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Lewis and Clark Expedition – The Ultimate Guide

April 25, 2016 | 3 Comments
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark are two of some of the most well-known and famous explorers in American history. Every time I read about something or someone they encountered, I can wait to read about it and discover some other gem they uncovered. We never get tired about reading about their journey.

So today, I have gathered resources from the four corners of the world (okay..maybe just the U.S. corners) to share the Lewis and Clark Expedition – The Ultimate Guide. This gives you the go to place for what you and your kids want to learn about Lewis and Clark.

It’s important to tell you that though more resources may exist, I have spent time combing through tons of them to find ones that I find are more useful in helping you to teach about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Lewis and Clark Expedition – The Ultimate Guide

Remember to grab my Free Lewis and Clark Lapbook from this page.

And Grab any new activities for Lewis & Clark from my category section too.

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I hope you love studying about Lewis and Clark as we have in our first study and now this revisit.

Check out my other free Ultimate Guides!

Ultimate Guide for New Homeschoolers
The Unrivaled Guide to Civil War Activities for Kids
Ultimate Guide to Learning Activities in a Jar or Bottle

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Ultimate Guide to Learning Activities in a Jar or Bottle

April 24, 2016 | Leave a Comment
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Whether it’s a tiny ecosystem or a shooting rocket, anything learned in a jar or bottle is just so much more fun. When kids get to use their hands to make something, they learn the principle behind it so much better!

Plus, there’s just something about creating something inside a jar that makes a lesson more visual and relatable for children. After all, they get to make their own little worlds or crafts that they can observe anytime.

In the ultimate guide to learning activities in a jar or bottle, I rounded up hands-on activities that can be added to any homeschool unit study. There are activities for studying science, geography, math, music, and more – all in a jar or bottle!

The Ultimate Guide to Learning Activities in a Jar or Bottle

Creative & Easy Hands-on Jar Activities

Learning Activity Jar
Easy Fall Snow Globe in a Jar
Tornado in a Jar
Charcoal Water Purifying Jar Experiment
Cloud in a Jar Experiment
Make It Rain Inside a Jar
Seed Jar Science Experiment
Egg in a Jar Experiment
Global Warming Experiment in a Jar
Create a Beach Terrarium in a Jar
Make a Fall Sensory Jar
Craft Baby Animals from Jars
Hopping Corn Science Jar Experiment
Grow Fungus in Jars
Grow a Butterfly in a Jar
Make a Galaxy in a Jar
Make Earth’s Layers in a Jar
Robot Jar
Recycled Glass Jar Terrarium

Make Rain Clouds in a Jar
Fireworks in a Jar Experiment
Make a Mason Jar Biosphere
Make a Closed Aquatic Ecosystem in a Jar
Create Colored Sand Art in a Jar
Learn Numbers with a Ball Jar
Learn the 50 States in a Jar
Make Musical Instruments Out of Jars
Make a Let’s Move Jar
Grow Seeds in a Jar
Learn to make whipped cream in a jar
Collect Words in a Jar
Make a Storytelling Prompt Jar
Make Glass Jar Bird Feeders
Grow Sprouts in a Jar
Make Butter in a Jar
Make a Narration Jar
Beach Inspired Mason Jar
Mason Jar Aquarium

Creative & Easy Hands-on Bottle Activities

Message in a Bottle Language Arts Activity
Compost in a Bottle Experiment
I Spy ABC Bottle
What’s the Weather on Jupiter Bottle Experiment
Terra Aqua Column Bottle
Burping Bottle Science Experiment
Empty Bottle Science Experiment
DIY Lava Lamp Bottle
Floating Rice Friction Experiment in a Bottle
Blobs in a Bottle Experiment
Water Bottle Fountain Experiment
Light Refraction in a Bottle Experiment
Make a Jellyfish in a Bottle
Balloon in a Bottle Experiment
Make Planets in a Bottle
Make Mentos Bottle Rockets
Tsunami in a Bottle
Soda Bottle Greenhouse Activity
DIY Heart Valve
Hanging Planter
Plastic Bottle Guitar

