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Homeschool Unit Study Human Body. Hands-On Activity. DIY Heart Pump

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We are really embracing all the fun and easy hands-on ideas we are finding to do with our homeschool unit study on the human body.Also I have this Human Body Crafts page for more fun ideas.

This second project which is a model heart pump or a model of one of the heart’s chambers was a bit time consuming, but well worth it and I’ll share a few of our mistakes too.

Homeschool Unit Study Human Body. Hands-On Activity DIY Heart Pump and Human Body Lapbook

Unit Study Human Body

This is a great project for middle school kids.

Human body unit study DIY Heart Pump @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

(Note: I filled the bottle back up on the right side so you could see it in the picture, but the bottle on the right side will empty into the other bottle.)

All of these items we had on hand, though we had to change it around some.

DIY Heart Pump @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

More Human Body Crafts

Look at this list:

  • One empty plastic bottle about 16 oz.
  • Two plastic bottles the same size. (We could have used glass glasses too and it’s easier if they are shorter than the 16 oz. bottle.)
  • 3 bendy straws.
  • scissors.
  • 3 medium size balloons.
  • glue gun.
  • water.
  • red food coloring.
  • tape.
  • small dish.
  • ear syringe (too, don’t do like us and use a small one. It was hard for us to get our heart pumping. Use one of those ear syringes with the long neck. But, then we had to use what we could find here in Ecuador.)

Kids DIY Heart Pump Activity

2. DIY Heart Pump @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

(Picture 2.)

First, make two valves. Cut a small slit on one balloon, just big enough for the straw to fit through and for it to be tight.

We made the mistake of cutting the hole too big.

The balloon needs to be snug around the straw. Pull the straw through the mouth of the balloon.

One valve (top shown above) keep the bottom of the straw in the balloon.

For the second valve (second one shown above), keep the bendy part in the straw. Also cut some of the top part off the balloon to make a wider mouth.

3. DIY Heart Pump @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Next you will need to cut two holes in the plastic bottle. One hole will be half way down on one side and the other hole will be about a third of the way up on the opposite side.

Homeschool Unit Study Human Body

Cut them large enough for straws to fit through, but not too big.

If you make the holes too big, you can seal it with the hot glue gun.

4. DIY Heart Pump @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

This next part is a bit hard and our balloon came off the straw inside the bottle. So we had to use another balloon.

But first put the “bottom valve” (Picture 2 above), which has part of the balloon mouth cut off, stick it through the top hole you made on the plastic bottle.

We had to gently twist the balloon and take our time.

The other valve goes in the bottom hole on the other side of the plastic bottle.

Stick the straw end into the hole.

5. DIY Heart Pump @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Use the third straw to bend the valve (straw) inside the bottle to point down so the water will flow correctly.

6. DIY Heart Pump @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Here you can see where we made a mistake because we intended on using the measuring cup turned over to elevate the plastic bottle, but our other two bottles were too tall.

Heart Activity for Kids

We solved the problem by finding a pitcher. It worked great.

So that is what I mean when I said earlier that you could use glasses shorter than your plastic bottle.

We elevated the right side with a dish and made sure our straw was pretty good ways in.

The other bottle we stuck the balloon end from the straw in it.

Too, you will notice on this part, that we taped everything down as good as we could get it.

That also helped for the bottles to not move.

I even taped the bottle on the right side to the dish.

7. DIY Heart Pump @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Then a hot glue gun solves everything. I glued this part for Tiny.

I just glued around the straw and hole to seal any holes we had made too big.

This also helped the straws to stay in place after we bent them.

8. DIY Heart Pump @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Then fill the container up on the right side with water. Add some red food coloring.

I think Tiny added like 8 drops (5 would of done, but whatever) or so and make sure the water is well above the straw’s end.

Next, take the third balloon and cut off some of the mouth and a very small hole at the closed end, just big enough for the neck of the ear syringe to fit in.

You are making a band that will fit tight and snug over the ear syringe when it is pulled up over it when the ear syringe is in the neck of the bottle. Lay it aside for just one minute.

9. DIY Heart Pump @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Next, add water to your middle bottle and enough to cover the bottom straw about two inches over.

Hands-on Science

Next, the third balloon that you cut the mouth off and that has a small opening on the other side, place over the middle plastic bottle mouth.

Stick the syringe through the bottle and pull the balloon up over the up to make a seal between the bottle and the syringe.

