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I'm going to show you how to create a homeschool zoology unit without a curriculum. And I have more ideas about animals on my page Rain Forest – Animals of the Amazon.
My ZOO Box, created by a homeschool kid with a love for wildlife, delivers monthly zoology-themed boxes packed with hands-on activities and educational fun, inspiring kids to discover the wonders of the animal kingdom.
Check out all these free Land Animals worksheets that go perfectly with the lessons in Apologia Zoology 3.
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Free Bird Unit Study and Lapbook And Fun Edible Bird Nests. You’ll love this free bird unit study and dynamic bird lapbook. Be sure to grab my other lapbook ideas on my page.
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This free zoology notebook journal will help you explore a whole unit of studying animals with your homeschool.
Learn about the different animal habitats on Earth with this animal homes unit study! This lesson includes books, crafts, videos, and more for kids!
We spent some time looking at rock samples with our magnifying glass, the perfect tool for any little scientist interested in rocks.
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? Learn all about WHALES in this fun ocean animals for kids lesson for all ages! Includes whale worksheets, interesting facts, experiments, and printables!
If you are planning to use Apologia Zoology, these free worksheets by lesson will help you learn all about flying creatures.
An in depth dinosaur unit study for budding paleontologists. Learn all about the world of the dinosaurs through books, movies, and activities.
Review of Living Book Science Curriculum called the Sassafras Science Adventures. Fun Zoology and Anatomy Curriculum for Elementary Aged Kids.
In this desert unit study, your child will learn how deserts are alive with activity. And if a desert has a unique combination of factors like rain and temperature, it can showcase the most splendid spectacle of color for wildflowers that would rival any fall display. A desert unit study is a fascinating topic to …
This blog post may contain affiliate links. Please see disclaimer for more information. Homeschooling gives you the ultimate freedom to chose and adapt what your children learn, how they learn it and when! This month we decided to follow the interests of my youngest son (4 years-old), and learn more about snails! We found some fantastic
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Emily has loved animals for as long as I can remember. She has always had a strong desire to work with animals when she is older. So, when she requested (more like begged) for a veterinarian unit study I happily obliged. I got to work and planned a month long unit study that would consist...
PRIMARY SCIENCE UNIT 2 - MAMMALS The second unit in my primary science series is finally here! We are so excited to learn all about mammals. We had so much fun in Unit 1 - learning all about the human body and our five senses , and now we are moving on to our next science unit. My stud
Unit studies are popular with homeschooling families because they provide a hands-on, in-depth approach to learning about any topic of choice. This is a great way to provide individualized instruction for your students, allowing them explore the 'topic-du-jour,' and instills a love of learning! It might seem daunting at first, but anyone is capable of creating a unit study in just a few easy steps.... There are five basic steps to creating a unit study, and to help you stay on track, we've created a Unit Study Planner! You can find it on the Subscribers-Only page or pick it up here. Pick a topic. Keep a running list of ideas - this could include science, history, geography, literature, career, or just about any topic of interest! You could have one list for the entire family to work together, or each child could have a separate list for individual work. After choosing a topic for this unit, begin scouting resources to learn more. Our preferred method is to choose a novel as the basis for the unit - such as The Red Menace for our McCarthyism unit - but you might want to pick a movie or field trip for the base. Elementary units are going to be a little more free-form than those for upper grades (our novel studies tend more toward the middle and high school range), since work requirements are different for younger children. Decide when to start and how long the unit will last. Our unit study planner covers the length of the year, with room for five units - one each season and two in summer. Since we use them as a supplement to regular curriculum, this is a nice pace. If you're using units as a full curriculum, you will probably want to add more. Generally, a full week, or a month of Fun Fridays is a great pace for unit studies. Our experience has been going full-time when the kids were younger, but switching to Fun Fridays as they got older and needed to stay more on track with their school. The planner includes pages for monthly, weekly, and daily unit study plans - this way you can choose the schedule which works best for you! Choose resources and activities to flesh it out. Our family is comprised of book nerds. We love to read, so it makes sense that a novel would be the base for our units. When we were roadschooling, however, our unit studies were based around our location. We even got to spend an entire summer studying the Revolutionary War while visiting locations in VT, NY, MA, and PA! If you ever get this option, even for a few weeks, this can be an amazing way to do unit studies. Books The library is your friend! Gathering books for the topic is a family affair (if you're doing a family unit). Students should have some say in what gets chosen, and they get the added benefit of learning to use the card catalogue (virtual or otherwise). We usually take a big bag and fill it with various fiction and non-fiction books related to the topic. Even with older kiddos, don't skimp on using illustrated children's books. These are wonderful for teaching vocabulary and concepts, and are just fun to read together! DVDs For students with difficulty reading, or younger students, this is a great method to impart information. This might be a long movie or several short video clips. Hands-On Activities Depending on your topic, this might look like a STEM kit, newspaper article, or Lego build. A quick search will often help you turn up several options! Field Trips Roadschooling isn't for everyone, but day trips are a fun way to change up the pace and reinforce the concepts they're studying. Try to plan one or two for each unit. Make a plan of activities scheduled by day / week / month. How detailed your plans are will depend on the length of your full unit. A one-day fun study will cover considerably less than an in-depth one-month long study. This should include the core schoolwork (language arts, science, history, math) and the fun stuff (activities, movies, and field trips). You may want to use a regular curriculum in addition to your unit study for math, particularly in the upper grades. While it's good for students to understand how to research using internet resources, try to include hands-on research using the encyclopedia and library. These are still valuable skills. A creative (or non-fiction for some kids) writing assignment is a fantastic way to wrap up a unit...plus it gives you something to record the study. Don't forget to include vocabulary, spelling, and art! Decide how you’ll record your unit. Depending on the age of your students, this might be by creating a lapbook or notebook for elementary students, while upper grades may want to complete a portfolio that includes work samples and photographs. (You might even let them blog! Each of our boys has his own private blog for recording events and projects.) Creating a unit does take a bit of research, but it can lead to some amazing learning experiences with your kids! We've put together a unit study planner to help you get started, and it's free for subscribers. Not quite ready yet? Check out the Novel Studies page, where we've created several unit studies, each with a novel for the base. Not sure where to start? Check out these pre-made unit lesson plans! Empires of the Ancient Near East (free on our subscribers page!) Cooking Around the World Visit 12 Locations! Zoo Studies Journey Through the Continents World Mythology Cajuns & Creoles Chocolate! Jewish Holidays World History American History Fantasy Fiction Lego Holidays Lego World History Science Concepts STEM Concepts Elementary History Pick up the Unit Study Planner for FREE on our Subscriber Freebies page! Not yet a subscriber? Sign up here! SchoolhouseTeachers has a fantastic collection of unit studies included with membership! They span every subject and a wide range of topics, and the page is continually updated with new ones. Access those unit studies here.
