How to teach your child - Science

[Kerileanne99]

I just ordered what looks to be a very exciting science curriculum-designed for Early Years, lesson plans, experiments, incorporation of books like the Let's Read and Find Out About Science and the Handbook of Nature Study!

http://www.elementalscience.com/early.html

Not sure that at Alex's age I will follow the schedule (there are lesson plans for a 2 days/week and 5 days/week), but each lesson is done as a theme, so you have a lot of flexibility...it seems to be based on discovery, definitely has a classical bent, and even has very young kids keeping a notebook..

Love to know if anyone else is using these

[Kerileanne99]

For those of you familiar with The Magic School Bus adventures for teaching science...
Something very exciting!

It turns out that at the end of July they are releasing a huge boxed set of all 52 episodes at a very reasonable price (under $60)
While I have not let Alex watch anything other than the DVDs with the programs we are using as of yet, I am definitely going to make an exception here! I think these are amazing and have ordered them in advance (they are quite highly anticipated)

http://www.amazon.com/Magic-School-Bus-Complete-Series/dp/B007I1Q4MM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340569537&sr=8-1&keywords=magic+school+bus+dvd+collection

[Mandabplus3]

Oh we soooooooooooo love Magic school bus I cannot believe how many times my kids will watch the same episode. They learn so much from it. Here in Australia right now the leaves are changing colours, somehow my kids figured out thatthatmeans the tree is taking back the chlorophl and dropping the leaves to conserve food for winter! This was my 4 year olds idea! All from magic school bus!
They also caught a bee and showed me the pollen on it's legs! I was concerned it would bite them but I was told not to worry as it will only sting if it thinks it's being attacked, and we are being super careful because we don't want it to die!
I just wish they still made them!
I don't suppose anyone knows of any alternatives I could try? I mean eventually surely they will be over them? 

[Mandabplus3]

Jaykob just spend over an hour working his brain playing "monster Physics" its by the same people that make Stack the countries and stack the states. It is $.0.99 well spent. I LOVE IT, the girls will love it and even the DADS will love it!. we have a similar one (genius somthing?) but this one is sooo much better!

[Kerileanne99]

I second Monster Physics! Still cannot believe how beneficial the IPad is for learning, especially for children.

If you like that one take a look at a great app called Bobo Explores Light, by Game Collage, LLC!

[Mandabplus3]

We actually flattened the iPad playing it today! He was completely hooked! I am surprised at just how much he understood...about as much as me  I love these all ages games. So much value for next to nothing!
We will check out the bobo explores light for sure!

[A_BC]

You can watch almost  all of the Magic School Bus episodes (52) for free on Youtube here:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/oBp68rhT_Sg&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/oBp68rhT_Sg&rel=1</a>

If you're absolutely looking for HD quality and don't wanna miss ep # 2, 5, 11, 18, 19, then you can purchase the whole set from Amazon. (I would certainly go for YouTube )

[Elearning]

You can download apps onto your pad or cell phone. Depending on what you are trying to teach first or your childs age will determine which app you select. Now worries they have many to choose from. Planets, earth science, volcanoes...etc. Some apps are pirmarily videos or flash cards. You can even download science game.

[early learning17]

You can watch almost  all of the Magic School Bus episodes (52) for free on Youtube here:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/oBp68rhT_Sg&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/oBp68rhT_Sg&rel=1</a>

If you're absolutely looking for HD quality and don't wanna miss ep # 2, 5, 11, 18, 19, then you can purchase the whole set from Amazon. (I would certainly go for YouTube )

Wow! Thank you so much. If that isn't "worth" new karma, i don't know what is!

[Mandabplus3]

Just to add more....magic school bus can be saved from utube to your iPad using Isafeplay ( free app) 5 episodes at a time. Perfect for our 20 minute school run it's quick and easy.
Isn't it amazing what you can find on utube! 

[lois1]

Hi, I remember magic school bus from when I was at school ... so glad to know that it still exists - my knowledge of what is at the centre of the earth is from that 1 trip they made

I have a question which is a little off topic... Is it legal to download those episodes from youtube? I have watched films on youtube.. but then my conscience started to prick & I felt uncomfortable doing so, it seemed a bit like piracy. But it's maybe entirely ok, I would like someone to clarify it. I mean, you watch the episodes for free on tv & can record them for future viewing (well you have to have a licence in the UK but in Canada it would be free) so is there any difference on the internet?

Thanks in advance!

[Mandabplus3]

From my teaching in schools, I found the copyright for magic school bus to be slightly different to others. It is available for public use for educational purposes. So watching on utube is acceptable, for educational purposes.
I personally store them on my iPad temporarily. I swap them over after the kids have watched them. I doubt anyone will have an issue with that. I am not distributing them or making a profit from them. Nor am I stopping the company from making a profit as I can't get them in DVD format that will play in my country. ( although sometimes I can buy them through school magazines)
On utube you can see who has posted the clips. Often times it is the company that made them that has made them available. Readeze posted plenty for free viewing, among others. PBS kids has loads of free kids shows available too. Generally if you really like something, it's often easier to just buy a copy, that's what they rely on  I paid money for readeze as I decided it was good value to have them all together in one spot.
I did look it up once but can't remember what the rules are for utube copying. But if they didn't want us watching utube clips utube would have been shut down years ago!

[early learning17]

Just to add more....magic school bus can be saved from utube to your iPad using Isafeplay ( free app) 5 episodes at a time. Perfect for our 20 minute school run it's quick and easy.
Isn't it amazing what you can find on utube! 

Hi
I am posting from Europe and I couldn´t find lsafeplay first time it was mentioned, maybe it´s just not available in Europe.
However there are a couple of other apps that will do the same trick: one is vDownload- lite for example: up to 10 downloads are free, if you want to download more for offline viewing, there is an in-app buy for Euro 3,99

Cheers

[Kerileanne99]

Lots more free activities, experiments, free printables (including a classroom set of element bingo cards!), and so many ideas! Again, designed for the middle school set, but....
We did a water/measurement/ surface tension experiment today called 'sinkin' Lincoln (US penny) to see how many drops of water would fit on a penny (among other things!) that came from this site.

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/class2.html

[Kerileanne99]

The Little Golden Book of Chemistry....

Gorgeous, and was actually banned by the US government as being too dangerous to have on the bookshelves available for general population..it isn't available in libraries, BUT is available as a free download! (Yes, legally!- the copyright was not renewed)

Whilst I don't think I will be handing it to Alex along with the cleaning supplies, PLEASE take a look at this book for all your budding scientists!

Here is a link to a discussion about the book and a link to a PDF file to download. I think you just might fall in love too...
http://www.chrisbrunner.com/2006/09/21/banned-the-golden-book-of-chemistry-experiments/

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