Homeschool Unit Study Human Body. Hands-On Activity DIY Heart Pump and Human Body Lapbook

(Note: Tiny already took off the seal for our syringe because we had a pretty tight seal without the balloon seal.)

The pump is ready. Squeeze and release the “heart”. The heart squeezes to pump blood.

The water should be going from one side or from the filled bottle to the empty bottle. When you squeeze the ear syringe, air pushes on the water and on the balloon inside the middle bottle.

Homeschool Unit Study Human Body. Hands-On Activity DIY Heart Pump and Human Body Lapbook

The water exited through the straw on the left side and air pressure closed the balloon (valve) inside the middle bottle.

When you let go of the syringe, air pushed water on the two outside bottles.

The difference in pressure, pulled water into the balloon inside the middle bottom and closed the balloon (valve) on the right bottle.

Heart Minibook

Heart Mini Book @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

The human body lapbook was free for a limited time.

Human Body Lapbook

Human Body Lapbook

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Winter Homeschooling – Activities and Free Downloads. 5 Days of Look Alive. Day 1- Look to the Sea.

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I actually like winter homeschooling, but I also like change. So when I need inspiration I look to the ocean or sea to inspire me. Did I tell you that I grew up close to the ocean?

I have fond memories of walking on the beach even when the weather was cold, collecting shells and afterwards grabbing a hot cup of southern gumbo. It brings calm to my day when I ponder about it.

Creating this series will allow me to share ideas I rounded up to give us a boost when we sag, while at the same time saving these links and ideas here on the blog for later.

I tend to get a lot of attitude pep in my step this time of the year.

One tip that has saved me several bucks over the years is to determine first if it’s the curriculum, winter homeschooling doldrums, my attitude or all of it when we feel like blah.

Before I make a change, I try new activities, preferably free and see if I can find my rhythm again. I find many times, it is wanting a change during winter homeschooling.

5 Days of Look Alive Winter Homeschooling. Day 1 Look to the Sea. @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

But, if you get the blahs during winter homeschooling, maybe you can use some of these links and get wild and savage.

Winter Homeschooling – From Humdrum to Humdinger. (well, okay, okay)

Too, be sure to download everything you like from these sites because links can change and even if you don’t use them until several years down the road, you will have them.

The sites I wanted to focus on today are Independence Seaport Museum. and Project Oceanography  and The Mariners’ Museum. All of these sites have multiple packets, free lesson plans or guides to download.

Hands-On Homeschooling

A lot of them with tons of wonderful pictures and printables. I took just a snippet of some of the printables from each site to share with you. Mark these, download and peruse them.

Independence Seaport Museum has teacher packets available for free from grades K – 12.

Download here K to 3 Teacher Packet.
Download here Grades 4 to 6 Teacher Packet.
Download here Grades 6 to 8 Teacher Packet.
Download here Grades 9 to 12 Teacher Packet.

Free Downloads from Independence Seaport Museum @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Free Downloads from Project Oceanography @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Also check out the free online resource How to Identify Sailing Ships on the site. A

wesome. You better take your time on this site too. Project Oceanography has about 14 Program Packets on the right side of the page.

Snippets of Free Downloads from the Mariners Museum @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Click on each packet and you will be kept happy sorting through links, lesson plans and downloads. A snippet from The Mariners’ Museum has quite a few projects that are hands-on and in pdf form. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the printable activities.

This is probably my favorite of the three sites because it has such a treasure trove of things that are easy and hands-on.

Ready for winter now.

Oh, wait, four more days of goodies to go. Here they are below!

5 Days of Look Alive Winter Homeschooling. Day 1 Look to the Sea. @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus featured

Hugs and love ya,

Also, look at 50 Keep Me Homeschooling Activities During the Long Cold Winter Days and Winter Season Unit Study.

Homeschool High School Chemistry & Free Reference Sheet and Resources

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Tiny is finishing up middle school courses and scooting now into homeschool high school chemistry. Also, look at my page How to Homeschool High School.

(Yikes, with my third one going into high school, maybe I will learn something. tee hee hee.)

For his first course, we chose Paradigm Integrated Physics and Chemistry.

Homeschool High School Chemistry & Free Reference Sheet and Resources

One of my reasons for Pace Integrated Physics and Chemistry for high school chemistry this year is that its available online for .pdf download.

Homeschool High School Chemistry

When you are living overseas or are short on space, these .pdf downloads are a great option. Don’t forget to check out my post Digital Homeschool Curriculum – Big Ol’ List.

