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Free Elementary Science Curriculum

January 15, 2017 by Imaan No Comments

Revisiting some of these links now that Peep is doing some book learning.

Free online Science stuff for smallies:

  • The Lab of Mr Q – From Scott McQuerry who said, “If it stinks, it’s chemistry. If it’s slimy, it’s biology. And if it doesn’t work, it’s physics”, you can download the entire Elementary Life Science Book for FREE! It includes a teacher’s manual (about 400 pages or so!) and student textbook with experiments, worksheets, tests and answer keys (another 400 pages or so!).
  • Adventures in Chemistry … lots of fun stuff to learn, like “What do braces and satellites have in common?” … Cool experiments and resources for teachers too.
  • Inquiry In Action – resources to help you teach physical science and chemistry concepts. Download their 470-page book for free here.
  • Chemical Educational Foundation – CEF is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting youth science education, has developed a K-8 science curriculum supplement called the You Be The Chemist® Activity Guides. There are 2 manuals – one for K-4 and one for 5-8. Over a thousand pages of geeky goodness… Very cool, no?
  • Magic School Bus Science in 180 Days – You will need access to the Magic School bus episodes. This guide is a gem – it has LIVING book recommendations to supplement your Sciencey days! Woo-hoo!
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Free Middle School Science Curriculum

by Imaan No Comments

Bear… your torture begins! *evil grin*

Free online Science resources for tweens

  • Rader’s Biology4Kids … Chemistry4Kids … Physics4Kids … AND Cosmos4Kids. Phew! That’s a lot! ;)
  • CK-12 Life Science for Middle School – a whopping 1,143 page digital book… get it delivered for free to your Kindle from Amazon! It is mucho gorgeous.
  • CK-12 Earth Science for Middle School … I had sworn to minimize screen time but what do you do when you have 908 fabulous pages like this? A free Kindle book… go, get it. Now.
  • Middle School Chemistry – developed and written by Jim Kessler, Patti Galvan, and Adam M. Boyd at the American Chemical Society. I so want to be a geek!
  • SciGirls Connect! and check out their PBS site here.
  • I.Science.Mate – Integrating Science, Math & Technology
  • How Stuff Works
  • How The Body Works
  • The Vega Science Trust Videos
  • Outstanding Science Trade Books… OK, not exactly free, but it is a great reference for those who love using living books
  • The Physics Classroom … an online, free to use physics website developed primarily for beginning physics students and their teachers. I think I need this…
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Free High School Science Curriculum

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Marz … you have your work cut out for you… bwahahahaha! ;)

Biology

  • Rader’s Biology4Kids … a very nice start to cover the basics of Biology. The site has information on cell structure, cell function, scientific studies, plants, vertebrates, invertebrates, and other life science topics. (Check out the full list of their bio core topics here.)
  • High School Biology @ Khan Academy … get started on the prep page and move on to AP Biology too!
  • Fuse School … I think it is a work in progress, but it has lots of resources and is very very promising with videos and all sorts of info for everything you learn at school!
  • The Biology Corner
  • MIT OpenCourseware Biology courses… It’s MIT, yo! Are you suitable impressed? I am ;)
  • Wikiversity’s High School Biology … lots more resources here
  • Interactive Biology – high school biology lecture videos. There are also Physiology and Anatomy videos.
  • Learner’s TV … High School Biology Video Lectures, Video Courses, Science Animations, Lecture Notes, Online Test, Lecture Presentations. Absolutely FREE. More here.
  • ALISON – Free online Biology course … ALISON hosts over 750 courses with a wide range of subject categories.

Chemistry

  • Rader’s Chemistry4Kids … good introduction to Chemistry… Rader’s has information on matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry.
  • Khan Academy’s Chemistry Page … Check out the prep page to get started and also move on to AP Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
  • Fuse School’s Chemistry… videos and notes, people! Check them out!
  • Learners TV Chemistry Video Lectures
  • ALISON – free Chemistry course … a wealth of courses – something for everyone!
  • MIT’s OpenCourseWare Chemistry Courses

Physics

  • Rader’s Physics4Kids … with information on motion, heat and thermodynamics, electricity & magnetism, light, and modern physics topics. If you are interested in Astronomy, check out Cosmos4Kids.
  • Khan Academy’s Physics Course … get started here
  • Learners TV free Physics video lectures
  • MIT’s OpenCourseWare Physics Courses
  • ALISON – free Physics course … and with Engineering courses here.
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Homeschool for Free

July 24, 2011 by Imaan 9 Comments

My kids and I have been blessed with really wonderful homeschooling resources, alhamdulillah. My husband has always been supportive and hardly ever questions my purchases. *grin* A fellow homeschooler in Singapore also ran an online store and ordered all sorts of books and curricula which helped me save on what would have been exorbitant shipping charges. Best of all, I live close to a library in Singapore and in Pakistan, am able to find loads of books going for a song at the second-hand bookstores.

I’ve often wondered what would happen if I weren’t able to afford books and curriculum packages. It’s made me a bit of a hoarder, I admit! Everytime I find study materials or curricula for free, I download and save… just in case! I still prefer to have my books on hand – it is so much more convenient than having to research, save, print and bind material myself, but it is good to know that it IS possible to homeschool for free if one is strapped for cash.

So here’s my list of free resources:

FULL CURRICULUM SITES

  • Preschool by Stormie
  • Umm Maimoonah’s Islamic Preschool Curriculum
  • Lesson Pathways, Grades K-5
  • CK-12 Foundation’s Flexbooks – free digital textbooks for Grades K-12
  • Head of the Class – Grades K-5

ENGLISH

  • Progressive Phonics
  • Word Mastery
  • Starfall
  • Reading A to Z – OK, this is not exactly for free but when they had an open house and made their materials free, I downloaded them all so I got a good reading programme for my younger daughter for free! (NEVER underestimate a cheapskate mom LOL!)
  • Houghton-Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary, Grades 1 to 6
  • Home Spelling Practice and Spelling Worksheets (Grades K-8)
  • Grammarland with worksheets from Jessica Cain
  • Daily Grammar

MATH

  • First Lessons in Arithmetic
  • CIMT’s Mathematics Enhancement Programme (Reception to Secondary level)
  • Comprehensive School Mathematics Program Preservation Project (K to 6)
  • Dad’s Worksheets
  • Khan Academy

SCIENCE

  • Life Science Curriculum by The Lab of Mr Q – free textbook and teacher’s manual for 36-week programme
  • Islamic Earth Science Curriculum by River City Homeschoolers
  • Six-Week Summer Session Nature Study by River City Homeschoolers
  • MSNucleus – K-12
  • FOSSWeb – K-Middle School
  • JASON
  • Pearson – Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Life, Earth, and Physical Science
  • Chem4Kids
  • Biology4Kids
  • Cosmos4Kids
  • Physics4Kids
  • Khan Academy

ARABIC

  • Arabic Studies Course by Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University
  • Palestinian School Textbooks
  • Madinah Arabic Programme
  • Arabic Study Circle
  • Teaching Arabic for non-Arabic Speakers
  • Arabic Comes First
  • Digital Hamza – learn to read Arabic
  • Printable Arabic Learning Materials by Umm Sadiqah wa Asma

GEOGRAPHY

  • Home Geography by CC Long
  • Elementary Geography by Charlotte Mason
  • RADER’S Geography 4 Kids

HISTORY

  • School History
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