Soil Erosion Experiment in a Bottle
Separate an Egg in a Bottle
Learn How to Make an Ocean in a Bottle
Create Blobs in a Bottle
Watch a Diver Move through a Bottle
Make a Wave in a Bottle
Make Blood in a Bottle
Learn How to Fit an Egg into a Bottle
Make the Galaxy in a Bottle
Collapsing Bottle Experiment
Sort and Count Math with Bottles
Make a Landfill in a Bottle
Teach Sense of Smell with Smelling Bottles
Grow a Cucumber in a Bottle
Make Quill and Berry Ink
Make a Bottle Rocket
Make Fog in a Bottle
Make Compost in a Soda Bottle
Make Bubble Snakes
Plastic Water Bottle Flowers
DIY Plastic Bottle Sandals

All you need is a jar or a bottle, a few extra pieces of material and some imagination and you can have an easy learning craft.

Hugs and love ya,

Check out my other free Ultimate Guides!

Ultimate Guide for New Homeschoolers
The Unrivaled Guide to Civil War Activities for Kids
and grab 365 Days of Hands On Homeschool Activities here.

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Ancient Greek Theatre Mask – Easy Hands-on History

March 19, 2016 | 7 Comments
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Our Ancient Greece unit study had a huge stop/start gap because we packed and moved back from South America, but we are winding it down finally.

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Before we do though, we added one more fun easy hands-on history activity, which is an Ancient Greek theatre mask.

Hands-on Ancient Greek Drama

Tiny looked through the book TOOLS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS: A Kid’s Guide to the History & Science of Life in Ancient Greece (Build It Yourself), which has been a huge help in finding activities for middle and high school kids and not so babyish.

Too, it was a good time to time talk about Ancient Greece drama.

Quoting from the book, TOOLS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS: A Kid’s Guide to the History & Science of Life in Ancient Greece (Build It Yourself), “Drama included performances of tragedies, which often told stories of the mythical past, and comedies, in which performers poked fun at politicians, famous people, and even the gods.”

Tiny decided to make an easy Ancient Greek mask focusing on comedy.

So we gathered up what we had at home. Look at this list of things to gather.

pencil
cardboard or paper plates
paints, chalk pastels, sharpies
scissors
DAS Air Hardening Modeling Clay
your choice of yarn or paper to curl for hair and/or sequins or whatever you have around the house to decorate your mask
the red tie ribbon came off a used gift bag

Tiny started by drawing an oval on the cardboard to give the mask a shape to work with.

Then he started flattening the clay and using the clay to mold the face. The clay dries pretty quick, which is one reason he loves this clay.

Too, you could paint it or use a sharpie or even use chalk pastels. If you decide to use paper plates, then one suggestion in the book said to glue the paper plates back to back. Then, make one side comedy and the other side tragedy.

After Tiny finished the face, he added chalk pastels and sharpies along with red cheeks to make his face comical.

Adding a red ribbon or two and he was ready for drama. Tiny really enjoyed this activity and it was a great way to learn a few facts like:

drama is a Greek word meaning “action”
tragedy is a play that usually depicts events from a mythical past and that often ends sadly
comedy is a play that makes the audience laugh by poking fun at politicians, famous people, and even the gods

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Top 10 Free Popular Homeschool History Printables

February 10, 2016 | 2 Comments
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Today, I wanted to share with you what my readers love here when it comes to history printables. Be sure you have grabbed all of these top 10 free popular homeschool history printables.

With all the free printables I have created, the number one spot goes to the What is History minibook on the Ancient Civilization Unit Study page.

Top 10 Popular Free History Printables @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

The number two spot or printable is ironically on the same page, Ancient Civilization Unit Study and it is the free Mesopotamia Cover sheet.

Essential Homeschool History Printables

Fast forward quite a few years and the third spot is my Lewis and Clark Unit Study and Lapbook. (Note: This was free for a limited time.)

Still moving forward to modern history, you are really loving the Titanic timeline printable, which came in fourth place.

In fifth place, we go back in time again and this time the Ancient Greece Geography minibook got fifth place.

Taking sixth place is Hammurabi from Babylon, which is another printable from the ancients on the Ancient Civilization Unit Study .

Coming in at seventh place, eighth and ninth place are all printables from my Egypt unit study which too are all from the Ancient Civilization Unit Study .