One tip that may help you when organizing digital content is that I use Google Drive for using and storing the curriculum on multiple devices.

By putting it on my google drive, Tiny can access it from his iPad and I can access it too from my laptop or any other computer that I am on.

Also, the beauty of digital downloads is that you print off what you want or don’t print at all and the curriculum is always with me.

Instead of lugging books back and forth with me from and to the states, I just get the .pdfs printed when I get  back here to Ecuador.

Like I said too, we always have our “school on the go” to.

The Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum we are using this year is more of a textbook approach and I prefer a much more hands-on approach to all subjects.

However, I know that I can “liven” up any curriculum with free resources or ones I create.

Free Chemistry Reference Sheet and Resources

Look at these four free resources that I have found and created that I will be using with our high school chemistry to bring it alive and make it fit our preferred approach.

Golden Book of Chemistry 1.Homeschool High School Chemistry & Free Reference Sheet and Resources

The Golden Book of Chemistry is apparently a beginners bible in chemistry though it can be a bit controversial.

It was written in the 1960’s (a long time ago when concerns were different then). It shows you how to set up your own home laboratory and conduct over 200 experiments.

Note: I have read that it is banned now because many of the experiments are considered too dangerous to do at home, but it is still considered one of the best diy chemistry books.

Too, we are looking at it for other value, like the word lists and understanding the changes involved in chemistry.

So NO, we will not be using it for hands-on activities, but as a reference to compare to modern day chemistry.

My research shows that it is also free to share because the copyright was not renewed. (If that changes, I will take this down and let you know because I respect copyright laws.)

Here is the free download of this book or this nifty little tool. It already has sparked Tiny’s interest in chemistry, which is what I wanted.

Too, because one of the reasons we are focusing on it is to build a beginner’s foundation in chemistry and to understand the history of chemistry, I created this Chemist Reference Sheet from the book as a quick way of glancing at terms.

Chemist Reference Sheet 1 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

I added a portion at the bottom so that when we come across an updated view about the word definitions, Tiny can add them.

Download the free Chemist Reference Sheet below

Moving on to what I will use as a guide to hands-on activities, I have a free Middle School Chemistry curriculum and High School Chemistry curriculum, both of which have hands-on activities.

High School Chemistry

The high school free chemistry has links to multimedia in it, which I think will be helpful to mix in with his textbook.

Download the free High School Chemistry Curriculum here.

Middle School Chemistry


The middle school curriculum is excellent because it has more actual hands-on activities ideas to include as we plod along in our study this year. So it will help to round out our study.

Download Middle School Chemistry Curriculum here.

See what I mean, you actually can use just about anything when it comes to curriculum as long as you are willing to spice it up.

More Homeschool High School Chemistry

Curriculum is just like cooking, add a little a bit of this and that that your family likes and you have something new.

Hope you enjoy the free downloads and find them helpful with your middleschooler or highschooler.

I know we will enjoy our study of chemistry this year and doing this the third time around makes it more enjoyable.

HOW TO GET THE FREE CHEMIST REFERENCE SHEET

Now, how to grab the free lapbook. It’s a subscriber freebie.

That means when you sign up to follow me, you get my emails in your inbox and you get this freebie.

1) CLICK HERE ON THIS LINK TO SIGN UP ON MY EMAIL LIST & TO GET THIS FREEBIE.

2) Grab the freebie now.

3) Last, look for all my emails in your inbox. Glad to have you following me!

Also, you may want to look at these other helpful posts.

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Free Middle School Science Curriculum and Magazines

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Today, I thought I would share what we are using which is free middle school science curriculum and magazines. Also, look at my page homeschool middle school for more fun tips

First, the earth science book is one that Tiny just started reading.

Free Middle School Science Curriculum and Magazines

One of the reasons we loved these books were because of the hands-on activities spread throughout.

Free Middle School Science Curriculum

Next, purchase a few fun science supplies from Home Science Tools and boom – you’ have fun hands-on science for the year.

Also, The Life Science book is a 448 page download. So give it some time to download. It’s geared toward 7th grade-ish. But you know how I feel about grades – they’re subjective.

Free Middle School Science Curriculum and Magazine

Update: Free books can come and go quicker than at times we can keep up with them. There does not appear a link anywhere right now for this book. However, I have still have plenty of free help for you.

First, look at these life science topics that are in the CPO Life Science book and I have listed some comparable free links below.

