This is a great way for home education programs to provide state of the art science classes for students.
Science Take-Out is proud to introduce 2 new kits and a new Variety Pack:
pH Testing - Students create their own pH color scales and test the pH of several common liquids.
Pollution Investigation - Students investigate the cause of runoff water pollution and learn about the environmental health effects of pollutants.
Science Take-Out Variety Pack - Get 11 different Science Take-Out kits and save $12!
Here is what students are saying about Science Take-Out kits!
You have everything you need right in front of you and it gave you step by step things to do.
It made me feel like a real scientist, and it also made me think I had a job to do.
I like it because we had all the materials.
It was easy to understand by the step-by-step process.
I like how it's hands on and I like hands on activities.
The lab had everything you need in the bag.
It's a very good learning experiment. I think it helps me learn.
It makes me feel like a scientist. The directions were easy to follow.
We get experience in labs and keeping organized.
It's fun to act like a scientist.
It was very helpful because you didn't have to worry about not having enough of something.
It is easy for me to find everything.
It makes me feel smart.
I like the lab because it came with all the materials with labels. I wasn't confused on what stuff was.
It is fun. You get to do all the work and be smart.
I liked not having to hear orders barked at me.
Science Take-Out at NSTA:
Our collaborators from the University of Rochester's Life Sciences Learning Center will be presenting two workshops at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) convention in New Orleans:
Science Take-Out: Kidney Function (Friday, March 20, 11:00-12:00 noon, JW Marriot New Orleans) - Experience two Science Take-Out kits, Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Function. Take home a sample kit and information on other Science Take-Out kits.
Molecular Evolution of Cholera (Saturday, March 21, 9:30-10:30 AM, JW Marriot New Orleans) - Experience a brand new Science Take-Out kit being created in collaboration with the University of Rochester. This real-life medical mystery explores the emergence of a new epidemic-causing strain of Vibrio cholerae.
Visit Science Take-Out online at www.sciencetakeout.com to see our entire selection of kits.
For more information about Science Take-Out kits, contact us any time at contact@sciencetakeout.com or call us at (585)764-5400
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Home schoolers swarm to defend education
As seen on www.onenewsnow.com:
A home school defense attorney is warning New Hampshire home schoolers about a piece of legislation being debated in The Granite State.
Mike Donnelly of the Home School Legal Defense Association is warning New Hampshire homeschoolers of HB 367. If passed, the bill would require home schoolers to double the amount of reporting currently required and would allow a school superintendant or principal to determine if the home school program should continue or be terminated.
The legislation has angered many home schoolers who showed up in record numbers when the bill was being debated in Concord. "There were about a thousand home schoolers there. It was a record-breaking crowd, never been that many home schoolers," Donnelly notes. "In fact some of the people at the state house said that they've never seen such a large crowd inside ever."
Donnelly says he and about 100 home schoolers were able to give testimony. "Well if it passed, this would become one of the most restrictive [home school] laws in the country," he adds.
He states New Hampshire's situation is in stark contrast to the trend in other parts of the country where states are reducing the regulations placed on home schoolers. Donnelly says that the legislation will come up for a vote in early- to mid-March.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=431394
A home school defense attorney is warning New Hampshire home schoolers about a piece of legislation being debated in The Granite State.
Mike Donnelly of the Home School Legal Defense Association is warning New Hampshire homeschoolers of HB 367. If passed, the bill would require home schoolers to double the amount of reporting currently required and would allow a school superintendant or principal to determine if the home school program should continue or be terminated.
The legislation has angered many home schoolers who showed up in record numbers when the bill was being debated in Concord. "There were about a thousand home schoolers there. It was a record-breaking crowd, never been that many home schoolers," Donnelly notes. "In fact some of the people at the state house said that they've never seen such a large crowd inside ever."
Donnelly says he and about 100 home schoolers were able to give testimony. "Well if it passed, this would become one of the most restrictive [home school] laws in the country," he adds.
He states New Hampshire's situation is in stark contrast to the trend in other parts of the country where states are reducing the regulations placed on home schoolers. Donnelly says that the legislation will come up for a vote in early- to mid-March.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=431394
Guides for Homeschool Leaders
Homeschool Leader: Homeschoolers Guide (a small company for homeschoolers run by homeschoolers) publishes 3 FREE guides for homeschoolers: a field trip guide, a college guide, and a curriculum guide. The guides are distributed free to homeschool group leaders. You can visit our website at www.homeschoolersguides.com to get more information about us and our guides. We send hard copies of the guide to Support Group Leaders for their groups. All of our guides are downloadable for free on our website. Your members can download their own copy of any or all of the guides. The 2009 Guides will be coming out shortly. We have just recently begun distribution of our guides in your area.
If you would like to receive free copies of these guides for your group, please email a mailing address to homeschoolersguides@yahoo.com and we will get them out to you. The Field Trip and Pocket Homeschool Fair (curriculum guide) come out twice a year and the College Guide comes out annually..
