I was with my nephew this past weekend; I haven’t seen him in ages! He just graduated from high school and will be attending college in the fall. He doesn’t know what he wants to study, or what he wants to major in. Some people think these are the same thing. It got me thinking […]

How Did Sir Isaac Newton Study Science? This will be the first of several articles coming out throughout the year on how well-known scientists studied science. How many of them there will be is still to be determined! Did they learn scientific principles through lectures? Through textbooks? How? Would we learn better this way also? […]

Workshops at conventions! Seems like it’s the perfect place to learn lots of new information to help you get prepared. They are that and so much more. They CAN also be (if you choose to allow them) guilt inspiring and overwhelming, speaking from experience! First off, there are two types of workshops. One type is […]

We are coming to the end of the school year, and you may be looking ahead to a Homeschool Conference/Book Fair.  It could be exciting, fun, but also overwhelming!  For those who haven’t been to a conference/book fair, I would like to give you a “head’s up” about a few things, to prepare you for […]

Every so often I get recommendations for “good” websites. I have hesitated to recommend any because I feared I would add stress to Science for High School Manual users in the event that the website becomes obsolete, or worse, “disappears”. Also, I would hate to undermine the research aspect by handing over “where to find […]

Most parents cringe when they hear their child say, “I’m bored”. I know I did! What I heard was they wanted me to entertain him/her! One would think with all the high-tech gadgets, games, and programs online, offline, inline that being bored would not be possible. But I do know that it does happen. They […]

The most frequent question that every homeschooled parent gets at least once at any adult gathering, after they discover that you homeschool your child/children, is something like, “aren’t you concerned that your child will not get enough socialization?” When I was posed this question, I would just smile at them before promising them that my […]

What to do when you realize the curriculum that you bought is just not working for your student… Sigh in anguish, tear your clothes in frustration to think of all that money you spent on it! It would be so tempting to “make it work”, to force your student to press on and slug it […]

Do you remember having to write research papers? What feelings does the idea of writing one conjure up today? Dread? Stress? Uncertainty? Fear? Now that we home school, we need to encourage our high schoolers to write at least one research paper. Let’s not give those feelings to our children! When I assign scientific research […]

When a student has been used to the traditional textbook approach of learning a particular subject, changing to a research-based curriculum requires a bit of an adjustment. Traditionally, the student reads material from the selected textbook, answers the questions at the end of the chapter, and then has a test. In a research-based approach, there […]