Free Life Science Book

Living Systems Unit I

  • Chapter 1 Studying Life
  • Chapter 2 Living Things
  • Chapter 3 Interaction of Living Things

Genetics Unit III

  • Chapter 8 Reproduction
  • Chapter 9 Hereditary
  • Chapter 10 Code of Life

Structure and Function of Living Things Unit V

  • Chapter 13 Diversity of Life
  • Chapter 14 Plants
  • Chapter 15 Animals

Biology Unit II

  • Chapter 4 Chemistry and Physics Connection
  • Chapter 5 Cell Structure and Function
  • Chapter 6 Cell Processes
  • Chapter 7 The Microscopic World

Evolution and Change Unit IV

  • Chapter 11 Evolution
  • Chapter 12 Earth and Life History

The Human Body Unit VI

  • Chapter 16 Human Body Systems
  • Chapter 17 Support and Movement
  • Chapter 18 Vision and Hearing

Next, look at these links which are free other textbooks.

Besides, I love the fact that these books give ideas for hands-on activities, have vocabulary words in the margin and have challenges throughout the book. A nice bonus for a freebie.

The Earth Science book is a 391 page download, so it give some time to download also. It’s geared toward 6th grade-ish. But you know how I feel about grades – they’re subjective.

Free Middle School Science Curriculum and Magazine

Free Earth Science Book

Updated. This book appears no longer free.

However, look at the topics that are in the CPO Focus on Earth Science and I have listed some comparable free textbooks below.

The Scientific Process Unit I

  • Chapter 1 Science is Everywhere
  • Chapter 2 The Science Toolbox
  • Chapter 3 Introducing Earth

Plate Tectonics and Earth Structure Unit III

  • Chapter 8 Plate Tectonics
  • Chapter 9 Earthquakes
  • Chapter 10 Volcanoes

Ecology V

  • Chapter 14 Resources
  • Chapter 15 Ecosystem
  • Chapter 16 Biomes

Energy in Earth’s Systems Unit II

  • Chapter 4 Heat
  • Chapter 5 Density and Buoyancy
  • Chapter 6 Earth’s Surface and Heat
  • Chapter 7 Heat Inside Earth

The Shape of Earth’s Surface IV

  • Chapter 11 Water and Weathering
  • Chapter 12 Beaches
  • Chapter 13 Natural Hazards

Next, look at these links which are free other textbooks.

More Homeschooling in Middle School Resources

The last science book is an 8th grade Physical Science book. It is 468 pages long.

Update: Free books can come and go quicker than at times we can keep up with them. There does not appear a link anywhere right now for this book. However, I have still have plenty of free help for you.

Look at the topics that are in the CPO Physical Science book and I have listed some comparable free textbooks below.

The Physical Sciences Unit I

  • Chapter 1 What Physics and Chemistry Are About
  • Chapter 2 Science and Measurement

Laws of Motion and Energy III

  • Chapter 5 Newton’s Laws of Motion
  • Chapter 6 Energy and Machines
  • Chapter 7 Gravity and Space

Matter V

  • Chapter 11 Temperatures, Heat and the Phases of Matter
  • Chapter 12 The Physical Properties of Matter

Changes in Matter VII

  • Chapter 16 Acids, Bases, and Solutions
  • Chapter 17 Chemical Reaction
  • Chapter 18 The Chemistry of Living Systems

Motion and Force Unit II

  • Chapter 3 Motion
  • Chapter 4 Forces

Electricity, Sound, and Light IV

  • Chapter 8 Electricity and Magnetism
  • Chapter 9 Waves and Sounds
  • Chapter 10 Light and Color

Atoms, Elements, and Compound VI

  • Chapter 13 Atoms
  • Chapter 14 Elements and the Periodic Table
  • Chapter 15 Molecules and Compounds

Free Physical Science Book

Next, look at these links which are free other textbooks.

Next, we have been loving these free science magazines for middle school kids.

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They are from National Inquirer, a middle school science education journal. 

There are several free issues to download and read.

When you click on each issue, it tells you what the theme will be and some of them have additional lesson plans to download.

Each free issue is chock full of pictures, ideas and questions to stimulate the science mind.

Free Middle School Science Curriculum and Magazines

Lastly, we have been using them as part of our reading time too. If you just need a break or want to try something different, you can’t go wrong with free curriculum.

Also, check out these other resources for middle school:

Free Middle School Science Curriculum and Magazine
Free Middle School Science Curriculum and Magazine. Scoot by and download these AWESOME free resources for your middleschool kids!