If you would like to receive free copies of these guides for your group, please email a mailing address to homeschoolersguides@yahoo.com and we will get them out to you. The Field Trip and Pocket Homeschool Fair (curriculum guide) come out twice a year and the College Guide comes out annually..
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Census Takers Needed
The 2010 Census – A Great Way to Earn Extra Money
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting temporary part-time census takers for the 2010 Census. The pay is good, the hours are flexible, and the work is close to home.
Census taker jobs are excellent for home school parents, retirees, college students, persons who want to work part-time, persons who are between jobs, or just about anyone who wants to earn extra money while performing an important service for their community.
Go to http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/index.php to apply.
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting temporary part-time census takers for the 2010 Census. The pay is good, the hours are flexible, and the work is close to home.
Census taker jobs are excellent for home school parents, retirees, college students, persons who want to work part-time, persons who are between jobs, or just about anyone who wants to earn extra money while performing an important service for their community.
Go to http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/index.php to apply.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Creative Writing Course
CREATIVE WRITING
As beautiful as a garden in bloom
is the ability to write well!!
Do you have a budding writer or story teller?
Would you like to see your student's writing ability grow and blossom?
This course gently takes students by the hand and guides them through the creative writing process.
Through a step-by-step approach, students learn to write complete stories with descriptions of characters and scenery as well as dialog.
A professional TEACH-A-SCRIPT is also available with this course.
Go to www.thefathersbooks.com for details
As beautiful as a garden in bloom
is the ability to write well!!
Do you have a budding writer or story teller?
Would you like to see your student's writing ability grow and blossom?
This course gently takes students by the hand and guides them through the creative writing process.
Through a step-by-step approach, students learn to write complete stories with descriptions of characters and scenery as well as dialog.
A professional TEACH-A-SCRIPT is also available with this course.
Go to www.thefathersbooks.com for details
Empowered Parent/Camp Consequence
My name is Gene Dickinson. I recently retired from the public education system after more than 30 years of service. I worked as a teacher, coach and administrator with 15 of those years in a charter school, inner city schools and alternative schools. I have seen first-hand how the arrogance of our youth is directly proportional to the lack of knowing negative consequences.
I know the diverse problems in the classroom that divert time and energy from genuine instruction. I have seen how juvenile crime, truancy, curfew violators, and the lack of parent accountability cost our state vast amounts of money every day. I have joined an organization that can help parents and schools. This organization is Empowered Parent/ Camp Consequence®. We have been serving families in the Jacksonville area for eight years with a faith-based approach.
I would like for you to take a few minutes to look at this short video. It shows some of the many parent successes and what the Department of Juvenile Justice, Sheriff’s Office and our State Attorney have to say about this program. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcOgGcK80rQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PwK0J7Nvoo
Now, please go to our web site; http://www.ihelpparents.com.
We have not asked the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Sheriff, or the State Attorney to endorse our program. They simply tell parents about a program called Empowered Parent/Camp Consequence® and suggest parents take a look at it. Then it is left up to the parent. These informed professionals don't attempt to convince or sell anyone this program. We ask that the parent be informed of our web site address, www.ihelpparents.com and leave it alone.
I will email you in a few days to see what you think of the program. Feel free to contact us via the web site information. Some schools and agencies are adding our link to their home web site; please feel free to do so.
Sincerely,
Gene Dickinson
Director of Development
Empowered Parent Program
Camp Consequence®
I know the diverse problems in the classroom that divert time and energy from genuine instruction. I have seen how juvenile crime, truancy, curfew violators, and the lack of parent accountability cost our state vast amounts of money every day. I have joined an organization that can help parents and schools. This organization is Empowered Parent/ Camp Consequence®. We have been serving families in the Jacksonville area for eight years with a faith-based approach.
I would like for you to take a few minutes to look at this short video. It shows some of the many parent successes and what the Department of Juvenile Justice, Sheriff’s Office and our State Attorney have to say about this program. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcOgGcK80rQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PwK0J7Nvoo
Now, please go to our web site; http://www.ihelpparents.com.
We have not asked the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Sheriff, or the State Attorney to endorse our program. They simply tell parents about a program called Empowered Parent/Camp Consequence® and suggest parents take a look at it. Then it is left up to the parent. These informed professionals don't attempt to convince or sell anyone this program. We ask that the parent be informed of our web site address, www.ihelpparents.com and leave it alone.
I will email you in a few days to see what you think of the program. Feel free to contact us via the web site information. Some schools and agencies are adding our link to their home web site; please feel free to do so.
Sincerely,
Gene Dickinson
Director of Development
Empowered Parent Program
Camp Consequence®
Learn a Language; Speak a Culture
The ALDEA Language Training program through Blue Mountain Travel Company® provides independent study classes in which the tutor determines the curriculum, provides a wealth of experience, and serves as an outside resource through email while the students guide themselves through study and evaluation process. Each class meets with the tutor in a live or recorded session via the Internet for 90 minutes each session.
