Nan in Mass
03-19-2009, 09:11 AM
Can we start a thread about real science resources? I'm gathering ideas for my son's high school. I'll probably dump him into CC classes for science, but I need ideas for science/engineering projects. The recent thread about testing helped me to see that if we're not going to go the testing route, we really, really have to properly do the project route.
(That means I have to find a way to free up the time, which since we're doing two languages AND peacewalking AND great books AND gymnastics AND putting family first which means sending him to help his grandfather an afternoon a week AND trying to do math well which takes us forever and forever is going to be a large problem. Guess this is my own how-do-I-make-it-all-fit wail.)
Some things that have been mentioned here before:
Backyard Ballistics
(Has anyone seen this? How much physics is included?)
Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments
(Thread discussing it http://forums.homechemlab.com/ )
Lego Robotix
Make magazine and kits
Ham radio license
And what was that tracking program someone used for biology?
-Nan
(That means I have to find a way to free up the time, which since we're doing two languages AND peacewalking AND great books AND gymnastics AND putting family first which means sending him to help his grandfather an afternoon a week AND trying to do math well which takes us forever and forever is going to be a large problem. Guess this is my own how-do-I-make-it-all-fit wail.)
Some things that have been mentioned here before:
Backyard Ballistics
(Has anyone seen this? How much physics is included?)
Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments
(Thread discussing it http://forums.homechemlab.com/ )
Lego Robotix
Make magazine and kits
Ham radio license
And what was that tracking program someone used for biology?
-Nan