Egypt Map
Egypt Famous Queens
Egypt Pharoahs and Queens Front Page

Finally, rounding out the top 10 popular history printables on my site is the Westward Expansion timeline on my Westward Ho Unit study and Lapbook.

I love getting a peek into what rocks your homeschool world, but more than anything it shows me what you use and love here so that I can continue adding more history printables for you.

Did your favorites make the list? What are you favorite homeschool history printables here? What would you like to see more of? (ok, it doesn’t hurt to ask)

Check out these other articles:
How to Use a History Spine to Build Your Study of History
8 Ways to Teach Homeschool History Other Than Chronologically.
How to Teach History in 14 Lessons (From Daunting to Doable)

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3 Fun History Sites for Homeschooled High School Teens

December 31, 2015 | 6 Comments
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Earlier I shared 5 Free History Websites for Middle School Kids and today I am sharing 3 fun history sites to kick off the new year for your highschooler.

You know how easy it is to find activities for your kids in Kindergarten. And then it seems like when they hit the upper grades and especially highschool that learning is suppose to somehow get less — well– fun.

No way, if I have something to say about it. Look at these three websites below, which I rounded up for high school teens.

1. ARTIFACTS & ANALYSIS

I am excited about finding this site because I had shared a post earlier, 7 Things to Try When a Homeschool History Curriculum Isn’t Coming Together (Hint: Try a Primary Source or Two) because studying the way people lived and the objects they used everyday is intriguing and engaging.

Leave boring behind when you study primary sources.

The information from the site: This site presents a strategy for incorporating historical artifacts and documents into the teaching of U.S. history. Designed as a companion to the Advanced Placement Program U.S. History course, it is also effective in any instructional setting that emphasizes analytical thinking and writing.

2. CRASH COURSE

This next site is on YouTube and is called Crash Course. It is just what it says. Quick and fun crash course on many different topics.

Though it has all kinds of interesting topics, it has world history and American history that make learning history far from boring.

Tiny likes the fact that it is quick and I love the fact that it gives a sweeping overview and can introduce your teen to history topics he may not be aware of or just to be sure he has been introduced to major events.

3. ICIVICS

This next site is a complete fit for teens, which generally don’t mind arguing. Let them use all their prowess on this site.

From the site:

Our educational resources empower teachers and prepare the next generation of students to become knowledgeable and engaged citizens.

Founded and led by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, iCivics provides students with the tools they need for active participation and democratic action, and teachers with the materials and support to achieve this. Our free resources include print-and-go lesson plans, award-winning games, and digital interactives.

The iCivics games place students in different civic roles and give them agency to address real-world problems and issues. They are rooted in clear learning objectives and integrated with lesson plans and support materials.

Mark these and grab them. And you know as I find them, I share them with you too.

Also, you’ll love these other ideas:

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Lewis and Clark Expedition – The Ultimate Guide

Lewis and Clark Expedition – The Ultimate Guide

Lesson Plans, Resources & Printables – Lewis and Clark

Activities – Lewis and Clark

Books – Lewis and Clark

GRAB THESE OTHER RESOURCES AND HANDS-ON IDEAS

Ultimate Guide to Learning Activities in a Jar or Bottle

The Ultimate Guide to Learning Activities in a Jar or Bottle

Creative & Easy Hands-on Jar Activities

Creative & Easy Hands-on Bottle Activities

Ancient Greek Theatre Mask – Easy Hands-on History

Hands-on Ancient Greek Drama

Top 10 Free Popular Homeschool History Printables

Essential Homeschool History Printables

3 Fun History Sites for Homeschooled High School Teens

Be sure to follow my Middle and High School Pinterest Board for more tips you don’t want to miss!

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Lewis and Clark Expedition – The Ultimate Guide

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GRAB THESE OTHER RESOURCES AND HANDS-ON IDEAS

The Ultimate Guide to Learning Activities in a Jar or Bottle

Creative & Easy Hands-on Jar Activities

Creative & Easy Hands-on Bottle Activities

Hands-on Ancient Greek Drama

Essential Homeschool History Printables

Be sure to follow my Middle and High School Pinterest Board for more tips you don’t want to miss!

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