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Are you using Apologia Swimming Creatures this year? These free worksheets are a great accompaniment to enhance the curriculum.
In this family-style Dogs and Cats Unit Study, your PreK to High School kids will complete lessons & hands-on activities all about our feline & canine friends. Includes multi-subject lessons
Use this post as a guide to create a fun dog unit study!
Learn all about hippos with Montessori activities at home, for infants to elementary age children.
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Discover the Marine Biology unit from The Good and the Beautiful. Inspire a love for ocean life with our comprehensive curriculum.
PRIMARY SCIENCE UNIT 2 - MAMMALS The second unit in my primary science series is finally here! We are so excited to learn all about mammals. We had so much fun in Unit 1 - learning all about the human body and our five senses , and now we are moving on to our next science unit. My stud
Looking to do a farm unit study? Check out how mine! See the books I used, the worksheets, activities, and field trips!
If you will teach your kids about creepy crawlers, then these free printables and unit studies about spiders will be a great addition to your lessons.
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If you haven’t been introduced to our Montessori wall map and quiet book yet, you can read all about it here. This post is for the continent of South America! Every continent (and the oceans) will …
Zoology Objectives I Learning Goals I Curriculum Pacing Guide 9 PAGE DETAILED, FULL LENGTH, EDITABLE zoology teacher resource to help you plan & design a full year high school Zoology course - aligned to NGSS - whether this is your first time teaching Zoology or you have already been teaching this course! This resource document includes a detailed overview of a two semester (full year) Zoology class that covers units over each of the 9 major animal phyla ( Porifera I Cnidaria I Platyhelminthes I Nematoda I Annelida I Mollusca I Arthropoda I Echinodermata I Chordata ) & the 5 major groups of vertebrates ( fish I amphibians I reptiles I birds I mammals ) that is aligned to NGSS Life Science (Biology) Standards. Included in this product: (Deluxe Version) ▪️ 9 Page Document: Zoology Objectives/Learning Goals, Biology Standards, Unit Vocabulary, List of Supplementary Materials/Projects/Labs/Dissections, Content Emphasis/Key Topics & Curriculum Pacing Guide ▪️ Includes a detailed list & breakdown of Zoology units for a full year ▪️ Includes detailed student learning goals & objectives for each Zoology unit ▪️ Includes detailed & labeled aligned NGSS Life Science (Biology) Standards that relate & apply to Zoology learning goals & objectives for each Zoology unit ▪️ Includes a detailed list of key topics & content emphasis for each Zoology unit ▪️ Includes a detailed list of vocabulary for each Zoology unit ▪️ Includes a list of supplementary materials/projects/labs/dissections for each zoology unit (these are lessons I have created/used in my Zoology classes & will eventually have these available to purchase on my TPT store) ▪️ Includes a curriculum pacing guide for a full year of Zoology (Semester 1 & 2) PDF & WORD (EDITABLE) DOCUMENT COPIES ⭐ Basic (Free) Version DOES NOT Include: NGSS Aligned Life Science (Biology) Standards, Vocabulary Lists & Content Emphasis/Key Topics, Supplementary Materials/Projects/Labs/Dissections Lists CLICK HERE TO GO TO & DOWNLOADED MY FREE... ZOOLOGY OBJECTIVES, LEARNING GOALS & CURRICULUM GUIDE (BASIC FREE VERSION)!
This year for science we are learning all about animals with Sassafras Science Adventures Zoology Unit! The kids and I both are so excited to get started! Sassafras’s Science units...
This giant bundle of free Insects Worksheets will help your student learn all about beetles, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and other bugs!
Learn about squirrels with your students. Pick activities from our list to build your own squirrel theme week or squirrel unit study!
Animal camouflage teaching idea for elementary grades using 3 simple supplies,uses math skills. Take the experiment further with additional ideas provided.
Montessori zoology Printables and Activities, Animal activities for preschool and kindergarten, Montessori free printables for Preschoolers, Montessori Learning Activities for Kids, And Homeschool Printables and Unit Studies
