very first Apologia product.
(can you believe that?)

And while I always find that I am in LOVE with every curriculum that I purchase
(at least for the first half of the year *snicker*)
I’m really thinking that Apologia is going to make it the Long Term at our house.

There is just no substitute for pre-planned daily lessons,

pre-bound spiral notebooks,

LAPBOOKING elements,

and multi-level accommodations.

And no, this is not a review for Apologia,
just sharing the excitement over a new addition to our classroom.

(Though if you’re looking for a great price on Apologia products,
do check out our sponsors, Hearts at Home Curriculum!
They offer 30% Apologia EVERYDAY!)

Anyway, I love that more and more curriculum publishers
are incorporating multi-level teaching options and notebooking supplements,
it makes it so much easier for us homeschool moms!

Isn’t it fun making mid-year changes?

Fungus….Ewwwwwe!

November 9, 2012 By Valerie Mcclintick 5 Comments

Even though we’re mid Fall,
recently I’ve been noticing lots of different colors pop up in the yard.

So today,
as crisp and cold as it was,
we donned our hats and gloves,
and headed outside for a small nature walk.

We brought cameras, a small rubbermaid bucket
and we quickly captured Fall life all around us.
They were all so pretty that we spent all our camera batteries just taking photgraphs!

Some Fall FUNgus for you:

You can imagine how excited the children were as they found each new specimen.

We immediately took off for the library and found this wonderful book
called, Mushrooms of North America and it was filled with beautiful photographs
and information about each different kind of mushroom.

Over the next week, we will be notebooking in our journals about the variety of fungus in our area.

How fun that we can just step outside and marvel at God’s creation.
So glad we got Math worked out so we can have some more days like today!

A Post about Poop. (Animal Poop)

June 20, 2012 By Valerie Mcclintick 6 Comments

So recently my oldest boy has become fascinated with poop.

Our mornings are spent hiking around the house looking for signs of the previous nights visitors.

We take photos and document what we find.

It’s like CSI for animal poop.

Sometimes we recognize right away what we’re dealing with.
But most times we take photos, load them up to the CPU and
spend our afternoons comparing photos of animal scat.

We even picked up this handy book at a recent homeschool curriculum sale.

We’re starting to think we’re experts.

However. We’ve found a couple that have stumped us.
(read: we disagree upon)

And since everyone was so helpful in identifying
the crazy bug we found last month we are reaching out for some scat identification help.

So can you help?

Background information: We live in a forested area in Southern Oregon.
Lots and lots of forest, lots of deer and a few turkey. We don’t have cats or dogs (yet) but it’s possible we had stray visitors from neighbors down the way.

Scat #1
Found in our yard this morning.
Some whitish type fur or something too.
Pictured slightly smaller then real life.
(guess: I’m pretty sure this is a stray cat, but the boy says coyote.)

Scat #2
Found in more woodsy area near our house.
Shown at about half size.
Absolutely NO SMELL.
Please don’t ask how I know this
(guess: large dog? smushy deer? usually we see the pile of pellets….hmmmm.)

Scat #3
Found practically on our back porch railing. Close to actual size.
(guess: bird family?)

So there you have it folks.

A post about poop.

What do you think?

In which I spill my Dirt….

June 4, 2012 By Valerie Mcclintick 5 Comments

Literally.

I am spilling dirt everywhere.

Or…more accurately: Future dirt.

Cause it’s not really dirt yet.

It’s grass.

And leaves.

And some of this stuff.
(cause I’m just a beginner)

And water.

Good dirt takes time.

So we’ll wait

Please pray that I don’t end up with the smelly horse sludge!

Do you compost? Got any tips -or- Smelly horse sludge stories?

Science Printables: The Eye!

November 12, 2011 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

Last week we wrapped up our unit on the Human Eye,
so today I’ve got some fun printables and ideas to share with you.

If you’ve been following along we’ve already covered The Brain and Skin
in our eariler posts, and everything is linked up on our main site here.

For our main text we are using this Children’s Human Body Encyclopedia,

And for this specific unit we used The Human Body Book from Scholastic.

Here are some of the finished projects:

Human Eye Lift the Flap Diagram

Pupil Response Chart

Raised Glue Pictures

And of course I made a few printables including:

Optical Illusion Cards

Tricks of the Eye Printables

After Images Notebooking Pages

and more!

Visit our main site for all download links and more ideas!

Stay tuned for our next Science Unit,
I’ve yet to decide what we’ll be doing so it’ll have to be a surprise!

Science Activities: The Brain!!

October 9, 2011 By Valerie Mcclintick 6 Comments

We’re continuing on with our Human Anatomy science lessons.
If you haven’t already seen our activities for SKIN you can check out this post here.

These past couple of weeks we’ve been learning about THE BRAIN!

We made these amazing brain hats from EllenjMcHenry.com

We made our own brain puzzle to learn about the different lobes of the brain.

We made our own Electric Neurons

And I made the kids an Egg Carton Spinal Cord to use as a visual,
As well as a variety of printable games and activities and charts:

I even ordered a Brain Mold so we can make our own Jello brain!!

How fun will that be!

As usual I’ve posted all the files and photo tutorials for these activities on our main site,
You can find all our Brain/Nervous System crafts here.

And if you want to follow along with our Human Anatomy studies,
I’ll be posting links to each unit from this main page here.

UP Next: The EYE!!!

Pssst: Did you see that Maureen from Spell Outloud is also teaching on Human Anatomy…..Lots of amazing science resources over there too, be sure to follow along!

Scientific Method Printables

August 11, 2011 By Valerie Mcclintick 10 Comments

I’ve been meaning to make these for a while now.
Tonight I finally scratched the itch
and whipped them up…Just in time for the school year!

scientific method printables

I plan on using these with Sissy (Gr.3) and Bubba (Gr.1)
in hopes that they will learn the necessary steps to
execute a “Scientific” science experiment.

I haven’t yet decided on the different projects we’ll do
next year….maybe these will inspire my children to come
up with their own Hypotheses and interesting ways to test them!

Here’s what’s included:

Printable Scientific Method’s Chart
(Or sequencing strips)

Printable Scientific Method Worksheet

6 Printable Scientific Method Experiment Sheets
These are very child friendly and take children through the six steps, from forming the question to the final report.

You can download these all free in our Homeschool Printables page!

And what about you?
How do you work science experiments into your classroom?

Got any good projects planned for the year?