Dynamic Reader Question–How To Get All those Homeschool Science Experiments Done?

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Dynamic Reader Question Homeschool Science How To Get it All Done

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Whatever I am doing on my blog, your questions are always at the top of my list.

I only had answered part of Laura’s question and now want to answer the second part of her question.

Hi there Tina!!
Laura here (a most grateful “follower” who thinks your site is awesome).  I have two questions.
1.  There are so many neat things to do and neat curriculum with science, how is one to get them all done.  I’ve even thought about doing 2 along side each other.

Sharing with you first on how to pick a science curriculum helps you to see if it will fit in with what you want to get done for the day.

The most important thing I have learned about how to do science is to not ever do a bait and switch and give up hands-on projects.  And, I did this to myself and have nobody to blame.  I started off good when teaching science, but then lost my way.

My oldest son was a bit precocious when it came to learning and I fed his science love through hands-on experiments.

Simply doing something hands-on two or three times a week was the best start to science.  We used several books. Two of them are below.

   


When they were young, it is more important for them to delight in learning.  Understanding all the science and why’s behind an experiment comes later.

Then, I made the big science goof and gave up hands-on activities when they got a bit older in elementary grades.  I fell victim to the thinking they had to only now write papers, do vocabulary and keep science journals.  Instead of adding that AND keeping the hands-on, I got unbalanced and let the hands-on activities fall by the side.  All along all I needed to do was to revamp my schedule to allow more time for science.  I finally did that, but not before I lost a few precious years with my oldest son.

Hands-On Science or Picky Choosers?

So one hallmark of a well rounded out science program is plenty of hands-on projects.   And, it should stay that way all the way to high school.

Science is about doing, not just reading or watching somebody else do it.

After that there are other things you want to determine about a program before you buy.  For example, if you are short on time already, then you may want to purchase premade kits.

List at this list of questions:

  • Is it secular or Christian? Which do you want?
  • Can it be used for multiple ages?
  • Do you want to learn by subject matter (unit studies) or by mixing and matching topics similar to a textbook?
  • As the kids get older, supplies like microscopes cost a bit more.  How many supplies do you need?
  • Are science kits available? Or, do you have to gather your own supplies?
  • Do the children learn at the computer part of the time? Is it all computer reading or part book and part computer or all book?
  • If you don’t have a science background, then you may want a more helpful teacher guide.  How helpful is the teacher guide? Does it have thorough explanations or is it an answer sheet only?

Superb Science Schedules

After you decide what is important to you in a science curriculum, then you have to make time to do all of those wonderful hands-on science activities.

Don’t do the same thing I did and try to make a middle school budding scientist work on a toddler approved schedule.

Increase the time for science as they get older so that they know how to both research and note their findings AND have time to test those ideas, i.e. hands-on activities.

Too, along the 6th grade or so, you can start off your day with science which is a content subject instead of the skill subjects.  Hopefully, this is past the time your children struggle with the skill subjects.

You know I am a firm believe in writing it all out and that means a schedule too.  Write it all so that you not only see it, but that you as the teacher stick to it. This will help your children have well-rounded out days.  Too, seeing it keeps these ideas from being “pie in the sky” dreams, but makes them reality.

Look at these options.

Schedule. Science Here.
Mon. – Fri. until noon ALL the skill subjects are to be done. Mon. – Fri.
Science every afternoon for an hour.
Mon. – Fri. until noon ALL the skill subjects are to be done. Mon. Wed. Fri. Alternating days to switch with another content subject like history or geography.
Mon. – Fri. until noon ALL the skill subjects are to be done. Mon. Tue.
Two back to back afternoons of science or visa versa make it W,T,F.
Mon. – Fri. start off with science and then start your skill subjects.

The two main keys to being sure you cover science is to 1) not push the skill subjects past the time they are suppose to be done.  I have heard of drill sergeants moms who feel that all lesson plans have to be done before you move on to the other fun subjects.  Skill subjects need to stay to the time scheduled by you.

Remember, it is the *time* for learning that needs to be scheduled, not necessarily the lesson plan.  As long as they are doing it, they are learning.   And, the next 2) thing to do is schedule it.   Just do it.

Though I have used parts of two science curricula, I have never used all of any one curriculum.  I simply used what I needed from each one.

What about you? How does your schedule look for science? Do you have any more tips for Laura?

Too, if you don’t remember the difference between the skill and content subjects, look at my post below:

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