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!

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…

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.

OK fans and friends – and there are what… all of 2 of you? :P – here is another homeschooling freebie I dug out of the WWW.

FOSS (Full Option Science System) is a research-based science curriculum for grades K-8 developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley. It is also an ongoing research project dedicated to improving the learning and teaching of science.

The FOSS project began over 20 years ago during a time of growing concern that our nation was not providing young students with an adequate science education. The FOSS program materials are designed to meet the challenge of providing meaningful science education for all students in diverse American classrooms and to prepare them for life in the 21st century. Development of the FOSS program was, and continues to be, guided by advances in the understanding of how youngsters think and learn.

There are interactive activities for kids and teacher resources for grades K-2, grades 3-6 and middle school. There is also a Science Notebook Folio with suggestions for getting started with notebooks plus ideas for deepening student understanding through the use of science notebooks.

I have absolutely no business looking at more home-ed materials, free or otherwise, when I have my books threatening a coup d’etat to expel me out of hearth and home, but I have a tough time trying to determine if you can have enough of a good thing :)