Gather Place internet conferencing technology has made it possible for each student to take live or recorded on-line courses from their home or office. The interactive class sessions use audio, text chat, video, slide show presentations, and a whiteboard to enhance the students' educational experience. Such classes offer an adult learner the chance to learn a language interactively from their own desktop and the home educated student a wonderful opportunity for peripheral language coaching.
Features
A reasonably priced program
Connect using dial-up, DSL, or broadband Software
Online tests and exams
Track your own progress online
Helpful instructor feedback
Receive a certificate of completion (with letter grade for homeschoolers)
Easy pay through PayPal or by calling ALDEA
Parent/Guardian evaluation with online grading website
BELOW IS A LIST OF CLASSES AND A BRIEF HOW-WOULD-THIS-HELP-ME DESCRIPTION.
Available Live-Feed Classes: These programs have specific dates and times of meeting. Please peruse the schedule link for the calendar.
Adult Conversational Spanish -- This class is good for folks who realize through their job or what-not that they'd better brush up if they want to communicate!
Spanish Level 3 -- This is a good class for homeschoolers, military families, or missionary families who would like to access further resources in upper level Spanish language training. Focus: grammar, conversation, upper-level reading, integrated vocabulary
Spanish Level 4 (Literature & Translation) -- Must have Spanish 3 or the equivalent and must pass the placement test to enroll (only one test per student allowed). Focus: literature and translation (instructor assisted evaluations)
World Religions -- Good for people who want to take into account his or her worldview and religious frame of reference in studying the worlds most prominent religions.
Available Recorded Classes: These programs can begin at any point during the calendar year and are available 24/7. The student may access them at their leisure. The last two are excellent classes for homeschoolers, military families, or missionary families who would like a resource to follow by independent study. These will be available on 30SEP2008.
Travel Spanish for the 11th Hour -- This is a six week class designed to assist those who may be traveling to a Spanish-speaking country and would like to have a quick immersion course so they can, at the very least, find the bathrooms.
Spanish Level 2 -- Recorded class following the curriculum above. Spanish 1 equivalent & placement test required. Focus: grammar, conversation, introduction to reading
Spanish Level 3 -- Recorded class following the curriculum above. Spanish 2 equivalent & placement test required. Focus: grammar, conversation, upper-level reading, integrated vocabulary
http://www.bluemountaintravelcompany.com/ALDEA%20Online/online_academy_html/index.htm
Gather Place internet conferencing technology has made it possible for each student to take live or recorded on-line courses from their home or office. The interactive class sessions use audio, text chat, video, slide show presentations, and a whiteboard to enhance the students' educational experience. Such classes offer an adult learner the chance to learn a language interactively from their own desktop and the home educated student a wonderful opportunity for peripheral language coaching.
Features
A reasonably priced program
Connect using dial-up, DSL, or broadband Software
Online tests and exams
Track your own progress online
Helpful instructor feedback
Receive a certificate of completion (with letter grade for homeschoolers)
Easy pay through PayPal or by calling ALDEA
Parent/Guardian evaluation with online grading website
BELOW IS A LIST OF CLASSES AND A BRIEF HOW-WOULD-THIS-HELP-ME DESCRIPTION.
Available Live-Feed Classes: These programs have specific dates and times of meeting. Please peruse the schedule link for the calendar.
Adult Conversational Spanish -- This class is good for folks who realize through their job or what-not that they'd better brush up if they want to communicate!
Spanish Level 3 -- This is a good class for homeschoolers, military families, or missionary families who would like to access further resources in upper level Spanish language training. Focus: grammar, conversation, upper-level reading, integrated vocabulary
Spanish Level 4 (Literature & Translation) -- Must have Spanish 3 or the equivalent and must pass the placement test to enroll (only one test per student allowed). Focus: literature and translation (instructor assisted evaluations)
World Religions -- Good for people who want to take into account his or her worldview and religious frame of reference in studying the worlds most prominent religions.
Available Recorded Classes: These programs can begin at any point during the calendar year and are available 24/7. The student may access them at their leisure. The last two are excellent classes for homeschoolers, military families, or missionary families who would like a resource to follow by independent study. These will be available on 30SEP2008.
Travel Spanish for the 11th Hour -- This is a six week class designed to assist those who may be traveling to a Spanish-speaking country and would like to have a quick immersion course so they can, at the very least, find the bathrooms.
Spanish Level 2 -- Recorded class following the curriculum above. Spanish 1 equivalent & placement test required. Focus: grammar, conversation, introduction to reading
Spanish Level 3 -- Recorded class following the curriculum above. Spanish 2 equivalent & placement test required. Focus: grammar, conversation, upper-level reading, integrated vocabulary
http://www.bluemountaintravelcompany.com/ALDEA%20Online/online_academy_html/index.htm
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