Donna Young

My son used Exploring Creation with Physical Science during the year 2000-2001. The images on this page show what we did with experiment 9.1. If you want to read more about experiment 9.1, please see Michelle’s blog. She is blogging about her co-op class.
Experiment 9.1
First we did the experiment like we were supposed to and [...]

My son used Exploring Creation with Physical Science during his 8th grade year (2000-2001) and we all enjoyed the experiments from that book. Recently I went through some old photographs and came across the pictures from experiment 3.2. If you want to read more about ex. 3.2 see Michelle’s blog here: Apologia Physical Science Ex. [...]

Choose a tree or two to observe. If the tree is deciduous, make an accurate drawing of the branch pattern. What does the bark look like? Can you make a drawing or rubbing of the bark? Can you locate any overwintering bugs on the tree, any eggs?
When the tree breaks buds, [...]

Duck Soup is giving away a book! If you are a homeschooler, visit her blog to find out details. The deadline is soon: 9:00 P.M. eastern time on Thursday, November 15th.
Our schedule for this year started out like this:

6:00 Get Up
6:30 Exercise
7:30 Breakfast
8:15 Economics (1 semester)
9:00 Art III (2 hours minimum [...]

Drawing real objects is an important learning technique for budding artists. My daughter typically draws from her imagination and while that is okay, drawing imaginary subjects does not add to her skill as much as the painful experience of drawing from life. This year many of her art lessons are drawing from life. This has [...]